I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the Advent wreath in the dark ...

We bear the tension of both joy and sorrow. This edition of Christianity Today is likely in your hands as you finalize plans for the holidays and anticipate all they hold—both their blessings and ...

It wasn’t until I was grown that I remember hearing the word Advent. Advent is the four Sundays before Christmas. The “Advent story” of my faith tradition was full of angels, shepherds, wise men, a ...