The Easter narratives are stories “of discovery and insight, commissioning and departure. Most of all they are stories about witnessing,” says PrepareTheWord's Alice Camille in this Sunday’s issue of "Exploring the Word." Privacy advocates are troubled by two legal developments this week involving discovery and witnessing . . .

"I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord," the psalmist affirms this Sunday. As the church celebrates new life in the risen Christ this Easter weekend comes word that new life in the womb of expectant mothers will be celebrated . . .

In light of the fact that we will rise in Christ, the author of the Letter to the Colossians encourages early followers to “think of what is above.” In light of an alarming rise in skin-cancer cases among younger people, researchers and dermatologists are strongly encouraging young Americans to think about the sun above and the harmful effect of ultraviolet exposure . . .

Jesus of Nazareth “went about doing good,” the newly emboldened apostle Peter proclaims in this Sunday’s post-Resurrection story from the Acts of the Apostles. Business leaders and entrepreneurs should boldly do the same in their own companies . . .

"The things that happen in my country are incredible. After 50 years of telling us the church is bad, now they say it is good, and we get Good Friday off to boot."

Prescription drugs have overtaken methamphetamine as the largest drug-abuse problem in rural America, and rural residents are nearly twice as likely to overdose on pills than are people in large cities.