From culture editor Kate Lucky: Some writers are experts on one topic, and they write about it again and again from different angles. Others, like Helen Lewis, cover a wider array of subjects. These are my favorite kinds of writers! You read them not because you’re interested in what they’re writing about (sometimes you will be; sometimes you won’t) but because you’re interested in their minds.
Helen Lewis wrote the book on geniuses that I reviewed for CT this week. She’s also written about youth gender medicine, The White Lotus, a reading curriculum, and Ozempic as a columnist at The Atlantic. If you read enough of her work, you’ll start to see common themes. It’s interesting to put these themes in conversation with our faith commitments: to see which align (even unintentionally!) with the Christian worldview and which go in a different direction. (On that note: Check out this conversation between Lewis, apologist Justin Brierley, and biblical scholar Belle Tindall.)
June 17, 1703: John Wesley, founder of Methodism, is born in Epworth, England, to parents Samuel and Susanna. Though Methodism’s emphasis on grace and instantaneous (often emotional) conversion marked a radical departure from high church tradition, Wesley always considered himself an Anglican (see issue 2: John Wesley and issue 69: The Wesleys).
Christine Hill grew up in a non-Christian home in Geelong, Australia. As a child, she attended the local Methodist church on her own—until one day when the church sent her…
The attack on Jews in Boulder, Colorado, two weeks ago; combined with the attack two weeks before in Washington, DC; combined with the arson at the home of Pennsylvania governor…
I was hesitant to see Wes Anderson’s new movie, The Phoenician Scheme. (Props to the marketing team; the Instagram clips of Bryan Cranston doing a “classic backhand lay-up” got me to the theater.)…
Fireflies played hide-and-seek at the edge of the woods as my three best friends and I prepared to spend the night in a small blue tent under the stars. It…
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It's easy to live in a state of panic, anxiety, and fear, from the pinging of our phones to politics and the state of the church. In this issue, we acknowledge panic and point to Christian ways through it. Russell Moore brings us to the place of panic in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus and Peter. Laura M. Fabrycky writes about American inclinations toward hero-making. Mindy Belz reports on the restorative work of Dr. Denis Mukwege for rape victims in Congo. We’re also thrilled to give you a first look at the Global Flourishing Study, a multiyear research project about what makes a flourishing life across the globe. While panic may be profitable or natural, we have a sure and steady anchor for our souls in Jesus.
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