Our consumer culture says "party all the time." But Advent songs emphasize the darkness that comes before the light.

“Dear friends, Advent is the season of the presence and expectation of the eternal. For this very reason, it is in a ...

"O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas" in their local ...

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

As the holiday season approaches, faith leaders in the Sonoma Valley are inviting their communities to embrace the spiritual and cultural traditions that define Hanukkah, Advent, and Christmas. From ...

Hang a stocking for Jesus. Fill it with notes and prayer intentions during Advent. You can pray for those intentions in the ...

As Advent unfolds in the far north, Bishop Erik Varden says the season's power lies not in cheerfulness but in hope -- "light shining at the darkest point of the night." ...

Advent's Lent-like waiting period is exactly why churches do not immediately whip out Christmas trees at the end of Ordinary ...

As Advent approaches, families bring out their boxes of Christmas decorations and set out the Advent wreath. But consider a ...

Roráty, the ancient Czech Advent dawn Masses, return each December in candlelit churches. A priest and a mother from Zlín ...

All the people I know who are worried about materialism swallowing up Christmas really just mean: “Presents are a big part of ...