The small marble table from a Roman-era home was adorned with carved acanthus leaves and the body of Dionysus. When I saw it in the archaeological museum of Thessaloniki, Greece, I broke down crying, ...

In 1961, weeks after graduating from high school, James Finley rose one morning before dawn and left a note. In defiance of his father, who had refused to allow him to leave, he boarded a bus for the ...

The Catholic faith draws on the word of God. We know God and his truth not in the light of our own reason — created, finite and limited — but in the light of his Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3). He ...

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 ...

While there are many objections and arguments against prayer in our world, such challenges can be resolved by a meek heart that is willing to surrender to God’s will. But once we give a humble ...

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 ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Dear Pastor, Once we feel the tangible presence of God, why is it still so easy to walk away? A: Anything can be taken for granted, my friend, even the ...

Raised Presbyterian, neuroscientist John C. Wathey started to question his religious faith in his early teens. His book, The Illusion of God’s Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing ...

Catholicism has been sometimes described as a very materialistic religion. Why? Because Catholics take created reality seriously. Karl Rahner, S.J., once called Christians “the most sublime of ...

Christians have never doubted Christ’s parting promise to his disciples, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.” But throughout the history of the Church there has been no end of ...

The word “presence” should really be in the title of any book about biblical theology. Scripture is a historical and theological narrative about God’s presence among humanity. For example, last Sunday ...