Yet, even darkness offers some unique blessings. In her book, "In Praise of the Dark," the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor writes ...

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Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights that begins Sunday night, is a relatively minor holiday that has gained ...

This Hanukkah, we can be reminded that even though the darkness attempts to overwhelm us, light is greater still.

These are some points of light that I see in the darkness right now. To lift up and celebrate. We need to be looking for what ...

I come from a faith tradition that is all about reframing tragedy. Think about it: Christianity’s origin story begins with the Roman Empire executing our leader through crucifixion on a cross — their ...

In Wisconsin, the weather is drab and gray most days this time of year. We get up while it is still dark outside, and by the time we get home to have dinner, the sun, if it appeared at all during the ...

Editor’s Note: Hartford Archbishop Leonard Blair wrote the following homily for Laetare Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, and delivered it March 10 at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut. His ...

Amid a world plagued by violence, corruption, inequality and suffering, the panelists responded to the question: What darkness do you long for God's light to fill in the coming year? Each response ...

It’s easy to forget how strange the story of Jesus’s resurrection is, or how it might sound to someone hearing it for the first time. The broad strokes — God became human, taught and healed, was ...

JERUSALEM — Following two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, this year the holiday ...