Our culture doesn't understand the idea of fasting before feasting. We are urged to party and feast all the time." Collections of Christmas music often include a few popular Advent hymns sung in ...

Our culture doesn't understand the idea of fasting before feasting. We are urged to party and feast all the time." Collections of Christmas music often include a few popular Advent hymns sung in ...

Advent for some Christian denominations is a penitential season of waiting and longing in the four weeks before Christmas. The consumer-driven holiday season often overlooks the Advent themes of ...

"O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of "Jingle Bells" and ...

An important part of the observance of Advent during this liturgical season is the playing and singing of Advent music. It's similar to — but also different than — the more well-known genre of ...

The Christmas tree is up and lit at Christ Lutheran Church in Marietta, Ga., and the Rev. Rusty Edwards just can't wait to sing a few lines of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," his favorite Christmas song ...

Our culture doesn't understand the idea of fasting before feasting. We are urged to party and feast all the time." Collections of Christmas music often include a few popular Advent hymns sung in ...