Voices
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.
In All Things
Some very unfestive findings over at USA Today Come-all-ye-partiers trumps nbsp OCome All Ye Faithful nbsp for more than one in three people asked about their Christmas activities in a survey by LifeWay Research a Nashville-based Christian research organization A lot of Americans celebrate Chri
FaithFaith in Focus
What is it about the Annunciation that is so captivating? Here's a meditation on how the story of Gabriel's visit to Mary can help us in our own relationship with God .
Art
A meditation on Marko Rupnik's mosaics at Sacred Heart University chapel in Connecticut.
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On Bloggingheads com which provides two people an extended--very extended given the digital age--opportunity to converse nbsp They invited me to have a conversation with Susan Thistlethwaite a UCC theologian at Chicago Theological Seminary and we covered the so-called War on Christmas the
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No as Stephen Colbert tells us it s worse than that Jesus is for the poor
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Even the Tree has a stylist nbsp According to The New York Times the affluent in New York City are now outsourcing the decoration of homes for Christmas nbsp to a stylist No no NO NO NO nbsp I TOLD you not to use so much TINSEL And that WHITE TREE nbsp Hans what were you thinking
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Inside Job the new film on the underlying reasons and the putative villains behind the Great Recession is sure well pretty sure to gain an Oscar nod for best documentary nbsp Which means that America needed to review it for you nbsp Karen Smith our editorial director liked it and w
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Are we desacralizing Dec 25 with ldquo Midnight Masses rdquo earlier and earlier the day before nbsp What rsquo s your opinion Over dinner a few weeks ago I spoke with a group of five parish priests about something that had me concerned or at least had piqued my curiosity nbsp What did the
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Or how the Nativity would be handled today nbsp H t to Deacons Bench which by the way is now at Patheos com
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Face it The war on Christmas is lost When did it end Well there won t be any official declaration of surrender from churches so it s hard to pin down There will be no C E Day Christmas Ends But in my mind the war was decided this year This year almost every major department story put u