Four times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; Steve ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves; FāVS News editor ...

Bill Haley wrote the following in support of social justice: “Social justice is important for the simplest of reasons … it’s a prevalent theme in the Bible. That’s justification enough as we want 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 ...

The Bible begins its record with five critical words: “In the beginning God created ….” (Genesis 1:1) Those five words are also understood as “Before the beginning God already was, and God already was ...

Trust: A very powerful word that reflects positivity and security. But what is it really? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, trust in the form of a verb is defined as: “to rely on the ...

How do we assess our value in a society that has created a system where value is predicated on possessions? Does this mean that if I lack money, I have no value in society? Does it mean that if I do ...

Most U.S. adults now say it is not necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values (56%), up from about half (49%) who expressed this view in 2011. This increase reflects the continued ...

This article is part of our Gender and Christianity series. To understand contemporary Christian ideas about gender, and specifically masculinity, we need to go all the way back to the values that ...