r/millennials meme = sadly accurate

i welcome any reading recommendations about this—“board capture” and i wonder if anyone has eyes on this phenomenon in association of theological schools (ats) institutions?

No board of trustees - whether in academia, nonprofit arts, or for-profit business - is ever qualified to anoint itself with this type of power. They do not know better, they will never understand how to run the institution, and - this is absolutely crucial - this is not what boards are for.

So it seems I will be taking on a new role at Conrad Grebel University College… uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/...

Great to be mentioned in this short article. Thanks @ryankturnbull.bsky.social !

the $ out there to support neocalvinism is mindboggling

in general, i think this race is genuinely the most important one in the country, for reasons beyond arithmetic

I am pleased to share my newly-published article in the Journal of #Reformed #Theology that is, essentially, a comparative analysis between the #Belhar and #Accra Confessions and how the two are theologically and praxically connected. #TheoSky

flesh-eating worms are back, sure, why not love how the news every day is just “here’s a brand new thing the trump administration has fucked up that will cause untold damage” you’d think they’d run out eventually, but no

As GA227 debates mission theology, what’s at stake? Historian and missiologist Stanley H. Skreslet reflects on Christian witness as the PC(USA) considers creating a new missiological statement.

“Biola University is acquiring Phoenix Seminary, rebranding the Arizona school as Talbot Seminary Phoenix in a consolidation that will create the nation’s second-largest seminary without a denominational affiliation”

here's what i wrote

the death of 60 minutes and the rest of the VRA on the same night really brings home how the current conservative project is to kill the progress and ideals of the mid century

right. they are trying to end American democracy before they are ended by it

if you need people to say its good Many People Have Said Its Good look at the quotes below yes i get to brag MY FIRST BOOK IS OUT !!!

goodmorning everyone please buy my book

said this in a work email last week and, uh, shared my views with one of my groupchats.

wow

Nonwhite students became the majority in American higher ed as of 2024, according to the Chronicle:

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Great book + great podcast = interview I’m very excited to listen to.

i went on the onscript podcast to talk about my book *god draws near*—check it out

I really think that James Talarico and Jon Ossoff and a few others are pioneering a new kind of politics and new language for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. Something big is happening. More in this piece:

This is the best possible future scenario for democracy in TX. The GOP was very competitive in OR, WA, and CA in the 90s, but now is basically unviable in statewide races because their brand just became too toxic for a majority of voters and the GOP primary electorate refused to course correct.

The sanctuary at North Decatur Presbyterian Church resonated with the rhythmic pulse of traditional Zo music and voices lifted in harmonious prayer last fall as an Indigenous community from Myanmar’s western mountains claimed its place in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). #MissionYearbook

yahoo news? reporting on a book about the spiritual lives of animals and their place in theological thought? “Animal Pneumatology – A Systematic Theological Inquiry into the Spirit’s Work in Non-Human Creatures is written by Daniela Rizzo”

profile of the new dean of berkeley divinity school at yale

“WCC journals draw unprecedented readership, reflecting growing global conversation—More people than ever before are engaging with World Council of Churches journals, The Ecumenical Review and the International Review of Mission, both published by Wiley”

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pretty, pretty good case ‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Little by little, Trump is shrinking MAGA down to its molten core. *Alienating noncollege/rural whites *and* Latinos/young *Forcing disloyal Rs out of GOP *Demanding Rs fund ballroom *Insisting Rs defend 1/6 slush fund *Wrecking economy with tariffs and war From me: newrepublic.com/article/2108...

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sunquist retiring at gordon-conwell

“After a monthslong sabbatical, Jones said she plans to return to Union’s faculty to teach theology and focus on writing. One of her next projects may take aim at ‘tech bros like Peter Thiel who are using John Calvin as the theological buttress for their techno-fascist desires and projects’”

i got american baptist. i mean, i can see that

The core curriculum requirements received an 'A' rating for 2026.

wow

The annual Academic Jobs Report by the AHA is here. For me, the two big takeaways are (i) a roughly 15% drop in the total number of History faculty since 2010, and (ii) a 20% drop from the previous year in tenure/tenure-track job ads in last year's hiring cycle. Not irreversible, but pretty grim.

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Three overtures ask 227th General Assembly to reckon with the end of World Mission Three overtures to the 227th General Assembly ask the PC(USA) to investigate the closure of World Mission, examine concerns about transparency and accountability, and chart a new vision for global mission. #GA227

“The Consultation on Common Texts has officially adopted the festival of ‘Creation in Christ’ by adding it to the Revised Common Lectionary for a 3 year period of trial use. As the lectionary shaping the calendar of many Protestant churches, this is a historic breakthrough in Christian ecumenism”

Trump has purged federal agencies of black workers, the military of high-ranking black officers, supports GOP efforts to purge Southern states of black representation and wants elite universities to discriminate against black applicants, lest they admit too many (who obviously don’t deserve it.)

A poll in a Chronicle webinar just now, asking: is your institution likely to merge with another within 5 years?

Personally, I think it's great that the future is turning into a contest between one side that thinks taxes should go directly to the king's checking account and another that thinks taxes shouldn't go anywhere, period

the rt rev george sumner (former episcopal bishop of dallas) did NOT like my book

many congratulations to @henrykuo.bsky.social !!!

worth a read

"It [the Constitution] is intended to be the charter of a self-governing and free people, not a secret code that can only be interpreted by those who have been read into the proper mystery cult. The Constitution belongs to us, more than it does the faculty of Yale Law School."

I have a new article out on the relation between critical biblical studies and the recent Christologies of Bruce McCormack and Paul DeHart. Let me know if you can't access it and would like a copy. My thanks to @collincornell.bsky.social, Clay Mock, and others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...