Chosen by Emily Bennett, editor of “Before You Go: Wisdom from 10 Women Who Served Internationally.”

We look, with yearning and joy, toward that long-awaited dawn.

Christians have every reason to reduce light pollution.

When we cut out creative processes, we diminish what gives art its true value.

And other brief news stories from Christians around the world.

The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers.

Jude has strong words for immorality in the church. Yet he advocates for mercy for those who doubt.

How the shepherds upended Egyptian power.

Deep darkness only magnifies what it is to gaze upon the Light of the World.

From a dump in Egypt to a criminal case in Oxford to a seminary in Texas, this fragmentary record of faith traveled a strange path.

A decade later, I became a Christian.

Chosen by Karen Barnett, author of “When Stone Wings Fly” and the Vintage National Parks novels.

The Church of Christ school is working with the US government to build an experimental reactor.

More than a million unused IVF embryos are in cryostorage. Are they the next pro-life frontier?

How to out-parent the prevailing cultural mantra of “me, right now.”

I don’t need a biological bond to be the father of the embryos my wife and I adopted.

And other replies to our October issue.

Treating her as a static figure obscures a lifetime of gospel witness.

The bell-ringing campaign sees 20 percent decline in giving.