What’s all the pushback to Bad Bunny about? Why was his halftime show so resonant? Second-generation diasporan-born Puerto Rican scholar Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about the performance. youtu.be/e2ndlvbYg4w

I don’t know why I’ve made this my mission, but every year instead of recommending 3 books I share about a book, a video game, and a board game.

Conducting this interview was so, so, so helpful to me as a faith leader and a human being. If you get a chance to read it, I hope it helps you too.

Writer Tom Montgomery Fate chats with Jon about the peaceful protests at the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, where several faith leaders were recently arrested. youtu.be/bKGNh_WmvGY

“This enraging callousness, this unjust distribution of wealth, is Jesus’ lede, and not just rhetorically but also ethically and theologically.” – @jonmathieu.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/lectionary/s...

“Jeremiah is the emo prophet.” – @jonmathieu.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/lectionary/s... #lectionary

Writer @annajrollins.bsky.social chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about the nature of truth, inside and beyond the conservative Christianity they both used to practice. youtu.be/fdS1YX-aB9I?...

Bar Harbor, Maine, is just mostly ice cream shops. In other words, heaven.

I know “time is money” for Uber drivers more obviously than many others, but could they possibly wait for me to buckle my seat belt before they screech ahead in an attempt to break the sound barrier?

Okay I am watching this New Heights episode with Taylor and I admit, it slaps (when I try to say something cool I have to use words from like 10 years ago)

It’s puzzling to me: these conservative evangelicals are out here talking about truth-telling, truth-telling, truth-telling, but you tell them the truth that they’re ass clowns and they get upset.

In case you want to read something a little punchy this morning. In this double book review I make the case that evangelicals probably aren’t going to be the ones to give the most meaningful critiques of evangelicalism.

Hopefully some scholars will write about why public CEO infidelity at a Coldplay concert can save the morale of a dying nation. Seriously, I’d read that.

Bible scholar Julie Faith Parker chats with @jonmathieu.bsky.social about merisms, Hebrew words, and eunuchs in scripture. youtu.be/1q6AFj7P9e4?...

Um, relatable content.

Mac Loftin makes the case that artificial intelligence is evil (to Jon, who sort of likes AI). youtu.be/Fhb2WLXPEm0

Gas is so expensive here in Pittsburgh, PA. Thanks Obama. I mean Biden. I mean Kamala. I mean California governor Gavin Newsom.

I stumbled upon a video of Counting Crows covering “the 1” by Taylor Swift, which is so well-suited for me specifically that I think when the US crumbles and war takes us all I will die happy.

Don’t miss @jonmathieu.bsky.social’s chat with @caitwest.bsky.social about evangelicalism, Amish country, and high-control religion. youtu.be/s3BnFD8bKb4

What do the Quiverfull movement, Christian nationalism, and Plain communities have in common? Apparently, musical theater. www.christiancentury.org/features/eva...

You ever do that thing where you’re interviewing someone for a magazine and you reach into your pocket for a tissue but instead pull out a length of toilet paper that you forgot was there because your bathroom tissue box ran out?

I’m grateful to Jon Mathieu and everybody at the Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social for giving me an opportunity to say more about my recent piece about consent, violence, and the plight of Remeysa Ozturk. https://youtu.be/O7OV34fES_0?si=gsILH9jDoP9eEDpT

Writer @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social and our @jonmathieu.bsky.social try to understand the extreme theologies lurking just behind the surface of many troubling headlines. youtu.be/f48gQLiE3Gg

Really fun and interesting chat with @alanlevinovitz.bsky.social about teaching religion in a university setting.

This essay has it all: Anthony Bourdain, cool theology… okay it has two things, but still it’s great.

This was a fun conversation, and I really appreciate this take on demons.

A pro-Russia intelligence director, an anti-vaccine health secretary. Cool. Cool cool cool.

Someone signed off an email with “PoC,” and my mind scrolled through "Person of color” and ”Piece of crap” before landing on “Peace of Christ.”

On X, my sister (running for judge) was targeted by a right-wing hate group. About 150 of the comments insulted her appearance, sexuality, or gender. I reported the 10 worst comments to the site. The over/under for how many will be disciplined by X is 1. (I should say we’re 0 for the first 5.)

I really enjoy this reflection from Brando Ambro. So many Christians want to "make America great again” without any real sense of what greatness is according to the way of Jesus.

“The combination of political radicalism and biblical Christianity makes William Stringfellow a strange but refreshing voice today, when Christian nationalism is ascendant and the liberal opposition has quit the stage.” – Mac Loftin www.christiancentury.org/features/pol...

Why are historians reevaluating Jimmy Carter’s presidency? And whatever happened to his version of the Christian faith? Randall Balmer chats with our @jonmathieu.bsky.social. youtu.be/nyhy_11vxP4

We’re here! If you don’t know the Century (a monthly magazine of thoughtful, independent, and progressive content about faith and culture), check out this list of our top articles from 2024. If you do know us, please share this post so that folks can find us here.

If government employees are going to be banned from talking about DEI, I guess the rest of us should talk about the ways that equitable and inclusive communities of diversity are diversifying in the name of inclusive equity and equitable inclusivity, diversely and equitably and inclusively.

Just in time for this polar vortex, our furnace went down to about 50% functionality. So we’re trying to survive. I do not recommend icebox living, seriously zero stars, BUT having a space heater cranking when you step out of the shower may be the innovation humanity’s been waiting for.

Excited about the content we are making at CC. Check out our top articles from last year. (Also my roundup of exvangelical women’s memoirs made the list! Shoutouts to my friend @caitwest.bsky.social and hopfully-future-friends @sarahmccammon.bsky.social and @lizcoolj.bsky.social.)

I know we don’t need another conspiracy theory but hear me out. Like ten years ago, buffalo chicken dip was everywhere. Restaurants were making it, people were bringing it to parties. WHAT HAPPENED to buffalo chicken dip?

Every time I drink a London fog, I think it tastes like Fruity Pebbles. Which is why I keep drinking London fogs.

Author Jeff Munroe is a man of multi-talents. Recently he was a guest of Christian Century host, @jonmathieu.bsky.social on this episode of The Christian Century podcast. https://buff.ly/3DWUcEh #poetry

I had all these aspirations for the new year but then I got obsessed with first amendment audit videos.

In 2018, I asked Jimmy Carter what question he’d ask God first when they meet face to face. He replied, “I think I would be in a mode of thanksgiving.” I’m glad that he's now dwelling in eternal gratitude (and perhaps also asking God a few questions). www.christiancentury.org/interviews/w...

I think if you’re able to open up a new box of tissues and remove exactly one tissue without tearing it, it’s time for someone to start your epic fantasy story arc by revealing to you that you’re the long-awaited tissue god.

My sister Amy and I went back to our hometown to judge a speech/debate tournament at our old high school. The building has been majorly improved in the 20 years since I’ve been there. I asked Amy who has glowed up more, the school or the two of us. Without a pause: “Us.” #siblings

Why yes, I did write about lesbian necromancers in outer space in the latest issue of the Christian Century. Achievement unlocked. (this is where I would tag author Tamsyn Muir, who appears not to be on bluesky) www.christiancentury.org/features/gif...

I’ve never had a truly viral tweet, but I’m glad my most celebrated one was my argument that I’m zero degrees from Kevin Bacon. My mom is a good sport.

I’ve never listened to much metal music, but this article is really interesting and the illustration is awesome. www.christiancentury.org/features/mus...

Just unexpectedly shared a smile with an older lady making pretzels at an Auntie Anne’s in the airport and it sort of restored my hope for humanity.

Come visit us at booth 125 if you’re at AAR/SBL!

This is just capitalism, isn’t it? We encourage “innovation,” bringing us helpful things we’re grateful for, then in the name of profit we make those things terrible.

I’m so grateful for air travel and yet, at the same time, everything about air travel sucks.