I needed to hear it. Father Mike Schmitz’s talk, that is. “Wrestling With God in Scripture” was part of The Bible in a Year Retreat held over the weekend. I keep thinking about what the host of The ...

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 ...

"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 ...

When Sue Martin looks back on her cancer journey, she sees it as a series of what she calls “God moments,” little occurrences for which she has no other explanation but the hand of God in her life.