‘GOD IS NOT DEAD.’ ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, music by J.L. Hatton. The pencil annotation of the date appears to be by H.W.L. Dana, the poet’s grandson, who ...

In the winter of 1860, Cambridge, Massachusetts, captures the essence of an American Christmas. Under starry skies and between snow-laden pines, proud New England houses push their way through a thick ...

And wild and sweet the words repeat, of peace on earth, goodwill to men. As we navigate this frantic season, and as we shake collective heads at collected headlines, I’d like to pause a moment and ...

(Parts of this column were first published as an editorial in the York Daily Record/Sunday News at Christmas in 2014) American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote to a friend in 1863: “I have been ...

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The poem was soon set to music and became a popular carol, omitting two verses about the war itself, which is the version we give here. I heard the bells on Christmas day Article continues below ...

Find today’s readings here. Do not be amazed, then, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. This Yuletide, I have ...