“A Charlie Brown Christmas” was a one-of-a-kind wonder when it premiered in 1965 and remains so almost 60 years later. Unlike the other jingle-belled baubles that TV throws down the chimney each year, it is melancholy and meditative.
Germany and Turkey agree to train imams who serve Germany’s Turkish immigrant community in Germany
Germany and Turkey agreed Thursday to gradually end the deployment of Turkish state-employed imams to Germany and to instead have imams trained in Germany to serve the country’s large Turkish immigrant community.
Norman Lear And America’s ‘Deep Spiritual Malaise’
Early in the premiere episode of Norman Lear’s sitcom “Sunday Dinner,” the beautiful environmentalist T.T. Fagori raised her eyes to heaven and, with a sigh, entered a spiritual minefield.
500 years birthday – Baptists celebrated with a full house at the Papp László Sports Arena!
The keynote speaker, Will Graham, evangelist and pastor, is the grandson of Billy Graham, who was considered one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century until his death in 2018.
Black church coalition names reparations, voting, health equity among priorities
The Conference of National Black Churches has called on African American congregations to embrace a list of priorities — from “government-sponsored reparations” to improved access to health care — as they move out of a pandemic era and into an…
Bishop asks clergy not to use Church of England’s new same-sex prayers
The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham has written to clergy in his diocese asking them not to use the Church of England’s divisive new prayers of blessing for same-sex couples.
Vatican Scandals 101: Guide To Recent Wrongdoing During Francis’ Papacy
Another month, another scandal. That seems to be the case these days with former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
The Mystical Catholic Tradition of Jon Fosse
I came to the work of the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse — who receives the Nobel Prize in Literature this week — by way of “Septology,” a novel cycle that began appearing in English just a few years ago.
Dutch mayor refuses to be photographed with Israeli ambassador at Hanukkah event, setting off media frenzy
A Hanukkah celebration in the Dutch town of Enschede took a bitter turn after its mayor refused to be seen near the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands.
‘Freud’s Last Session’ Imagines A Debate With CS Lewis On The Existence Of God
“Freud’s Last Session” wastes its fantastic premise of pitting C.S. Lewis against Sigmund Freud with boring execution and a bafflingly underwhelming portrayal of the famed Christian author that fits an odd pattern by people who often negatively portray him.
Pastor rescues North Korean defectors on foot in new documentary ‘Beyond Utopia’
For Pastor Seungeun Kim, accompanying North Korean defectors as they trek toward freedom through the jungle between Vietnam and Laos is, as he put it, “just going to work.”
Was King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story
King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when Jesus of Nazareth was born, the ruler attempts to find and kill the baby after hearing that the “King of the Jews” has just…









