Determined by the lunar calendar, this year's lent period begins on Wednesday, Feb. 18. That day is Ash Wednesday. Multiple ...

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For followers of Christ, Easter Sunday is the apex, the glorious culmination and evidence for our faith. It matters greatly to us, because it not only means Jesus is who he said he is, but because his ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

“That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves.” — Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) When American colonists were ...

GREENFIELD — Michelle Brown saw Jesus being beaten and heard the loud thunder at his crucifixion, followed by stunned silence broken only by a Roman soldier saying, “Surely this was the son of God.” ...

A mosaic of the Resurrection in the Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon. FredSeiller/Wikimedia Commons Aaron Gale, West Virginia University As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin ...

It was on the more than five-hour drive home from southwestern Indiana after her brother-in-law's funeral that Donna Pittman decided it was time to get baptized. "I'm ...

I heard about an atheist who was a little bit upset because of all the holidays that people of faith celebrated. He said to a friend, “You Christians have Christmas and Easter. And Jews celebrate ...

A church member holds a program for the sunrise Easter service presented by the South Sound United Methodist Cooperative on April 17, 2022. Steve Bloom [email protected] Spring has sprung, the ...

One story my family regularly tells is from Easter 1981, when my grandmother, the late Mary Lou Cole, made Easter baskets for all the little kids at the family celebration. They weren’t actually her ...