To find joy and gratitude, you first have to embrace the world as it is. You must endure searing loss, evil and betrayal.

Women were told never to cut their hair, one of the many rules controlling them. Women who disobeyed "weren't worth a good, ...

Naomi Wright grew up in what she described as a polygamous cult near Buffalo, New York. Her father was the leader. Wright’s ...

Some of the oldest active buildings in Monmouth and Ocean counties are churches that date back to colonial times.