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Candy filled Advent calendars are fun, but a traditional Advent practice before and after Christmas can deepen the experience ...

The season of the Christian year that begins this Sunday, the first season of the Christian Calendar, known as Advent.

Retired Big Rapids Pastor Ron Witbeck explores how relationships shape us and the spiritual significance of restoring our ...

SHANE MacGowan’s widow says she’s paying the price of loving the singer, now that he’s gone. The Fairytale of New York icon ...

Let the little children come to me,” framed the 78th annual assembly of the United Churches of Lycoming County (UCLC) held ...

Amarachi Amusi (Ashmusy) can be described as a woman with many hats and finds a way to not only balance all but bring ...

Trying to please everyone is a wasted effort. Yes, trying to get along with others and striving for Christian unity is vital.

Jo Cartwright never thought she'd remarry after her husband of 68 years died in 2014, but she found love again with Bernard Snyder following the death of his wife last year — and the pair tied the ...

To be vigilantly prayerful is to be in living, conscious contact with God. It is to have our hearts and minds focused on the ...

A Journey of Love, Loss & Finding Possibility Of Joy Again When Vandana Kumar lost her husband to cancer in 2001 she was a ...

THERE WAS A MOMENT, in the aftermath of my husband’s premature death, when I thought about Jesus coming back and longed for ...