Easter is on Sunday, April 20 this year. Last year, it was in March. The reason it changes relates to a full moon.

But what is Lent, exactly? At its core, Lent is a solemn season focused on faith and sacrifice. However, there’s much more to ...

In many traditions, Psalm 51 is included in worship services that begin the season of Lent. Its author acknowledges messy buildup: “I recognize my faults” (v. 3, GNT). The psalmist situates our ...

Now that spring has arrived, the Easter bunny can't be far behind. The religious observances of Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter will take place in April this year. Lent started on Ash Wednesday, ...

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

Some of the programs this year at Great American Media include a livestream of “The Passion Play” and an Easter program from the Museum of the Bible.

I love numbers and math. One of my first career aspirations was to be a high school math teacher. Then a disastrous semester with Calculus 3, Linear Algebra and Set Theory caused me to rethink my ...

Christians among our readership will know that Ash Wednesday was just a week ago, and that means 40 days until the major holiday known as Easter. The period between the two is known as Lent, and that ...

Lent, which began on Ash Wednesday, is a period of preparation for Easter Sunday, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Excluding Sundays, Lent comprises the 40 days leading up to ...

March 5 marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer observed ahead of Easter. Good Friday (April 18) is a day of fasting, during which Catholics abstain from eating meat during the day ...

Ash Wednesday — which fell on March 5 this year — marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period where Christians prepare for Easter. It’s meant to symbolize the 40 days where Jesus Christ ...