Why are @mbta.com trains uniquely timed to discourage using them to attend downtown performances? There's a 9:20p departure from South Station -- too early for nearly any show -- and a 10:45 departure -- for all but the longest shows likely to mean a significant wait and a late arrival home.
Question for the #sociology of #religion peeps -- is anyone studying the breakup of the #UMC? @religiondata.bsky.social @sssreligion.bsky.social
Attention: Second Baptist Church • Liberty, Missouri is looking for a Student Pastor. Here's the information: www.2bcliberty.org/jobs-at-2bc
What a crock! Does WaPo still have anyone on staff who knows anything about religion??
If only all crankiness could be so easily explained
American #religion is changing, and we need more than hot takes and simple graphs. @USCCRCC is launching a multi-pronged effort to get better stories out there. Including journalism fellowships.
dornsife.usc.edu/crcc/stories...
I don't really expect to see a shift in the trend line, although I'd not be surprised at a leveling out. I do think that the small numbers won't fully reflect overall impact.
Can i just say i think he is full of baloney. Not sayin’ the membership trends aren’t daunting, but that leaves out the enormous institutional strengths.
This just might be a very good thing for Harvard.
Yes please!
I wrote a post for www.studyingcongregations.org To remind folks of just how much #congregations have to contribute at this moment
You’ll be very much missed @npr.org
And Lutherans are one of the main reasons there are so many LEGAL immigrants in Minnesota. They've been in the refugee resettlement business for a long time.
I do love the way the #Lutheran tradition of hymn singing keeps showing up in the sounds of protest in #Minneapolis. Those folks do know how to sing.
Hey @jackjenkins.me - what do we know about Pretti’s religious affiliation?
happening at the same time
There's a lot of buzz about Christian revival among young adults in the UK & US. Perceptions of revival are fueled by results from opt-in online surveys. However, these surveys may be misleading. Surveys from random samples of the population don't show any clear evidence of revival.
My new post:
@susanreynolds.bsky.social is worth listening to
Give these folks a follow
Hopefully a mentor’s notes are seen as the affirmation they are. When we spend the time to do all those marginal notes and make suggestions for clarification, it is a measure of the degree to which we think the ideas are worth investing in. And it means we trust your next steps.
👇#sociology
This guy surely knows how to generate clicks.
Says the guy who wants a Peace Prize
See - I knew there were geniuses who'd already thought of this! 👍
Could some genius at BlueSky please fix it so if 15 people I follow all repost the same thing — I see it once, not 15 times? Perhaps with some sort of note like “Y and 14 others you follow reposted this”
Stack of Books. Photo by Claudia Wolff on Unsplash.
📖 The nomination period for the SSSR 2026 Distinguished Book Award is now open.
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
The Social Security Administration aims to cut visits to field offices by nearly 15 million annually.
This is making it harder for Americans to access in-person services—and their benefits.
This is not "modernizing" Social Security.
Oh my - Lilly really does have more money than they know what to do with. And why is it that everything associated with AI has some astronomical price tag?
Department of Homeland Security continues its war on Christmas by suggesting the season is about deporting immigrants. In a new frenetic video, they make it seem like Christmas celebrations are for mass deportations. Christians should be offended, especially by inclusion of Nativity scene!
