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June 1, 2025 | Vol. 40, No. 6

Rethinking retirement

Kim Henderson | What will longer lives, lower savings mean for an aging America?


FEATURES
Super savers

Emma Freire | A small group of young professionals hopes to exit the workforce as soon as possible

A time to build up

William Fleeson | While war persists, one Ukrainian church brings hope and healing to its shattered community

Moral minority

Emma Freire | Christians are losing their grip on the GOP as neo-pagan ideas gain influence

New treatment plan

Addie Offereins | Conscience protections are coming back to healthcare, but some Christian doctors say increased enforcement isn’t enough


CULTURE
TRENDING

Is Hollywood listening?

TRENDING | Ticket sales are telling a story the film industry needs to hear

Books

Spiritual celebutante

BOOKS | One woman’s strange relationship with God and America

Whither faith goest?

BOOKS | A look at the decline of America’s religious institutions

A sober diagnosis

BOOKS | Modern medicine’s obsession with labels

Travels and travails: seven books

BOOKS | History, medical ethics, Biblical studies, and more

A deep-dive tour around the Holy Land

BOOKS | Adventurers, tourists, & archaeologists in the lands of the Bible

Band-Aids and corporate graft

BOOKS | The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

Sex and the sacristy

BOOKS | A new history of the Church’s tumultuous relationship with sexuality challenges Christian norms

Where Faulkner found his inspiration

BOOKS | A new book explores the role of a small town in the author’s fiction

Resolving the Tibet question

BOOKS | The Dalai Lama restates his case for Tibetan autonomy

Children's Books

Broadening horizons

CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Ideas and characters that stood the test of time

Wistful, witty, and winsome reads

CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Goofy conspiracies and common grace in four new picture books

PODCASTS

Horror stories critiquing “reproductive technologies”

PODCASTS | The new pro-life podcast Conceiving Crime

 
FILM & TV

Deaf President Now!

DOCUMENTARY | Protest and prejudice at a college for the deaf

Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning

MOVIE | This Tom Cruise film is a tribute to a 30-year franchise, but it lacks what made the series special

The Last Rodeo

MOVIE | An homage to the bygone cowboy genre with a modern twist

Coming soon

MOVIES | A look at upcoming June releases

Nonnas

MOVIE | A feel-good movie not all families will feel good about

Music

’80s-inspired Christian-inflected pop

MUSIC | A fine new album from Fine China

New and noteworthy

MUSIC | Reviews of four albums

Keeping up with Phil Keaggy’s fingers

MUSIC | The legendary CCM pioneer discusses his latest projects

Masterworks

Memorial of lamentation

MASTERWORKS | The mournful vision of Ossip Zadkine

Quest

Christianity and democracy

QUEST | Mark Tooley | Four books that shaped my thinking


NOTEBOOK
Religion
Hymnbooks of their own

RELIGION | For songs new and old, some churches turn to custom hymnals

Politics
Sanctuary showdown

POLITICS | Trump sues over Colorado immigration policies

Technology
Fees, fies, and foes

TECHNOLOGY | Federal judge says Apple ignored a court order

Health
Mothers on marijuana

HEALTH | Women are turning to cannabis to ease pregnancy symptoms, but the risks are high

Science
Hot spots in the sky

SCIENCE | Assessing the health effects of wildfire smoke

Sports
Oklahoma formula

SPORTS | The top coach in women’s softball has priorities that extend beyond winning ballgames

Money
Saving Christmas?

MONEY | Toymakers welcome temporary shelving of high tariffs