Kevin Levellie was a 19-year-old, living in California, when he wrote his first Christmas poem. At the time, Levellie was a sophomore at San Jose Bible College. He’d written poetry for a couple years.

and stroll, cautious as they forage. Fragile songs in the trees. Winter’s whispers sough in the wind and I am listening hard, Christmas coming as it does, nuanced steps in the darkness. Those Wise Men ...

The jovial playful 17th century poet Robert Herrick, who wrote many poems about the pleases of drink, sex and the playful sensuous life, was also a clergyman. Herrick wrote a Christmas carol to sing ...

A great many of us have our favorite poems. For me, it is the Iliad of Homer, a topic that creeps into these articles not infrequently. But at this time of year, perhaps the best poem is “Journey of ...

“We think of him as safe beneath the steeple,” writes poet and Anglican priest Malcolm Guite, “But he is with a million displaced people/ On the long road of weariness and want./ … His family is up ...

FARGO — For more than 200 years, people have been enjoying the melodic rhyming and nostalgic memories associated with Clement C. Moore's poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas." For almost half of that ...

If you’re in search of an ancient, theologically rich carol this season, look no further than “Of the Father’s Love Begotten.” Long before it became a Christmas carol in the 19th century, this hymn ...

Christmas is here and so is the cheer and love of Santa coming to town and Jesus being born. Every year on December 25 the world comes together to celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ, and the ...

If you're a fan of the classic holiday poem "The Night Before Christmas," you may have wondered why people bother to hang stockings by the chimney – or anywhere else in their homes – during the ...

Merry Christmas! With this special time of year comes an influx of mouthwatering meals, heartfelt gifts and feel-good, festive Christian music. And speaking of this seasonal music, we've put together ...