When I look at the world today, with its wars, conflicts, exploitation of the weak and downtrodden, the lust for power of leaders and politicians, the promotion of vested interests, the narrow ...

The festival is a call for Jews to rededicate their lives to God, to religious freedom and to living as light in the darkness. On Christmas Eve, Christians gather in churches to celebrate the ...

CHRISTMAS begins with a helpless child ... through all sorrow, through all the dark years, trusting against all odds that the promise of light returning will be kept. Just as Hannah presenting her ...

“There is darkness in economic, geopolitical and ecological conflicts, yet greater still is the light of Christ,” Pope Francis said Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas ...

Christmas, and Epiphany cycle. There were many classic themes to explore—hope, waiting, incarnation, joy, gift. There was also one in particular that I soon realized would require some careful ...

Santa and Mrs. Claus showed up at Chick-fil-A two days after Thanksgiving, looking totally relaxed. Perhaps all their holiday cookies are made and in the freezer; presents are wrapped and ready to ...