At the birth of Christ, according to the Gospel of Luke, the first to visit the manger were simple shepherds. This figure is ...

How a pure and simple speech from a cartoon child inspires viewers to contemplate the true meaning of Christmas.

The opening chapters of Matthew and Luke introduce us to Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah, conceived by the Holy Spirit and ...

In the run-up to Christmas, primary schools and Sunday schools often put on Nativity plays This custom, however, is a ...

The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and Last Judgement. But who wrote ...

Interestingly, when the angel Gabriel first appeared to Mary and mentioned the idea of a virgin birth, she had trouble with ...

The oldest is likely Mark — which takes up the story when Jesus begins his ministry. But it's only natural, Barreto said, ...

Two December holidays celebrate light and hope, and this year, they begin on the same day.The first day of Hanukkah, a minor ...

Ah, Christmas: the most wonderful time of the year! While the gifts and family traditions are part of what makes Christmas so ...

Maybe it’s possible to have it both ways — to serve the poor while staging Christmas extravaganzas — but I struggle to ...

What a world we live in when Myer has had to do away with the opening of the treasured Christmas shop windows that have ...

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa Classics Associate Professor Robert Cargill, 51, grew up and earned all of his college degrees ...