Writing, editing and consulting just enough to pay for plane tickets.
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22 Dec 2025
Walter Cronkite is spinning in his grave. Almost as fast as James Madison.
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30 Jul 2025
Weeping for all of Rachel’s children
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7 Jul 2025
Christians organize emergency food and supplies after catastrophic flooding in Texas
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29 May 2025
Grad season: Advice for the advice givers. How older Christians can be an encouragement to young college graduates starting their new lives.
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12 Mar 2025
Lessons amid pandemic loss: COVID-19 brought immediate changes — and long-term ramifications — to Churches of Christ.
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14 Mar 2025
7. As @baconc notes, we still talk in terms of “Before the pandemic” and “Since the pandemic.”
But according to @pewresearch, the percentage of U.S. adults taking part in religious services “in some way” has remained quite steady. religionunplugged.com/news/0…
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4 Feb 2025
‘Thank you for praying ... from wherever you are’: When sledding adventure went downhill, Facebook friends’ prayers for 5-year-old brought worldwide response.
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4 Feb 2025
We could all use a little sweetness right now. Happy to tell this sweet story.
4 Feb 2025
‘Thank you for praying . . . from wherever you are’
When a sledding adventure went downhill, Facebook friends’ prayers for a 5-year-old brought a worldwide response.
sweet story by @baconc
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30 Jan 2025
‘Where have all the churches gone?’ redux: Congregations in San Diego, Cincinnati and Dallas find different ways to grow.
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23 Jan 2025
Serving immigrants in the name of Jesus: How Christ followers should respond to immigration for the benefit of the kingdom.
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22 Dec 2024
Thanks for the shout-out @bobbyross. It’s always an honor to be in the list with these journalists.
20 Dec 2024
2. 🏆 Year in review: The best religion journalism of 2024 🔌
The list includes stories by @liamsadams, @adrianjashford, @baconc, @AMBankstw and @camillobarone97. religionunplugged.com/news/2…
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19 Dec 2024
32-year-old leader of ‘the next bilingual generation’ killed in Texas car wreck
A difficult story to write, but an exceptional obit by @baconc, who had interviewed JuanRaymon Rubio in Lubbock last year.
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25 Oct 2024
A lot of legislation has accumulated under the umbrella that opponents refer to as school vouchers and proponents call school choice. These programs draw praise — and concern — from Christian educators.
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22 Oct 2024
Christians debate using public funds for private schools
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16 Oct 2024
Florida churches offer respite and relief after Hurricane Milton: ‘They’ve all rallied,’ one disaster relief ministry leader says. ‘It’s what churches are supposed to do.’
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24 Sep 2024
This may be the loveliest thread I’ve ever read on Twitter. (Still refuse the X.)
23 Sep 2024
I glance down at the paperwork my patient has filled out before his visit.
Occupation: Retired harbour master.
Two things: I’ve never met a harbor master before. And “harbour” with a “u.”
Interesting.
It’s the little everyday mysteries that I love most. That reveal us. 1/
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26 Jul 2024
‘That embryo was created by God’: Amid political wrangling, families, physicians and judges grapple with in vitro fertilization.
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19 Jul 2024
‘That’s when I heard the first bullet’: Two members of a Church of Christ in Pennsylvania walked 15 minutes from their home to the Trump rally.
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16 Jul 2024
As we process the violence in Pennsylvania, don’t be consumed with anger. Don’t get caught up in the blame game.
The only path back to sanity is consistently choosing to follow in the steps of the Savior.
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13 Jul 2024
In @bobbyross’ Weekend Plug-in, the constitutionality of released time classes — in which students receive religious instruction during but outside school. Plus, @kelsey_dallas’ award-winning newsletter and @baconc and @bobsmietana on church insurance.
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