As familiar as the Christmas story of the baby born in a manger might be, it is also a cautionary tale for our age. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be ...

For Christmas this newspaper reached out to faith groups across Butte County asking two questions: 1. What is the meaning of Christmas? 2. What message — especially in light of wars and recent ...

Every December, we celebrate the story of a child born in a manger. We adorn nativity scenes with soft light and warm sentiment, but we rarely linger on the truth of the story: Jesus was born housing ...