Thomas Kinkade’s family has opinions about the use of his paintings in social media posts against immigrants, and more news briefs from around the world.
Today’s Advent devotional: Things aren’t always what they seem, and God does give good gifts to his children.
Behind the Story
From Asia editor Isabel Ong: CT’s translation team, which I lead, celebrated more than 1.4 million page views of our stories this year at our recent Christmas gathering. We also shared our 2025 highlights and 2026 hopes:
"At a church retreat this September, my friend and I admired a panoramic view of the mountains and read Psalm 121 together." —Japanese translator Atsuko Tateishi
"I am deeply grateful to God because everything went so well in my breast cancer treatment and for all the wonderful people who supported me during this time." —Portuguese translator Marisa Lopes
"This Chinese New Year, I went to Taiwan and met a lot of friends that I thought I would never see again. It was the happiest time of the year for me." —Chinese social media coordinator Ivan Cen
"I visited California this summer after ten years and stayed with the host family I used to live with during my school years. They welcomed me so warmly." —Korean translator Jennifer Park
"Next September, my wife and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary, and we hope to do a vow renewal ceremony in Cana of Galilee. We pray for peace in Israel." —Spanish social media coordinator Hernán Restrepo
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December 24, 1491: Spanish ascetic and theologian Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is born in Guipuzcoa, Spain. His order quickly became a great power in Roman Catholicism and led the Counter-Reformation.
Latino evangelicals in the US are reaching the unchurched and drawing in converts despite funding shortfalls, widespread community fear, and other challenges caused by the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Lifeway…
Ninety-two-year-old Julius Wafula lives in an old, rusty-iron-roofed mud house in Bungoma County, Kenya. Nearby, amid avocado trees and banana plantations, a new seven-bedroom house that he built for his…
Silent night, holy night. Austrian priest Joseph Mohr wrote these words in 1816, starting off my favorite—and one of the most ubiquitous—Christmas hymns. Some of my affection for the song…
Critics love Lux, the fourth album from Spanish pop artist Rosalía. When the record was released this fall, The New York Times called her singing (in 13 languages!) an act…
in the magazine
As we enter the holiday season, we consider how the places to which we belong shape us—and how we can be the face of welcome in a broken world. In this issue, you’ll read about how a monastery on Patmos offers quiet in a world of noise and, from Ann Voskamp, how God’s will is a place to find home. Read about modern missions terminology in our roundtable feature and about an astrophysicist’s thoughts on the Incarnation. Be sure to linger over Andy Olsen’s reported feature "An American Deportation" as we consider Christian responses to immigration policies. May we practice hospitality wherever we find ourselves.
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