Dear Reader,

I had to scrap my first draft of this email.

I had been planning to issue a final exhortation on behalf of our $60,000 matching challenge, which was set to conclude at 11:59 p.m.

But thanks to nearly two hundred FIRST THINGS readers like you, we have already unlocked the full $60,000.

It gets better: Inspired by your generosity, two other Editor’s Circle supporters have pledged an additional $40,000 to extend the match through next Thursday, December 26.

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Yours,

R. R. Reno
Editor