This is very news, especially the Communion part. But I wish that the first spiritual care folks at Broadview get in months was something other than a priest telling them, "You're definitely going to die."

OK but this is too exciting to wait on sharing: my book! It has a cover! (Coming in November from Fortress Press, pre-orders will be available sooooooon)

I'm beginning to suspect that your menu options haven't recently changed after all.

Gotta say that this audio Bible narrated by LeVar Burton (John) and Terry Crews (Luke-Acts), with Jeffrey Wright as John the Baptist, Samuel L. Jackson as the Voice of God, Forest Whitaker, Idris Elba, etc is WILD. www.thebiblesource.com/assets/pdf/T...

I love my Rep.

Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's charity, mercy, or compassion.

From the prominent Catholic philosopher Eleonore Stump. www.facebook.com/eleonore.stu...

I have written a collect, for the feast of the Conversion of St Paul, in this year of Our Lord 2026. (It's a bit wordy, but it felt apt): Almighty God, You called St Paul to repentance for his threats and violence And to bear witness to the power of your love revealed in weakness. ⚓✝️ 1/3

Good analogy

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

"The real moral challenge [in reporting] is getting tough enough to ignore most [insults] and yet still staying sensitive enough to hear fair criticism. I don’t want to get to where I take all disagreement as personal attack. You see that happen a lot." danielsilliman.substack.com/p/the-golden...

Picked up this book to read over MLK Day after Bouie mentioned it. Really appreciated Ricks's insights and observations. Highly recommended.

True story: I had an axiom at @christianitytoday.com that once a columnist whined that "people don't dress up for flying anymore," it was time to find a new columnist. Crazy how often that rule got invoked.

World magazine on Minneapolis: "Don't be racist" is a "twisted interpretation" of Scripture. Race-based "pattern recognition" is a form of discernment. After all, the Apostle Paul called people from Crete "evil beasts." wng.org/opinions/the...

Check out my new book! www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Tim...

Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen (been wowed by) in the wild. Mine: Quetzal, humpback whale, saltwater crocodile, cicada killer, African savanna elephant

2025: When book spines became book covers

One of my preaching pet peeves* is when people talk about their process. I don’t care! Now, I personally am interested in preaching & homiletics, so would that be an interesting conversation over coffee? Sure. But do not tell me “When I first looked at these readings, I winced.” Cut it!! Cut it.

I’m so grateful to have worked with Daniel at @christianitytoday.com . What a pro and a gift to the church he has been. He sharpened my views of Christianity, journalism, history… Btw: His newsletter & podcast are musts for me: danielsilliman.substack.com bendoesntknowwhatsgoingon.buzzsprout.com

DHS backed off the “no more prayer in front of [the ICE] building” order it issued last week. Today it looks like there is LOTS of prayer, at least down the street in the "free speech" zone. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/08/f...

Believers have been gathering weekly outside the Broadview ICE facility to pray for *19 years*. Yesterday the U.S. government told them, “no more prayer … because it's the state.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Pastor David Black, another plaintiff whom federal agents have shot with pepper balls: "My sincere desire is to see ICE agents delivered from the wickedness which binds their souls, and for all whom they have kidnapped & brutalized to be restored to the communities where they choose to belong."

Are the accounts that reply to every judicial ruling with "he'll just ignore it" all bots?

Molly Roberts's live coverage of the Sandwich Guy trial has been a delightful highlight in a week of good news.

Fred Sanders presents: The Gospel According to 6 7. Inevitable, but well done (except for the AI art). fredfredfred.com/2025/11/the-...

Happy birthday to Francis Grimke and Philip Yancey—born 99 years apart. Both significantly reshaped my Christian thinking through their writing.

Excellent, nuanced reporting here from @rachelnuwer.bsky.social on the complicated fight for survival between relocated elephants and folks in Zambia and Malawi. @biographic.bsky.social is such a great publication. www.biographic.com/the-wild-ele...

It's possible to be faithful in the public square without joining the culture war. In fact, there's a model. The Black church's social action tradition has long rejected the idea that overcoming polarization means moral compromise. Preorder 'Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around' by Justin Giboney.

interesting - "We are living in a moment when giving is too often used not to serve but to control ... Some of the loudest voices in public life now assert that their donations give them carte blanche to dictate the terms of belonging." www.wsj.com/us-news/laur...

Incredible "limited time" deal on the Kindle version of my new book, "Thinning the Veil!" Only $5! amzn.to/4hhCDhB

Gotta say, I don't love Pritzker "winning" $1.4 million at a casino. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/g...

Broadview (Ill.) Mayor Katrina Thompson on why she's closing ICE protesters' 'safety zone': “… This past Saturday night, … protests at the ICE facility descended into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those arrested were around the ages of my own daughter. … 1/8 🧵

To clarify: No new "free speech zones" are opening. Broadview is closing the one on 25th Street, immediately off of I-290, where many of the protests have been. 1/

Today's lesson from Broadview: Seems that churches can cross the line to feed state police but not to give Communion to the detained. (Salvation Army is a church.)

Scenes from today's (Saturday's) Eucharistic procession to the Broadview ICE facility (different from yesterday's Communion service outside the facility!) 🧵 1/

I’m not talking about the kind of thing you can photograph or advertise, though goodness knows religious imagery has been a major part of the wave of protest and dissent we’re seeing at the moment. It’s just this background thing that runs alongside everything else that’s going on.

Both the article AND thread are worth a read.

WOW: 1,300-year-old Byzantine bread! (Not nec. Communion loaf) “With our gratitude to the Blessed Jesus.” (This is one of the better stories; other coverage has been awful, calling Jesus the sower a "fertility symbol" and inscription "confirming the Bible.") greekreporter.com/2025/10/10/b...

Scenes from today's Communion service outside the Broadview ICE facility. 🧵

So… * PCUSA isn't the most progressive mainline denom * Antifa doesn't have members * Rome crucified Jesus as subversive * Black pastors were civil rights leaders * Black is a pastor/not a costume * Prog views don't justify being shot in the head * Calling to repentance from a street doesn't either

Je suis 2018 Hawaii

“Hoard your wealth in case you need it to stop the antichrist“ is very Antichrist.

Masculinity crisis, 1870 edition www.wbez.org/history/2025...

I think the right move here is the same as the right move for any journalist working for a suspect new boss (which has happened to almost all of us): Do exactly what you would ordinarily do, exactly the way you would ordinarily do it, until you are told point-blank that you can't. Then ask why.

Mayor Thompson adjourns the meeting. I have covered hundreds of local government meetings and don’t think I have ever covered one with that much singing.

“Well I tore a page from your Student Bible in the advertisement section for the other Bibles” That’s a good opener from Tyson Motsenbocker’s latest. open.spotify.com/track/5WxYpx...

‘Grandma, my skin’s burning.’ www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/i...

Until a couple months ago I had conflated Theo Von and Van Jones in my head. (I don’t watch TV news.) Turns out they’re two very different people!