This Sunday, we move into the season of Advent — and with it, a new year in the Christian liturgical calendar. It is thus fitting that the Song of the Season with which we begin our worship each week likewise changes. And the song selected for this season is a new song (lyrics composed this year!)…

For most of the history of the United States, we did not have an official motto. There was, however, one dominant un-official motto. It was a saying so pervasive to our cultural and historic identity that it appeared on our coinage even before our Constitution was written… so widely appreciated that it appeared on the…