IONIA -- The chords flow light and lilting from Mary Cusack's keyboard. Then follows the voice of her daughter, Caitlin, praising God like a teenage angel. "Alleluia, alleluia," Caitlin sings, her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 21."' He has risen.' God, the fact that Jesus is risen should lift my head, my heart and my attitude. Help me to live today as if ...

One of the most dramatic moments in the celebration of the Easter Vigil occurs just before the proclamation of the Gospel. The Alleluia, silent for more than six weeks, is solemnly intoned three times ...

Charles Wesley’s ‘Christ the Lord Is Risen Today’ brings alleluia’s historical significance to modern audiences. Long before I ever understood Christ's atoning sacrifice or appreciated his glorious ...

The tulips are out. Baseball has begun. I've just made it through another Lenten journey and am now in the joyous Eastertide. As it has been for many years, the journey was an easy transition. However ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, as we mentioned earlier, Western Christians are celebrating Holy Week and Easter, their most sacred time of the year. In the many special services and observances that take ...

Yet some events on the Church calendar, like Easter Sunday, inspire prayers and blessings with a common focal point, such as encouraging believers to "raise your joys and triumphs high." Easter ...