Mere Orthodoxy

Freya India. GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything. Henry Holt and Co., 2026. $29.99. 384 pp.

Jen Wilkin.

In the Longwood neighborhood of the South Bronx in New York City, the firehouse of FDNY Engine 73/Ladder 42 had just undergone a multimillion-dollar renovation and was being rededicated. During the ceremony, Franciscan priest and seasoned FDNY chaplain Mychal Judge delivered a homily:  

Proverbs 25:11 says that “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (KJV) When someone dies, it is hard to know what to say about it. My grandmother died this July, aged 95 years. She was always introverted and hated to be the center of attention, which complicated knowing what to say at her funeral. But we knew that we should serve cheesecake at the ...

Dixie Dillon Lane. Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream. Eerdmans, 2026. $28.99. 216 pp.

It was a sunny March day, nearly seventy deg...

Martha Park, World Without End: Essays on Apocalypse and After. Hub City Press, 2025. $24.00. 240 pp.

“The oceans are burning. The deserts are floodin...