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Bad enough that eggs were at their highest price in years last week; Manischewitz has had a machinery breakdown and decided to temporarily eliminate a variety of its matzoh types, including Tam Tams and Thin Tea Matzah.

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We went to services on Sunday morning at the First Church of Christ in Glastonbury, CT, which is a healthy and thriving congregation which could be used for UCC commercials about diversity. The theme of the service was about stress reduction, and this caused for me both some interesting thoughts, and a Moment of Zen. The Moment of Zen was caused by the minister having a soloist sing "You Raise Me Up," the cheesy American Idol/Josh Groban pop song, as part of the sermon about trusting in God. This was a little too much sugar for my religious tastes.

On the Complex and Provocative Religious side, however, he chose Psalm 32 for the reading, a psalm I was almost totally unfamiliar with.

( Text and Brief Commentary )