Many of us try to balance two key sides of ourselves: a spiritual side and an analytical side. Our spiritual side seeks the sacred—something timeless or ultimately important or beautiful to us. For ...

Mankato’s Centenary United Methodist Church prides itself as being an inclusive community that sponsors ministries that support various segments of the community. Most of these efforts rise up through ...

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 ...

Church leaders often wring their hands over fear that withholding public condemnation of individuals about sexuality, politics, Communion or some other issue could be the potential source of "scandal" ...

Among the big questions authors tackle this season are what it means to lead a good life, where to put one’s faith in uncertain times, and how to mend the church’s broken places. Miroslav Volf and ...

(RNS) — The popularity of spiritual direction can be attributed in part to its emphasis on facilitating instead of advice-giving and theology-spewing. (RNS) — Sam Herrmann grew up homeschooled in an ...

On most mornings, I begin the work day at my hospice office by calling my patients to arrange for visits in their homes. Today is much the same as I set an early afternoon appointment with a woman in ...

At this time in the year when we hear the hymn People, Look East, I suggest that we look to the East for thoughtful and spiritually impactful reads for now and into the new year. First, I have to ...