Abraham Lincoln’s words — “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life” — serve as a beautiful reminder of the power of a mother’s faith and love ...

When I didn’t know what I needed in life, my mom had handed me a cross – a reminder that I needed God. Courtesy of Sarah Shrader A little over 17 years ago, on the day that I graduated college, my mom ...

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 ...

Where does your mind go on a day like today? Do you celebrate, or do you mourn? If the world worked as it should, today we’d only be celebrating for all the intact relationships with grace-filled ...

May is a month to honor mothers. Mother’s Day falls on May 11 this year in the United States and Canada as the Catholic tradition continues of honoring, throughout the entire month, Mary, the mother ...

My mother wanted better, and she got it. It was Oct. 9, 1962. A 9-month-pregnant woman was carrying a child while she was in a Mississippi cotton field. She picked 300 pounds of cotton that day, ...