Great figures from church history have much to teach about talking with God. Gary Neal Hansen used to think he had a peculiar prayer life, because his prayers were unlike those of people around him.
I couldn’t have explained it while it was happening, but there have been moments in my life when I quickly and intimately connected with an absolute stranger. I’ll find myself confiding the most ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The speakers largely advanced the ideas that the U.S. has a religious — and particularly Christian — ...
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 ...
Sarah Coakley on sex, desire, and the Trinity. One of the most brilliant theologians writing in English today is Sarah Coakley. She would change our reticence about these topics.[1] In this new ...
This prayer comes from the teachings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who had visions of Jesus Christ in the 1930s. In these visions, Jesus asked her to spread the message of Divine Mercy, ...
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 ...
The first pages of a new White House prayer anthology open with a myth: a depiction of English colonists landing at Cape Henry, near present-day Virginia Beach, raising a tall wooden cross and ...