Advent Reflections: Join Dan Schutte in a virtual reflection for Advent. This first week of Advent is the beginning of our journey into discovering God once again, this year, this time. Enter your ...

As we begin Advent and prepare for the birth of Christ in all the practical ways — gift buying, tree trimming, decorating, meal planning, and more — it’s important to prepare to welcome Jesus into our ...

Here we are, Christmas Day. How wondrous. Nothing compares! We have been waiting and preparing for the birth of the Christ Child, and His arrival changes us and changes our world, if we let it. During ...

Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is a time of preparation for the arrival of the Christ child in many Christian churches. There are four weeks, four Sundays of Advent, and this Sunday is ...

“The liturgy of Advent nourishes our hope,” writes Cardinal Joseph Zen in Cardinal Zen’s Advent Reflections. Indeed! Read on for heartfelt and faith-filled reflections from the bishop emeritus of Hong ...

The sequence of lighting the candles on an Advent wreath is to light the first purple candle on the first Sunday of Advent, which is Dec. 1 this year. Then move clockwise and light a second purple ...

The aroma of incense filled the stone and stain-glassed sanctuary of Grace Lutheran Church as worshipers filed in for the mid-week Advent service. As acolyte Phillip Fischaber carried a candle to the ...

Editor's Note: EarthBeat Weekly is your weekly newsletter about faith and climate change. Below is the Nov. 27 edition. To receive EarthBeat Weekly in your inbox, sign up here. A year ago, it would ...

Wry jokes and memes about the decided awfulness of the year 2020 - with the pandemic, ensuing lockdowns and economic distress, as well as civil unrest in a turbulent election year - are well known to ...

Like most things in 2020, this will be an Advent unlike any other. But each day, you can still take a few minutes to reflect on the coming of our savior at Christmas with short reflections on ...

Like most things in 2020, this will be an Advent unlike any other. But each day, you can still take a few minutes to reflect on the coming of our savior at Christmas with short reflections on ...