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Advent
Advent, which stems from adventus, or “coming,” is a time for Christians to contemplate both Christ’s first coming to the world as baby and his return in glory. It’s also a time to reflect on important foundations of the Christian faith, including the Incarnation and the Virgin Birth.
Tim Keller Exalts the Shy Virtue
Jesus is the reason to stop concentrating on ourselves.
December 22, 2008
Advent's Spiritual Pilgrimage
The birth of Christ is only the final stop when meditating this holiday season. An excerpt from Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality Through the Christian Year .
December 1, 2004
Advent—Close Encounters of a Liturgical Kind
'Tis the season when even the free-ranging revivalist pulls up a chair to the table of historic liturgy
December 1, 2002
More on Advent
Go Overboard Celebrating Christmas
A godliness that won't delight in fudge and eggnog is no godliness at all.
December 20, 2012
How to Wait for a Slow-Moving Messiah
Advent, says author Enuma Okoro, teaches us how to wait on a God whose timetable looks nothing like ours.
November 30, 2012
Do You Follow the Liturgical Calendar?
Observers weigh in on why they do or don't follow the church year.
November 28, 2011
A Cosmic Culmination
Recalling the earth-shaking, kingdom-sized message of Christmas.
December 22, 2010
Yuletide Yarns
Christian authors discuss the best Christmas story not in the Bible.
December 21, 2010
An Un-Christmas-Like Idea
Four days of Advent readings, excerpted from 'God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas.' By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
December 20, 2010
Redeeming December Days
Advent prompts a larger, cosmic question: What do I do while waiting?
December 17, 2010
God's Quiet Signature
Why the rescue of the Chilean miners was a "great miracle," and what it tells us about Hanukkah.
December 13, 2010
Away With 'Away in the Manger'?
Should churches ban carols with questionable theology?
November 23, 2010
How to Have a Merry Christmas
And it doesn't require you doing another blessed thing.
December 23, 2009
The Tunes They Are a-Changin'
Dylan's holiday album a bust, but others catch the Christmas spirit.
December 2, 2009
The Darker Side of 'A Christmas Carol'
The Dickens classic is not just charming. It's also brutally realistic about the world, then and now.
December 2, 2009
That Controversial 'Messiah' 
Christian art continues to stir people in unexpected ways.
December 22, 2008
Keeping St. Nick, the Man Not Myth, Alive
More and more churches are finding ways to practice the St. Nicholas story.
December 19, 2008
Searching for the Star of Bethlehem
A new theory makes the news. But are 21st-century astronomers looking in the wrong place?
December 19, 2008
Always Summer, Never Christmas
Bolivian evangelicals wonder how—and whether—to celebrate the holiday of the Incarnation.
December 18, 2008
Reconciling Christmas
A new ministry to Bethlehem does more than deliver gifts every December.
December 17, 2008
Sins and Sorrows Grow in Mosul
For Iraq's Christians, a fearful Christmas amid shootings and a worsening humanitarian crisis.
December 15, 2008
Christmas Quiz
Who gets the credit for chocolate calendars, Christmas trees, and picking December 25?
December 10, 2008
News Quiz: Christmas Specials
Black Friday promotions at Planned Parenthood and the Creation Museum.
December 5, 2008
Celebrating Advent with Martin Luther
The Protestant reformer loved Christmas, as these excerpts from his sermons show.
December 4, 2008
It's a Wonder-Full Life
It takes a special kind of birth to grab the world's attention.
December 21, 2007
Opinion: When Christmas Was Banned in Massachusetts
After nearly 400 years, it's past time we learned our lesson and ceased hostilities. (Kevin Seamus Hasson, The Wall Street Journal)
Opinion: Hark! The Herald Angels Didn’t Sing
It takes a strong imagination to approach Scripture literally (Tanya Lurhmann, The New York Times)
Opinion: Lo, the Humble Christmas Pageant
In 1223, St. Francis staged the first living Nativity scene, complete with live animals. (Susan Beebe, The Wall Street Journal)
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