Appreciate Bekah McNeel's new Sojourners piece on Christians wading into the psychedelic space: sojo.net/magazine/may-2…

Having just reported on the topic for the The Revealer, I appreciate the angle Bekah brings (and the cover art from the mag is 🔥)

How we say “I love you” in San Antonio.

NYC Parent Council Seeks Trans Sports Policy Change, Condemned by Chancellor The 74 the74million.org/article/nyc-pa…

These two photos pretty well summarize my personal range as a parent.

When this is the response to grief from the “wisest man in all the land” is it small wonder so many of us have religious trauma?

The GOP primary has yanked the lower chamber, once again, to the right—a huge victory for Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

More Migrants Are Drowning in the Rio Grande Than Ever. No Agency Is Keeping Track of How Many.
Immigration policy is designed to force those entering Texas to cross at dangerous choke points. Must-read Aaron M. Nelsen on what happens to those who don't survive: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

We know it when we see it.

Why Is Texas the Epicenter of Christian Nationalism? – Texas Monthly texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

‘Gaza Is the Most Dangerous Place in the World To Give Birth’ | Bekah McNeel #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #InternationalWomensDay 2024 #IWD 2024 #8Mars #InternationellaKvinnodagen #JournéeInternationaleDesDroitsDesFemmes #8March #Frauentag #DiaDeLaMujer sojo.net/articles/gaza-…

It’s been wild to watch the state and people I’ve known my whole life drift into this. Ryan Burge 📊 is right, we don’t have a good, measurable definition. But the way it’s working, policy-wise, is undeniably extreme and I do think we are all having to learn to recognize it.

Current obsession at the McNeel house

“Ever since Constantine declared the Roman Empire a Christian state, James Talarico said, those seeking political power have been ‘taming this wild religion, domesticating it, making it less of a threat, and using it to advance their own goals.’”

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“[It’s not] that Christian nationalism isn’t real, or that it isn’t on the rise, Ryan Burge 📊 said, it’s just still in the ‘you know it when you see it’ stage.

In Texas, we know it because we see it all the time.”

— Bekah McNeel on CN’s rise + countermvmt

texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Our roundup features insightful things to read from Jack Jenkins, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, PRRI, Baptist News Global, Bekah McNeel, Ryan Krull, Sojourners, Patrick Wintour, Jayson Casper, Starlette Thomas, and more! (7/7) publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/word-and-way…

Happening now: Annunciation House press conference responding to AG Ken Paxton's lawsuit seeking to revoke the Catholic migrant aid group's license to operate in Texas.

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#BookNews
This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America by Bekah McNeel releases on July 16, 2024, and it is available for preorder!!

Paperback: $24.99

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