As a boy, Robert Louis Stevenson was intrigued by the work of the old lamplighter who went about with a ladder and a torch, setting the street lights ablaze for the night. One evening in Edinburgh, ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. About twenty years ago a house near the entrance of our subdivision kept their Christmas lights burning long into January, ...

Catholics encounter the miracle of the Transfiguration every year on the Second Sunday of Lent. That Sunday’s Gospel early in Lent already points Christians — as Jesus pointed Peter, James and John — ...

In a time marked by anxiety, polarization and uncertainty, the ancient Christian claim that Jesus is “the light of the world” may sound poetic but distant. Yet this image, drawn from the heart of the ...

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” — Isaiah 9:2 How do you cause the sun to go down and never come up again? The ...