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God’s Goodness at Christmas

This past summer my husband, Tom, and I had the privilege of being in the audience when Richard Foster, author of the bestselling Celebration...

Being Refashioned in Christ

I can be a grouser and complainer during the weeks leading up to Christmas. At no other time of year do I find my...

A Meditation for Christmas Day: God’s Difficult Gift

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.

Discover Anew the Light and Glory of God

I found these volumes on Christmas and Epiphany to offer a depth of insight in slim volumes on seemingly well-known anchors in the calendar.

What Is Advent For?

Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in a cloud” with power and great glory. - Luke 21:27 In Advent, the preacher faces the...

Finding the Humble King

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.

What Do Christians Make of Secular Christmas Ads?

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,...

Advent: Gearing Up For All Twelve Days

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...

Is There Really a Secular Christmas?

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...

The Moving Feasts of Christmas and Epiphany

By Matthew S. C. Olver The ways of numbering and counting and commemorating the days of the Christmas and Epiphany seasons are enough to leave...

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