On this episode of “Hark!”, we follow a figure the Bible never mentions, but whose bold gift leads us straight to the heart of Christmas. This is the story of “The Little Drummer Boy.”

To kick off the fourth season of “Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols,” we have a Christmas song that begins on a plodding, somber note and erupts into a thrilling epiphany. We’re exploring “We Three Kings.”

Besides its musical beauty and thrilling sense of wonder, the song ‘We Three Kings’ offers a treasure trove of stories to unwrap.

Returning for its third season comes “Hark!”—a podcast from America Media about the stories behind our favorite Christmas carols.

I have learned to take Christmas carols seriously and to anticipate the epiphanies they may bear in my spiritual life.

In the aftermath of sexual trauma, making a woman’s body the site of a legal battle is traumatic itself.

If it’s not too early for Pope Francis to start listening to Christmas music, it's not too early for us!

My grief did not unfold neatly or in any predictable way as the “stages of grief” might suggest.

When someone is courageous enough to share with the world that she seriously considered taking her own life because she didn’t see a way out, we need to honor that honesty and vulnerability.

A Reflection for the First Tuesday of Advent