Easter Sunday is the highest holiday in the calendar of the church, a time when we celebrate and reflect what has been demonstrated and given to us by God. Yet the first disciples were not celebrating and were even confused and scared, struggling to understand what had happened in the tomb.

Good Friday is the time when the passion of Jesus is remembered, when Christians recount what our Savior has done for us. But what are we to do with the story, and what can it do to us, when we already know how the ending will turn out?

The celebration of Palm Sunday is not just retelling a story or reaffirming a part of our history, it recognizes a deeper meaning and narrative within the Christian life. That vulnerability is necessary so we might recognize the true power of God's salvation within the resurrection.

The journey of Jesus to the cross in Lent is not just him gaining something for us, but also demonstrating a life that is waiting for us. An existence beyond our physical lives that is not anchored to what we have already done, but redefines what it means to live going forward.

St. Patrick's Day is a welcome celebration after a long winter, and a time to enjoy the company of family and friends. But it also promotes a man and a message vital for life today, and makes Christians better understand the one they serve.

Lent is sometimes seen as a season of sacrifice, temptation, and struggle with ourselves. But in order to demonstrate how better we are, but in order to witness the more powerful forces around us that affect our lives.

So often we are preoccupied by seeing and being in God's divine presence, that it blinds us to what it calls us to do. To instead see the presence of God not as binding our lives, but liberating them.

Often times the characters of the Bible confront us in how we act with and among other people. And in a time where anger seems to be the prominent emotion, this controversial message of Jesus meets us where we need him the most.

What exactly is a blessing? Is it something to hold and enjoy and make us feel better about life? Or, might it be something we are already experiencing and need help seeing?

Often faith is seen as a personal expression about life and what one thinks of God, but what if faith is not as personal as we might think?