Shepherds and Christmas go together like crumpets and tea – but they’re mostly NPCs, as the kids say. They do their own thing, watching their flocks by night as the main action unfolds in the manger, ...

Moses was tending flocks when he was called to be deliverer to his people (Exodus 3:1). The Exodus journey itself is defined ...

It’s almost Christmas once again; Churches are presenting their programs and cantatas; and Preachers are preaching their ...

These shepherds have come from many generations of shepherds before them who grazed their livestock in this valley. But fewer and fewer generations of Albanians are choosing this livelihood. One of ...

Jewish shepherds in the Anatot area were lightly injured when Palestinian Arabs threw stones at them. One of the shepherds ...

There is a custom is to invite one of the historic leaders of the Jewish People on each of the seven days of Sukkot — namely, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joseph, and David. The prophet refers ...

The shepherds’ story reminds us that no part of our work is too insignificant for God to use. The fields were the shepherds’ workplace, and that’s exactly where the angel showed up to them. The same ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The little season of Christmastide lasts 12 days, until Epiphany on January 6, when the Christian tradition ...

When God announced the birth of Christ to sweaty, uncouth shepherds, he signaled something important about the kind of Messiah he was sending. A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to appear on ...