On this episode of “Hark!,” we follow the beat of a modern carol that has gained worldwide fame, yet was composed almost while napping. It is a tale about a figure the Bible never mentions, but whose ...

Photo by freestocks on Unsplash. At a recent America staff meeting, I learned of a horrifying tradition around Christmas carols. Some of you out there are apparently living under the terrible burden ...

Christmas carols, like all hymns, tell the story of faith — and give worshippers a way to rehearse it year after year. In the Christian tradition, carols center the nativity: the birth of Jesus, Mary ...