We prayed for our Christian siblings in Charlotte at church tonight. May they uphold their baptismal vows and bear witness to Christ amid state-sponsored terror.

“Never mind about public opinion. If we speak out, we are misjudged; if we are silent, we are misjudged.” Sister Dorothy Day, pray for us.

This article accurately describes what happened at Broadview yesterday. “[T]he cruelty that goes on at that facility … must be 100 times worse.” religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

I was there this morning alongside many other faith leaders. We are not imbecilic morons, nor were we violent rioters. But that didn’t stop the police from behaving violently. It was brutal, unnecessary, and unprovoked.

Yes and amen. Thanks be to God. 🙏🏼

If only those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to acquiesce to state-sanctioned terrorism.

I’m grateful for the clarity and humility evident in this overview and evaluation of the state of the ACNA from Fr. Hill. open.substack.com/pub/fatherch...

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The revelations about the ACNA continue. I don’t have much more by way of words at the moment. My prayer remains: May the light drive out all darkness and the truth set us all free. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Friends, if you're loving Everybody Scream from Florence + the Machine, may I suggest you try Julian of Norwich's "Revelations of Divine Love"? She's featured in "Perfume and Milk" & you might love it. Get a contemporary translation & start w the Short Version. Signed, Theology Nerd & Julian Stan

To sum up: Oct 20: Presentment filed with ACNA against Abp Wood 3 wks later: no Board of Inquiry formed to investigate; still deciding if presentment is in proper form Now: Interim Abp has significant complaints against him for supporting abusive leaders too livingchurch.org/news/chaplai...

Many things are terrible right now, but the latest albums from Hayley Williams, Brandi Carlile, and Florence + the Machine means the soundtrack is not. What a month of music.

Since our technocratic overlords are surveilling us 24/7, analyzing and monetizing all our activities, I'd like to be able to go on record once for all-time: NO, I DO NOT WANT TO USE YOUR STUPID AI ASSISTANT, STOP ASKING ME.

The reckoning with abuse in U.S. churches continues, this time with the Assemblies of God. “Predators, they hide in the dark, and the church is helping hide them.” May light shine in the darkness. May the truth set us free. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“We won’t overcome evil with cleverness, memes, or namecalling (as good as that might feel sometimes). We overcome evil by being salt-of-the-earth people, rooted, neighborly, doing the mundane work of care and compassion: …

This Sunday's sermon from the Rev. @aaronmharrison.bsky.social knocked my socks off. I commend it to you. Gospel preaching for this moment. www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...

If only all those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to accept state-sanctioned violence against Christ's body.

A second important article about abuse in the ACNA, this focused much closer to home (in Wheaton). Again: may the Light of Christ overcome all darkness and may the truth set us free. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Sharing this important story without much comment because I’m traveling for a speaking event today and tomorrow. May the light of Christ overcome all darkness and may the truth set us free. wapo.st/3WQGDMF

“More than 210 mostly Chicago-area clergy, representing a range of liberal and conservative traditions, have signed a letter criticizing ICE titled ‘Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview.’” religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

I also got a writeup by @friendlyatheist.com, who read the paper pretty soon after it was published! Grateful and humbled to see this much engagement with my work beyond the academy. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I didn't think a writeup of my academic work would be the thing related to me that got 12k upvotes on reddit?!

Excited to (finally) jump into this by @ehmcgowin.bsky.social

No Kings, Wheaton, IL, 10/18/2025

I really believe this. Thanks @rlstollar.bsky.social!

Friends, if you want to help on-the-ground with families impacted by ICE's terrorism in Chicago, I can vouch for this organization and the Resource Center they've set up for meeting immediate needs. There are other ways to serve, too, if you're interested. newlifecenters.org/en/programs/...

When I handed my son his respirator and chemical goggles, I told him to remember his baptism. May we all, whatever our abilities and locations, be empowered to do the same.

The depth of moral disease in the U.S. continues to shock the conscience. We need a national exorcism. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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We’re watching it happen again.

Chicagoland friends, there’s an event of prayer and scripture reading tomorrow, Sunday, Oct 12 @ 9 am at the intersection of Harvard and 25th, Broadview. You’re invited. Please spread the word.

Yes and amen. It’s not easy to raise children this way but it’s best for them, for society, and ultimately for us too. All flourishing is mutual, y’all (HT: Robin Wall Kimmerer). Thank you for this, @rlstollar.bsky.social.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black…said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call...” “But when Black began to lower his arms…the agents responded…by firing pepper balls... One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke...” religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Fear has no future.

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Evangelical parenting teachers who want strong, powerful daddies ruling their nations and homes are copying the Roman Empire's vision of family, not Jesus's vision. Image from Emily Hunter McGowin's book "Households of Faith."

Friends, what our federal government is doing in the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs is wicked, an offense against God. The stories of ICE's brutality here are being reported widely enough that you can find the proof if you want to. 1/4

Christian parents & caregivers, if you're watching things unfold in the US & realizing you don't know how to guide children thru this moment, you're not alone. I don't have "the answers" but my book offers language to name reality, a new paradigm, & encouragement. www.ivpress.com/households-o...

Thank you, @rlstollar.bsky.social. Your opinion means a lot.

Friends, on Monday I’ll begin my sabbatical fellowship with the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good at the University of Notre Dame. So I’m going to take a break from social media for a while as my family and I adjust to our new rhythm. I welcome your prayers and good thoughts in the meantime.

I was given Doug Wilson’s marriage books early in my marriage & found myself both attracted (for many complicated reasons) & repulsed. Thankfully, repulsion ultimately won out. I pray all under his influence find freedom & our country is delivered from the scourge of white supremacist patriarchy.

I’m very grateful for these latest Amazon reviews of Households of Faith. It’s a beautiful thing to know folks are benefiting from your work. If you’ve read HOF, would you provide a short review at Amazon or Goodreads? Even just a few sentences helps a lot. Thank you!

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin

Okay, y'all... My summer institute class is over. Final grades are turned in. Email inbox is zero. Auto-reply is turned on. And sabbatical has finally begun!

Yes! This is a key point in my chapter on childrearing in Households of Faith. Children are distinct persons with their own agency. They belong to themselves. We must proceed from that starting point.

🔥🧵“We are controlled here by our confusion, far more than we know, and the American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels. 1/2

Now is a good time to pray the Great Litany. “That it may please thee to make wars to cease in all the world; to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; and to bestow freedom upon all peoples “We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.” www.bcponline.org/GreatLitany/...

I enjoyed this convo w/ Andy Hale of the CBF Podcast. (Hat tip to all my Baptist friends!) We discuss "how family, marriage, & gender roles have been debated across church history—& why embracing that complexity allows us to imagine new, Spirit-led ways of being together." cbf.net/emily-hunter...

Honored by this attentive review of my book by Bob Trube. I think he’s captured well the heart of what I tried to do in Households of Faith. bobonbooks.com/2025/06/18/r...

"When the religion of fear finds it's way into the Christian church, those who regard themselves as the most vigilant guardians of the faith do violence to faith and smother it." - Jürgen Moltmann, theologian and prophet