Christmas is a time of joy, family gatherings and gift giving. But for some it is a time of skepticism on the life of Jesus.

The mall parking lots have stayed busy, the checkout lines are long and our calendars are packed with parties and programs throughout this holiday time. Somewhere between the gift wrapping ...

This season calls for the Emmanuel-Effect to guide our lives, allowing God to control every word and deed. We are encouraged ...

“Immanuel” means “God with us.” God with us in all our flesh-and-blood realities and messiness. God with us. We see that “with us” in the life of Jesus. Jesus with the prostitutes and the lepers and ...

Clay Center, Kansas - In the 1980s, Michael W. Smith wrote the lyrics to the Christmas song, Emmanuel. His friend and fellow ...

Like Joseph, I am docile to God ✠ A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Matthew (1:18-24) This is how the birth of ...

In his annual Christmas message to the Archdiocese of Southwark, Archbishop John Wilson said that "each time we are asked the meaning of Christmas, our hearts should be filled with awe, joy and hope ...

Happy birthday, Jesus.” Beneath this familiar Christmas greeting lies a demanding idea: God did not address humanity’s deepest failure from a distance. He did not issue instructions from afar or rely ...

Do I believe and trust that God is unconditionally and completely always with me? King Ahaz, for example, named in that genealogy, is the ruler whom the prophet Isaiah addresses in this Sunday’s first ...

From the quiet fields of Bethlehem to our homes today, communication has always been at the heart of God’s saving plan.