There is more to the Advent calendar we see in shops. Why not embrace meaningful traditions, light candles weekly, reflect on ...
Christmas is often synonymous with Advent. In each part of the world, Christmas is celebrated in different ways, or not at ...
Advent can be observed in different ways, but I have chosen the one with its themes in this order: hope, peace, joy, and love. Whoever came up with that order was saving the best for last. Because ...
Janet Hommel Mangas grew up on the east side of Greenwood. The Center Grove area resident and her husband are the parents of ...
on the Liturgical CALENDAR : ADVENT IV – O Antiphon’s O Rex Gentium ...
The Bishops of England and Wales have produced series of brief daily reflections themed around hope for Advent.
Gaudete Sunday always startles me a little. Liturgically, we are still in the “preparation” weeks of Advent — still waiting, ...
Three candles burn now: hope, peace, and joy. Next week, we turn toward love, the culmination of everything Advent builds.
As a Palestinian-American minister, I've long known that the Bethlehem in Christmas carols bears little resemblance to the occupied West Bank city my family struggles to hold on to ...
Advent calls us to stay vigilant in the present to the ways of Jesus, for we do not know when these things will occur.
As the midwinter darkness enfolds us, we can make time for contemplation as much as action, prayer as much as protest.
In late fall, after all the Halloween candy has been consumed and the fall décor removed from store clearance aisles, we step ...