Isaac Watts is a great hymn writer in the Christian faith, but did you know that his beloved hymn, “Joy to the World,” was not originally a Christmas hymn? In its first version, it had no connection ...

Wellwater is a poetry collection which explores the intersection of cultural, economic and personal ideas of value, addressing aging, housing and environmental and economic crises. Celebrating ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...

Another friend taken too early by that cruel, smarmy bastard – cancer. Another person whose throaty laugh and shining glint in the eyes are gone. As we age, we encounter death more often, too often.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of Thanksgiving Day, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For many of us, the first thing we think about is ...

Brief Reviews of ‘God of Liberty,’ ‘Manifest Destinies,’ and ‘Anterooms.’ God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution Thomas S. Kidd (Basic Books) When a book arrives with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. In more ways than I can count, Shakespeare isn’t just a ...

It is a supremely tranquil poem and part of the radiance and comfort of this psalm is the way it doesn’t blink at death, instead it speaks of order, calm and peace. We know it like the back of our ...

The recent excavation at Hyrcania in the Judean Desert by Hebrew University archaeologists led to significant discoveries, including a Byzantine Greek inscription and a gold ring with Arabic script, ...

An intact Greek inscription discovered in the pier-lined hall contains a paraphrase from the Book of Psalms. (Photo: Shai Halevi/Israel Antiquities Authority) (CP) Archaeologists from the Hebrew ...