Freelance writer, co-host of @wheredowegopod - untangling sex, self, and community for a new gen of Christians. Bylines @rns @sojourners @abc_everyday she/her
Melbourne, Australia
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In case you missed it, here’s our take on modesty culture. We name four problems: made women responsible for male lust, hyperfocus on legalistic rules, placed a heavy yoke on teens already struggling with body image and hello it sexualized children.
wheredowegopod.com/76
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If you woke up this AM wondering how US just elected man who supported an insurrection & had a sexual assault verdict against him, parsing voting trends won't offer a satisfying explanation. This is a representative system not a democracy. You have to look further upstream.
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Settling is more important than keeping students safe from alleged sexual predators. Indeed, it’s increasingly difficult to deny that this is simply business as usual for too many Christian institutions. religionnews.com/2024/10/04/…
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My first obituary for the @nytimes —
Paul Pressler, disgraced leader in the Southern Baptist Convention, has died at 94. Once revered, as many as seven men accused him of sex abuse
nytimes.com/2024/06/16/obitu…
Thanks to @RobertDownen_ @baptist_news for their earlier news reporting
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I understand that the SBC is debating the place and process for affirming the Nicene Creed in its doctrinal affirmations. But ... if you cannot affirm the Creed or if you reject it, then you're outside historical Christianity, and you belong in the same category as Unitarians, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Episcopalians.
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I'll be in Indianapolis next week covering the Southern Baptist Convention. If you're a messenger: DMs open, email in bio. (Probably won't be tweeting much!)
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A couple of things about the SBC and abuse. SBC leaders have long known that abuse was a problem in churches but sought to downplay how often it occurred and stonewall any national attempts to deal with us. This was in large part to protect the SBC's donations and assets.
I read The Handmaids Tale in 11th grade. Nearly every student in class was a youth group kid (this was Fayetteville, AR). Our teacher was brilliant, respectful, and agnostic. For the weeks we spent on this book, he’d pull out his (dog eared) Bible, take us to 1 Tim. to wrestle ..
The Handmaid's Tale Was Removed from an Idaho School Library. This Teen Handed a Copy to the Superintendent At Graduation people.com/idaho-graduate-gi… via @people
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Remember to defend the convicted felon who paid hush money to the woman with whom he had an adulterous affair or else our kids might be exposed to social disorder and sexual immorality.
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Yall Im so uncomfortable with the unavoidable number of celebrities taking ozempic (or the like) & then going on press tours about their weight loss, praising each other’s smaller bodies as if that’s been the goal this whole time. Instead of true body liberation & love.
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In the latest episode of #rockthatdoesntroll, @andrewgill and I showcase @NikkiLeonti’s resilient journey and the powerful impact of purity culture on #CCM, featuring insights from @devi_writes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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In 2019, I first encountered Circle of Hope, a radical group of some six hundred heavily-inked young Jesus followers, on a street corner in Kensington, the Philadelphia neighborhood hit hardest by the opioid crisis. (1/4)
This is an accurate picture of what healthcare is like for us in Melbourne. I feel grateful everyday to live here.
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We need to have a serious conversation about this being characterized as spousal betrayal instead of child sexual abuse by those with platform and celebrity.
