I begin each class on Friday with a little bit of philosophy, and one of the questions I pose to my students each year is this: if you could have any superpower, what would it be, and why? I usually ...

In the harshness of modern life, where demands pull us in myriad directions, the pursuit of balance often feels like a distant dream. Yet amid the chaos, there exists a timeless truth: Love can ...

Sunday, July 13, 2025, is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 or Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37. One ...

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 ...

“Except as we have loved,” writes Mary Oliver, “all news arrives as from a distant land.” We can only know what we have loved, in other words. The sense of this—that without the act of opening we know ...

Love is the most universal, formidable and mysterious of cosmic energies…the very blood stream of spiritual evolution. -Teilhard de Chardin, Building the Earth, cited by Duffy (2016) Source: Mikhail ...

Johnny Jewel handled the soundtrack for Belgian director Fien Troch's new movie Holly, which led to the release of Jewel's instrumental "The Witch" two weeks ago. Today a second song from the movie ...