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Chris Nathan's avatar

I subscribe to the writing of about 50 Substack authors, most of them free, some paid. The paid subscriptions fall into two basic categories: authors whose writing I value so much that I am simply unwilling to miss anything they've produced - and those whose depth, integrity and wisdom in pursuit of what is true and real simply enjoin me to support the work they are doing.

Paying the first group is transactional and curiously personal: I get something valuable, I laugh, I cry, I'm uplifted, I'm informed. I'm provoked. I'm connected.

Paying the second group is expressive and purposeful and in a sense almost impersonal: in paying these authors I am able to press the world just a tiny bit in the direction of what is good and wise. I am fulfilling my own commitments. I am supporting the genuine struggle for truth where it has unexpectedly and serendipitously appeared.

"The Upheaval" belongs to both categories. It's a privilege to be a subscriber.

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Sean H.'s avatar

Life is serendipitous. A week ago my wife and I were discussing the state of the world and she concluded that we were in a time where good and evil were coming into direct conflict and that C.S. Lewis addressed the notion of good and evil in the Witch, The Lion and the Wardrobe. Two days ago I read your analysis in the City Journal of The Fourth Turning which led me to your SubStack site and your piece on Lewis and Tolkien. Today I am a paid subscriber. At the heart of serendipity lies nature and truth. Trust it.

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