Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, edited by James Crews, Storey Publishing, 208 pages. $14.95. Credit: Courtesy This January, Amanda Gorman’s reading at the presidential inauguration ...

The New York Times asked poets laureate from across the country what the people in their states had to be thankful for in this difficult year. The New York Times asked poets laureate from across the ...

It was a rough evening outside but a warm feeling within. Lynn and I were with fellows and gals passing out food outside a closed church in Norfolk’s Park Place. The rain came down but the smiles ...

As the school year draws to a close, is there a teacher who has inspired you? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander says his mother was his first teacher. He learned from her that "teachers are a ...