If you need some help injecting some energy and fresh ideas into your Christmas sermon planning this webinar is for you! Matt Woodley, Anthony Delaney, and Ken Shigematsu talked about how to prepare ...

Preaching on Christmas may be one of the trickiest challenges faced by a preacher. Whether you're holding forth on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day or the Sunday before Christmas or all of the above, ...

PreachingToday.com: Tell us about a few things you've learned about preaching during the Christmas season. What's one thing that surprised you about preaching during this season? Lee Eclov: First, you ...

Christmas Day. Today is Christmas Day. I rummaged through records of my quarter century of parish ministry and since, what now, seven full, and pushing on eight years preaching around and doing some ...

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.

It's dark this time of year. Dark, in terms of daylight. Dark, perhaps, in other ways as well. "A time when want is keenly felt, and abundance rejoices," as Dickens says in "A Christmas Carol." Start ...

As we approach Christmas, the Lectionary will complete the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth and their newborn son, John. His story, like his role as precursor, ushers in the story of Jesus. We are at ...

(RNS) — At Christmas, Christians herald a leader who will rule with truth and grace; this is good news, as the world has precious little of either. Belief that Jesus is this leader gives hope to all ...

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.

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 ...