“At its most predatory, the Easter Egg Economy seeks to manipulate fans’ participatory efforts for a profit.” – @christhiessen.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/ent...

I had the pleasure of responding to Bad Bunny’s gospel this week for @christiancentury.bsky.social “Our resistance against oppression need not suck the vibrancy out of life. Joy and lament can exist alongside each other. Perhaps they must…“

“Benito’s gospel, displayed in all caps on the Jumbotron, is this: ‘The only thing more powerful than hate is love.’ In context, this felt like more than platitude.” – @christhiessen.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/bad...

Here are our 25 most-read essays from 2025. Let us know your favorite! Tags: @christhiessen.bsky.social, @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social, @jasongedwards.bsky.social, @texasbishop9.bsky.social, @mwatsonfore.bsky.social, @markglanvillejazz.bsky.social, @alexdemarco.bsky.social

“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago

Same energy

There’s quite a lot of this going on today in Nashville #NoKings

Nashville crowd. The rally is on sled hill, the back side of the state capitol. #NoKings

A message from our staff on Hearing Things's first birthday. Thanks to everyone who's read and supported us over the last year. We're just getting started!

On repeat lately www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTa...

Had the pleasure of writing about Tyler, the Creator, the sticky issue of having cameras for phones, and enfleshing freedom through dance for @christiancentury.bsky.social.

Wrote this!

“The original Twin Peaks series debuted on primetime television 35 years ago this week. I’ve devoted much of the last two years to studying Daid Lynch for various projects. As I fell in love with his vision of the world, I asked many questions. Chief among them: Why?” – Christopher Thiessen

Hello! I wrote about Lynch, mystery, and love for @christiancentury.bsky.social! www.christiancentury.org/features/emb...

Driving through the Smokies listening to Big Thief >>>

Today’s McKay’s haul. It was a good one!

My kid got into an argument with a kid at school who said Lauryn Hill ain’t all that so I took him out for ice cream

In baptism, we become ungovernable www.christiancentury.org/article/ungo...

The hospitality of God is not interested in ROI, not interested in rubbing shoulders with the elite, not interested in schmoozing with the powerful, not interested in "networking" to climb social ladders. (1/3)

American Christianity is technically polytheism and the American Christians who have intuited this are angry about it, which is what motivates them. I won’t be taking questions at this time

Yes please open.spotify.com/track/6lqBLx...

Great review of a phenomenal show. Was a pleasure to be in the room!

“This is not a call to rugged individualism. It is a call to love others as only we can, to show up for each other with the unique gifts we’ve been given, and to celebrate the differences in our neighbors.” #kendricklamar @christiancentury.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/ken...

20 mins apart I guess he meant the first one as an endorsement

Wrote this!

Some of you haven't read @christhiessen.bsky.social on Kendrick Lamar's art and it shows. www.christiancentury.org/features/ken...

“The 13-minute set took place on and between stages that looked like the buttons of a PlayStation video game controller, immediately raising the question, ‘Who is controlling the game?’” – @christhiessen.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/ken...

Psst...I wrote about Kendrick's halftime show in my debut for @christiancentury.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/ken...

Religious trauma is getting this stuck in your head every month or so open.spotify.com/track/6OWu8R...

MJ Lenderman tonight!

I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.

Chick fil a switching from peppermint to key lime in January is a crime. Nobody wants key lime when it’s 20 degrees.

If you’re planning on watching any Lynch, my advice is: don’t watch any analysis videos, don’t think about what stuff is “supposed” to mean, just get your own unique experience from it!! I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!

David Lynch 😞 I’ve spent the last year and change delving into the work and life of Lynch for a writing project. There was no one like him, able to explore the darkness with unsettling honesty. And yet, the goodness and delight of life and love always shone through. Heartbroken.

How do I get my brain unstuck from endlessly repeating "Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious." Send help.

Good morning

Watched Rhyme & Reason today and am deeply jealous of whoever got to see that Tribe, Fugees, Busta, Ziggy Marley show in Nashville at the end of the movie. (Also, wild that whoever did the subtitles used the hard R every single time)

Seeing several public figures make statements of supporting Trump “in the spirit of unity” is mind-boggling.

Is Carrie Underwood gonna sing ‘Before He Cheats’ at the inauguration or nah?

Really need bookmarks on this app

My heart is just aching horribly today for Los Angeles. Truly hellish. I can't even fathom it.

California has deployed 400 incarcerated firefighters to fight the LA blaze. They make $26 over 24-hr shift. “We’re doing this heroic, crucial work, but many ppl inside cannot support their family, can barely afford hygiene supplies. Nobody is saving money,” Amika Mota, former firefighter, told me

here's a clothing drive a friend is organizing to support folks who lost theirs in the LA fires. local drop off. non-local donations accepted, just note it when you fill out the form & they'll share a mailing address. any leftover donations go to trans wellness center docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Damn. 😞

Would be interested to see an actual Venn diagram of clipping. and Hamilton fans. I can’t imagine the overlap is that high

Starting a course in theology and hip-hop culture this coming week and really excited about the selected listening, reading, viewing material! If you were crafting such a course, what would be your essentials for engaging hip-hop theologically?

I like Joey. I like Joey over Conductor beats. But he’s just not in that conversation, and if he wants to be, this song doesn’t do NEARLY enough. If this is shots fired at Kendrick, it’s airsoft pellets.