Even though the story remains largely the same each year, area churches continue to be filled on Christmas Eve and Christmas ...

More than a semi-annual crack at irregular churchgoers, the Christmas sermon has traditionally invited us to worship and wonder. Since Christians began celebrating Christ’s birth, preachers have given ...

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Rev. William O'Toole searched for real-life stories he could use in his Christmas homily. These stories, he said, can help people understand the Christmas ...

Topekans David Luke and his wife played a risky game Thursday: They let their six children open their Christmas gifts before morning Mass. But they didn’t have much a choice: The kids were up at 6:30 ...

Here we are once again in the throws of Christmas. Presents are being wrapped, last minute shopping is on the list, cooking ...

A Ukrainian serviceman carries his daughter on his shoulders, while people gather around a Christmas tree in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Dec. 6, 2023.

If you want to help people see Christmas with fresh eyes, start by dropping these familiar fallacies. Pastors, preachers, and Bible teachers: Have you thought about your Christmas sermon or lesson yet ...

For weeks, pastors and priests have been hard at work polishingwhat will be perhaps their best-attended sermon of the year. Andwhile a sermon can be purchased these days on the Web for less than$10, ...

President Donald Trump heard a Christmas sermon this week that centered on loving one another during difficult times and caring for refugees. The sermon, delivered by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde at ...

The Christian faith of early 20th-century Irish author C.S. Lewis is enjoying a rebirth right now as American culture, and the wider Western world, appear to have lost a sense of right and wrong.