When I was much younger (but old enough for some serious crafting), I designed a two-dimensional Advent wreath from construction paper and thumbtacked it to my bedroom wall. Each Sunday during the ...

Happy New Year to all! Throughout December, our church community came together to observe the Advent season, a time rich with meaningful themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. Each Sunday, as the ...

It is difficult not to join the chorus of people bemoaning the 4:15 p.m. sunsets we have been experiencing in the Northeast. Even the most hardened New Englanders seem to agree, very few people like ...

Today, our Advent time of waiting turns the final corner, and the promise of light in darkness begins to sparkle on our horizon. Our readings speak of signs that proclaim God’s love — God’s closeness, ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow has always been bothered by Advent’s emphasis on the imagery of light and darkness. For at least the last decade, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor has been ...

It's hard to go wrong with 40 essays and poems from theological writers such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy Day, Madeleine L'Engle, Martin Luther, Kathleen Norris, Henri Nouwen, Philip Yancey, Karl ...