Composed by Taylor Davis, the piece was commissioned by the Texas Master Chorale for their 40th anniversary and premiered in May, closing out their season St. Andrew Methodist Church’s Chancel Choir ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

And lucky us, April is National Poetry Month. You get 31 whole days to celebrate the power of words. Every poet harnesses ...

In a moment in which Israel faces the fury of the evil, there is little poetry can do — little but inspire hope and remind us of the enduring deepest truths.

Poets attending to the Psalms. There is a long tradition in both England and America of turning the Psalter into vernacular poetry. At first the task fell to Reformation-era biblical translators ...

The lectures taking place this week at Michigan State University include a panel discussion on the nature of inequality, an exploration of Psalm 137 in music (the one that begins “By the rivers of ...

them years alive with blessings in their lives. From “Sad Jazz: Sonnets” (Sheep Meadow Press, 2005). Tony Barnstone is the Albert Upton Professor of English at Whittier College, author of 13 books and ...

Each week poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive. This week he selects A Psalm For The Scaffolder with Geoffrey Faber Prize-winning poet Kim Moore, as she invites us into her life as a ...

Jerusalem Forest (Dror Feitelson via the PikiWiki – Israel free image collection project) Trees’ rings provide us information about every season. based on a process that resembles tree rings, holy ...