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What did the Christians give up for their Lent festival?

Starting from Ash Wednesday, February 17th, 2020 and ending about six weeks later, right one night prior to Easter Sunday, the Lent festival is one of the most widely celebrated religious festivals for Christians. During the festival, Christians tend to swear off food and other activities such as social networking, alcohol consumption, joking around, having fun and more.

The infographic below reveals the festivities that are given up by the Christians during the Lent festival between 2016 to 2020. According to it, about 8.5 percent of people gave up social networking in the year 2016 in order to observe the festival whereas, by 2020, the percentage has been declined by 0.5 percent and about 8 percent of the people had given up social networking in 2020. The social media platform that was intended to put on a hiatus by the Christians was Twitter.

What did the Christians give up for their Lent festival? #infographic

Understanding the True Spirit and Essence of Easter

 Whether you are a Christian or not by faith, you may have already heard about Easter. Even if you aren't aware of it in depth, it is one of the most important religious occasion around the world. Easter is of immense importance in Christianity. According to Christian belief, Easter marks the raising of Jesus Christ after he was crucified in the cross. The Easter eggs which you get to see in abundance at the time of Easter, are actually a symbol of this rebirth. Let's explore the meaning and origins of Easter in terms of the Biblical context itself.

 Various events regarding the roots of Easter can be found in the Holy Bible, the Holy Book in Christianity. There are two major sections of the Holy Bible: The Old Testament and the New Testament. The four gospels governing the life of Jesus Christ can be found in the New Testament portion of the Holy Bible. These four gospels are namely the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.

Understanding the True Spirit and Essence of Easter #Infographic



Some of Twitter's users have boycotted the platform for 48 hours as a protest against its lack of action on anti-Semitism. The action was taken in response to music artist Wiley's tweets that he shared this Friday. Twitter deleted some of his posts, but was still criticized on taking time to act and not deleting all of the tweets. 


The 48 hours walkout from Twitter is being joined by several famous figures, with the hashtag "#NoSafeSpaceForJewHate" being surfaced. 


As a result of the protests against Wiley, his tweets are currently under police investigation and the artist has been temporarily banned from Twitter as well as Instagram.

Wiley's Anti-Semitism Tweets and Twitter's Inaction Results in 48 Hours Boycott

App-Based Giving For Religious Communities
The purpose of a religious community is to serve the community, and right now it’s very difficult to make that happen. The problem is that religious communities usually meet in person and offerings are given in person, as well. Because religious services aren’t happening in person at the moment because of the COVID-19 pandemic, religious communities are struggling to keep their programs afloat as funds dwindle. Fortunately, there’s a better way to handle religious offerings during social distancing.

App-Based Giving For Religious Communities #Infographic

What Are People Searching For?
Now that people anywhere in the world are able to search the Bible on-line and these searches can be tracked by country, we have a new glimpse into how people think about the Bible. Though we cannot tell how many of the searchers already follow Jesus, the country by country overview still presents a fascinating picture to ponder and discuss.

What Are People Searching For? #Infographic

The origins of Islam in 10 minutes
Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion, so if you don’t know much about it now is the time to learn. Here’s the origins of Islam in just ten minutes.

The origins of Islam in 10 minutes #video

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