Congratulation to First Things deputy editor David Mills for winning an Award of Excellence in the Associated Church Press’ Best of the Christian Press Awards . David won for his article “Bad Books for Kids”, which appeared in the July-August 2009 issue of Touchstone magazine.
The judge described the article as, “A much needed honest commentary, clear, explicit in its compelling thesis. A superb tool for forming the character, life-outlook, and perhaps even the faith of children.”
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…