Freelance writer, co-host of @wheredowegopod - untangling sex, self, and community for a new gen of Christians. Bylines @rns @sojourners @abc_everyday she/her
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If you woke up this AM wondering how US just elected man who supported an insurrection & had a sexual assault verdict against him, parsing voting trends won't offer a satisfying explanation. This is a representative system not a democracy. You have to look further upstream.
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Settling is more important than keeping students safe from alleged sexual predators. Indeed, it’s increasingly difficult to deny that this is simply business as usual for too many Christian institutions. religionnews.com/2024/10/04/…
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My first obituary for the @nytimes —
Paul Pressler, disgraced leader in the Southern Baptist Convention, has died at 94. Once revered, as many as seven men accused him of sex abuse
nytimes.com/2024/06/16/obitu…
Thanks to @RobertDownen_ @baptist_news for their earlier news reporting
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I understand that the SBC is debating the place and process for affirming the Nicene Creed in its doctrinal affirmations. But ... if you cannot affirm the Creed or if you reject it, then you're outside historical Christianity, and you belong in the same category as Unitarians, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Episcopalians.
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I'll be in Indianapolis next week covering the Southern Baptist Convention. If you're a messenger: DMs open, email in bio. (Probably won't be tweeting much!)
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A couple of things about the SBC and abuse. SBC leaders have long known that abuse was a problem in churches but sought to downplay how often it occurred and stonewall any national attempts to deal with us. This was in large part to protect the SBC's donations and assets.
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Remember to defend the convicted felon who paid hush money to the woman with whom he had an adulterous affair or else our kids might be exposed to social disorder and sexual immorality.
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Yall Im so uncomfortable with the unavoidable number of celebrities taking ozempic (or the like) & then going on press tours about their weight loss, praising each other’s smaller bodies as if that’s been the goal this whole time. Instead of true body liberation & love.
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In the latest episode of #rockthatdoesntroll, @andrewgill and I showcase @NikkiLeonti’s resilient journey and the powerful impact of purity culture on #CCM, featuring insights from @devi_writes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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In 2019, I first encountered Circle of Hope, a radical group of some six hundred heavily-inked young Jesus followers, on a street corner in Kensington, the Philadelphia neighborhood hit hardest by the opioid crisis. (1/4)
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We need to have a serious conversation about this being characterized as spousal betrayal instead of child sexual abuse by those with platform and celebrity.
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$99 a ticket for a one-day Christian conference, or $5000 a ticket for the same one-day Christian conference with the addition of backstage access and group dinner & breakfast with the main host.
I'm just going to say it. This is appalling.
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One of the most significant factors in bringing Larry Nassar to justice was the ability to introduce pattern evidence. This decision caters to rape myth culture and ignores what we know about the patterns and proclivities of abusers and predators.
cnn.com/2024/04/25/us/harvey…
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Rock that Doesn't Roll Season 2 is LIVE! @andrewgill are kicking things off with Grammy-nominated @jennifer_knapp! Listen wherever you get podcasts.
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“It would be different if she weighed 300 pounds and had a mustache."
Jesus is in the tomb with this.
bit.ly/3VEewAP
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When I began cohosting a podcast with a professor and a pastor, the parachurch organization that hosted it received letters of “concern.” Over a woman at the table talking theology with these men. One of my cohosts got a letter from a well-respected pastor friend, which said, 1/2
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There's a difference between choosing to take up your cross and someone choosing to abuse you where you have no choice in the matter. The first involves agency and informed surrender; the latter is someone choosing to sin against you, removing agency.
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She’s right though it’s inexplicable that in a major American city you have to drive on a highway between the Target, the Barnes and Noble, the grocery store, and the other grocery store that has the things the first grocery store doesn’t have.
An expat has clocked almost one million views on a clip about a pretty normal feature in Australia — but it’s left her “mind blown”. news.com.au/travel/travel-up…