The imagery is simple. The word of God is like water, like a seed. Such is the image given in this Sunday’s first reading from Isaiah. It’s beautiful, earthy, organic and it’s easy to understand.

Using information collected from the Social Security Administration's historical baby names database, Stacker compiled a list ...

Teddy Bear Award® winner Jonathan Roumie and Christian singer-songwriter Matt Maher announced they will host a one-night Advent concert at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, Nov. 29. Maher is a Grammy-nominated ...

ROCKBRIDGE — Rockbridge Advent Christian Church is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Aaron R. Johnston as its new senior pastor. Johnston steps into the role with more than 20 years of ...

For fans of Peaky Blinders worried that The Immortal Man will be the final time we get the story of the Shelbys in Birmingham – worry no more. Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has now released on ...

Always on the Sunday after Christmas we keep the feast of the Holy Family. In this feast, the Catholic Church, I think, simply wants our Christmas adoration, our meditation, to linger. The Church ...

Thank you very much for participating in the mixi2 Advent Calendar 2025. This was a project I started on a whim, but I enjoyed reading every single article. As a token of my appreciation, I have ...

Ahaz was one of the cruelest kings Israel ever knew; he even offered his own son as a burnt offering to the god Moloch (2 Kings 16:3). Isaiah went to King Ahaz with words of warning. As the true king ...

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 ...

Laura Wright explores the meaning of joy in the Advent season and joins Christians in Bedford for an impromptu carol singalong in the town’s shopping centre. Show more In this third episode marking ...

It would be easy to conclude that Advent calendars — usually with 25 compartments that reveal a treat, image or scripture, used to count down the days from Dec. 1 to Christmas Eve — represent just ...

Volunteers with the Ladies of Charity of Calvert County, Md., load turkeys and other provisions into the car of a person in need at a food pantry Nov. 20, 2021, held on the grounds of of St. Anthony’s ...