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The Exvangelical podcast (& more!) will return in 2026.

(A brief look back, and a quick glance ahead.)

Welcome to the new site

Hi there. 👋🏻 If you're reading this, it's likely because you're on the mailing list for my newsletter, The Post-Evangelical Post. I'm migrating off of Substack to my own Ghost website. In November 2025, after almost a decade of working full-time and publishing

I may have to start wearing a watch again.

The ugly Pebble 2 Duo is the smartwatch for meThis is a welcome new-old idea about smartwatchesThe VergeDavid Pierce Pebble is so back.

Reading Notes: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

I just recently started the latest Cory Doctorow book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. I'm early on in the book - he's still providing case studies of enshittified platforms such as Facebook, Amazon, and Apple - but I'

WIRED: The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It's a Shit Show.

The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit ShowThe Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible.WIREDVittoria Elliott What a surprise.

One more for the collection, I guess.

Bending Spoons is buying up Eventbrite, too.The Italian software company just announced billion-dollar deals to purchase AOL and Vimeo, and now it has reached an agreement to acquire Eventbrite for $500 million. Bending Spoons has added several other digital businesses to its portfolio in recent years, including Evernote, Meetup,

No Kings in Chicago. No Kings in the United States.

Plus an event next week in Portland, OR.

When Dreams Change

I’ve been inconsistent here online over the last six months. This entry is my attempt to explain why. There’s two lines from The Extreme Self1 that have haunted me lately: The opposite of vulnerability is no longer strength. The opposite of invisibility is no longer being seen. It’

Nine months since book launch

Somehow it’s been 9 months since my first book was published. The book was published on September 24, 2024. 42 days later Donald Trump would be elected president. I’m not sure anyone tells you how to feel when you publish a book, and I’m not going to

📚The Good Books: Disciples of White Jesus with Angela Denker

On the radicalization of American boyhood.

📚The Good Books: Shame-Sex Attraction with Lucas FW Wilson

New episode out now, everywhere.

Introducing: Let's Talk About Text

The Metamorphosis of Guilt

One of the most insidious teachings in the world is the doctrine of original sin. I do not know how it functioned or affected Christian believers and practitioners in prior centuries, but from what I have observed of its affect on my generation and those of my elders, it has

📚The Good Books: How to Have An Enemy with Melissa Florer-Bixler

The first of two new projects launches in earnest today.