Democracy Now

“Christ in the Rubble”: Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem

In the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, city and church leaders canceled all Christmas festivities this year to mourn the more than 20,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. We ...
Democracy Now

“Christ Is Still in the Rubble”: Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Calls on U.S. to Stop Funding Gaza Genocide

Christmas celebrations are canceled in the West Bank and the city of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birthplace, for the second year in a row in response to Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza and ethnic ...
Chicago Tribune

Anglican bishop looks forward to another Christmas Eve sermon in Merrillville

Bishop Larry Shaver wasn’t planning on presiding over another Christmas Eve midnight Mass three years ago at the Anglican Church of St. Andrew the Evangelist. Shaver was 80 and recovering from a ...
The West Volusia Beacon

Spiritual Side: ‘We’re in This Together’

Disciples Affirm Resurrection Hope’ On Sunday, Nov. 2, Pastor Michael Bodger of First Presbyterian Church DeLand will continue his series What Disciples Do with the sermon “Disciples Affirm ...
The New York Times

For Christmas, Pastors Offer Comfort and Joy in a Somber Season

“The darkness seems pretty dark at the moment,” said one minister, who will preach about hope in the face of fear. Bedford Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening.Credit...Ryan Christopher Jones for ...