Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection for the readings and Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Dec. 21, 2025.

Yes, Jesus is descended from patriarchs and kings, but now magi from the East come to worship him. That is, through Jesus all ...

The sacrosanct Scripture reflection spreadsheet is circulated among staff members at America. Our associate editor, Molly Cahill, has posted the schedule for reflections, with each staff member being ...

Willow Creek’s REVEAL study shows the importance of Scripture for growth. The Willow Creek Association recently published a second book based on its REVEAL research, Follow Me by Greg Hawkins and ...

on account of the Son of Man. Find today’s readings here. Scripture can be intoxicating. Sometimes, I feel tempted to distort Jesus’ words, to hear them as though they were spoken exclusively for me.

As someone who is a Christian minister in a public role, forms of that question come up often. They’re both highly variable and all orbiting around the common axis of, “It’s an old book, so…” In the ...