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Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Reading the morning newspaper is the realist’s morning prayer.”—G. W. F. Hegel. Whenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get “caught up,” we are being not merely informed but also formed. News consumption can shape our sense of belonging, how we judge the value of our lives, and even how our brains function. Christians mustn’t let the news replace prayer as Hegel envisioned, but...

Framing the importance of the news in terms of democracy may not offer sufficient guidance, although it’s a fine place to start. But, as Christians, we should seek to attend to contemporary affairs as citizens of heaven who have been called to love our neighbors here and now. What do we need to know to love our neighbors well? Or, to frame the question differently, to what do we need to attend in order to live faithfully in this place and in this time? These are the questions the gospel calls us
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