by Kate Hanch | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinion
Liz Vice’s song Refugee King begins with, “Away from the manger they ran for their lives…” Vice takes the tender hymn Away in a Manger, full of peaceful imagery of “cattle lowing” and a baby not crying, and turns it upside down, highlighting the messiness and danger...
by Barry Howard | Dec 5, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared on Barry Howard’s Substack. Every December, the world starts rushing as seasonal lights go up, calendars fill up quickly, and Christmas playlists spill from department store speakers before the Thanksgiving leftovers have...
by Michelle Wahila | Dec 4, 2025 | Opinion
Christmas is supposed to sparkle. December arrives with a cup of cheer, cookies, fairy lights and an angelic chorus that fills the air with gladness. This year, I admit I am not feeling very merry. Headlines are heavy. Wars rage. Politics fractures our country. And...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Dec 3, 2025 | Opinion
When I saw the word “Advent” as a child, my heart instinctively read “adventure.” The Advent season has always stirred in me a sense of anticipation, as though something wondrous, transformative, and deeply holy is just beyond the horizon. As a child, I thought it was...
by Starlette Thomas | Nov 26, 2025 | Opinion
A new four-episode Advent podcast series will examine the testimonies of the men in and around the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Hear ye, hear ye from Jesus, John the Baptizer, the Pharisees, Sadducees and Joseph, her soon-to-be husband. Why are we talking about...
