AI Apps like ChatGPT are a wake-up call to redefine the holistic nature of education. Technology and machinery have long exceeded human strength, speed, and…
In Britain, There’s More to the Day After Christmas than Boxing Day Sales
Churches observing St. Stephen’s Day retain the charitable roots of December 26. Among the carols filling the air in Britain at Christmastime is the story…
To Dust We Will Return
In the New Year, we must view our time through a divine lens. A month after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic…
Hillsong Founder Awaits Verdict in Cover-Up Case
An Australian court is weighing whether or not Brian Houston had a “reasonable excuse” not to report his father’s sexual abuse to the police. The trial…
‘Carol of the Bells’ Is More Than a Christmas Favorite. It’s a Ukrainian Cry of Independence.
Composed during World War I, “Shchedryk” folk song has survived the Nazi, communist, and now commercial eras to remind and revive the ties of hearth…
Christmas is a Happy Day for Broken Hearts
Because of Jesus, we are not like those grieve without hope this holiday season. Christmas has always been the most special day of the year…
Jesus was a Brown Baby
This children’s Christmas book paints baby Jesus in a new (or rather ancient) light. In 2010 I visited the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth…
Christmas Is a Myth (The Good Kind)
How the fact of the Incarnation fulfills the hopes of every culture. On All Saints’ Day, my wife and I often tell stories about the…
Will Ukraine’s Threatened Ban on Russia-Linked Churches Violate Religious Freedom?
Evangelical, Orthodox, and academic sources weigh security concerns against the right to associate with historic patriarchate losing popularity and suspected of war collaboration. Ukraine, a…
Our Lady of Everywhere
5 questions about the global icon you see every Christmas. The Virgin of the Passion, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help, has been…