Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in ...

As we listen for God’s guidance, we find that it’s trustworthy.

The state executed Bowman for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before ...

The funeral service for John Prescott will be held at Hull Minster today at 12:00 GMT. The ceremony is invitation-only, with ...

A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...

For the 60th anniversary of the release of "A Love Supreme" the Village Voice asked dozens of sax players to muse on the jazz masterpiece.

A few months ago, when Tom Brady was beginning his career as an N.F.L. commentator for Fox Sports, a commercial aired. It ...

For the iconic writer-director, who was diagnosed with emphysema before his death last week at 78, cigarettes were more than ...

I phrase it specifically that way because I’m not unique, and most of you are dealing with grief in a similar fashion. Many of you are confronting issues that are life-altering and very difficult to ...

Anything you want in life you can get if you are willing to put in the hard work and athletes are the proof of that.” ...