(RNS) — The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow has always been bothered by Advent’s emphasis on the imagery of light and darkness. For at least the last decade, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor has been ...

God used a national tragedy to wake me from personal darkness. The summer before my freshman year of high school, I traveled on my first mission trip to New York City to assist several church plants, ...

The novel and Netflix show explore scriptural themes of light and dark—and the cosmic reign of Christ. My wife and I spent our honeymoon in St. Lucia, an island known for its two iconic mountains that ...

Light moves very slowly at Harvard. That’s because Prof. Lene Vestergaard Hau did what what Einstein himself would have had difficulty imagining: she harnessed light. The key to doing so was figuring ...

I write liturgical songs, both music and words, and a few years ago I did a project centered on the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany cycle. There were many classic themes to explore—hope, waiting, ...

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 ...