PreachingToday.com: Over your years as a pastor, what’s one thing that surprised you about preaching during the Christmas season? Matthew D. Kim: In being completely transparent, I was surprised by ...

I’ll never forget my worst Christmas/Christmas Eve sermon ever. I wanted to try something “fresh” but outside the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth. So I took my people into the wild world of Revelation ...

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 ...

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.

(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 ...

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." Which ...

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.

Churches across the U.S. and abroad are quietly experimenting with AI-generated Christmas content, from Nativity visuals and kids' lessons to full Christmas Eve sermons. Why it matters: Christmas ...

When Bishop D. J. Soto gives his Christmas sermon this year—his fifth Christmas in the metaverse—he will be surrounded by spirits. “I think my favorite part is going to be when the host of angels ...

Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon at the Vatican on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day ...