These prayers are one way to bring joy to the world this holiday season. The Bible tells us about God. When we seek God with all our heart, soul and mind, he offers us peace, one that passes all ...

All around the world, the global tapestry of believers are waiting in anticipation to worship Jesus and His birth. For many, Christmas celebrations follow the four main themes of Advent: hope, peace, ...

In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

For most Christians, today marks the start of Advent, a time of anticipation and preparation for Christmas, the Holy Day marking the very reason for the religion. And while it has deep meaning to the ...

December is the month of amazing celebration. Usually the four Sundays in December are Advent Sundays, with a focus each Sunday on an attribute of the season: Hope/Faith, Peace, Love, Joy.

Seven hundred years before the very first Christmas, the prophet Isaiah foretold, "behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and they shall call his name Immanuel." This Hebrew name, ...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. – Francis of Assisi "BETHLEHEM Candle" is the second purple candle during the second week of Advent ...

Sunday, Feb. 25, is the Second Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Psalm 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19; Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10. What is it that gives hope, peace and ...

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 KJV Our lives are full. Full of ...

What a year it has been — pandemics of violence and COVID-19 and the drama of a presidential election. There are those who would like to throw out the year 2020 as if it never was. But it is what it ...

In light of international conflicts, a fraught presidential election season and other contemporary challenges, clergy across the Cedar Valley are preparing their Christmas sermons in hopes of ...

The Advent season is about preparing our hearts, minds and souls to welcome the birth of the King of Kings. It is those magical and mystical weeks after Thanksgiving that lead to Christmas — and as ...