The 44th president and former first lady smile in front of festively lit trees in the new photo The Obamas are sending their Christmas tidings In separate posts with the same photo, the former ...

The best Christmas I ever had was also the simplest. Since I was in the hospital that year after giving birth to my son Justin, I had to abandon my planned Christmas activities as fast as the blink of ...

One of the most beautiful nineteenth century Christmas carols is “In the Bleak Midwinter.” I have always been a bit suspicious of its emotional pull: Midwinter in England may experience “snow on snow” ...

If you’ve ever thought Christianity is only for “super polished and put-together people,” my guess is you’ve never tried to read through the entire Bible. There are entire books—like the longest one, ...

Christmas greetings to all of you! Many thanks to both long-time readers and the legions of new readers who have come on board over the last year. I greatly appreciate your visits to the Cranach blog, ...

The gifts have been opened, the Christmas feast is being prepared. How blessed we are here in our Upper Ohio Valley to have so many things to be thankful for this special, joyous day. As we gather ...

Today, our celebration of Advent reaches its goal. “Our yearnings anticipate landfall,” wrote St. Augustine, answering definitively, and almost 1500 years early, the charge of the skeptics that our ...

On Christmas Day the Christian world celebrates the birth of the Messiah. The Hebrew word “masiach” and the Greek word “christos” are translated into English as “messiah” and “Christ” respectively.