I entered parish ministry with a fair amount of idealism, particularly liturgical idealism. Inconveniently, the liturgical proclivities I picked up in seminary were not especially popular with my ...

The Christmas tree is up and lit at Christ Lutheran Church in Marietta, Ga., and the Rev. Rusty Edwards just can't wait to sing a few lines of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," his favorite Christmas song ...

Though not brand new — the audio drama debuted in 2021 and is being rereleased for a fourth year this Advent. The cover image for the podcast “A Christmas Carol: An Audio Advent Calendar,” produced by ...

There’s a perennial debate that arises at the end of every year when December and the beginning of Advent roll around. It’s one that leaves all of the people who have started humming carols under ...

Since 1918, when the service of Christmas lessons and carols was first devised at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, communities of faith worldwide have maintained the tradition of gathering each year ...

Last year, America published “An (unconventional) Advent Playlist,” an article including two playlists by Karen Nielsen and Rogelio Juárez, in response to a friend’s lament that “‘O Come, O Come ...

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The students of St. Paul's School have again dressed their pristine Covington campus with candlelight from hundreds of luminaries, an iconic acknowledgment of the Advent season leading up to Christmas ...