December 18, 2024

A Mystical Christmas

Thomas Moore December 18, 2024

Thomas Moore is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul. He has written thirty other books about bringing soul to personal life …

woman standing quietly, eyes closed, meditating.

Take Time to Be Quiet

Christopher Heffron December 18, 2024

Too often we spend the season of Advent rushing, wrapping, planning, and budgeting. But we’re missing the point.

A young woman prays at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wis., Dec. 16, 2024, as people gather to pray for victims and survivors of a mass shooting that day at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. At least three people are dead, including the suspect, and others are injured, after the mass shooting, police said. (OSV News photo/Cullen Granzen, Reuters)

3 dead, including teen suspect, in mass shooting at Wisconsin Christian school

OSV News December 18, 2024

Police in Madison, Wisconsin, said they are investigating a mass shooting at that city's Abundant Life Christian School Dec. 16 that left at least two killed and six injured, authorities said. The gunman is also dead, they said.

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