This. All of this.

JD Vance Says The Pope Should Stick to Moral Issues. That's Because Vance Has None. JD Vance continues his asinine, nonsensical crusade against Pope Leo for the Pontiff’s opposition to Trump’s wasteful war in Iran, the barbarism of ICE, and the continual weaponizing of Christianity b...

I’m not sure exactly what "moral issues" he believes the Pope should keep himself to; exactly what specific lane he’s suggesting he stay in, but the Vice President seems to believe there’s a whole lot that doesn’t make the cut...

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"Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth."

—Pope Leo XIV

American hell In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidence in the politics of progressivism dimmed. Judgment became his...

“On April 4, 1968, hours before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. phoned his office in Atlanta. It was a Thursday, and he had to let the church secretary know his sermon title for Sunday’s service: Why America May Go to Hell.”

– Isaac Villegas

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The president’s brokenness The war in Iran underscores what was already evident: Trump goes on instinct, and his instinct is to dominate...

“President Trump‘s lies are too obvious to accomplish much real deception; their function is to demonstrate his status beyond the reach of truth itself.”

– The @christiancentury.bsky.social editors

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The hypocrisy is immeasurable.

AMEN!

For Mark, Easter begins in trembling The bewilderment of the women at the tomb gives way toa hope that overturns power, shame, and death...

“Hope dawns in a brutal world, especially for those who have languished in places of great shame and indignity. The hierarchies and artificial divisions so common to the Roman era wilt in the face of the resurrection.”

– B. G. White

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Yep.

I CAN'T EVEN...

Here me out...

How Will This End for MAGA Americans? The Same Way It Did for NAZI Germans: Feigned Ignorance As horrifying and sad as it is watching the worst inhumanity of the past repeating itself in the place we call home, it does allow us to look back and get some idea as to where we’re likely headed.

History shows us where MAGA Americans are headed in the future when Trump reaches his political demise: not the admission of culpability for the suffering they have co-authored, or the grieving and repentance such ownership requires, but feigned ignorance.

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Reconstructing in the pews Some exvangelicals are looking for a new church home. Will they find it in a mainline...

“While churches vary widely, I have not given up hope that mainline congregations could serve as the community-building, justice-seeking, emotionally safe places that many exvangelical millennials are searching for.”

– Liz Cooledge Jenkins

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And Republicans got angry with Michelle Obama for stepping outside her lane by having a vegetable garden. We are, truly, living in the stupidest of times. . .

The bombing of Iran cannot be justified Even if you think there are Just Wars, this isn’t one of them.

As history repeats itself, so does the relevance of some essays. Here is a piece responding to last year’s bombing of Iran, by Stanley Hauerwas and @texasbishop9.bsky.social.

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This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*

Hillary Clinton never even met Jeffrey Epstein, but was forced to testify about him. #CoverUp

Four things mainline churches should know about exvangelicals An Episcopal congregation served as my gateway out of evangelicalism—but I did experience some culture...

Some ex-Evangelicals find their way into Mainline congregations. Here's a piece I wrote with some suggestions about how these congregations can better welcome these people: www.christiancentury.org/features/fou...

Ditto.

Here's where we are as a nation. May God have mercy.

#TrumpTrainWreck

My representatives are Marsha Blackburn and Ken Ogles. Not worth wasting me time and energy.

LEFT: Someone who appears in the Epstein files over a million times. Epstein called him his "best friend."

RIGHT: Someone never mentioned in the Epstein files—even once. And she never met him.

So guess which one is being hauled before our corrupt, cover-upping Congress to testify about Epstein.

Bad Bunny and us What we witnessed at the Super Bowl was less a performance than an...

“Benito’s gospel, displayed in all caps on the Jumbotron, is this: ‘The only thing more powerful than hate is love.’ In context, this felt like more than platitude.”

– @christhiessen.bsky.social

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Because it has been demonstrated over and over and over and over again that Repugs are above federal and state laws.

Major eye roll.

I was elated when Bad Bunny was announced I will be sitting on my couch on Super Bowl Sunday, ready to cry “Wepa!”

“Bad Bunny is no deity. But his music is inspiring the world at this moment, bringing people together across languages, nationalities, and a whole host of other differences.”

– Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi

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OMG...No one should be surprised. If you think for a minute the tRump administration is going to allow fair and free elections that will certainly end their control of US government, then you are uninformed, naive, MAGA brainwashed, or just plain stupid. There are no other options.

Screenshot of an X post by Trump Lie Tracker (name truncated, 8h) claiming Trump says he will only accept a Republican loss in the midterms if the election is “honest,” framing this as Trump saying he will only accept results if the GOP wins. Below is a video thumbnail from an NBC News exclusive showing Donald Trump seated in an ornate room being interviewed by a man in a suit; text reads “PRESIDENT TRUMP EXCLUSIVE.”

Trump spread so many false election claims that an angry, riled-up mob gathered in D.C. and attacked our Capitol building on January 6, 2021.