O. Henry's story, "The Gift of the Magi" is about costly giving out of love. Bishop Joey Royal writes that the costliest gift, though, comes to us from a loving Father: the gift is Christ.
Joanna Pawlisch reviews Babushka: A Classic Folk Tale for Christmas, The Christmas Swallow, and Papa Panov’s Special Day: A Classic Folk Tale for Christmas.
I’m one of those people who thinks he doesn’t really enjoy all the secular, cheesy, mass-produced holiday frivolity. I’m a serious person, after all,...
A former Roman Catholic student preparing to become an Episcopal priest recently asked me why we retain the Twelve Days of Christmas as Anglicans, but...
By Timothy P. O’Malley
A virtuous grumpiness has overtaken a certain kind of Christian. At least, we imagine that it’s virtuous. While the rest of the...