As part of our continuing Easter blog series, we wanted to address some of the historical – and religious – roots of some of our modern Easter celebrations. Today we’ll look at the history of the Easter bunny. History of …
For the next post in our Easter blog series, we have a guest blog from Aaron Conrad – a dad of 3 who blogs about faith, family and fatherhood. In this post, he talks about how his family celebrates Easter …
We’re looking at popular Easter songs and prayers. Please share some of your own favorites in the comments! Easter Songs and Prayers From the earliest days of the church, Easter has been celebrated with prayers and songs. This first took …
For the next 3 weeks leading up to Easter, the team at What’s in the Bible? has put together a series of blog posts to help you understand the history & traditions around Easter! We hope you enjoy it. Today …
Today is Purim, a traditional Jewish holiday commemorating Esther’s stand against the evil Haman, who was plotting to kill all of the Jews in the Persian kingdom. Queen Esther’s cousin Mordecai refused to bow to Haman, an assistant to King …
During most of my childhood, growing up in a liturgical denomination meant that Lent was about “giving up candy or sweets”. I was taught that Lent is the season of self-denial and giving something up made sense, but it wasn’t …
