As families gather for the holidays, there is often a struggle to keep the conversation around the table civil. So, here are a handful of tips to help you have grace-filled conversations this holiday season.
As families gather for the holidays, there is often a struggle to keep the conversation around the table civil. So, here are a handful of tips to help you have grace-filled conversations this holiday season.
The sappiness of “Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas” triggers a Pavlovian snark response for many of us. None of these movies are, shall we say, “critically acclaimed.” Still, what these movies lack in Oscar nominations, they make up for in something that those creating and distributing edgier flicks would kill for: millions and millions of viewers.
After the Wisconsin governor chose to change the name of the Capitol 'Christmas tree' to the Capitol "holiday tree," legislators came together to reverse his decision.
Although she's constantly playing different roles and working on new projects, singer and songwriter Amy Grant holds herself with a calm demeanor. The woman who has released countless number one hits and has won awards in every major music category is thoughtful and calm.
Two residents at a Michigan-based senior living center claim that the center’s employees violated their first amendment rights at a Christmas celebration last year.
If you’ve already taken down your Christmas decorations, I’ve got some bad news—you’ve got to put them back up, at least until Sunday. This Sunday is a major Christian holiday that most Americans, even Christians, know very little about.
A Dallas man worked with several area foundations to fill an eighteen-wheeler with toys for a thousand needy children.
40,000 people are wishing one Louisiana boy a Merry Christmas in an “overwhelming” gesture.
Discover 10 Christmas poems both traditional and modern to warm your heart this holiday season. Christmas Poetry that dates back hundreds of years is still admired and read today. May these Christmas poems bring you joy and serenity as you celebrate with family and friends!
Christmas is the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25 in the Western Church. The traditional date of December 25 goes back as far as A.D. 273. Two pagan festivals honoring the sun were also celebrated on that day and it is possible that December 25 was chosen to counteract the influence of paganism. To this day some people feel uncomfortable with Christmas because they think it is somehow tainted by the pagan festivals held on that day. But Christians have long believed that the gospel not only transcends culture, it also transforms it. In A.D. 320 one theologian answered this criticism by noting, “We hold this day holy, not like the pagans because of the birth of the sun, but because of him who made it.”
This content was adapted from "Christmas Eve" by Dan Graves.
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