Childlike receptivity enables us to learn about and experience spiritual, harmonious reality.

A friend of mine gave me a collection of poems. There’s one I’ll never forget. It was, “Virtue I learned at my mother’s knee, vices I learned at some other joint.” We’re always learning something. One ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Is there such a thing as a spiritual fact?

Written by a Catholic priest who is the Vatican analyst for NBC News, \t\t this primer on the spiritual life is geared to "beginners in the broadest \t\t sense"—those just embarking on a religious ...

However, as we commit ourselves to trying and invite the enabling power of Jesus Christ into our lives, we will find ourselves making progress in becoming more like our Father which is in heaven. That ...

A better life is not collecting as much stuff as possible. The person with the most stuff at death is not the winner. Yet collecting stuff drives many people. If we don’t care for things, it’s easy 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 ...