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A New Year's Prayer for an Average, Boring, Unremarkable 2022 Dec. 25, 2021
Shh. Everyone be quiet. Don't rustle. Are you sure you want to wear such a noisy dress? Sequins are ... Read More
Puerto Rico Has the World's Longest Christmas Season, Part I Dec. 25, 2021
It is not entirely clear to me how they figure it out and with such precision, but polls and country... Read More
The Christmas Truce of 1914 Remains a Miracle and an Inspiration Dec. 25, 2021
Nearly 107 years later, the events of Dec. 25, 1914, commonly known as the Christmas truce, remain m... Read More
When Rising Pandemic Numbers and Holiday Celebrations Collide Dec. 24, 2021
Like today, the safety of gift shopping, family gatherings and church services was on Americans' min... Read More
Has America Lost Its Faith? Dec. 24, 2021
Here we are on the eve of Christmas, that day of joy set aside for celebrating the birth of Christ w... Read More
A Cheap Lamb for Christmas Dec. 24, 2021
The part of the Christmas story that moves me the most is the babe lying in a stable among animals. ... Read More
Hold on to Hope This Christmas Season Dec. 24, 2021
Looking at the national news as we head into the Christmas holidays, you'd have to search awhile to ... Read More
The Beginning of the End Dec. 24, 2021
Sometime just over 2,000 years ago, contrary to the song, it was not a silent night. In Bethlehem, a... Read More
Our First Lockdown Experiment Failed. Let's Not Try a Second One Dec. 24, 2021
Shutting down businesses and schools felt to many people like a natural response to the COVID-19 pan... Read More
Christmas in America Dec. 23, 2021
What if Christmas is a core belief in a personal God who lived among us and many times offered a fre... Read More
The Hope That Lies Beyond the Fireplace Dec. 23, 2021
By practically every measure, 2021 has turned out to be the worst since the turn of the millennium. ... Read More
This Advent, Let Your Presence Be Your Present Dec. 23, 2021
Advent is a time of expectation and preparation for the celebration of Christ's birth. While much Ch... Read More
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays Dec. 22, 2021
Dear Readers: As 2021 comes to a close and we look to the start of a new year, it's the perfect time... Read More
Special Gifts for Special People Dec. 22, 2021
Ho-ho-ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America's power elites for Christmas.... Read More
The Kindness of New Yorkers as Christmas Came Near Dec. 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — New York was full of kind strangers two weeks before Christmas, even as the omicr... Read More
Our 2021 Christmas Message: 'Fear Not!' Dec. 21, 2021
For many Americans, this Christmas season is turning out to be too much like last year's. A new stra... Read More
How Inflation Is Squeezing Working American Families at Christmas Dec. 21, 2021
BROWNSVILLE, Pennsylvania — Just before 10 a.m., cars begin pulling into the parking lot of th... Read More
Mourning During the Holidays Dec. 20, 2021
Dear Annie: I recently lost my son, and Thanksgiving without him was very painful. I am writing to o... Read More
The Joy of Christmas, Surpassed Only by the Joy of Christmas Past Dec. 18, 2021
Every day for what feels like the last two months, my 3-year-old has asked me the same question: "Is... Read More
Taking Christmas Seriously Dec. 16, 2021
We all know that God works in mysterious ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved whe... Read More
