Our pastoral team was planning for the Christmas Season and at that moment, focusing on our main Christmas Event. As the discussion continued, one of the pastors casually asked, “Who will be our ...

PreachingToday.com: Tell us about a few things you've learned about preaching during the Christmas season. What's one thing that surprised you about preaching during this season? Lee Eclov: First, you ...

A Ukrainian serviceman carries his daughter on his shoulders, while people gather around a Christmas tree in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Dec. 6, 2023.

For weeks, pastors and priests have been hard at work polishingwhat will be perhaps their best-attended sermon of the year. Andwhile a sermon can be purchased these days on the Web for less than$10, ...

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Rev. William O'Toole searched for real-life stories he could use in his Christmas homily. These stories, he said, can help people understand the Christmas ...

The Christian faith of early 20th-century Irish author C.S. Lewis is enjoying a rebirth right now as American culture, and the wider Western world, appear to have lost a sense of right and wrong.

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and ...

It's dark this time of year. Dark, in terms of daylight. Dark, perhaps, in other ways as well. "A time when want is keenly felt, and abundance rejoices," as Dickens says in "A Christmas Carol." Which ...

As we approach Christmas, the Lectionary will complete the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth and their newborn son, John. His story, like his role as precursor, ushers in the story of Jesus. We are at ...