Praying for the Dead

Making sense of this beautiful and ancient Christian practice.

Is Easter Pagan?

What is the true origin of Easter? Where does the name come from? Where do the strange traditions come from?

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.

Today is the seventh anniversary of the death of my youngest brother, Ethan, who was killed in a car accident when he was only sixteen years old…