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Today is December 26. It is still Christmas and it will be until January 6. My mother did not think so....

We tried to be those parents. We tried to tell our daughter that Santa Claus isn't real....

I appreciate when other people recommend favorite CDs. In that spirit, I share with you some of my favorite Christmas...

I got into a car recently, with another female pastor and an Evangelical man. I asked the guy about his church and he said, “I go to a...

Does a writer's confession and confusion endear that person to you? If yes, you may be the perfect reader for Enuma Okoro's spiritual quest memoir. If not, you might want to take a pass....

The year in quotes.

During the past year, Chicago has experienced a disturbing spate of murders of police officers....

No week passes in Israel without an article being published—usually negative in tone—about the Haredi community.

Hong Kong, December 13 (ENInews)--About 1000 people in Hong Kong joined a celebration co-organized by Christian groups to honour imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in a celebration co...

(RNS) A teenager says God and Jesus appeared to him in a grove and told him to start a new Christian church. Another person claims the Almighty talks to him through the radio....

JERUSALEM (RNS) American Jews and evangelical Christians are taking a central role in rebuilding the Carmel region in northern Israel after...

Religious denominations have long provided retired clergy and staff with secure pension payments--more secure, in some cases, than corporate...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder de­fended the FBI's recent undercover investigation of an Oregon Muslim terror suspect, saying that...

By conviction and temperament, President Obama seeks the middle ground....

In the Bible, God--or sometimes God's messenger--often implores freaked-out men and women not to be afraid. It's a standard divine greeting, a nicety to allay the pulse-quickening shock of receiving a message from heaven. Frequently the commandment stands alone: Fear not, period. Sometimes it's stitched to an object or person: Do not be afraid of _____.

What do Melissa Rogers, Matthew and Nancy Sleeth, Jim Wallis and Robert George have in common?...

In 1863 a cooper in Chillicothe, Ohio, named Schyler Courier angrily responded to a group of boys throwing snowballs at him by firing his shotgun, killing one of the boys....

WASHINGTON (RNS) The newly launched Conference of National Black Churches criticized Congress on Thursday (Dec. 9) for linking extension...

Oh, to be in Rome or Paris this season, where one could...

I'm a sucker for Christmas songs. I'm not so far gone that I'm okay with department stores playing some pop princess's version of "Baby It's Cold...