But consumerism conditions us to go from one party season to another -- constant satisfaction but little space for contemplative longing." In modern America, churches don't have to ask the faithful to ...
Advent for some Christian denominations is a penitential season of waiting and longing in the four weeks before Christmas. The consumer-driven holiday season often overlooks the Advent themes of ...
One goal is to note the obvious tension between the sobering messages heard during the quiet weeks of Advent and the waves of joyful songs, sacred and secular, that now start before Thanksgiving and ...
"O Lord, How Shall I Meet You" is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it between Muzak versions of "Jingle Bells" and ...
The Arcadia Chorale will present ‘The Coming of the King: Sacred Songs for Hanukkah, Advent, and Christmas’ on Dec. 6 in Wilkes-Barre and on Dec. 7 in Scranton. The group’s annual Messiah Sing-Along ...
One goal is to note the obvious tension between the sobering messages heard during the quiet weeks of Advent and the waves of joyful songs, sacred and secular, that now start before Thanksgiving and ...
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