"You always wonder, was it entirely genuine? You always have that problem in democracy, like, is it just pandering to a certain base of voters? You’ll never really know." My piece from Rededicate 250, Sunday's Trump-backed faith event on the National Mall. www.christianitytoday.com/2026/05/rede...

“You know, we don’t grow a lot of cacao beans in America...it's been a lot to deal with for everyone." For my latest, I spoke with Christian business owners about how they've navigated a year of Trump's tariffs. Gift link below.👇 www.christianitytoday.com/2026/05/trum...

Informative piece by @haleluyahadero.bsky.social on how Black churches are responding to SCOTUS' VRA decision this week. www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/blac...

An interesting thing here: Trump has cast the alleged WHCD shooting suspect as "anti-Christian," but he thanked his church in his alleged manifesto and made a theological argument in defense of violence. Unclear what his church is, but his family is tied to an evangelical* (<- see footnote) church.

in 2022 😵‍💫 after the attempted attacks on Nancy Pelosi and Brett Kavanaugh I wrote about the confusion of American Christians on political violence (and in 2022 we reported on Reformed Christians specifically, whom the WHCD shooter appears to be) www.christianitytoday.com/2022/11/prot...

My report on the weekend attack outside the White House correspondents’ dinner, from a 31-year-old man who evidentially identified as Christian. www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/wash...

Trump admin focusing on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria .... but also no longer accepting persecuted Christian refugees. from @harvestprude.bsky.social - www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/refu...

a remarkably thoughtful piece by my colleague @danielsilliman.bsky.social on the spirituality of (yes, really, folks!) gambling www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/gamb...

Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah, no updates yet on his condition www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

After noticing a significant decline in Hispanic attendance, two Catholic dioceses say those who fear ICE raids are dispensed from the obligation of weekly Mass www.axios.com/2025/07/09/c...

I talked to Republican lawmakers about deaths since USAID’s withdrawal from the world. Most brushed off the reports, and some insisted that people couldn’t be dying as a result. “I don’t believe that. No.” Read more: www.notus.org/foreign-poli...

somebody responding to this article said, "so you want ICE to set up a visitation program and man it?" Anyone in US custody has a right under US law to practice their religion. ie, religious exercise is protected even if you're in prison www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/ice-...

"The pope said the work of journalism was essential to implementing that culture of prevention, as he praised Ugaz and other Peruvian journalists for their reporting on abuse scandals inside the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae” www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/e...

Former employees say worship-protest leader Sean Feucht overstated attendance at events, diverted donations, and failed to properly disclose spending, in addition to underpaying people who worked for him www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/sean...

Christian groups are rallying around the goal of expanding the child tax credit, telling lawmakers that, "ending child hunger and poverty is a goal that transcends party lines.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/chil...

In February, when the administration first announced its agreement to deport migrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, a couple of colleagues asked me if the US was about to engage in state-sponsored trafficking. I had no idea. So I asked around. My report for CT: tinyurl.com/mr3emb73

Pope Francis was a steadfast, loyal, and true friend. A beautiful obituary by my colleague Franco Iacomini on @christianitytoday.com:

From @harvestprude.bsky.social's reporting for @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/all-...

Sort of amazing

gentle reminder that if you have tips/rants/thoughts on the intersection of politics and faith I want to hear from you, please reach out! I'm on signal at harvestprude.09

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris has been indicted on child sex abuse charges.

I actually don't know how I'm going to get through a campaign season without FiveThirtyEight. Very upsetting news

Quite a quote from Sen. Thom Tillis in @notusreports.bsky.social here regarding the plight of persecuted Christians who currently can’t enter the U.S. Note: Tillis is Catholic. U.S. bishops are actively suing the Trump admin over refugee resettlement *right now.* www.notus.org/immigration/...

With 26,000 jobs cut, Christian civil servants are worried about their mission and livelihood. "We have some of the brightest, hardest-working people I’ve ever known in my life who have lost their jobs this last week without cause,” said one pastor.

"When it is your loved one who needs that kind of care, a ranger means the whole world." www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/nati...

a clinic for 300 children with HIV doesn't know where to get drugs to keep them alive. This is the situation right now. But also the situation is: people are giving money to pay for those drugs www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...

This is the nerdiest thing I will ever brag about: @christianitytoday.com won first place in the @acesediting.bsky.social headline contest, beating out prestigious pubs with bigger staffs. We value clear, clever, engaging headlines and take time to work on them together. Such a fun part of our job!

I'm working on a story on what the *gestures at the last month* has been like for federal workers/contractors/etc. If you're willing to talk, drop me a line by DM or [email protected]

Daughter says her mom died after a USAID-backed clinic closed. "When she fell ill at home on Saturday night, she asked to go back to the hospital, her daughter Yin Yin Aye, 50, told Reuters through tears. 'I had to tell her that there is no hospital,' she said." www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

ALSO NEW: Trump is once again establishing a White House Faith Office and once again putting Paula White in charge. Note: A White House faith office already exists, as it did under Biden, Obama and Bush. But Trump created a different one/renamed and changed the old one in his first term.

NEW: Faith-based orgs that partner with the govt to resettle refugees are instituting mass furloughs. Why so soon? Because Trump all but shut down the refugee program AND, per one org, is *refusing to reimburse them for work done before he assumed office.* religionnews.com/2025/02/04/f...

“At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do,” one current USAID worker estimates. www.wired.com/story/usaid-...

“Pray for what’s happening. People are dying every day because of this.” Good piece by @emilybelz.bsky.social on USAID. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...

Proud Boys can no longer legally use their own name or the group’s traditional symbols without the permission of the church that was attacked, the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

please keep us southerners in your thoughts and prayers #EggBeat

I'm covering the possible permanent closure of USAID if anyone affected by that would like to reach out. [email protected] or by DM

My latest piece on what appears to be the new administration's first ICE arrest at a church. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/shou...

really good reporting from @harvestprude.bsky.social on Christians stepping in the gap of refugee services www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/refu...

“You can do the math on covering rent for 4,000 people." For @christianitytoday.com, my latest on how refugee agencies left in a lurch by the Trump administration are turning to people of faith to honor commitments to refugees. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/refu...

This week, the HIV program that has 20 million people overseas on treatment had to halt its programs due to the foreign aid freeze. There's a waiver now from State, but it's not clear it applies to PEPFAR. Talked to folks on the ground: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/pepf...

h8 to see it

just some charts to show the staggering success of PEPFAR for kids

Are you a journalist in Africa with a passion for reporting on local Christians? Apply to become a freelancer for Christianity Today! Applications are due February 23: chrst.today/3PS6mkn

"Millions of people like Ángel, in the country with permission from federal authorities, now wonder what that permission is really worth." @christianitytoday.com reports on the first week of immigration policy changes under Trump: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/trum...

Worth a read - story of a man who was an alcoholic when he stormed the Capitol, has since gotten into recovery. Personal and real www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

“With Trump, the ultimate standard is loyalty to Trump.” @christianitytoday.com's who's who of Cabinet appointees and their faith backgrounds: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/dona...

Trump’s second Cabinet includes some familiar faces and some White House newcomers. @harvestprude.bsky.social reports on the people who will implement Trump’s broad “America First” agenda:

ironic that my new years resolution is to break my phone addiction, and here I am creating yet another social media profile