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Greetings all! This one is coming out a bit late, given the holidays. What follows is a rundown of my work over the last month and a small preview of what’s to come. Let’s get to it. News None, except that the norovirus sought out my family of six the week of Christmas and brought us down, one by one. It wasn’t pretty, but we survived. Less graphic: Christianity Today listed its best or most-read pieces of the year, and some of my columns made it on a number of lists, including three of the top ten most-read book reviews and one of the most-read pieces full-stop. Writing Two columns in Christianity Today: Plus an essay in the latest print issue of Comment (paywalled for non-subscribers until January 16), which is dedicated to the theme of forgiveness: Appearances Here are at least two, though I’m sure I’m missing some: At least a couple have been recorded but not yet published. Blog Besides links to essays, I published just four posts to the blog in December. Three were a round-up of my year: The last one was a long-running pet project that took hours and hours to produce, and I assume not a soul read through it all except for me … and yet I’m so happy with it. I like being able to point and say: “These are the people I read. They’re the good ones.” Even if the good ones themselves don’t know it! Here it is, in all its splendor: Links Normally I’ll have a dozen or more links here, but for now, I’m going to link to three things: Seven days into 2025, I have averaged just over one hundred pages per day. We’ll see if I can keep it up for the remaining three hundred and fifty eight. Forthcoming Expect a CT column on Ross Douthat’ new book; another on conspiracy theories; another, maybe, on Wes Hill’s new book; and more. Expect also a larger preview of my 2025 on the blog. Just this morning Mere Orthodoxy published my essay on the ten-year anniversary of Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission: Besides these, I currently have four essays under consideration at four different outlets; I expect all to land somewhere, but just where and when are out of my hands. I live by the good pleasure of all-knowing editors. In any case: A blessed belated Epiphany to all of you. “From its beginning by the light of a star to its culmination on the mountain of transfiguration,” writes Fleming Rutledge, Epiphany’s “Sundays are designed to display the glory of Christ who is the likeness of God, shining in and transforming our hearts even now.” Amen. Thanks for reading. Peace, Brad
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