‘Blessed Is the Fruit of Your Womb!’
Christ’s birth provides a beautiful archetype of life in our culture of death.
Christ’s birth provides a beautiful archetype of life in our culture of death.
The classic, kitschy Christmas song, “The Little Drummer Boy,” exemplifies the boldness that belongs to us as children of God.
What if I told you that December 25 probably was the day on which the Lord Jesus was born? What if I told you that the evidence actually does point to December 25?
Martin Luther never sang “Joy to the World.” But Luther’s hymn “From Heaven Above to Earth I Come” explodes with Christmas joy.
The saints go marching all year long. Maybe your family’s Christmas season is colored by some happy birthdays or sad memories.
To talk about celebrating the full 12 days of Christmas, one must first talk about celebrating Advent. To do otherwise …
Ah, Christmas: that wonderful time of year when the church music and readings are all comfortably familiar …
An abundance of good things can fool us into believing we deserve everything we have and just a little bit more, too.
Does this article exist? You can’t hold it in your hands, turn the pages, mark it up with a pen and highlighter, or crumple it up …
That particular joy is this: I do not want to unwrap any presents on Christmas morning. I just want to go to church.
The Christmas canticles — the Magnificat, Benedictus, Gloria in Excelsis and Nunc Dimittis — each point to Christ in a unique way, and remind us of the gift of His nativity all year long.
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness discusses how the Christmas canticles — the Magnificat, Benedictus, Gloria in Excelsis and Nunc Dimittis — point to Christ year-round.