The Christian Monist

Anything I say tonight is superfluous to the fact that Denise, her siblings and mother are waiting, keeping vigil at the bedside of her dyi...

The holidays have always been for me, as most people, a time of reflection on life. It has to do for a couple of reasons . . . okay, mayb...

I was talking to a really nice person this week and it started me thinking about another one of those great paradoxes of life. I know I’ve ...

It’s really inevitable. The Church, sitting in a pool of culture, will eventually absorb some of that culture like the smell of smoked salmo...

I heard an interview once with Rabbi Kushner (the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People ), I think it was on NPR's Fresh Air w...

T his is a recurrent theme here at Christian Monist. This time the provocation was a conversation, which I was having over at IMonk. The p...

I was attending an "Exploring New Membership" class with my new pastor this week. She made a very candid comment about herself (ca...