All Easter articles
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OpinionRemembering the story of Easter after four days off-grid in the wilderness
Woman Alive deputy editor, Jemimah Wright finds herself unexpectedly reoriented to the sacred rhythm of Easter Week. With fresh perspective, she reflects on the unfolding story of Jesus’ final days.
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ArticleJo Moir: From prodigal teen to leading Spring Harvest – A story of radical obedience
Jo Moir, the new head of Spring Harvest, sat down with our editor Tola-Doll Fisher to talk about what has equipped her for this position and why she is a safe pair of hands for this beloved festival
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ArticleLiving the promise of Isaiah 61:3—Beauty from ashes in real life
What it really means to have life after death
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OpinionGo analogue for Lent
Philippa Strachan invites us to consider how an “analogue Lent” might help us slow down and truly prepare our hearts for Easter. With wisdom and gentleness, she challenges us to step back from digital distraction and rediscover the sacred gift of presence — with God, with others, and with our own souls.
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OpinionWhy Easter Eggs in the shops in January might not be such a bad thing
Writer Jenny Sanders reflects on the sight of Easter eggs appearing in shops almost before the Christmas decorations are down. Rather than lamenting commercialism, she invites us to see an unexpected opportunity to reconnect Christmas and Easter and tell the whole story of salvation.
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OpinionWhat Easter Monday means to me
‘Luke’s account tells us that it was the evening of the day of the Resurrection that Jesus appeared to his disciples. Since Jewish tradition counts a full day as being from sunset to sunset, that means it counted as Monday,’ says Jenny Sanders.
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OpinionDid you know the day we celebrate Easter was decided by a woman from Yorkshire?
‘I realised that Christianity had a history that included women beyond the Bible stories. As a girl growing up in a traditional parish where women did not participate in any ministries, this was transformative,’ says Nancy Walbank.
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OpinionGrief and the Gospel: learning from the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi this Easter
‘Many people have become familiar with the Japanese art of kintsugi – repairing broken pottery with gold. This is the essence of wabi-sabi. Easter isn’t just about victory—it’s about life returning after devastation, not as it was, but as it is now,’ says Rachel Mataraki.
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OpinionMy encouragement to fast this Lent
‘More than a mere discipline, fasting is an invitation to an embodied spirituality, a practice that acknowledges our faith is not just spiritual or intellectual, but deeply lived in our bodies,’ says Jamie Phear.
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OpinionWhat is the point of Lent?
‘I find myself somewhat irritated with Lent. Heresy? I don’t think so. It just feels too self-focused for my liking – about what I can achieve, as if that somehow makes me more worthy of God’s love and attention. It can appear to be all about my own self-effort; works rather than faith,’ says Jenny Sanders.
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OpinionWhat does God have in store for you this Lent season?
‘Lent is a season of courage, trust, and authentic leadership,’ says Bethany Hobbs
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Opinion‘I am a Palestinian Christian and will be retracing the steps of Jesus to find hope this Easter’
Grace Al-Zoughbi’s family’s tradition is to go to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and walk in the footsteps of Jesus starting from Bethphage to the Mount of Olives. She shares why it is so important to retrace his footsteps during this season.
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OpinionChurches can help us move past the very British fear of death
Rev Canon Yvonne Tulloch, CEO of charity AtaLoss, has been on a mission to address the UK’s ignorance over death, after her husband died suddenly. Here she explains why we need to train churches in bereavement support.
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OpinionIt’s Good Friday and we know that death must precede resurrection. This is how I understood the principle…
This Easter weekend Bethany Anderson is reminded that sometimes, things have to die in order to come back to new life.
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ArticleThe ‘believe me’ gap
Dr Belle Tindall highlights how women are still not taken as seriously as men, but encourages us to stand up against such prejudice – as Jesus did
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ArticleWe don’t have to understand everything that happened at Easter
Veronica Zundel unpacks the differing views on the cross, and provides her own take on the meaning of Easter
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ArticleLessons for Lent through my own story of loss
Through her own story of loss and that of Mary and Martha in John chapter 11, author Pamela Havey Lau encourages us to truly believe that our Lord feels our pain deeply and waits faithfully for us, and with us
