David Mills (editor)
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David Mills is an American editor
and writer
who is known for his work within Christian media
. He is the Executive Editor of the journal First Things
and was the editor of Touchstone Magazine
from 2003 to 2008.
, editing the groups' theological The Evangelical Catholic from 1986 to 1998. He was also a member of the board of NOEL (the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life). His "A Hope for Collapsing Churches" was widely reprinted in the Anglican world, and for many years he wrote a "Letter from America" for the English Anglican magazine New Directions, published by Forward in Faith/UK.
Mills, his wife, and their four children were received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2001, sponsored by the Catholic writer Mike Aquilina
and his wife. He writes a column for the Inside Catholic website, Lay Witness magazine, and the diocesan newspaper The Pittsburgh Catholic, and has also written for Columbia, The National Catholic Register, The New Oxford Review, First Things, and Our Sunday Visitor.
Under his editorship, Touchstone won the Associated Church Press' "Award of Excellence" (First place) for journals the five years it was member, from 2004 to 2008, and his own articles won several awards. Before becoming editor of Touchstone, he served as director of publications at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
in Ambridge, PA, where he edited the seminary's journal Mission & Ministry.
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
and writer
Writer
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who is known for his work within Christian media
Christian media
Christian media can either refer to Christians who work in secular media, or media that is Christian. Refers to various aspects of mass media which is primarily targeting the Christian demographic...
. He is the Executive Editor of the journal First Things
First Things
First Things is an ecumenical journal focused on creating a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society". The journal is inter-denominational and inter-religious, representing a broad intellectual tradition of Christian and Jewish critique of contemporary society...
and was the editor of Touchstone Magazine
Touchstone Magazine
Touchstone Magazine is a bimonthly publication of the Fellowship of St. James. It is subtitled A Journal of Mere Christianity, which replaced A Journal of Ecumenical Orthodoxy.-Biography:...
from 2003 to 2008.
Biography
An activist in the conservative Episcopal movement, he was a long-time member of the board of the Evangelical and Catholic Mission and of its successors the Episcopal Synod of America and Forward in FaithForward in Faith
Forward in Faith is a movement operating in a number of provinces of the Anglican Communion. It represents a traditionalist strand of Anglo-Catholicism and is characterised by its opposition to the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate and, more recently, to more liberal Anglican...
, editing the groups' theological The Evangelical Catholic from 1986 to 1998. He was also a member of the board of NOEL (the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life). His "A Hope for Collapsing Churches" was widely reprinted in the Anglican world, and for many years he wrote a "Letter from America" for the English Anglican magazine New Directions, published by Forward in Faith/UK.
Mills, his wife, and their four children were received into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2001, sponsored by the Catholic writer Mike Aquilina
Mike Aquilina
Mike Aquilina is a popular author working in the area of Church history, especially patristics, the study of the early Church Fathers.He is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including The Fathers of the Church ; The Mass of the Early Christians ; The Resilient Church ; Living the...
and his wife. He writes a column for the Inside Catholic website, Lay Witness magazine, and the diocesan newspaper The Pittsburgh Catholic, and has also written for Columbia, The National Catholic Register, The New Oxford Review, First Things, and Our Sunday Visitor.
Under his editorship, Touchstone won the Associated Church Press' "Award of Excellence" (First place) for journals the five years it was member, from 2004 to 2008, and his own articles won several awards. Before becoming editor of Touchstone, he served as director of publications at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
Trinity School for Ministry is an evangelical seminary in the Anglican tradition, located in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh...
in Ambridge, PA, where he edited the seminary's journal Mission & Ministry.
Works
- (2009) Discovering the Church: Answers to Practical Questions About the Catholic Life (forthcoming)
- (2009) Discovering Mary: Answers to Questions About the Mother of God, ISBN 978-0-86716-927-0
- (2001) Knowing the Real Jesus ISBN 1-56955-272-X
- (1998) The Pilgrim's Guide: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness ISBN 978-0802837776