For many Christian traditions, today marks the first Sunday of Advent. It is a day of celebrating hope in anticipation of the Christmas miracle celebrated on Dec. 25. Yet, for many Christians, hope is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hope (hoped, hoping, hopes) – intransitive verb: to cherish a desire with anticipation; to want something to happen or be true.

Despite 2025's global wars and crises, the season of Advent reveals how hope endures through the darkness, drawing on research and real-world examples of transformation.

“Part of why we observe Advent,” writes Episcopal priest Tish Harrison Warren, “is to make Christmas weird again, to allow the shock of the incarnation to take us aback once more.” Advent (from a ...

Come Sunday, we will begin to celebrate Advent over the four weeks leading up to Christmas. This year we begin advent on December 3rd and end this season of prayerful anticipation on December 24th.

This Advent season, a leading expert on Christian persecution around the world and religious freedom issues weighed in on how to stay rooted in faith and key values — and how to remain focused on the ...

LOS ANGELES — As the season of Advent begins, many Christians turn toward quiet reflection and preparation for Christmas. But in several Southern California congregations with large immigrant ...

Every Sunday from Nov. 30 through Christmas, this year's Advent offering will give the SCU community a meaningful space for reflection rooted in the themes of the season. The weekly reflections will ...