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“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beloved animated television program, turns 60 this year. It is hard to imagine that it almost did not air. 

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP) – Donna VanLiere tells the sentimental Christmas stories mass audiences enjoy, beginning with her debut “The Christmas Shoes,” which drew a record 16.7 million viewers to its 2002 release as a CBS movie.

NEW YORK (BP) – New York state is on track to legalize physician assisted suicide for adults in early 2026, joining 12 other states and Washington D.C. that allow such intervention.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Grief isn’t beholden to a calendar. But when someone isn’t home for the holidays, the pain intensifies.

EDMOND, Okla. (BP) – For the fourth time in the last six years, Isaiah 41:10 was the most downloaded Scripture of the year on the YouVersion family of Bible apps, which according to its founder has been installed on 1 billion devices nationwide.

JERUSALEM (BP) – Tiferet Lapidot had returned to Israel to spend the holidays with her family. But Oct. 7, 2023, was the last time her father Ohad Lapidot would see her alive.

MARTIN, Tenn. (BP) – Jason Simpson remembers the “aha” moment for his son, Ty.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — If Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine could turn back time, he would not have signed the law that legalized sports betting in his state.

In a few short months, the United States will celebrate 250 years as a nation.  Already in 2025, the Army (June 14), Navy (Oct. 13) and Marine Corps (Nov. 10) have celebrated 250 since their inception.  Lesser known however is that the Army and Navy Chaplain Corps also celebrate 250 of ministry to those who serve, and bear the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual scars of war.

“Every man lives with the specter that he is letting someone down,” a pastor once told our men’s group.