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 ...

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 ...

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

Elaborately designed books with patterned edges and other effects started as a trend in romance and fantasy, and have now spread throughout the publishing industry. By Alexandra Alter Robert ...

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

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

A new year brings new opportunities, new goals, a fresh start, new possibilities, and a new mindset for improving your life ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. As we prepare to turn the corner into 2025, poetry is in the spotlight this week, with new books of verse from Percival Everett ...

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

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.

The Talmud says that on Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of the oil. Secularists claim the essence of Hanukkah is to ...