Christmas and Advent Archives

Black Friday, Cyber Monday -- enough already! Christians are called to prepare for Christmas in an entirely different way.

Mary Hunt talks ways to make your Holiday season special without breaking the bank or going overboard on Black Friday.

Today, do you shiver as you try to shelter yourself from the freezing winds of nightly news?

The Christmas season is upon us and with it overwhelming encouragement to spend what we have not earned to buy what we cannot afford.

The seriousness of spiritual depression and the need for God cannot be overemphasized.

Here are some useful resources to help you prepare Christmas messages.

If you're struggling with unexpected stops on the journey of faith at Christmas, God has a special message of hope for us.

During the first Christmas season in Japan since nearly 15,000 were killed in an earthquake and tsunami in March, many survivors are searching for...

Today I poured over the new titles at the local Christian bookstore. The usual suspects dominated most of the shelf space. One of the most...

No doctrine of the Christian faith rests upon knowing the exact day and year of Christ’s birth.

The Real Saint Nick was a generous soul who gave much more than toys.

"The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them" (Isaiah 9:2). Those words...

Alas, there are two symbols positioned side-by-side in Pittsburgh, perhaps providentially. They represent two visions.

While the quaint, historical aspects of the "little town of Bethlehem" enchant tourists each year, the struggle of its occupants is an ongoing...

You can’t understand Christmas if you ignore human suffering.