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The prayer of Jabez is found in I Chronicles 4:9-10, and reads “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that ...

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 ...

I’ll never forget when the kids were younger and Lois and I took them to visit the Grand Canyon. We’d driven all day in order to save on travel expenses, and by the time we got there, it was pretty ...

Jared Brock traveled 37,000 miles around the world, covering a wide range of communities on the Judeo-Christian spectrum, from visiting Christians in North Korea to the Westboro Baptist Church — and ...

An infertility diagnosis can rock your world, and the decision to go through fertility treatment can come with medical, emotional, and psychological stressors. A common theme I see with patients is ...

In Turkey, the Muslim call to prayer can be hauntingly beautiful in a city like Istanbul, home to 3,000 mosques. But sometimes they're not pitch-perfect. So the head of religious affairs in Istanbul ...