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From senior features editor Taylor Berglund: In April, I joined the Christianity Today editorial team as the new senior features editor. I was thrilled at the opportunity—and a little afraid. My last job as a religion reporter ended badly in burnout. A big part of that was the news cycle. From 2015 to 2020, my days were focused on reporting on the latest megachurch scandals, mass shootings, or casually blasphemous politicians. |
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As a young 20-something, I didn’t handle those incidents well. I oscillated between emotional numbness and deep anger at the state of the world, suppressing that anger so I could get my work done. It took me years away to recover and remember why I love this work. |
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That’s why I was so interested when I received Hannah Miller King’s pitch about cultivating righteous anger in an era of rage bait. She writes how through Jesus we see a model of holy anger, born out of love and submitted to God’s will. I commissioned it immediately. It was just the biblical perspective I needed as I stepped back into this world—and hopefully, it’s exactly what some of you need too. |
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Today in Christian History |
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June 3, 1647: The Puritan British Parliament bans Christmas and other holidays. |
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The broader church has not always loved popes named Leo. Pope Leo X in 1520 described Martin Luther as a "wild boar from the forest" destroying the church. Pope Leo…
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In 2013, my family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles so I could work on a PhD. My wife returned to the (paid) workforce, and I took on the daytime…
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The earliest Christian communities were widely and ruthlessly persecuted. Christians were maligned, castigated, deprived, tormented, and executed. Children were torn from their parents. Spouses were executed before each other’s eyes.…
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I’VE WITNESSED THE POWER of the Word in the presence of a devil. Eight years ago, my wife, Brita, and I were sitting together in uneasy silence, waiting for her…
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Throughout Scripture, God calls his people to be faithful and steadfast as we abide in him. Isaiah reminds us our faithfulness is fleeting "like the flowers of the field," yet our hope is secure when we place it in God, so our strength is renewed (Isa. 40:6, 31). In this issue, we consider stories of resilience. Historian Thomas S. Kidd shares missionary Adoniram Judson’s hardship and fortitude in Burma (now Myanmar). Emily Belz reports on Minnesota churches today that are supporting persecuted Karen Christians, also from Myanmar. Haleluya Hadero reports on groups who are determined to help Gary, Indiana, achieve a more resilient future. We also consider Tish Harrison Warren’s new book and feature an interview with her. Rooted in the person of Jesus Christ, Christian resilience is about more than having grit or bouncing back. |
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