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Epiphany in diaspora.(candles and the other paraphernalia of Christianity hard to find)(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century  |  Date: 1/3/2001  |  Author: ZALESKI, CAROL

I LIVE IN A CITY of candles. At one end of Main Street, there's a little jewel box of a shop that sells pure beeswax candles along with aromatherapy supplies, bath salts and hand-milled soaps that promise to impart an aura of serenity to the mundane affairs of the daily toilet. A few doors down, perfumed candles fill the New Age bookstore with the scent of generic spirituality. At the three-story emporium across the street, a kitchen store stocks votive candles far chafing dishes and ...

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