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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Tonight might be Halloween, but that also means Thanksgiving and Christmas are

drawing near. In our new 2019 Advent Devotional, my wife Janet tells the story of how 25

well-known Christmas carols came to be, and how they still lead us to worship at a manger in Bethlehem.

The perennial songs of the Christmas

season, like Joy to the World or Silent Night, have endured because they speak the truth the

world always needs to be reminded of, that Jesus came to earth as a baby, to be one of us,

so he could save us. I pray you'll be encouraged by the songs tell the story. Request your copy today at

daily article.org. If Halloween is supposed to be frightening, the holiday came early for me last night.

The Nationals defeated the heavily favored Houston Astros last night to bring Washington

their first World Series title since

1994. As a native Houstonian, watching my team lose was painful. But the nationals are a great

story of perseverance, whose playoff run united a city divided by deep political rancor these days.

Now it's time for something else Democrats and Republicans can do together.

Some 175 million Americans participated in Halloween last year, spending $9 billion in the process.

NASA even joined in the effort, bringing us the colossal flaming jackal lantern. That's my name, not theirs.

It's a picture of the sun captured by the space agency.

Because of active regions burning more brightly than others,

it really does look like a huge jackal lantern in the sky.

It seems everyone is celebrating Halloween these days.

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