Back in the 1970's, a Belgian chemist named Ilya Prigogine was awarded a Nobel Prize for a theory that said it’s “the capacity for being shaken up” that ironically is the key to growth. The theory, ...

While December often marks the joyous start of the winter holiday season, many of us are walking through grief this holiday season, making this one of the hardest months of the year. Much has been ...

(RNS) — At a time of upheaval, the Duke University theologian and environmentalist urges people to connect to others and nature. (RNS) — Norman Wirzba was not expecting that his book of essays about ...

(RNS) — Our work advocating for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world will need to be continually renewed, not just this year but for many years ahead. (RNS) — With the holiday season now behind ...

Although a cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming and isolating, patients should know that they are never alone, Brittney Nichols emphasized. Although a cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming and ...

With the theme of Jubilee 2025 being “Pilgrims of Hope,” Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark, England, ties this hope to the Eucharist. In the wonder of Eucharistic adoration, “we can find hope,” he ...

Sometimes it takes a life-altering moment to realize you are living someone else’s dream instead of your own. In my latest book review of Milly Johnson’s The Queen of Wishful Thinking, we meet Lewis ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. In the first episode in our series Climate, Hope and Science, we explore how embracing uncertainty enables us to move beyond climate anxiety and ...

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 ...

Norman Wirzba was not expecting that his book of essays about hope would land the week before Donald Trump scored a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. But the Duke theologian who ...