What do all major world religions have in common? One answer came from the late Joyce Foster, a Benedictine oblate who spent the last years of her very long life writing a book on the virtue of ...

Humility is lauded as a virtue in most world cultures and wisdom traditions. But I’m wary of those who counsel deferential or pious humility to contain and admonish those who have strong opinions and ...

(The Conversation) — Intellectual humility means being open to new ideas and other points of view – and for leaders, it can be a delicate balancing act. (The Conversation) — Being a religious leader ...

Each year, on Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is observed, marking 40 days after Christmas. This day commemorates Jesus’ presentation to God in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish ...

Recruits with Alpha Company participate in the Crucible on Parris Island, South Carolina, June 14, 2019. (Sgt. Dana Beesley/Marine Corps) Leadership is critical for Marines, especially today as the ...

I made a new friend recently: Dr. Kari Konkola. He has a doctoral degree in history and has spent a long time examining what are called Confessors' Manuals, which are medieval Latin texts by Christian ...

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 ...

St. Augustine wrote that there were two kinds of love in the world: amor sui ad contemptum Dei et amor Dei ad contemptum sui — “love of self to the contempt of God and love of God to the contempt of ...

Years ago a university physician-professor commissioned me to write a research grant to study traumatic brain injury. I remember attending a medical conference with him and going to a reception after ...