Three candles burn now: hope, peace, and joy. Next week, we turn toward love, the culmination of everything Advent builds.

Advent reminds us that preparing the way for Christ also means reshaping the landscape of our community with hope, justice and love. As we approach this Advent season, I find myself in constant ...

Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd., is an evangelical interdenominational church. The BVCC Sanctuary Choir Christmas Cantata "Noel Celebration," will take place at 10 a.m. Dec. 21.

Devlyn Brooks is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton, Minnesota.

In late fall, after all the Halloween candy has been consumed and the fall décor removed from store clearance aisles, we step ...

The second week of Advent focuses on finding peace by intentionally slowing down. The author suggests a practice of taking 60 ...

The Schools Singing Programme held its annual Advent Mass, led by Archbishop Eamon Martin, in the beautiful surroundings of ...

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia share a rare video of their children: In the clip on Instagram, they show all four ...

In any case, although your pastor and choir director have the responsibility of planning the music for public parish Masses, there is nothing to stop you from incorporating this hymn into your own ...

The St. Anne-St. Augustin church in downtown Manchester celebrated the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe with an early ...

The Scrap Jar in Rockford just dropped a brand-new, totally secondhand advent calendar. This is the definition of a beautiful ...

Mattingly: "O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never ...