Comfort and Joy “Good tidings of grief, to you and your friends, good tidings for Christmas, and a thoughtful new ...

For me, hearing the first Christmas carol played over the intercom at the shopping center brings an initial shock of ...

Blessed are the storytellers, for they shall… … make an incredible sum of money to sustain them and their descendants. (uncommon)… ...

Is it required upon entering adulthood to begin some sort of Christmas collection? Crechés. Nutcrackers. Santa mugs. Fragile Radko ornaments ...

I’m a big believer in “practice makes permanent.” Muscle memory is a real thing. Any of us who have learned ...

On the far side of the room from where I sit most work days, I can see our Advent wall ...

Every single Advent, at just about the third week, time seems to speed up, and Christmas suddenly feels minutes away ...

I am convinced that I grew up in a parish out of time. I know that many churches seem trapped ...

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The Christmas I was seven remains one of the most magical and memorable of my life. I can still picture ...

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While some saints are obscure enough that we must pause to recall who they were and what they did, most ...