Mailbag

Supporting safe harbors 

Oct. 9—Katie Powner/Manhattan, Mont.

Thank you for reporting on such an important issue. Having foster kids in your home is not the same as having your own kids. Not even close. We’ve been foster parents for about five years, and it’s so hard to find the support needed to keep from giving up. 

The persuasion problem

Oct. 9—Wayne Nader/Auburn, Calif.

Sadly, the behavior of Congress is just a reflection of the deteriorating discourse in our county. Demonizing, dismissing, degrading, and deflecting anything or anyone that is viewed even remotely as adversarial is all too common.

Will we ever reach herd immunity?

Oct. 9—Darrell Lackey/Gustine, Calif.

Thank you, Dr. Charles Horton, for sharing more than just an opinion but facts and research from respected and credible sources. A consensus of medical doctors, immunologists, and medical researchers worldwide agrees the vaccines work. When it comes to a pandemic, misinformation kills.

Dr. Victoria L. Macki/Ellensburg, Wash.

It now appears that the answer to the question posed in the headline is: not at the rate we are going and the way we are going about it. Americans might want to humble themselves and demand that we have access to life-­saving treatment, not just ineffective vaccines.

Generational battles

Oct. 9—Pat Jacobs/Redmond, Wash.

I was a little surprised by Marvin Olasky’s interview with Helen Andrews. I had never thought that anything Al Sharpton had ever done or said had any relevance to anything.

Be worthy of your gray

Oct. 9—Joanne Underwood/Chino, Calif.

I have been a champion of the Going Gray Gracefully Club for many years. When I was in my 30s and the gray began appearing, my son who was about 8 at the time described my hair as “honey mold.” I laughed and laughed, but my friends were horrified. It’s time for a new profile photo, Andrée Seu Peterson. Show it off!

A quiet masculinity

Oct. 9—Dan LaRue/Lebanon, Pa.

Collin Garbarino’s review of Cry Macho grabbed my attention. What with men being denigrated so often in pop culture and fathers treated as if they were dunces, I was interested in a film about an older man mentoring a young man in how to be a man. It was great! I loved its slow pace, the non­existent body count, no explosions, and no overt sex.

A family of fans

Maegan Hemphill/Lewisville, N.C.

We are huge WORLD fans! Our family of five loves The World and Everything in It, and we subscribe to WORLD Magazine’s print edition and the WORLD Watch daily news videos. Our middle daughter, Grace, is 12 and aspires one day to be a journalist in Christian media and hopefully attend the World Journalism Institute. God bless you and your wonderful ministry!

The news in your inbox

Michelle Ule/Santa Rosa, Calif.

The news is so grim and soul-wrenching these days, it’s hard to stomach and not grow cynical. Thank you for your emails that arrive daily with an overview of the news so I do not have to get mired down in misery.

Correction

Priscilla Strom was one of the doctors who influenced Joel Belz (“Doctors who deserve gratitude,” Oct. 9, p. 8).

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Oct. 9—Isie Kenyon/Ligonier, Pa.

I always enjoy reading other readers’ comments about WORLD articles and looking for names I recognize. But as I read letters about the articles from the Aug. 28 issue, I realized I had missed that one entirely! I’m now reading it online instead of hunting down the print edition in my house.

Giving thanks for a devoted board

Oct. 9—Alan Amavisca/Placentia, Calif.

I read Kevin Martin’s shoutout to his board with great satisfaction. I have been a missionary, mission pastor, mission director, board member, and church elder. Through the years, I have learned one crucial lesson: Good boards that provide good governance are a blessing to the stakeholders and to those for whom they provide oversight. Praise God for a board that serves to keep WORLD faithful to its mission.

Making our gardens grow

Sept. 25—Marty Walker/San Francisco, Calif.

I enjoyed Janie B. Cheaney’s column in praise of gardening. I’m a city dweller and my gardening consists of tending three very patient and resilient houseplants. But philosophically, I’m right there with her.