This month’s picks include an unexpected holiday adventure and a blockbuster body-swapping comedy. By Dina Gachman Stream it on Netflix. In this new animated adventure, a middle schooler named Stevie ...

The 14-year-old answered a desperate call for help and left her place of shelter to protect two younger children Full report: Bondi terror attack Victims of Bondi ...

An Advent story entitled “An Unexpected Lesson” led to a captivating lesson from ChatGPT. Requested to write a story on an unexpected consequence in Matthew 2, on a lark, I asked ChatGPT for help: ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday highlighted four virtues of St. Joseph — “piety and charity, mercy and trust” — as guides for Catholics in the final days of Advent leading up to Christmas. Speaking during his ...

Advent for some Christian denominations is a penitential season of waiting and longing in the four weeks before Christmas. The consumer-driven holiday season often overlooks the Advent themes of ...

The third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday, is a time to pause and rejoice. Joy is different from happiness and can exist even during times of difficulty or grief. Small, unexpected moments ...

People opening up Tony’s Chocolonely Countdown Calendar have noticed something a bit unusual: while opening the little doors generally reveals a piece of chocolate, Day 10 only reveals an empty slot ...

This is perhaps the most challenging part of my attempt to commend an ancient model for observing Advent, this third week. The old recommendation of the church is to reflect in Advent on the “four ...

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

I have been spending this month working my way through an ever-growing movie watchlist, somewhat of a film advent, if you will. I've been looking to friends for inspiration, ticking some off the watch ...

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It's hard to believe this is only the second holiday season since Portland canned libation and liqueur makers Straightaway Cocktails launched their 12 Nights of Cocktails advent calendar; it has ...