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When her mother was in hospice, Jen Wilkin "played her favorite hymns. I held her hand. I helped keep her clean and comfortable. I whispered a thousand times, ‘I’m so glad you’re home. You’re a person to love, not a problem to solve.’" |
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"I recall the saying," she writes, "that we are first children to our parents, then parents to our children, then parents to our parents, and finally children to our children." The chiasm of human life, the rhythms of giving and receiving care, help us to "anticipate the next season, to savor the one we are in, and to be grateful for the ones we have already left behind. … We are not problems to solve in our extreme age any more than we were in our infancy. We are simply people to love, in a stage when others repay a debt of care they themselves received in their time." | Read the rest. |
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Elsewhere in our pages, writer Wendy Kiyomi is caring for her children, adopted out of foster care and suffering the impacts of an early childhood full of adversity. When she received an email from her health insurance denying her son a critical mental health treatment, she was tempted to spend time, as she has before, in "existential denial (‘They can’t do that’) and anger (‘How dare they’)." This time "I found I just couldn’t keep feuding," she writes. "I didn’t know whether that was foolhardiness or faith. Maybe it was both." | Read the rest. |
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CT’s editor in chief Russell Moore spoke with former vice president Mike Pence about his faith in Christ, his relationship with Donald Trump, and his perspective on major political issues such as abortion, religious liberty, and international relations. |
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"The Jesus that I encountered just reading through the Book of Mark—which I was able to do in one sitting, and any one of your readers or listeners could do in one sitting—was different and convicting, and the Word got ahold of me." | Listen here. |
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What happens when church leaders from around the world gather to share their wisdom and experiences? The 2025 Calvin Symposium on Worship represents a unique opportunity to learn from global voices shaping contemporary Christian worship.
Experience three transformative days filled with 5 unique worship services, 4 soul-nurturing vesper services, and 60 expert-led sessions. From universal design principles to faithful antiracism practices, from building empathy to understanding worship’s historical roots, every session offers practical wisdom for today's church. Join an ecumenical community of worship leaders, pastors, and engaged Christians seeking to deepen their worship practice. Register today. |
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Kate Shellnutt, editorial director of news: To combat the Sunday scaries, check out devotional author Cleere Cherry Reaves’s "Speak this over your week" posts, handwritten prayers with intentions for focusing on God and finding his peace. She shares on Instagram @cleerleystated. |
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Matt Reynolds, senior books editor: During the past few trips to visit family, I’ve gotten into the habit of bringing along a book by Erik Larson, best known for his 2004 bestseller The Devil in the White City. Over the Christmas break, I devoured Larson’s 2007 follow-up, Thunderstruck, another story where sensational murder plays out on a larger cultural canvas. For me, this is the best kind of vacation reading—propulsive and entertaining—and you learn a ton. |
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Morgan Lee, CT Global managing editor: I challenged myself by making this meringue dessert with a friend who had some experience. We used my beaters for nearly 20 minutes! On O‘ahu, where I live, you can only buy passionfruit at the farmers’ market, so our fruit topping was raspberries and lemon juice. Tasted even better after a night in the fridge! |
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This week, we reported on the newly released list of the 50 most dangerous countries for Christians. Pray for believers in Yemen and Sudan, Somalia and Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan, India and China. Pray for an end to killings, abductions, detentions without trial, and property destruction; pray for the churches forced underground. |
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How the concept of reciprocity can build up the church.
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Mosaic inscriptions reveal the faith and practice of early Christians.
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You don’t need to know the language to be moved by the translation.
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For Christians, the answer is clear. But that shouldn’t entail a light regard for religious, economic, and political liberty.
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This first issue of 2025 exemplifies how reading creates community, grows empathy, gives words to the unnamable, and reminds us that our identities and relationships proceed from the Word of God and the Word made flesh. In this issue, you’ll read about the importance of a book club from Russell Moore and a meditation on the bookends of a life by Jen Wilkin. Mark Meynell writes about the present-day impact of a C. S. Lewis sermon in Ukraine, and Emily Belz reports on how churches care for endangered languages in New York City. Poet Malcolm Guite regales us with literary depth. And we hope you’ll pick up a copy of one of our CT Book Award winners or finalists. Happy reading! |
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