NEW ORLEANS — Two years ago, Stephanie Kauffman was down on her luck. She was a struggling comedienne in Chicago, and lost her waitress job the first week of December 2015. She still wanted to ...

As Christmas nears, Everett candle maker takes cues from nuns. In 2018, Katherine Hopke took over the business from a Stanwood convent. Now she sells the beeswax candles online.

Each year, for some time now, the editors at the Hattiesburg American have been kind enough to let me share a Christmas or New Year’s prayer, and for that I am most grateful. “Oh God, hear our ...

“I will light Candles this Christmas,” wrote theologian Howard Thurman in a poem published after his death in 1981. “Candles of joy despite all sadness, candles of hope where despair ...

MANILA, Philippines —With Christmas comes the Advent season which, ... This custom of lighting Advent candles after prayers was originally done by families at home, ...

Christmas prayer . Children; December 21, 2006 - 0:0. Dear God, help me be like Christmas candles. Help me let my light shine, as Jesus told me to. That I may be a Christmas candle shinning bright and ...