The Road Between Marshall & Lafayette
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on Jesus’s parable in Luke 10 about being a good neighbor after learning of the death of a man in the roadway on Christmas Eve just blocks from his church.
Christmas Eve Concert Held in Fire-Wrecked Notre Dame
Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating fire for a special Christmas Eve concert.
Exiled Belarus Archbishop Allowed to Return for Christmas
On Tuesday, the bishops of Belarus announced that after a nearly 3-month exile over his criticism of Belarusian leaders, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk will be allowed to return to his archdiocese for Christmas thanks to a personal plea from Pope Francis. Read full piece
On Christmas, America Celebrates the Birth of Reverse Jesus
What if we were to actually use the life of Christ as a basis for Christmas? Read full piece
Christmas is Political, & Always has Been
The biblical Christmas story, the one that announces the birth of Jesus, seems so sweet it can appear almost saccharine. It is so often told as a children’s story and a sentimental one at that. Yet it is deeply political and has been from the beginning.
A Christmas Without Family & Community
Advent and Christmas remind us God can still surprise us, surprise us with mystery, and surprise us with love. Advent and Christmas are an invitation into the surprise mystery that is God.
As California’s Hospitals Fill, Kirk Cameron Hosts Unmasked Christmas Caroling Events
The actor-turned-evangelical Christian activist Kirk Cameron led a large outdoor Christmas caroling event Tuesday night in Thousand Oaks, California, despite a COVID-19 surge that is filling hospital beds across the southern part of the state.
A New Pastor Who Couldn’t Meet Members of Her Church Found a Way to Celebrate Christmas with Them
Katie Day’s church is among hundreds of thousands of congregations nationwide whose worship has been radically changed by the pandemic. Read full piece
Singing Hope … & Doubt … in Christmas 2020
Editor Brian Kaylor says it won’t really feel like Christmas this year. And we shouldn’t pretend everything’s alright. It’s okay to lament. It’s okay to express our disappointment. It’s okay to miss what we can’t have and do this year. Because that’s part of the