Zenger House announces its 2025 Zenger Prize winners: zengerhouse.com/2025-winners In an age of opinion-slinging, ground-level reporting of rugged reality is worthy of double honor. Winners published in 2024 described desperate immigrants and despairing homeless men and women. (1)

And this year, the first posthumous Zenger Prize, to Marshall Allen for his reporting with ProPublica and others on healthcare over-billing. Allen died last year at age 52 of a heart attack, but his work and testimony endure. (4)

Today the Christian foundation Zenger House is announcing its fourth annual Zenger Prizes for thoroughly researched journalism that conveys a biblical understanding. The winners showcase the courage and empathy needed for sound truth-telling. christianitytoday.com/2025/04/good-j…

"The states where people are “rarely” lonely tend to be in the northern half of the country, peaking in Minnesota, Vermont, Iowa and Utah — though if we include places that aren’t states, D.C. tops the list." CRITICAL: "It relates strongly to other measures of community

During St. Clair’s pregnancy, Musk suggested that they bring in other women to have even more of their children faster. “To reach legion-level before the apocalypse,” he said to St. Clair, “we will need to use surrogates.” wsj.com/politics/elon-…

Jesus dying on the cross:

Very smart move here

Not a single word in this report about WHY Temu and Shein are so cheap: they benefit from Uyghur slave labor!

Just an incredible piece out of POLITICO Europe: Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the conclave IRL A majority of the cardinals were appointed by Pope Francis and haven’t been around long enough to know how it all works. politico.eu/article/cardin…

how do i get this job

don't pay too much attention to the early exit smokes, they're notoriously unreliable and need to be re-weighted to results later

The existence of Chicago Pope implies the existence of MLA Pope and APA Pope

Christian groups are rallying around what they see as a practical way to help families—expanding the Child Tax Credit. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/child-…

Good question from Andrew Egger here

"And then I saw it—how childlike my parents have become in their old age. Their bodies are grayer, saggier, and creakier, but their hearts are just like my children’s—pure, simple, honest, humble." beautiful essay by Sophia Lee 소현 christianitytoday.com/2025/05/diaper…

Did your church mention Iran this morning?

An pastor filmed as ICE agents arrested two of his church members. He told the agents that the Iranian couple was fleeing religious persecution. They're asylum-seekers, he said. "It doesn't matter," one of the agents replied. My latest for Christianity Today tinyurl.com/2w4m66ce

✨The July-August 2025 issue is here! ✨ With writing from@MiroslavVolf, Jen Pollock Michel, Makoto Fujimura, Mako&Haejin, 𝐎. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞, Christine Caine, Emily Belz, Harvest Prude, Russell Moore, Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP at The Priory) & others. christianitytoday.com/magazine/2025/…