Love is more than just a transaction between two people, it's a spiritual emotion that comes from above. Love is pure and unscathed, it has no boundaries and will go on forever, similar to your spirit ...

In 1992, Christian author Gary Chapman introduced the ground-breaking concept of “love languages,” which posits that individual people vary in how they give and receive love and affection. Knowing ...

God is not a vengeful, wrath-filled god ready to punish the unrepentant by sending them to hell for eternity, but rather a father who has always been seeking, pursuing, and longing for a relationship ...

Faith often looks the same from the outside. Folded hands. Closed eyes. Temple bells. Morning aarti. But underneath these shared rituals, the relationship people carry with God can be very different.

In the Gospel, Jesus gives us three lessons on love meant to prepare us for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. They ...

"God never promised us that we would not suffer." Those words struck a painful, but truthful, chord in me when a friend uttered them as we stood talking at the wake of a 27-year-old woman, a mother 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 ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. I’d like to read from the Scriptures a very familiar story. Sometimes when we hear familiar stories, we get a little ...

The proof of being on a path of conversion and holiness always consists in loving one's neighbor, Pope Francis said. "As long as there is a brother or sister to whom we close our hearts, we will still ...

Timothy Keller writes “In A Reason for God”: In Christianity God is both a God of love and of justice. Many people struggle with this. They believe that a loving God can't be a judging God. Like most ...

I was raised as a reformed Jew. We were the “once-a-year” Jews. My family went to temple only for the High Holidays. Once a year, we celebrated one night of Passover; and once a year, we celebrated ...