Reindeer: Santa’s Trusty Companions Reindeer have captured the imagination of children and adults alike, hitching Santa’s ...

It was business as usual in December in the school. “We certainly didn’t cancel Christmas,” says Kelly. “We would never have ...

Kids haven't experienced true holiday magic until the first time they hear A Visit from St. Nicholas. That long-form poem ...

Christian Hayes made his Grand Ole Opry debut the first weekend in February. He talks about that and more with American Songwriter.

Around this time of the year, the “War on Christmas” and the “War on the War on Christmas” once again enter the public discourse, with each side claiming support from assorted statistics and ...

If you’re familiar with Psalm 98 in the Old Testament, you’re probably already turning the pages of your Bible to check on my edit of the first verse. And, if you’re not familiar ...

One of the facts I discovered in this short investigation of the Bible addressing fear is the number of times God approaches ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a culture wars dispute and decide whether parents have a religious liberty right to have their children “opt out” of using school ...

When President Joe Biden took office four years ago, some more conservative religious freedom advocates were hopeful that he would turn down the temperature of faith-related culture wars. As a ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

While the performance included familiar Christmas numbers, the repertoire also featured poems, songs ... from those early pilgrims fleeing religious persecution in Europe to the later generations ...