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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Articles

News Magazines for Christians | Vol. 40, No. 5

1 week 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 week 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

2 months ago | 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

2 months ago | 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.
The same but changing

Jan 16, 2025 | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

About 2,500 years ago the Greek philosophers Parmenides and Heracleitus argued a basic question: Is life a matter of being or becoming? Parmenides taught that change is an illusion. His disciple Zeno posed a number of “paradoxes” to prove it, the most famous being Achilles and the tortoise: If Achilles challenges the tortoise to a race, he can never win because the distance to cover can be infinitely divided. I don’t get it, but the point is, reality is static.
The missing intangibles

Nov 14, 2024 | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

In “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” The Atlantic’s November cover story, Rose Horowitch surveys a familiar complaint from college professors. Notice the verb: It’s not that high-achieving students refuse to read long-form literature. What troubles their teachers is that these kids can’t retain focus for 200-plus pages. Reading for pleasure is a quaint “niche” for a few, like a taste for retro fashion.
News Magazines for Christians | Vol. 39, No. 16

Oct 17, 2024 | wng.org | Kevin Martin |Lynn Vincent |Janie B. Cheaney |Hunter Baker

CULTURE TRENDING A second act TRENDING | Popular retelling of the Gospel stories won’t end with the Resurrection Books Disenchantment and truth BOOKS | Rod Dreher highlights the failures of our secular age Uncovering truth and error: eight books BOOKS | Fiction, criminology, religious history, and more Beauty and brokenness BOOKS | How artists use great suffering to create A justice’s life BOOKS | Conservative upbringing, liberal policies Golden songs and promises BOOKS | Reflective moments...
Those in the know

Oct 17, 2024 | wng.org | Janie B. Cheaney

Do you know someone who delights in contradicting common knowledge? “Well, actually,” he or she might say, “9/11 wasn’t really a terrorist operation.” Or, “Actually, European Jews aren’t related to Biblical Jews at all.” Or, “Actually, the so-called ‘Civil War’ had nothing to do with slavery.” We might call them revisionists or conspiracy theorists or contrarians or crackpots, to no avail. Any challenge is met with a smug nod or rueful head shake. There are none so blind as those who will not see.