A Massachusetts church is causing controversy with what’s missing from its annual Nativity scene and an accompanying statement. St. Susanna, a Catholic church in the Boston suburb of Dedham, displayed ...

The nativity display at the First Lutheran Church on 19th Street in Parkersburg. (Photo by Art Smith) Matthew 1:18 — This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary was pledged ...

There are many fond memories and cherished, time-honored traditions, rituals and symbols that mark this time of the year -- the symbols of the Christmas tree, the ritual of decorating it, the ...

In the week since a Nativity scene was installed outside of the Missiongathering Church here in Charlotte, Pastor Andrew Shipley said he’s often found himself doing a double take. Not to reflect on ...

(RNS) — At first glance, the Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, has all the traditional hallmarks: Figures resembling Mary and Joseph stand near a baby Jesus, who rests ...

At Oak Lawn United Methodist Church's Nativity scene, Mary and Joseph are silhouettes, surrounded by a chain-link fence topped with razor wire. Their halos are old bicycle wheels. A shopping cart and ...

A Massachusetts church is causing controversy with what's missing from its annual Nativity scene and an accompanying statement. St. Susanna, a Catholic church in the Boston suburb of Dedham, displayed ...