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.
The toppling of idols that began in the Old Testament continues today
Adults who romanticize youth do the young no favors
Has the digital empire's reach exceeded its remedy?
The late historian and ideologue overlooked basics of human nature
Avatar's visual wonders are all borrowed from creation
Good becomes boring and evil becomes romantic in 'hot' fiction
With an enemy defeated, we can turn to praying for his salvation
Only the Incarnation can break us free from voluntary bondage
Words can be twisted, but God uses them to tell straight truths