Happy Thanksgiving! In this holiday edition of the First Things daily newsletter, Joshua Katz writes on the etymology of the word “thank,” and Hans Boersma discusses how that word fails us in the presence of God’s gifts. Also, First Things editors and staff share their book recommendations.
First Things is launching our first topical newsletter. It’s called The Fourth Watch, and it’s about Catholicism. The questions facing the Catholic Church have-wide reaching implications and spawn no small amount of sensationalism and quick takes. James F. Keating, a theologian at Providence College, will analyze the storms that the Barque of Peter faces and offer, whenever possible, a passage through them.
