The word "advent" means "coming," and the month of December is the season of Advent where we wait expectantly and get our hearts ready for Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth. A way to ...

Another liturgical year is ending this week. On Sunday, we will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent and, with it, a new church year. This monthlong liturgical season tends to sneak up on many of us.

Four faith leaders revealed the real meaning of Advent as Christmas approaches. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Jake Bland, president of Youth for Christ located in Englewood, Colorado, ...

This past Sunday we entered the “Season of Hope,” known as Advent. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, Advent is a time of anticipation. The period of preparation for the celebration of the birth ...

For many people who observe Christian traditions, Advent is a special season that begins on Dec. 1 and lasts until Dec. 24, leading up to the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth at Christmas. As the ...

Religious practitioners say the spiritual practice of Advent can counteract the materialism of the Christmas season — whether or not you believe in God. An ancient tradition still honored in some ...

As the liturgical season of Advent comes to a close, here are three different ways people around the world celebrate the season — with food. When immigrants from Italy made their way to the United ...

G.K. Chesterton rightly says “it would be vain to say anything adequate, or anything new” about Christmas (The Everlasting Man). Chesterton underlines the caution any writer or speaker should have in ...

Last Sunday my church met at the Mysterious Waters neighborhood park on the Wakulla River to celebrate Thanksgiving. The park has a nice pavilion, dock, boat ramp, and green space. The weather could ...