Christmas: A Woman Without Family

The prophet Anna is often missing from the Christmas story, which focuses on Jesus's birth, the wonder of the shepherds and the worship of the wise men.

Advent: A Family in Poverty

They were a faithful couple, doing their best to adhere to God's word, and now especially because of the little Emmanuel they had in their arms.

Advent: A People Under Occupation

The story of Christmas honors people who are experiencing oppression, and people who feel despair over their government.

Advent: A Marriage in Jeopardy

Only Matthew's Gospel captures something of Joseph's heartache when he received the news concerning Mary's unexpected pregnancy.

“Happy Holidays”

Tomorrow many of us will be sitting at a table laden with traditional Thanksgiving foods and offering up ways we are grateful. Perhaps it is only one thing we can be thankful for, perhaps many. But, some of us will not have a place to go, or a table spread for us.