“Our Zir in heaven, hallowed be thy name,” could be how parishioners begin The Lord’s Prayer. That is if a major church follows along with the modern world’s desire to change language and make it more ...

Some weeks ago my wife and I were invited to dinner at a friends' home. Our friends have teenagers who are very active and very verbal. Wonderful kids … but they have developed a habit which I find to ...

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 ...

Pastors can be tempted by the twin enticements of wealth and fame, but praise God for shepherds laboring in faithful obscurity. I attended a megachurch in Southern California for about five years. It ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, gestures as he speaks with journalists during a news conference in Jerusalem Dec. 22, 2025, at the end of his pastoral visit to the ...

There are many differing viewpoints. Among them: God can appear absurd sometimes and fabricate realities. God cannot be incoherent or illogical. God is omnipotent, totally independent, and not ...

A Feb. 7 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photograph of the inside of a church. "Church of England embraces 'Gender Neutral God' Will stop using male pronouns and referring to God in ...

To members of his synagogue, the voice that played over the speakers of Congregation Emanu El in Houston sounded just like Rabbi Josh Fixler’s. In the same steady rhythm his congregation had grown ...