Janie B. Cheaney

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Commentator at The World and Everything In It Podcast

Senior Writer at World.org

Writer, ponderer, procrastinator

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Fooling ourselves

3 days ago | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence posed the question, What if we could create humanoid robots that were capable of love? The experimental model, named David, looks like an 11-year-old boy and is provisionally adopted into a human family. Though the mother resists at first, she decides to activate the android’s imprinting protocol, meaning David will love her forever. It doesn’t end well.
News Magazines for Christians | Vol. 40, No. 6

3 weeks ago | wng.org | Lynn Vincent |Kevin Martin |Janie B. Cheaney |Nick Eicher

CULTURE TRENDING Is Hollywood listening? TRENDING | Ticket sales are telling a story the film industry needs to hear Books Spiritual celebutante BOOKS | One woman’s strange relationship with God and America Whither faith goest? BOOKS | A look at the decline of America’s religious institutions A sober diagnosis BOOKS | Modern medicine’s obsession with labels Travels and travails: seven books BOOKS | History, medical ethics, Biblical studies, and more A deep-dive tour around the Holy Land BOOKS...
Times of testing

3 weeks ago | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

That was quick. Only five years ago Pew Research reported an increasing number of American youth (ages 18-25) who claimed no religious affiliation. A year ago in January NPR ran a story based on a Pew survey about how “Religious ‘Nones’ are now the largest single group in the U.S.,” outnumbering both Catholics and evangelical Protestants.
The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud

3 weeks ago | redeemedreader.com | Janie B. Cheaney

The Cartoonists Club introduces young readers to the techniques and rationale of sequential graphic storytelling. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 8-10Recommended for: ages 8-14Makayla is a fountain of story ideas but has a hard time connecting them. Howard doodles obsessively but needs a story. Art’s creative juices flow through a multitude of media, while Lynda, a talented artist, never thinks she’s good enough. These four need inspiration.
News Magazines for Christians | Vol. 40, No. 5

1 month ago | wng.org | Kevin Martin |Lynn Vincent |Janie B. Cheaney |Nick Eicher

CULTURE TRENDING Lessons from the past TRENDING | Popular podcasts are hooking young listeners on history Books What would Jane do? BOOKS | Two books examine Austen’s world and its impact on ours Telling ourselves stories BOOKS | Tracing Joan Didion’s influences Discerning truth from lies: eight books BOOKS | Historical theology, apologetics, military history, and more Touring the City of God BOOKS | A new introduction to a classic text Into the unknown BOOKS | The case for things unseen...
Consider the body

1 month ago | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

In church on Easter Sunday: The sermon is about life. But more specifically, life in the resurrected body. “And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus” (Luke 24:2-3). The corpse they expected was walking around alive—in a physical body, not a shimmering spirit. My mind spears off on a tangent: Consider that body. When our mortal bodies are not clamoring for attention with a stubbed toe or a hammered thumb, we ignore them.
Listen to your mother

2 months ago | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

Suppose, while browsing shelves at the local Barnes & Noble, you picked up a book titled A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century. Can anything be new about sex? you wonder. Suppose you flip to the table of contents and read chapter titles such as “Sex Must Be Taken Seriously.” “Men and Women Are Different.” “Not All Desires Are Good.” “Loveless Sex Is Not Empowering.” And finally, “Marriage Is Good,” followed by “Conclusion: Listen to Your Mother.”A new guide?
News Magazines for Christians

2 months ago | wng.org | Kevin Martin |Lynn Vincent |Janie B. Cheaney |Nick Eicher

CULTURE TRENDING Commercial dreams TRENDING | Music artists ditch chart-topping albums in favor of landing a TV deal Books Reexamining an era BOOKS | Disentangling the various meanings of the Renaissance Why we write BOOKS | Conversations with Christian poets Married into ministry BOOKS | Is the role of pastor’s wife a Christian calling? Sin which clings so closely BOOKS | The rise and fall of a megachurch pastor Christian life and literature: eight books BOOKS | Monastic history, C.S. Lewis,...
News Magazines for Christians | Vol. 40, No. 3

Feb 13, 2025 | wng.org | Kevin Martin |Lynn Vincent |Janie B. Cheaney |Nick Eicher

CULTURE TRENDING A dose of reality TRENDING | Tech companies—and consumers—are souring on virtual interaction Books Modern Mere Christianity BOOKS | Ross Douthat challenges reasons for unbelief Law schools ablaze BOOKS | An insider’s appraisal of American legal education Life, literature, and lessons: eight books BOOKS | Literary criticism, literary fiction, natural law, and more Natural law for evangelicals BOOKS | How the rest of Christendom can chime in on conversations about liberal...
We have only one Savior

Feb 13, 2025 | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

While filling shopping carts for the needy last Christmas, I served across from a perky little retiree who was over the moon about the election. Just think, she said: Four years of Trump would get America back on track, and Vance would stay the course for the next eight years. Then it would be Don Junior’s turn, and when his two terms ended Barron would be old enough to run. She was only half joking, but optimistic from her sparkly cattleman’s hat to her high-heeled boots.