These are God’s first words to us in the Book of Genesis, the opening book of the Bible: “Let there be light!” as He gazed ...

Today we honor the Winter Solstice, the day of the year in our hemisphere when the daylight is the shortest and the night is ...

By Brian Raftery The Books Readers Loved in 2024 A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around ...

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.” (John 5:22) “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his ...

Jesus’ entry into the world is like a streak of dawn light, shattering the darkness of sin. Jesus is the daybreak that shines on humanity. Salvation is at hand. Zechariah’s Benedictus (from Latin of ...

Taking Christmas seriously is the lesson of “A Christmas Carol.” It is never too late to love God and to show that love by ...

Taped to the front window of my in-laws’ house was a photocopy of a photograph of a tarnished and bent spoon. Of course, ...

Any of Sarah Morgan’s festive books (HarperCollins). Special mention to The Christmas Escape (2021) and The Christmas Cottage ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Recognizing as he does some divine grandeur in the celebration of Christ’s birth, the proud Prince of Darkness wants to be ...

Darren Criss became a fan favorite on the hit TV series "Glee," and won an Emmy for "American Crime Story." Now he's starring ...

Several well-known personalities have joined our scene to wish The Island readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Yes ...