The Empty Manger by Eden Jersak

As I went to sit down this morning to do my Advent reading and have some “still time”, I had this amazing sense of this little space I’d made being like taking a few minutes to enter into the hallowed stable where the manger that held Jesus stood. I...

NATIVITY OF CHRIST, 2008 by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo

“Ye rich and ye poor…enter ye all into the joy of the Lord.” This year, as we approach the Feast of the Incarnation of God, we might reflect on the beloved Paschal Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom. In it, he invites all, those at every level of society and in...

Rachel Weeping by Brian Zahnd

A voice was heard in Ramah Weeping and loud lamentation Rachel weeping for her children She refused to be comforted Because they are no more –Matthew 2:18 When Jesus was born it was not a silent night. All was not calm and all was not bright, and the world did not...