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Janie B. Cheaney

Janie B. Cheaney

Janie is a senior writer who contributes commentary to WORLD and oversees WORLD’s annual Children’s Books of the Year awards. She also writes novels for young adults and authored the Wordsmith creative writing curriculum. Janie resides in rural Missouri.


Articles by Janie B. Cheaney

The great debate

Our country means such different things to different Americans

Highlights from a new biography show faith as a driving force and inspiration

Self-creation is not as liberating as it’s marketed to be

God can still reach us when we lose our ability to reason


Recent

Prioritizing theory over practical knowledge contributes to a fragile financial society

Identity is too heavy a weight for children to bear alone

Two writers escape evil ideologies through good questions

BOOKS | How a slave named Isabella became Sojourner Truth

A new government policy will, again, encourage irresponsible homebuying

When leaders fail to step up to challenges, everyone does what’s right in his own eyes