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 Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.
Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.
Explore values journalism About usWe can learn a thing or two from watching birds, as our inimitable essayist Murr Brewster shows us with her usual wit this morning. It’s not just about learning to recognize feathers and calls, but also about the aspiration and freedom that enable humanity to soar above the challenges of the day – whether that’s a long war in need of resolution, wild horses and teenagers in need of support, or a self-absorbed music producer retuning his heart to make room for family. “Hold fast to dreams,” poet Langston Hughes once wrote. “For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly.”