When first-time guests walk up to our church door on a Sunday morning, what runs through their heads? I have long wondered what the average person must be contemplating as he or she grabs that front ...

I have an idea that almost every one of us who hears this Gospel, and we've heard it before, feels more in touch with the workers who worked that whole day and then watched as others who worked only ...

I sometimes think that the parables enjoy a popularity that may be misplaced. By this I do not mean to question their extraordinary composition or their radical religious message. It is just that we ...

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 ...

I’ve been confronted with the generosity of God. I see his generosity all around me. I’ve seen the generosity of God working in many believers. When you think of generosity what comes to your mind?

We have to decide whether we have a stingy or a generous God. Christians have not always been at their best when encountering serious believers from other religions, but Fuller Theological Seminary ...

That's right! The more generous we are with God and with others, the more generous God will be with us. This is just a simple law of ‘we reap what we sow.’ We usually sow just a seed, but with the ...

The story is told about a priest who, because of a terrible stomachache, asked a sacristan to take his place in leading the Stations of the Cross until he came back. The sacristan dutifully and ...

Lately I've been thinking about the difference between taking and receiving. Although both result in the attainment of something, the method of attainment is fundamentally different. When we take ...