Sunday, Dec. 18, is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24. We tend to sentimentalize the Christmas story as we think of the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Life is demanding, it pulls us powerfully in different directions and we agonize greatly because sometimes the impetus is in different directions. Believers are not like Malthus, we ...

Trusting God When Life Doesn’t Go the Way You Planned If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s this: life ...

With all of this, it is easy to forget that the day actually commemorates an incredible saint, a man of flesh and blood, of weakness and sin, who nonetheless, through Christ’s grace, overcame all of ...

We Create Here was an initiative within the Gazette Company to develop evolving narratives and authentic conversations throughout Iowa's Creative Corridor. read more Like it or not, failure is very ...

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 ...

Have you ever been through a crisis? Maybe you’re going through one now. There are three important lessons we can learn in John 11 about how to hang on in times of crisis. Jesus gets word that his ...

DENMARK – The filly flicked her ears back and forth, darting from startling noises. But later in the night she took hesitating steps toward Dr. Lew Sterrett, allowing him to pat her, rub a saddle ...

"Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them" (Luke 12:24) Having returned from the CSTM ecotheology and justice trip, one of the lingering ...