In our society, it sometimes seems that Easter has been reduced to a celebration of chocolate bunnies, fake grass and eggs.

How, then, can Christmas be celebrated so as to foster (re)commitment to discipleship? Both infancy narratives declare that with the birth of Jesus the long-awaited hopes ... The hopes that the world ...

The Appalachian Christmas carol ... for this concert. Jesus, Jesus, rest your head, You have got a manger bed. All the little ones on Earth Sleep in comfort at their birth.