Get ready to embrace the darkness during the longest night of the year ‒ the winter solstice. The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST.

The United States has seen some chilly weather recently, and some areas have been downright freezing before winter had even started. Now, the winter solstice, Saturday, Dec. 21st, is upon us. It will ...

Mennonites throughout the United States and Canada, including those in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan, maintained a vigil for Gaza, in the Christian tradition of the Longest Night service, on ...