Why are there people who think it’s cool to watch videos or play mobile games on an airplane with volume on and no headphones?

What’s all the pushback to Bad Bunny about? Why was his halftime show so resonant? Second-generation diasporan-born Puerto Rican scholar Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about the performance. youtu.be/e2ndlvbYg4w

The message of love in Bad Bunny’s performance

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I don’t know why I’ve made this my mission, but every year instead of recommending 3 books I share about a book, a video game, and a board game.

Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Looking for some great gifts for the booklovers in your life? Here are the top recommendations from our editors and staff. www.christiancentury.org/features/gif...

Conducting this interview was so, so, so helpful to me as a faith leader and a human being. If you get a chance to read it, I hope it helps you too.

Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“We define a soul-safe community as one that addresses suicidal desperation as a regular aspect of its life and work. So we’re not doing this once a year at a Blue Christmas service—we’re doing this every day.” – Michelle Snyder, in an interview by @jonmathieu.bsky.social

Writer Tom Montgomery Fate chats with Jon about the peaceful protests at the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, where several faith leaders were recently arrested. youtu.be/bKGNh_WmvGY

The religious significance of Chicago ICE protests

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“This enraging callousness, this unjust distribution of wealth, is Jesus’ lede, and not just rhetorically but also ethically and theologically.” – @jonmathieu.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/lectionary/s...

September 28, Ordinary 26C (1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31)

Preachers often bury the lede—especially with this...

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“Jeremiah is the emo prophet.” – @jonmathieu.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/lectionary/s... #lectionary

September 21, Ordinary 25C (Jeremiah 8:18-9:1)

Jeremiah is the emo...

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Writer @annajrollins.bsky.social chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about the nature of truth, inside and beyond the conservative Christianity they both used to practice. youtu.be/fdS1YX-aB9I?...

Evangelicalism, postmodernism, and the question of truth

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Bar Harbor, Maine, is just mostly ice cream shops. In other words, heaven.

I know “time is money” for Uber drivers more obviously than many others, but could they possibly wait for me to buckle my seat belt before they screech ahead in an attempt to break the sound barrier?

Okay I am watching this New Heights episode with Taylor and I admit, it slaps (when I try to say something cool I have to use words from like 10 years ago)

It’s puzzling to me: these conservative evangelicals are out here talking about truth-telling, truth-telling, truth-telling, but you tell them the truth that they’re ass clowns and they get upset.

In case you want to read something a little punchy this morning. In this double book review I make the case that evangelicals probably aren’t going to be the ones to give the most meaningful critiques of evangelicalism.

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Books by Mike Cosper and Jeff Mikels critique evangelicalism from within. In a new review, @jonmathieu.bsky.social wonders whether the authors’ continued connection to the tradition makes it impossible for them to go far enough. www.christiancentury.org/books/evange...

Hopefully some scholars will write about why public CEO infidelity at a Coldplay concert can save the morale of a dying nation. Seriously, I’d read that.

Bible scholar Julie Faith Parker chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about merisms, Hebrew words, and eunuchs in scripture. youtu.be/1q6AFj7P9e4?...

Gender is not binary in the book of Genesis

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Um, relatable content.

Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · last yr.

“Life became a sin scavenger hunt. At the end of every day, I curled up with my journal in my blue-and-green loft bed for a moral inventory. ‘How have I been disappointing you lately, God?’ I wrote.” – @mwatsonfore.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/dea...

Mac Loftin makes the case that artificial intelligence is evil (to Jon, who sort of likes AI). youtu.be/Fhb2WLXPEm0

Is all artificial intelligence evil?

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Gas is so expensive here in Pittsburgh, PA. Thanks Obama. I mean Biden. I mean Kamala. I mean California governor Gavin Newsom.

I stumbled upon a video of Counting Crows covering “the 1” by Taylor Swift, which is so well-suited for me specifically that I think when the US crumbles and war takes us all I will die happy.

Don’t miss @jonmathieu.bsky.social’s chat with @caitwest.bsky.social about evangelicalism, Amish country, and high-control religion. youtu.be/s3BnFD8bKb4

Why are evangelicals obsessed with Amish country?

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What do the Quiverfull movement, Christian nationalism, and Plain communities have in common? Apparently, musical theater. www.christiancentury.org/features/eva...

Evangelical fantasies in Amish country

I grew up in the Quiverfull movement. In the tourism industry of Shipshewana, Indiana, I see a lot that looks...

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You ever do that thing where you’re interviewing someone for a magazine and you reach into your pocket for a tissue but instead pull out a length of toilet paper that you forgot was there because your bathroom tissue box ran out?

I’m grateful to Jon Mathieu and everybody at the Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social for giving me an opportunity to say more about my recent piece about consent, violence, and the plight of Remeysa Ozturk. https://youtu.be/O7OV34fES_0?si=gsILH9jDoP9eEDpT

Can philosophy help us process horrifying headlines?

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Writer @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social and our @jonmathieu.bsky.social try to understand the extreme theologies lurking just behind the surface of many troubling headlines. youtu.be/f48gQLiE3Gg

The theology fueling MAGA evangelicals

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Really fun and interesting chat with @alanlevinovitz.bsky.social about teaching religion in a university setting.

Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · last yr.

We chat with professor @alanlevinovitz.bsky.social about the impossible truism expected of religious educators: teach students how to think, not what to think. youtu.be/mQYj8Gd462k @jonmathieu.bsky.social

This essay has it all: Anthony Bourdain, cool theology… okay it has two things, but still it’s great.

Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Our origin from the dust of the ground doesn’t just teach humility. It also reminds us that our calling is always toward the flourishing of life in the world.” – Peter Choi, a new Voices columnist www.christiancentury.org/voices/dust-...

This was a fun conversation, and I really appreciate this take on demons.

Christian Century@christiancentury.bsky.social · 2y ago

New video: scholar Mac Loftin chats with our community engagement editor @jonmathieu.bsky.social about the theology of William Stringfellow. In his view, demons are not supernatural monsters; they are institutions and abstractions that entrap people (especially leaders) in cycles of death.

A pro-Russia intelligence director, an anti-vaccine health secretary. Cool. Cool cool cool.

Someone signed off an email with “PoC,” and my mind scrolled through "Person of color” and ”Piece of crap” before landing on “Peace of Christ.”

On X, my sister (running for judge) was targeted by a right-wing hate group. About 150 of the comments insulted her appearance, sexuality, or gender. I reported the 10 worst comments to the site. The over/under for how many will be disciplined by X is 1. (I should say we’re 0 for the first 5.)