Step away from the noise. Take a breath. Join me as I listen.
I traveled across America to report on religion + politics for my first book, Red State Christians. Since then, I've continued to listen - to the news, to God, and to everyday people. This newsletter is my attempt to share what I hear.
Bonfire spirituality for benighted faith. Biweekly meditations on how Christianity in America might lose gracefully, die with purpose, and then do something else. Made possible by unRival Network.
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.
As a transgender American woman in a time of moral panic, Chrissy Stroop is one of society's current "bugbears." Here she publishes weekly musings connecting her reading and other cultural consumption to her thoughts on American society and more.
A newsletter connecting the past and present of American politics from a historian who has written extensively about civil rights, religious nationalism and modern conservatism.
A hilarious and often factual romp through the world of social media, old-school media, publishing and whatever else catches our fancy.