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Like all great holidays Thanksgiving requires two things to be successful: careful preparation and spiritual focus.

The careful preparation is largely accomplished through family dialogue about the menu that usually concludes with virtually the same menu as last year, but careful preparation is still necessary because every ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My entire family is overweight, and recent news from the FDA has convinced us to turn this around; however, I’m noticing now that instead of having an obsession with eating, we are obsessing about our appearance. My teenage girls want desperately to be accepted by their peers for the wrong reasons...Read more

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, where they discussed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the two formally invited the pope to visit Chicago, the governor’s office said.

“It was an honor for MK and me to meet with @Pontifex — a son of Illinois — to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My friend might as well have slapped me across the face when she blurted out to our friends that I was a grandstander because I shared that she had been given a civic award. She never told me it was a secret, but she thought I had stolen her thunder. I was speechless. In an effort to make peace, I ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: This may be a wrong reason to go to church, but when I moved away from home to start college, I looked for a church where I might meet a nice, young Christian lady. I’ve spent time with someone but am disappointed she isn’t in tune with what true love really is; I fall short in explaining that ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I want to live for Christ and turn my back on the hold my friends have on me, but we’ve grown up together, and they will reject me if I change my lifestyle. They would treat me as an outcast because all they know of Jesus is to blaspheme His name. Maybe in time I can have an influence on them. ...Read more

NEW YORK — After enduring fire, flood, recession, a pandemic and changing times, a Brooklyn church still stands to celebrate its 170th anniversary on Sunday.

Much as visitors to Red Hook experience today, the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s clock tower was among the first sights immigrants spotted arriving in New York Harbor, said ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My marriage is troubled for the want of one thing: money. This is driving both of us to work more, buy more and worry about how to pay the credit card bill each month. Most of the stuff we buy ends up in the closets, unused, untouched, forgotten. Because we work all the time, our paths rarely cross....Read more