Easter is the time we ponder Resurrection—and perhaps we think a bit about what’s next for us. Because of Jesus’s Victory over Death, and his Ascension 40 days later, we have faith that when we take our final breath that’s not the end for us, either. The Bible tells us this life is followed by eternal life with God in heaven. This gives us Hope that is beyond the reach of the world.

April 15 is Tax Day. This year that day finds itself in the middle of Holy Week…which is kind of ironic.

Dating back to at least 325ad, and the First Council of Nicaea. However, the formal canonization of Lent was preceded by local practices which varied from 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and the full 6 weeks we currently observe.

Light and Revelation are the themes of the season between Christmas and Lent; Epiphany calls us to explore and discover who the Christ child really is and what his birth means. No song does that better than the five familiar verses of the first American Christmas Carol: “We Three Kings.”