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This edition is sponsored by Erskine College |
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Rwanda’s new church regulations, suddenly requiring formal training for pastors and exclusive use of worship spaces, are forcing more congregations underground. |
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From Asia ideas editor Isabel Ong: Submitting a pitch to an editor is a vulnerable experience. You never quite know how your editor might respond, and the feedback might be a bunch of questions or alternative views you hadn’t considered. But that’s a good thing! |
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When I probe a writer with questions, make suggestions to hone a pitch further, or propose a new angle for consideration, this is what I hope to convey: What more can we tease out here? What would best serve our readers? Let’s make this work. |
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That’s how this personal essay by Ann Harikeerthan came about. Her initial pitch briefly mentioned that she had lived at a leprosy rehabilitation center and grew up “seeing and loving people in marred bodies.” That line piqued my interest, and after some discussion, I asked her to write about these experiences. |
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Engaged and curious editors pull things out of writers that the writers might not even know are there. We want to push writers to explore new trains of thought, which will in turn push readers to consider challenging ideas, like how to show Christlike love and care for people experiencing great suffering and shame in our midst. |
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Artificial intelligence has rapidly gained popularity in our world. Erskine College’s Fourth Annual Garnet & Gold Forum, an evening focused on Christian thinking in a secular society, will unpack the ramifications of AI’s increasing reach. Author Joe Allen will lay out the positive case for AI in education: efficiency, customization, and a sense of independence—while also addressing the dangers of reckless accelerationism, transhumanism, and outsourcing intelligence to machines. |
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This unique forum provides an important opportunity to engage with cultural and spiritual questions from the perspective of a Christian worldview. Join Joe Allen at Erskine College on Friday, October 17 for dinner and an insightful, meaningful forum. Purchase tickets online today! |
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Today in Christian History |
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September 10, 422: Celestine is elected pope. During his tenure, he convoked the Council of Ephesus to combat the Nestorian “heresy” (this belief, that Christ had two natures and two persons, was probably more semantic overstatement than heresy) and reportedly sent Patrick to Ireland as a missionary (see issue 60: How the Irish Were Saved). |
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When generative artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT first became widely available in late 2022, many people—including me—marveled at their ability to conjure detailed images from just a few lines of…
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A hundred years ago in Dayton, Tennessee, high school teacher John Scopes was put on trial for violating the state’s law against teaching evolution in public schools. The widely publicized…
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More than 30 women and children sit on plastic chairs under the awning at Goro Medical Center (GMC), a clinic in rural northern Uganda. Some nurse infants. Others stare into…
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Last year, our twins started kindergarten, and I started what I very much hope will not be a long-term project of trying to get their schools to talk to my…
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The Christian story shows us that grace often comes from where we least expect. In this issue, we look at the corners of God’s kingdom and chronicle in often-overlooked people, places, and things the possibility of God’s redemptive work. We introduce the Compassion Awards, which report on seven nonprofits doing good work in their communities. We look at the spirituality underneath gambling, the ways contemporary Christian music was instrumental in one historian’s conversion, and the steady witness of what may be Wendell Berry’s last novel. All these pieces remind us that there is no person or place too small for God’s gracious and cataclysmic reversal. |
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