I like to watch nature documentaries on TV. They jump-start my religious imagination with startling images of God's saving side. I learned to grieve watching a mother leopard mourn the sudden loss of ...

I sit with Brother Martin Gonzales, over sixty years a monk and reflecting on the nearness of life’s end. We are at Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey on a day when the perfume of magnolias ...

It can be challenging to see God’s fingerprints on our lives as we experience them in the moment. It’s often helpful to do a kind of spiritual retrospective. As today’s Gospel relays, John the Baptist ...

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 ...

Children, many people wonder if the Indian customs and traditions of worship are primitive. At first glance, they may seem to be, but if we understand the principles and ideals behind the practices, ...

Why their stories are always relevant, no matter the politics of immigration. Recently, a pastor in San Antonio was speaking publicly about his work with immigrants. Someone in the crowd asked him how ...

The responses showcase more similarities than differences between children of different religions On the way to school, I told my girls there was something I wanted to ask them. As I prepared to write ...