Blue Christmas
Christmas isn’t always holly jolly – even some of its best-loved songs are bittersweet
By David W. Stowe — December 24, 2022
(The Conversation) — Songs of the season – sacred and secular music alike – sometimes acknowledge that Christmas isn’t all joy.
The weary world rejoices
By Jana Riess — December 14, 2020
(RNS) — As we wait for Christmas and for a vaccine, I'm reminded that the most beautiful birth in history happened in a place literally mired in crap.
The original ‘Blue Christmas’: New Advent resources focus on grief, justice before celebration
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 16, 2019
(RNS) — A number of new Advent resources available this year admit a bleak midwinter spirit, drawing attention to grief and injustice.
Getting through a Christmas of grief
By Jana Riess — November 29, 2018
Here's the Advent devotional I wish I'd had six years ago when I was engulfed with grief.
Blue Christmas: Churches acknowledge that the season of joy isn’t always joyous
By Adelle M. Banks — December 18, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — More churches are recognizing that Christmastime can be the darkest time of year for those who are grieving.
A blue, blue Christmas
By Jana Riess — December 22, 2015
Holy tears are a part of Christmas, our grief a hint of the "now and the not yet" that Christians are called to live in.
Grief as Liturgy
By Jana Riess — December 3, 2013
There is a liturgy to grief, an entire calendar of solemn commemorations juxtaposed with joyful memories.
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