Maybe it’s the amount of work done here or simply the tightness of our print schedule. But newcomers rarely have the pleasure of easing into editorial responsibilities.
And so it was for Lyn Cryderman, our new institute editor. Arriving here on August 1 from Light and Life magazine, a publication of the Free Methodist Church, he was immediately given the task of organizing and editing the Christianity Today Institute supplement on the role of women in the church. Happily, his experience as a managing editor had prepared him (toughened him?) to meet the deadline challenge head-on.
Authors featured include Roberta Hestenes of Fuller seminary, Bruce Waltke of Westminster seminary, and Walter Kaiser of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Also, answers to questions generated during a day-long forum discussion held in Chicago on the topic of women in leadership run throughout.
With one supplement down, Lyn is already at work on the November 21 institute section on the church in South Africa. He is also beginning to take on some assignments for CT magazine as well—which means his days of meeting tight deadline schedules are only beginning.
Star Wars at Mount Sinai. Seven thousand miles from Chicago is the fortresslike monastery of Saint Catherine and its treasure trove of ancient texts and manuscripts—including one that had been crudely erased by some dutiful scribe over a thousand years ago. It was this prize that lured Princeton seminary professor James Charlesworth and two high-tech scientists (with their own treasure trove of photographic equipment) to the foot of Mount Sinai to study the earliest translation of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Their tale of adventure begins on page 17.
HAROLD B. SMITH, Managing Editor
