Attebury mentioned King’s book “Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made Handel’s ‘Messiah,’” and his ...

Chabad, the international Hasidic Jewish movement that held the Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration, often bears the brunt of ...

While Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox communities had long maintained a presence in the Land of Israel, it was the ...

If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants ...

“He is joining us after leaving the military service in Europe,” the announcer says. Team members start to look around, ...

Because once Christianity lets go of Israel, it loses the very plot it believes it’s telling. From the start, I never bought ...

Many Christians worry that writing “Xmas” crosses Christ out of Christmas, but the story of the X is an ancient, deeply ...

We can find the healing, deep-settled calm of Christ at Christmas and every day.

A few days ago at a party, a friend came up to me and cheerily said, “Merry Chris–…” and then, catching herself, switched to ...

At Christmas time we read about King Herod who ruled Judea at the time of Jesus’s birth, and he is the villain of many ...

During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move ...

After its account of Jesus’ birth, the Bible is almost entirely silent on his childhood. Yet legends about Jesus’ early years ...