Journalist covering religious life in America
Los Angeles, CA
Joined November 2010
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For @Harpers, I join a group of exorcists to stage a mass revival in Tennessee. These are live-streaming, telegenic demonologists, waging spiritual war with the algorithm in mind... And there I was, backstage among the whirring cameras and trembling bodies harpers.org/archive/2024/08/…
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The third great American religious authority has weighed in after the papacy and the Mormon presidency.
Chick-fil-A is turning down artificial intelligence in its drive-thru lanes, choosing human employee interaction over automated order takers as competitors embrace voice technology. fox5atlanta.com/news/chick-f…
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Jim Bakker, a TV evangelist who built a broadcasting juggernaut with his then-wife, Tammy Faye, but was felled by scandals, has died. He was 86.
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I wrote a fascinating trend in urban transportation: The ascendance of kick scooters in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.
It's a story about Shabbat in the 21st century — where geography, climate and community collide.
With gorgeous photos by Carlin Stiehl.
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It's good to spend a few hours online each day so you know which people have "elite ball knowledge" and who has "the mandate of heaven"
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Oh so it’s wrong for cars to invent religion??
Dozens of empty Waymos invaded an Atlanta neighborhood and circled a cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers
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You're not crazy. An evil demon *could* be deceiving you about the nature of reality. You're simply questioning the foundations of knowledge. And honestly? That's brave
I joined the @StraightWhiteJC podcast to talk about my recent @NYMag profile of Judah Smith… Justin Bieber and the millennial hypepriest gestalt… Hollywood revivalism, Papa Che Ahn and Bryce Crawford… Girls Gone Bible and the Make Heaven Crowded Tour… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Show, don't tell. If you are using words at all, you have already failed at your craft
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Crowd roars as Kid Rock pays tribute to the Bible and Jesus at the All-American Halftime Show.
Beautiful lyrics. You would never, ever hear anything like this sung at the Super Bowl.
“There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There’s a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You can give your life to Jesus, and he’ll give you a second chance…”
