Ryan Rodrick Beiler: The Mother's Day Manifesto | Sojourners

Ryan Rodrick Beiler: The Mother's Day Manifesto

As we have in various ways over the years, it is incumbent upon us here at Sojourners/Call to Renewal to remind our readers of the history behind the Mother's Day holiday. For while honoring one's mother is important - see commandment #5 - like most holidays, Mother's Day has been distorted nearly beyond recognition by the greeting-card-candy-and-floral-industrial-complex.

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