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's. Dada to Saoirse & Ilaria. President/CEO, Center for Christianity & Public Life (). Author, The Spirit of Our Politics (Jan 2024).
D.C./Baltimoreccpubliclife.orgBorn May 16Joined August 2011

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When a mother arrived at her doctor’s office for an ultrasound, they diagnosed her baby with a rare pre-birth condition and a 1 percent chance of survival. A month later, they completed the first successful fetal brain surgery to save the baby's life.
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I just studied the Buffalo Bills’ schedule for the upcoming season and I think if the Bills are really good then they should win a lot of games. However, if the Bills are not so good, it’s possible that they do not win so many games.
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"If non-Christian faiths were kept at an arm’s length in the coronation service, it was not because religious pluralism was ignored; it was because we are finally starting to take it seriously. Other faiths are not exotic variations on the Christian model." An excellent analysis!
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My reflections on the #coronation as an interfaith practitioner blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobal
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So, uh, if last night's townhall ⬆️ your blood pressure, then join us on Substack. Our yearly subscription is just $30 so that it's more accessible to folks wanting to process the news & religion & politics in a way that *does not* raise your BP.
What a fascinating panel
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Video is up for the excellent "Rethinking Feminism" panel with @ChristineEmba @Louise_m_perry @moveincircles at Harvard last month @AAICambridge (awkward camera angle is righted at 10min). youtube.com/watch?v=sSFAJD
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*Very* excited for this.
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If you've surveyed the damage done at the intersection of faith and politics and wondered if there is a path forward, I wrote The Spirit of Our Politics for you. I hope you'll pre-order at your local bookstore or wherever you purchase books. amazon.com/Spirit-Our-Pol
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This CNN focus group is a pretty good encapsulation of how a lot of voters relate to the media, and feel the media relates to them.
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The CNN townhall should be a reminder about the dramatic stakes in the Republican primary, and Republicans themselves have the first responsibility to ensure their party is not represented by this man in another general election.
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The CNN townhall should be a reminder about the dramatic stakes in this election, and we have to do everything possible to re-elect @JoeBiden
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Whether Trump is helping or harming his campaign right now should not be our primary concern. What's clear now, as it has been for a very, very long time, is the harm he does to the spirit of this country. "A corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us" -F.W. Peterson
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Welcome, Molly Worthen, to the Club of Journalists Who Asked Too Many Questions About Faith and Eventually Found Some Satisfactory Answers
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How does a nationally-renowned journalist known for criticism of Evangelicals and Evangelicalism become a Christian baptized by @JDGreear at @SummitRDU? Listen to @CollinHansen’s interview with Molly Worthen on #Gospelbound. thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/gospe
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Increasingly, our best writers are getting much closer to the spiritual crisis that is represented and promoted by gun violence. Here's on anxiety, fear and alienation: nytimes.com/2023/05/09/opi Here's on "the overwhelming fear we have come to accept in our… Show more
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"We aren't telling our young people how to serve. We are just asking them to serve." -
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During National Public Service Week, I'm proud that Maryland is leading to become the first state in the country to offer a service year option for high school graduates. Maryland will be the state that serves.
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Read my monthly newsletter as President and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life.
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The gun violence we have seen as a nation is at odds with the law and love of God. We must not choose between a political response or a spiritual one. Both our hearts and our politics must respond to the moment. ccpubliclife.org/journal/on-gun
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this is right. It's a major reason to doubt the idea of seeing loneliness through a medical lens in the first place.
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One of the driving arguments behind the mythology of the loneliness epidemic is that it makes people less productive and is bad for the economy. It’s an inhuman argument that conflates loneliness with social isolation—isolation which is caused by how the economy shapes relations twitter.com/surgeon_genera…
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Right now, we esteem leaders for what they’ve rejected, but at some point we’ll need to choose leaders based on what they have advanced.
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My goodness this is a wonderful conversation
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It’s hard to explain how much greatness @esaumccaulley delivers in this conversation- on everything from how to overcome hurtful family dynamics to how to pursue racial justice to how to answer stupid questions. Listen and you’ll see what I mean. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/esa
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