Here we are on the doorstep of Advent, the weeks of preparation before Christmas Day. For those who make use of the liturgical calendar of the Christian year, this Sunday is New Year’s Day, sort of.

When he was a college campus chaplain in the Boston area, the Rev. Cameron Partridge saw how stressed his students were in the weeks leading up to Christmas break. "You know, you've got the end of the ...

I am very good at meeting deadlines. So good that in certain situations, it can be a problem. My wife complains that we are always the first to show up at social gatherings. Even when we are ...

The etymology of words never fails to fascinate. Despite a lifetime of fluency of a native tongue, there are deep truths to be revealed in the roots of our modern ...

On the first Sunday of Advent, we’re all supposed to start using the new Lectionary mandated by the bishops. You may not notice at first, because if your parish is like mine, although we have had the ...