Christmas has always been the religious celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but it has only been the Christmas season ...
Hanukkah reminds us that even in the darkest times, light persists. The candles we light symbolize not just hope but the ...
People often ask me how I could believe in a God who would let my wife have cancer. I reply by reminding them of the manger.
Today we honor the Winter Solstice, the day of the year in our hemisphere when the daylight is the shortest and the night is ...
Light triumphed over the darkness in both the defeat of their oppressors and in the burning of the lamp. The celebration of Hanukkah is called the Festival of Lights, and it is joyfully celebrated ...
"Hanukkah represents the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and spirituality over materialism," Palm Beach ...
Approaching the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, it is a time for reflection. These are the darkest days of the year, but the light will ...
To remember that the light amid darkness is a call to take heart, that all is not lost, to trust in things I cannot see, while never forgetting that the world is as it is and in need of repair.
That night, in the hospital, though my wife insisted she was fine, we had the talks you only have when you do not want to have them. We had a 1-year-old. Where would I move? Should I get remarried?
"Hanukkah represents the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil ... of faith and resilience that inspires generations to come," Levitin said. "On Hanukkah, fueled by God's mighty hand ...