In some denominations, Advent is also celebrated by the lighting of an Advent wreath, which represents Jesus coming as a light through the darkness, explains Dynamic Catholic. Set in front of the ...

When I was growing up in the Baptist Church, having an Advent wreath with lighted candles was never something that was a part of the services. I never saw an ...

Sunday, Dec. 21, is slated to be the darkest day in 2025 for the Northern Hemisphere. As darkness and brisk temperatures physically overtake daylight hours, we are ushered into the “dark ...

Advent calls us to stay vigilant in the present to the ways of Jesus, for we do not know when these things will occur.

Waiting for Christmas was a time of anticipation in the countdown of the advent calendar. The word advent derives from the Latin adventus, signifying an arrival, a coming. In church Latin, it referred ...

Advent can be observed in different ways, but I have chosen the one with its themes in this order: hope, peace, joy, and love. Whoever came up with that order was saving the best for last. Because ...

The holidays are upon us, and 'tis the season for white elephant exchanges! If you need gift ideas for the big party, check ...

The gathering took place just hours after news broke of the most recent terrorist attack on Jews, this one a celebration of ...

Nineteen-year-old Ella Cook has been named as one of two students killed in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University. The ...

An aspiring neurosurgeon and a student leader of Brown University's campus Republicans were in a study group preparing for an ...

Little stables and mangers made out of graham crackers, with frosted mini wheats as the snowy roof and animal crackers as the ...