To those who lived in that world of fear, it must have seemed absurd that an infant would be the answer to their fear.
Christmas
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Social media: How social media helps us connect
Like any technology, it depends on how we use it.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
‘Christmas hope still flickers’ in Bethlehem
After two Christmas seasons in which the political reality had overtaken holiday cheer, people seemed primed to finally feel some merriment in Bethlehem.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Iraqi Christians in America pray for the chance to see their families again.
They “pray, pray” that family members can get out of northern Iraq before a major Islamic State attack.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
A Palestinian Christian explains what it feels to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem today.
The ancient Christian population of Bethlehem is fast disappearing. One of the few remaining Palestinian Christians explains what it feels like to celebrate Christmas there today.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Christmas Book Recommendations
A book is sometimes the most difficult gift to offer, but often it is the most rich.
Posted inFaith, The Ignatian Educator
The Terrifying First Christmas
December brings concerns about the commercialism of Christmas, along with invocations to return to the day’s “true meaning.”
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Holy Families: A Christmas Eve Meditation
If we fail to consider the difficulties faced by the Holy Family, we can be lulled into thinking that the first Christmas was a familiar, even cozy, affair.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
How Consumerism is Destroying Christmas
We might think the battle for Christmas is over words. But the struggle is waged at a far deeper level of our lives.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Remembering the Christmas traditions of my family and the Holy Family
When I think about the Holy Family I remember other holy families as well, the ones who brought me up in the faith, who showed me how to love and who taught me how to celebrate Christmas.