The Episcopal Church of Christ the King and Holy Nativity invites the community to two special music events to start Advent, the first season of the Christian church year leading […] ...

As the Advent season, the spiritual lead-up to the time of celebrating the birth of Jesus, begins November 30, Christian ...

An important part of the observance of Advent during this liturgical season is the playing and singing of Advent music. It's similar to — but also different than — the more well-known genre of ...

Over Thanksgiving my husband, Rogelio, and I had a conversation about how Christians jump into Christmas music all too quickly, ignoring Advent. A good priest friend lamented that “O Come, O Come ...

Advent is my favorite time in the liturgical year. For other people, I am sure it is probably Christmas or Easter, but for me those feasts never live up to expectations. Part of it, I am sure, is ...

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 ...

The Christian season of Advent promises light at the end of a period of darkness. In a time of war and devastating, draining natural disasters, it's high time for a bit of hope. This is ALL THINGS ...

The Christian calendar, opening on Nov. 28 this year, includes four weeks of waiting for the one Christians believe comes as God into our midst. It is a challenge to experience Advent as it begs to be ...

Christmas is coming, but it is not yet. Commercially, of course, this year's Christmas season is already long in the tooth. But if you are a Christian in a tradition which keeps the full Western ...