Dear Reader,

I am writing to ask you to make a special, year-end gift toward the 2022 FIRST THINGS Year-End Campaign by 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, December 31.
 
Your gift will amplify thoughtful religious voices in the public square as we enter a new year that portends further acrimony and uncertainty, but also hope.
 
We’re in the final leg of our year-end campaign, and your support is urgently needed to meet the $97,647 that remains of our critical $800,000 goal.

As we consider the state of our nation in 2023, “acrimony” and “uncertainty” sadly speak for themselves. But “hope?”
 
Yes! I am hopeful because of FIRST THINGS readers like you. You desire to grow in wisdom and in faith. You thoughtfully explore vital theological and cultural questions both timeless and timely. You are unwavering in your resolve to nurture the Good, the True, and the Beautiful in your own life and community.
 
Then, consider that you are joined in these commitments by the millions of other people who read FIRST THINGS in print or online, and you will understand why I am hopeful! What keeps this flame alive is not blind optimism but an enduring, inextinguishable hope. It is upon this hope that we depend, drawing on the strength and wisdom of those who came before us in the faith.
 
Today I ask you to equip FIRST THINGS to cut through the acrimonious and demystify the uncertain, yes. More than that, though, your gift will enable us to articulate the hope that we have that transcends the present moment, and to do so together. Please give by 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, December 31 to strengthen and sustain this vital project of cultural renewal.

Yours,

R. R. Reno
Editor

P.S. Please consider a special, year-end gift toward the 2023 magazine and core programs of FIRST THINGS. Give by 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, December 31 so that your gift counts toward our 2022 Year-End Campaign (we are $97,647 from meeting our goal)!
 
P.P.S. Gifts by check count toward the 2022 tax year and our year-end campaign provided they are postmarked by December 31. Our mailing address is 9 East 40^th Street, 10^th Floor; New York, NY 10016. Thank you for your support!