When we think about faith, we often imagine belief, obedience, and trust. But what if one of the most vital—and most overlooked—ingredients in a life of faith is curiosity?

Throughout Scripture, moments of divine encounter, transformation, and tradition are often sparked by questions. Rather than silence curiosity, God seems to welcome it—honor it, even. The Hebrew Bible, in particular, is rich with examples of faith and wonder walking hand-in-hand.

If you’re a parent or work with kids, you already know—children never run out of questions. One study found that kids between 14 months and 5 years old can ask up to 107 questions per hour. That’s impressive… and a little overwhelming.

Especially when those questions go beyond “Why do zebras have stripes?” and dive into the deep end:

“Is God real?” “What happens when we die?” “Why does the Bible say that?”

With all this talk about cues for conversation with kids and teenagers around Easter, maybe you have had a few questions yourself! We got you. 

We can spend a lot of time wondering what Easter reveals to us about Jesus and God, but it's worthwhile to consider what death of Jesus reveals about us—humanity—as well.

There is no one right way to talk about Easter and what it means—as we’ve seen, throughout the history of Christianity, there have been many different options offered! But there are more age-appropriate ways to do it than others.

Talking to kids about Easter isn’t for the faint of heart. Betrayal? Torture? Death? And we haven’t even tackled the whole God-mandating-the-death-of-Jesus thing. 

What if that wasn’t the only way to talk about Jesus’ death? What if the way most American Evangelical churches have taught, explained, and understood Jesus’ death was one of many ways of understanding it—and a fairly recent theory for what it represented? What if understanding God calling for and needing Jesus to die wasn’t the only way to view what happened on the cross?

When you think about Easter, egg hunts, chocolate bunnies, and maybe even a fancy new outfit might come to mind—but around the world, Easter is celebrated in all kinds of unique and meaningful ways. Here are just a few ways Easter is celebrated in different cultural contexts!

The Netflix show “Somebody Feed Phil” is a food and travel series where Phil Rosenthal goes all around the world to learn from the various food cultures and engage with the people who make each destination so beautiful and unique. In one episode, Phil visits Kyoto, Japan, where food tour guide Yuma Wada takes him to Nishiki Market where Phil eats an eel. He’s told this eel is so dangerous, it could still bite you up to thirty minutes after its head had been chopped off!

Which makes you wonder… who was the first person to discover that?