During my tenure as the pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, one of the annual highlights each year was anticipating ...

If you aren’t a Christian, the Christmas story can seem as far-fetched as Santa Claus. Billions of people will celebrate Christmas this Thursday. It’s much more than a reason to decorate and spoil ...

Albert Benoit/Wikimedia Commons) Séraphine Louis, better known as Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a French “outsider artist,” worked as a convent maid before her work was discovered, and by many ...

January will mark the 10th anniversary of the Kerry reporter’s decision to move from Dublin to New York, and five years since ...

A church has cable-tied a baby Jesus doll to its manger over fears it could be stolen for a third time in four years. The ...

And then, of course, there’s the sheer fear of birth. So much blood to bring love into the world! The real Nativity—for Mary, ...

Can one good man, flamboyantly dressed, belly like Everest, fond of talking to Donner and Blitzen, sprinkle a little magic ...

Ella Cook, 19, was a sophomore at Brown and was studying French and mathematics-economics, according to her obituary. She was planning to graduate in 2028, according to her LinkedIn.

Until this point in Advent, the stern figure of John the Baptist has dominated the readings. Now, the altogether gentler ...

Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New Year to all readers—believers and nonbelievers alike. Truth does not require belief ...