Editor’s Note

This new year brings a significant change to Beacon Lights magazine. After six years of manning the helm, Mark Hoeksema is retiring as editor. He has provided outstanding guidance to the staff, and the magazine is better for his leadership. Mark, I express a debt of gratitude for your patient instruction over the last six months in what it takes to run the magazine and also in the art of copyediting. As I have said, “six months of learning doth not a copyeditor make,” so I trust you will be...