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slacktivist_feedWhat happens to a disobedient nation that mistreats the stranger? Boils, hail, locusts, darkness at noon and the death of the firstborn.
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Holy Saturday
Apr. 3rd, 2026 06:38 pmslacktivist_feedYesterday was this same Saturday, and so was the day before that, and the day before that, and the day before that. Why should we expect that tomorrow will be any different?
Smart people saying smart things (4.01.26)
Apr. 1st, 2026 09:56 amslacktivist_feedSmart words from Kevin Kruse, Ibram X. Kendi, Jelani Cobb, Rep Eveleth, Michael Waters, and Diane de Vignemont.
The RNS press release slush pile revisited
Mar. 31st, 2026 06:16 pmslacktivist_feedI would absolutely watch a TV series about a "crisis communications" scandal-handler for religious groups called "Fixer In Christ."
Bluebonnet, Beka, and Bigfoot
Mar. 30th, 2026 06:14 pmslacktivist_feedThe Bible-infused textbooks Texas is using in public schools turn out to be full of errors. Have at it kids. This is gonna be fun for you. Plus: All AI Cops Are Bastards, and the Ben-Hur-ification of streaming TV.
Sunday reading
Mar. 29th, 2026 11:00 amslacktivist_feed"you have to understand, / that no one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than the land"
Team Everybody sliding into our DMs
Mar. 28th, 2026 09:44 pmslacktivist_feedIn the intra-biblical argument between inclusion and exclusion, between Team Everybody and Team Jonah, you can't trust me to be a disinterested observer. I have too much of a personal stake.
LBCF: The trepid reporter
Mar. 27th, 2026 10:54 amslacktivist_feedJerry Jenkins has written a conspiracy thriller, but he forgot to include the conspiracy. And also the thrills.
You have heard it said, but I say this instead
Mar. 26th, 2026 09:40 pmslacktivist_feedThe Bible is, among other things, a collection of arguments. You have to pick a side.
Texts of terror? Terrific!
Mar. 25th, 2026 11:00 amslacktivist_feedA star-studded line up of MAGA celebrities is planning to read the entire Bible, out loud, in Washington DC next month. I don't think they realize what that means.
Spring fundraising and climbing the stairs
Mar. 24th, 2026 06:55 pmslacktivist_feed"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" isn't always true. Sometimes it lingers.
Recent reads (3.24.26)
Mar. 24th, 2026 11:00 amslacktivist_feedThe war on weeds, a war on gardening, "Sinners," "Deadwood," and a Very Bad Idea in Tennessee.
When ‘evangelical’ meant anti-Communist (part 1)
Mar. 23rd, 2026 11:00 amslacktivist_feedWhite evangelicals were Cold Warriors before they pivoted to become culture warriors. But "anti-Communism" covered a lot of ground.
Sunday reading
Mar. 22nd, 2026 11:00 amslacktivist_feed"There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun."