Joseph is to name the child “Jesus.” Then we are told this child would be known as “Immanuel.” So which is it? Jesus or Immanuel?

Neuroscience offers the hope that the ability to wait can be strengthened through practice—especially the practice of Advent.

After Rome conquered Palestine, they installed a puppet king—Herod the Great. In order to put down resistance to his rule, he employed widespread slaughter and

Dear Jesus,
In the beginning, you made us a little lower than the angels. But in the middle, you lowered yourself.

There are many kinds of darkness, aren’t there? And still yet, many more ways of experiencing and perceiving the different kinds of darkness.

A young woman in a patriarchal culture in a homeland occupied by a hostile empire and its toadies.

This past week in Advent, we made it to the fancily named Gaudete Sunday—or, translating the Latin, “Rejoice” Sunday. Lighting the pink candle, singing “Joy

I think this might be the first Christmas where I’m truly doing only the things I want to do. That sounds dangerously selfish. But it