Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The road to spiritual salvation is sometimes so obvious, so ...

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 ...

“Dear God, I wished on a star two times but nothing happened. Now what? [Signed] Anna.” The question, delivered with all the Promethean imperiousness of a six-year-old, is from More Children’s Letters ...

A friend recently proclaimed, regarding the division and rancor in the United States, “First and foremost, we are all Americans!” That leads me to ask, how would we act if first and foremost we were ...

“Certain things,” writes Josef Pieper, “can be adequately discussed only if at the same time we speak of the whole of the world and life. If we are not ready to do that, we give up all claim to saying ...

We are adopted children of God. What can that mean? Let me tell you first about a little apple tree I planted. One year, before it could even blossom, caterpillars came and devoured every leaf. I did ...