New Orleans erupts into a dazzling display of parades, music, and revelry for Mardi Gras. Known as "Fat Tuesday," this celebration marks the final day before Lent and is so deeply ingrained in ...

Lent (a season of spiritual renewal) came early this year. Tony Campolo tells a parable of a boring, little town that decided to hold a footrace. One man fell to his knees, crying, ‘I have crossed the ...

When piles of snow and bitter winds do their best to make the winter season unbearable, Minnesotans are famous for our ability to weather the cold and bring joy and light to these dark days. The ...

Today, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday. Ashes were a symbol of mourning in the OT (Old Testament). You put them on yourself, heaped on your head like ...

Easter is a significant day on the Christian calendar. Billions of Christians look forward to Easter Sunday each year, and that anticipation is amplified by Lent.

Alongside her music career, Faithfull also acted in films including The Girl on a Motorcycle, as well as theatre productions. In recent years, her voice was used in the 2021 remake of Dune and ...

People who observe Lent do so to honor what is said in the Bible to be Jesus' 40 days fasting in the desert before his baptism. They also observe the holiday season in preparation for Easter.

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of ...

Here are the 25 best rock songs of the last 25 years. While 2000 did not mark the turn of the century, nor the millennium (those counts start at 2001), it did signal a new era. The first decade ...