holiday season
Christian DACA recipients dream of another Christmas in the U.S.
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 22, 2017
(RNS) — Christians, both conservative and progressive, are pushing Congress to pass new legislation to protect Dreamers, and reminding lawmakers of the centrality of their faith.
In Christ’s birthplace, olive wood artisans carry on a Holy Land tradition
By Lauren Markoe — December 19, 2017
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Artisans in and around Bethlehem specialize in carving wood from a tree that makes several appearances in the Bible. They consider the work — a millennium-old tradition — holy. But clashes between Israelis and Palestinians threaten this year's Christmastime sales.
Charities feel Christmas fear
By Martin E. Marty — December 18, 2017
It is easy to see why anything that Congress does to dull or dim the lustre of what goes into collection plates, envelopes, and credit card accountings jolts those who must collect and who get to put to work these donations.
Everything you didn’t know about Christmas
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 14, 2017
(RNS) — 'Anything you think you know about Christmas is wrong,' according to Judith Flanders. The historian is aiming to dispel some of those myths and misunderstandings in her new book, 'Christmas: A Biography.'
The RNS gift guide: The good, the bad and the weird
By Kimberly Winston — December 6, 2017
(RNS) — Our annual guide to gifts for the godly and the godless.
Kristin Chenoweth draws on her faith to give voice to a mouse in ‘The Star’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 4, 2017
(RNS) — The actress gives voice to Abby, a creature not mentioned in Scripture but who is charged to convey the excitement of the news of the birth of Christ.
Trump: The grinch who stole ‘Merry Christmas’
By Brandon Ambrosino — December 1, 2017
(RNS) — How I long for the days when the War on Christmas was a fiction.
The guy in the red apron: How a Salvation Army bell ringer brings heart to the job
By Bobby Ross Jr. — November 30, 2017
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (RNS) — Some bell ringers wish passers-by 'Merry Christmas' and hope the kettle fills. But many others have honed strategies for making the most of the uncompensated work — for the Salvation Army and all who come within earshot.
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