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This political reporter says journalism has made him a better Christian — he's not alone

This political reporter says journalism has made him a better Christian — he's not alone

Why truth-seeking is a noble endeavor

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May 13, 2022
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by Bobby Ross Jr.

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(ANALYSIS) Say what?

Jon Ward, chief national correspondent for Yahoo! News, writes in an essay for Christianity Today that his profession has made him a better Christian.

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Feel free to share this with your conservative friends and relatives who think journalists are evil. (And if you don't have any, that's a problem).
christianitytoday.comBeing a Political Journalist Made Me a Better ChristianWhile many Christians are hostile towards news media, my faith grew deeper because of it.
11:06 AM ∙ May 12, 2022
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Ward knows many of his fellow Christians may find that hard to believe:

Conservative Christians are far more hostile toward the media now than they were when I was growing up. Some of my own family members have told me I should be ashamed of myself for doing my job. In fact, most people don’t like the media — and that’s bad for society. The media shares some of the blame for that, as I’ve written recently for Yahoo! News.

But he explains the profession’s role in his own life:

Journalism has empowered many of the most noble, the most Christian elements of my character. I have been discipled for two decades in how to discern what is true and false, and — probably more importantly — how to discern when there are no easy answers or solutions. I have been trained in pursuing truth without regard to whom it offends.

I have also been given a sense of humility about what we can know for sure and how often we need to acknowledge that our point of view is limited and incomplete. This is sometimes called “epistemological modesty,” and it is a quality that we badly need more of in our discourse.

Hey dude, you’re preaching to the choir.

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