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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.
My community is the kind you see in articles hyping the threat of political violence. Reality is more mundane—and hopeful.
Review
A new book critiques elites’ incurious accounts of the American right and illuminates their complicity in our social breakdown.
Jesus told us not to worry, but worry is our culture’s parenting default. It’s harming our kids.
Speech was not God’s only miracle at Pentecost. The Spirit also gave the gift of understanding, overcoming division and contempt.
I grew up as a climate change denier. Now I understand we must care for God’s creation and people alike.
Review
Two new memoirs, Troubled and Between Two Trailers, make a powerful—if unintentional—case for the Christian ethos of family and community.
I understand frustration with media negativity. But bad news may be God’s invitation to work alongside him.
Birds of a feather might flock together, but Christians must flock to Christ.
I picture a clean, sweet Nativity scene. But Jesus chose to come to a dirty, broken world.
A tea date with a Middle Eastern stranger led to friendship with women from nearly 20 countries—and changed my perspective on the world.