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Christmas reminds us Jesus died for our sins. The Incarnational aspect of our faith shines forth through popular piety.

The holidays can be hard as a Pagan. The holidays can be hard for everyone, I understand that.

It's the time of year when it can easily feel like happiness and joy are compulsory. If you're not feeling particularly joyful at Christmastime, that

In the midst of the world’s weariness, the Advent message meets the moment perfectly.

For my post this month, I wanted to revisit my Christmas post from last December. I'm still compelled by the power of this metaphor and the theologians For Luther, the nativity event was itself pregnant with meaning, pulsing with associations and images that point to new life. Christians become Mary as we give birth to the Word in faith. We also become Christ himself, since the incarnation marks the exchange of our birth for his. By faith, Luther taught, Christians were given not just knowledge of Christ, but they were given Christ himself to put on—so much so that by faith “you sit assuredly in the Virgin Mary’s lap and are her dear child.” Finally, every Christian becomes the desperate audience of the Christ child. For the angel “does not simply say: ‘Christ is born,’ but: ‘for you he is born.’”

Travel Tips for the Desert – Part 1 We often tell people that sometimes it feels like you are wandering out into the desert when you embark on a journey of discovery.

At Patheos Star and Snake Brandy Williams pulls together a last minute guide to celebrate Yule with gifts, decor and ritual.

I expected something hammy, B-movie, over the top. To my mind, this would be a Hammer film, a goofy take on the Halloween vampire, a bit of Vincent Price mixed into a monster flick. I could not have been more wrong. Tod Browning's

Bishop Stephen D. Parkes, Bishop of Savannah, issued the statement below in regards to immigration issues which affect the Catholic Church in the United

Explore the biblical prophecies of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 20. Discover key differences in their roles, millennial interpretations, and end-times significance.