All Easter articles
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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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The ‘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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We 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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Lessons 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
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Opinion
I gave birth on Good Friday and lost my baby on Easter Sunday - but I believe we will be reunited thanks to Jesus
For many years, Bryony Wood’s Easter was little more than a bank holiday and a chance to scoff too many chocolate eggs. Until one year when her world turned upside down.
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Opinion
‘God has a special way of knowing what we really need’
Stephanie Pena has been on several pilgrimages in her life but after some recent family difficulties, she felt led to travel to Knock, in Ireland. Here’s why she thinks Easter is the perfect time to re-connect with God.
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Opinion
Why do we eat chocolate eggs at Easter? Does the shape represent the rock over Jesus’ tomb?
Writer Lauren Windle investigates a conundrum that she’s wrestled with since childhood – why do we associate Easter with chocolate eggs?
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Easter with Wintershall: Taking Jesus’ story to where people are
Thirty years on from the first staged play of The Passion of Jesus, Tola-Doll Fisher spoke with Charlotte de Klee, trustee and producer of Wintershall, the world-famous organisation responsible for staging award-winning productions that focus on the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus
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Chocolate helping prisoners
Joyce Murray shares the story of Grace Chocolates, a luxury confectionery brand handmade by women who have been touched by the criminal justice system in Scotland
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Opinion
Explaining the Easter story to my two-year-old brought up some confusing and VERY cheeky questions, but I think I got there in the end
Rachel Pearce was worried that telling her daughter about Jesus’ death might scar her for life. Little did she know that the Easter story was about to take a surprising turn…
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Opinion
I met a girl who was resurrected from the dead after a terrorist bombing and what she said about Jesus changed my life
Samaa died in a bombing attack on her church. She told writer Jemimah Wright about meeting Jesus before she came back to life and what she learned about joy.
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Opinion
Here’s how to entertain your family this Easter without spending a fortune
The cost of everything is rising, so while we want to mark Easter and Jesus’ resurrection in a big way - many of us don’t have any cash to splash at the moment. Here are some ideas to keep costs down and fun high.