Christmas joys are a taste of our hope of heaven. That’s an experience many of us see and even smell in these holiday weeks, with lights on the snow, mace and cardamom in certain recipes, scents in ...

In a world that sometimes feels as if it’s coming apart at the seams, hopelessness sometimes settles upon us like a shroud. Thank heavens for Christmas, which seems to restore hope even in souls ...

Carla Clark | For The Republic Lucille Sanford and Katherine Sanford tell Santa Claus their Christmas wishes at Frame 55 during Christmas of Yesteryear in Hope, Ind., Friday, December 5, 2025. HOPE — ...

Rescue Mission Alliance Central Coast will offer Christmas Hope in partnership with Vida Church, an initiative designed to provide uncooked holiday meals for the unhoused and families in need.

GREENFIELD — Hope Week was appropriately named. As hundreds of members of Realife Church participated in countless community service projects across Hancock County this week, there was plenty of hope.

JERUSALEM — In December 2023, the Advent season in Fassuta, a Melkite Christian village about nine miles from the Lebanese border, was solemn and fraught with danger. While the war raged between ...

Odessans walk through light displays at the opening night of Starbright Village Thursday, December, 2, 2021, at McKinney Park. (Odessa American File Photo) Christmas shouldn’t be about the imparting ...

The brand new movie A Royal Christmas Hope premieres on UPtv Sunday, Nov. 23 at 7/6c. Starring Jenna Michno and Robert Adamson, A Royal Christmas Hope follows Julia (Michno), a nonprofit owner, who ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than 500 children in Southwest Memphis will wake up with a little extra hope this Christmas, thanks to a church stepping up in a big way. Mount Vernon Baptist Church hosted its ...

(RNS) — After two somber and muted Christmas seasons, the city where Christ was born is preparing to celebrate again. The Palestinian town of Bethlehem, a symbol of hope for Christians worldwide, will ...

DEAR READERS: Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. Hope you enjoy these poems for the holidays. “Christmas in the Heart” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “The snow lies deep upon the ground, / And winter’s ...

People in Kent who would spend Christmas on their own say spending time at a twice-weekly charity cafe catch-up session gives them "something to look forward to" over the festive period. The Salvation ...