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A 1917 painting of a forest stream by Teodor Ziomek

The Ancient Roots of a Classic Advent Hymn

December 2024

More than any other hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” signals the start of the Advent season. It’s a beautiful piece of music with its haunting tune and lyrics full of longing, anticipation, and hope. Christians have sung this hymn for centuries.

An 1835–1836 painting by George Catlin titled 'Dubuque’s Grave, Upper Mississippi'

The Grace of the Morning

September 2024

Zack Eswine writes, “Sometimes I greet the morning like a troubled atheist, lost in a god-empty story that cannot handle what frightens me…On such mornings, I need the name of Jesus spoken and his true story told to me afresh.”