I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

Peace and violence follow us into 2010. The lives of many are filled with the violence of unemployment, the violence of homelessness, the violence of drugs, the violence of abortion, the violence of ...

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 ...

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

On March 5, 2026, the Holy See released a new video featuring Pope Leo XIV leading the world in a new prayer for peace. The ...

Binz said instead of talking to God through prayer and waiting for an answer, lectio divina begins with listening. "It's listening and praying in response," he said. Binz said this type of reading the ...

In 1994, three men shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to create peace in the Middle East — in alphabetical order, they were Yasir Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin. Their efforts ...

It was the third year in a row that friends and strangers from all walks of life joined together in prayer to honor St. Patrick’s legacy. At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around ...