Pastors

Holiness leaders were a fractious bunch, but there was vision behind their division.

The history behind evergreens, ornaments, and holiday gift giving.

To an accompaniment of whale songs, the worshippers glory in God's creation; there's no service quite like the annual blessing of the animals at St. John the Divine.

Celebrating Christ's birth with saints of the faith during the actual Christmas season.

Celebrating Christ's birth with saints of the faith during the actual Christmas season.

Three new books by scholars of American Methodism explain why Methodists flourished in the 19th century and faltered in the 20th.

From the early centuries of the church, the Easter Vigil has been a vivid way of celebrating Christ's resurrection and our own redemption.

An early tradition of pre-Lenten repentance developed into our modern practice of Ash Wednesday.

Henrietta Mears loved hats, college students, and the boundless possibilities of Christian ministry.

John Tyson lets the "other Wesley," Methodist hymn writer Charles, take center stage.