As Sundays in Lent are exempt from fasting, giving mothers chocolates on Mother's Day has become a tradition that sons, daughters and husbands ignore at their great peril.
This year, Christians are quite confused. In their Christian calendar for 2016, Easter (March 27) comes first before Passover (April 22)—Jesus resurrects first before He is crucified. How could that be?
The disciples of Jesus are always portrayed as touchingly human. They share the same bewilderment, frustration and irritation we can imagine for ourselves in their situations.