Dear Reader,

As I write this, graduation season is all but wrapped up. 

At many schools, the diploma hand-off—that all-important professional credential—is what a student’s four years were really all about. 

At First Things, we are privileged to publish scholars from many institutions that reject this impoverished view of education. But not everyone is able to attend one of these schools. Nor should the life of contemplation be confined to four years.

First Things seeks to nurture the life of the mind and serve as a powerful voice for a faith-honoring, intellectually serious culture. 

Will you amplify that voice by making a tax-deductible gift to our 2022 Spring Campaign today? 

As a reader of First Things, you recognize the depth of our society’s intellectual poverty, but also yearn for cultural renewal.

This renewal will start with thoughtful, intellectually serious people like you.

I hope you’ll partner with us by making a gift toward our ambitious, $600,000 2022 Spring campaign. Visit firstthings.com/donate to give today.

Thank you for participating in this community of engaged readers. And thank you in advance for considering this request.

Yours, 

R. R. Reno
Editor