The prophet would ask why we continue spending billions of dollars for weapons and tax cuts while cutting aid to the hungry, the sick, the unemployed, and victims of wars and climate disasters.

In this second week of Advent, the faithful all over the world recognize that "we are living in troubling times," said Dr. James Spencer, president of the D.L. Moody Center in Northfield, ...

On Saturday evening in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI marked the first day of this year’s Advent season with a challenge, and a call to Christians to accept the communion offered by God in ...

Advent seemed to bring the best out of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A sermon that he delivered in 1933 is particularly pertinent to our unsettled times — when so many are casting around for someone to raise ...

As a campus minister, I have been preparing for the season of Advent for several weeks now, and it was those reflections that came to the front of my mind as I sat in my doctor's office last month. On ...

Dear Members of the Boston College Community: On December 3, Boston College began its annual celebration of the liturgical season of Advent, which in the Christian tradition is a time to prepare for ...

Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in challenging times. The Prophet Isaiah has a memorable sentence which reflects our condition: The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; On those ...

In the weeks before Christmas, coordinator of worship Cindy de Jong plans Calvin chapel services around the season of Advent. Recently, de Jong reflected on the significance of Advent during a busy ...

In recent years there has been talk about the “War on Christmas” as some fear that this season has strayed from Christian traditions in an attempt to be more inclusive to other faiths or secularism.