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11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You

By Evan Derkacz

…e far too many insightful, hilarious, scathing, ironic, and otherwise round-up-worthy posts to include here, but this should give a little taste of the conversations, states of mind, and concerns of our de facto town square over the past 72 hours or so. *** 1. Anyone who watched election night coverage on a major network will recognize this Adderall-fueled song and dance: “…Nickajack Farms, everyone knows that Nickajack Farms has always been carri…

10 Pro-LGBT #ChristiansVote Tweets From Anti-Gay, Pro-Trump Hashtag Hijack

By Sunnivie Brydum

…hed its hashtag hijack on Wednesday, exactly one week before Election Day. https://twitter.com/BelieveOutLoud/status/793831195364687873 Consider the tweets below a form of self-care, and a gentle reminder that people really can be good, tolerant, and loving, despite the vitriol that surrounds us. 1) https://twitter.com/UAB_Shoob/status/793573502251044864 2) https://twitter.com/maco_nix/status/794174938475352064 3) https://twitter.com/LizWelchLiv…

Trump Admin Grant to ‘Hookers for Jesus’ Ignites Twitter Firestorm Over Taxpayer Funded Religious Coercion

By Chrissy Stroop

…this episode in the larger context of taxpayer supported religious abuses: https://twitter.com/C_Stroop/status/1226943920539459585?s=20 https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1226949227562987520?s=20 https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1227007863744323591?s=20 https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/1227090668587307008?s=20 https://twitter.com/DebraReaves9/status/1227012795637673985?s=20 https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1227071856194265089?…

Pretty Girls Like Trap Church: A Movement at 2 Chainz’s Atlanta Pink House

By Anita Little

…ilies. Whereas I’m in a position where I can deal with public policy and on-the-ground issues.” When listening to “Pretty Girls Like Trap Music,” which many are calling 2 Chainz’s magnum opus, one is transported to his formative years in College Park, Atlanta and follows his journey to the top of the rap game. Addressing his mother’s problems with addiction, his father’s drug dealing and the deaths of close friends throughout the album, he conclud…

The Bindi Isn’t Indie

By Yesenia Vargas

…a zine and an online store benefiting women’s empowerment in West Bengal. https://twitter.com/SoniyaaaTweets/status/690937895759130625 Kyra splits her time between the U.S. and her parents’ home in Ambala, India. When she’s in the West, she’s used to trading in her salwar khameez and bindi for jeans and a beanie to blend in. But now she’s shocked to see the bindi as street fashion. “It’s offensive,” she says bluntly. “They’re not Hindu, they’re n…

“Digital Discipline”: Five Questions on #ReLent2016

By Anita Little

…witter.com/RevSistahGirl/status/697469902442004480 #Relent2016 also has off-line components. To kick off Lent, Chesnut hit the streets of Baltimore with several other ministers as part of an #AshesToGo project for those who didn’t make it to church on Ash Wednesday. I talked to Chesnut to get the backstory: AL: What was the inspiration for #ReLent2016? JC: Lent began as this season in the Christian church that prepared people for a radical reorien…

Encyclileaks: Was the ‘Laudato Si’ Leak a Sin or Just a Scoop?

By Kaya Oakes

…ailed some of those questions, sometimes live from the Vatican press room: https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/610468747204239360 https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/610469730340728833 https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/610480387039608832 https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/610731367555563520 https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/610743819869519873 https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/610775153497219072 https://twitter.com/joshjmac/status/6114417197…

“I Can’t Defend My People”: Opting Out of Evangelicalism, Post-Election

By Anita Little

…ense of betrayal expressed here so powerfully demands a response. ________ https://twitter.com/sista_theology/status/796212296909488128?lang=en https://twitter.com/BrandiNico/status/796239825951035392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Katelyn Beaty, an editor at Christianity Today, wrote in the Washington Post: When it comes to the Bible and Jesus and evangelism and service, the 81 percent and I share the same DNA. Although recently I have wished it were otherw…

Evangelical Prof’s ‘Biblical Comma’ Tweet Exposes Paradox of ‘Respectable’ Evangelical Anti-Intellectualism

By Chrissy Stroop

…he Word of God. You’d only ruin perfection. Keep your edits on the shelf.” https://twitter.com/ostrachan/status/1416565381649555463?s=20 The backlash was immediate and extensive. Of course, Strachan may have been trolling for exactly the sort of reaction he got, as he’s launching a book on Christianity and “wokeness,” which he’s described as “a major threat to the Christian faith” and “a different religion altogether.” But even so, some of the res…

Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’

By Bill Berkowitz

…nvironment.” *Christian Doctrine Cures OCD: Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?: A Psychiatrist Explores the Role of Faith in Treatment (Brazos, 2008), written by Ian Osborn, offers a Christian framework for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Eric L. Johnson’s review at Christianity Today points out that Osborn, “who himself struggled with and overcame OCD,” presents a book “unique for its three ‘case studies’ of notabl…