The Christian calendar, opening on Nov. 28 this year, includes four weeks of waiting for the one Christians believe comes as God into our midst. It is a challenge to experience Advent as it begs to be ...

At New Life Assembly of God, we commemorate the Last Supper on the First Sunday of the month. The first Sunday of this month was also the first Sunday of the Christmas Advent season and we integrated ...

This Advent season, a leading expert on Christian persecution around the world and religious freedom issues weighed in on how to stay rooted in faith and key values — and how to remain focused on the ...

In a world where wars, turbulence and insecurity rage in numerous locales, the Advent season is a time of stillness and contemplation, of silence and the hope for new birth. "For those in the ...

Sister Miriam James Heidland’s latest book, Behold: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation, invites readers to transformation this Advent season. Like her Lenten prayer and meditation ...

This year it took until the third week of Advent for me to have what I call “that Advent feeling.” I discovered in our dusty pile of CDs a forgotten Advent album produced by Wyoming Catholic College ...

As we head into a season of joyful waiting, I have a confession to make: I am angry. I am generally a joyful person, a loving person, a forgiving person, but right now I am struggling to be any of ...

St. Paul BROOKFIELD -- On the first Sunday of Advent, communion will be celebrated at the 8 a.m. traditional worship and 10:30 a.m. family worship services at the church, 174 Whisconier Road. The Rev.