Carrie McKean

Contributor

Carrie McKean is a West Texas-based writer and the Communications Director at First Presbyterian Church Midland. In addition to writing for Christianity Today, her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, and Reason Magazine, among other publications. A graduate of Baylor University, Carrie has lived in Midland since 2011 with her husband and two daughters. Find her at carriemckean.com.

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Christ Our King, Come What May

This Sunday is a yearly reminder that Christ is our only Lord—and that while governments rise and fall, he is Lord eternal.

I’m Estranged from My Parents. I Still Love Them.

Even when family ties are severed, God does not cut off his care.

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The Antidote to Election Anxiety

My community is the kind you see in articles hyping the threat of political violence. Reality is more mundane—and hopeful.

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Review

We Have Never Been Deplorable

A new book critiques elites’ incurious accounts of the American right and illuminates their complicity in our social breakdown.

An Anxious Generation—of Parents

Jesus told us not to worry, but worry is our culture’s parenting default. It’s harming our kids.

The Miracle of the Ear

Speech was not God’s only miracle at Pentecost. The Spirit also gave the gift of understanding, overcoming division and contempt.

Panic Won’t Protect the Planet Well

I grew up as a climate change denier. Now I understand we must care for God’s creation and people alike.

Review

What We Can Offer If We Uncircle the Wagons

Two new memoirs, Troubled and Between Two Trailers, make a powerful—if unintentional—case for the Christian ethos of family and community.

Bad News May Be a Burning Bush

I understand frustration with media negativity. But bad news may be God’s invitation to work alongside him.

Like-Minded, Not Like Me

Birds of a feather might flock together, but Christians must flock to Christ.