With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas on ...

Veteran Navy SEAL Jimmy Graham explores how Joseph's sacrificial love during the Advent season offers modern fathers and ...

There is more to the Advent calendar we see in shops. Why not embrace meaningful traditions, light candles weekly, reflect on scripture, offer prayers, and perform small acts of kindness to honour the ...

A woman lights a candle on the first Sunday of Advent at Our Mother of Sorrows Church in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 3, 2023, the start of the Advent season. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) “People will die of ...

Despite how I would ideally orchestrate my one wild and precious life, I am not a patient person. I want things to move faster. I want lines to disappear and I want decisions to be made in an instant.

December is almost here, which means it is almost the start of the Advent season. While many equate Advent with calendars full of treats leading up to Christmas Day on Dec. 25, Advent is a term that ...

Advent calendars began by German Lutherans in the 19th century. The purpose was to share in the anticipation and hope of the impending birth of Jesus Christ. The calendars originally started as a way ...

Advent is a peculiar season, one that might only be known by those who attend liturgical churches that closely follow the Christian calendar. Some people put up Christmas decorations and trees before ...

There is something quietly revolutionary about waiting together. In a world that values individual achievement and personal spirituality, the season of Advent reminds us that our faith was never meant ...