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.
Evil is not a thing in itself but a void where goodness has been rejected
Weakness shakes our sense of dignity, yet in Christ even humiliation can glorify God
President Carter’s school choice collapse made depoliticizing education a lot harder
Learning to think still starts with learning to write
The humble bike is fading from view—along with the freedom to grow up
Humiliation is the seed of a glorious bloom
Even in an age of AI, eternal values outlast the algorithms
CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Fourth in a series highlighting beloved and time-tested children’s books
Our calling is to be grounded, present, and purposeful in the world
