This week on Saved by the City, Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone talk limits — and why they're embracing them — with Micha Boyett. Plus, some side dishing on raunchy Christians and a certain Bible being hawked by a certain former president. Take a listen:
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And remember that a 5 in NYC would be an 8 almost anywhere else in the country

Yes! 30 seconds of unmistakable shaking ...

On this week's episode of Saved by the City, Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone ponder the questions: When did dating get so anonymous? And what have we lost along the way? Listen at the link below:
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I’ve provoked some confusion with the term “butt grazing.” What I mean is that someone’s hand gently brushes over the other person’s clothed cheek.

Feels like something best for a private setting, but apparently this is me doing a purity culture to question it in church? 🤷‍♀️

So, how do we feel about PDA in a church service?

Lots of back rubbing, hip hugging and butt grazing at my church this morning …

On Easter morning I recall that I’m a Christian in part because no one could have invented a religion that (1) features an itinerant Galilean preacher rising from the dead, and (2) had the account hang on the testimony of women. It’s nothing they, or we, would have expected.

I’m making a playlist of songs in which the singer describes *another* song, but we don’t actually hear that song… and so far the only two entries are Killing Me Softly With His Song and The Monster Mash

Please suggest other examples!

On this week's episode of Saved by the City, Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone are joined by the woman who arguably started the spiritual podcasting genre, the longtime host of On Being, Krista Tippett. Listen at the link below:
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You can preorder The Mary We Forgot by Jennifer Powell McNutt, PhD right here! bakerbookhouse.com/products/553627

I’ve just stumbled across Katelyn Beaty’s recent interview with Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP at The Priory).

Prior shares a number of standout moments of piercing insight into the culture she experienced.

Thank you for sharing this with us. 💛

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On this week's episode of Saved by the City, Michael Wear challenges Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone to a more soulful politics that, gasp, takes Christianity seriously. Listen at the link below:
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Lord of the Rings extended edition marathon

Recently started a much-hyped book, got one-third of the way in and just didn't think it was that good, then abandoned. For me this is growth -- feeling the freedom to move on and not try to like it!

Popping on here to share an essay on the Myth of the Extra-Special Church, and the time I spent at Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton. When a church believes its own hype, it's ill equipped to handle abuse crises, which Rez has faced since 2021. katelynbeaty.substack.com/p/rez-acna-myt…

The concept of “worldview” isn’t shaped by Scripture alone, or really at all.

I woke up thinking about John Mulaney hosting the Oscars. I believe this is an inspired thought. Universe and/or the Lord, do your thing