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Christmas reveals God's cosmic plan through Christ's incarnation, as Paul describes -- the pivotal moment when creation's hopes found new meaning.

Catholic religious and others last week made a public appeal amid the cold outside a federal office building in Chicago: They wanted permission to bring Communion and pastoral care to immigration ...

"O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of "Jingle Bells" and ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas — Fort Leavenworth's German military community hosted a bilingual Advent service filled with traditional German hymns Dec. 10, 2025, in Memorial Chapel. German Military ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: A choral music nonprofit focused on reflecting the racial and cultural diversity of the Twin Cities is holding its annual holiday concert this ...

On 17 December 1933, the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a powerful sermon in London. Advent always seemed to draw out the best in him, which should not be surprising given his love of ...

“Advent hymns have about them a sense of dissatisfaction with our lives in this world. … “We have a mess on our hands, some of it of our own making, and we’re praying for Christ to come and save us,” ...

Soon I will pull out my candy thermometers, my double boiler saucepot and my biggest kettle with its thick bottom of triple-ply copper, aluminum and stainless steel and assemble the ingredients to ...