The members of Mainstreet Brass are willing to pay the price to play what they want. On Friday night at Christ United Church of Christ in Bethlehem, the quintet — trumpeters Kevin Long and Gary Ross; ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

Christmas Day is here, and folks are celebrating in a variety of ways across a multitude of locations. Some are visiting family in other states. Others are sticking close to home. There are people who ...

"But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity ...

Bethlehem has been the subject of countless carols and Nativity plays, but the real story of the little town is far more complex. Bethlehem had a long history even before it became known as the site ...

When we open our hymn books and turn to the Christmas hymns, it is soon obvious that again and again, angels are mentioned. We know that angels are beings, always under the direction of God. They have ...

The exact date of Jesus Christ's birth is a contested topic among historians and theologians alike. But regardless of whether Jesus was born on December 25 or not, most Christian denominations agree ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...