Early in the morning deer appear
out of the dark, a flicker of eyes.
They allow me to get quite near,
then vanish noiseless in the brush—
like stars over a busy city—
like lines that come in midnight’s hush
and are gone at dawn—like a whirlwind that scoops
up trash from a parking lot, vivifies it
briefly in a marionette dance, then drops—
like the presence of God: undeniably there,
then absent beyond any utterable prayer.
— Jeffrey Bilbro
You have a decision to make: double or nothing.
For this week only, a generous supporter has offered to fully match all new and increased donations to First Things up to $60,000.
In other words, your gift of $50 unlocks $100 for First Things, your gift of $100 unlocks $200, and so on, up to a total of $120,000. But if you don’t give, nothing.
So what will it be, dear reader: double, or nothing?
Make your year-end gift go twice as far for First Things by giving now.
