"This church season is meant to focus our attention on Christ’s resurrection ... Eastertide also traditionally celebrates the 40 days that Jesus remained here on Earth, after he arose from the tomb and before his ascension into heaven."
'Jesus unabashedly expected certain behaviors and beliefs of his disciples, and well, it seems in our modern society, that may be too much to ask of ourselves.'
'We are one large, interwoven union, but counterintuitively as individuals we go about our daily lives in very small and isolated cells. And it’s literally and figuratively killing us all.'
"As somber as the observance can be, I am deeply moved by Ash Wednesday, a holy day of prayer in the Christian tradition, and also the first day of Lent," columnist Devlyn Brooks writes
"The entire family spent the time enjoying their food, snuggling, cracking jokes and laughing uproariously ... The joy they were experiencing in simply just being together was contagious!"
"Some of my conversations with youngsters stretch my pastoral soul, imagination and intellect to enjoyable lengths. The youth do so unwittingly and so unabashedly! And I absolutely love it!"