Sic Luceat Lux Vestra, the motto of the College of St. Benedict, translates to So Let Your Light Shine. In the shortest days of the year, these words take on great practical meaning. Many of us depend ...

Various sets of cameras, far different from the national-news ones obsessed only with Black homicide rates, have been rolling in Chicago over the last few years. Prominent efforts include “16 Shots” ...

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I will never forget my first day as a teacher. After all the years of college, all the observations, and all the educational articles, I finally had my own classroom, my own rosters, and my own desk.

October 2020 would be a great time to write a pre-election piece, but that would mean that I have to wade into all the nastiness surrounding the presidential campaign and rehash what I think of the ...

"This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine!" In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus called us "light." He was telling us that we were left in this world to influence it for the glory of God. Light ...

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 ...