The Book of Common Words

The enthusiasms, musings, and observations of James K.A. Smith. Mostly books, music, and film. Expect no punditry here. Look elsewhere for outrage.

Writing & posting here about what is mattering most to me in a given moment. Hi, I’m Kelly Wolfe, creator & host of Let It Matter, a weekly progressive Christian podcast featuring guest interviews on a wide range of topics. New episodes on Mondays!

A former Black conservative evangelical talking about ethics > morality. Data. US History. Social justice. Harm reduction. Improving outcomes.

Consecutively Haiku-ing the 1539 Coverdale psalter every Friday.

Helping parents who are deconstructing from high control religion while parenting at the same time.

Theology is more like poetry than geometry. Theology is "vile for the sake of the gospel" (so says my friend, John Wesley). Aspiring to a vile poetics.

Thoughts, free-writes, a poem or two, an essay here and there, upcoming book chapter previews. Live, from my little adobe at the bottom of the canyon.

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

Open your world with poetry

Understanding the connections between religion, gender, & politics, and trying to save our democracy in the process.

The intersection of late-diagnosed neurodivergence and healing from high-control environments. Also, combatting Christian fascism!

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Stick around here and I’ll use words as best as I know how to help you give a damn about the God who, in Jesus Christ, no longer gives any damns.

A sporadic journal about song-making and story-writing

Not pianos

Improve your emotional health. Posts from a PhD student researching emotions in the Gospels. Loving God and neighbor with our whole mind, whole strength, whole heart, and whole emotion.

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Meredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."

Decoding the culture swaying American Christian identity.

This is where David Dark sets it all down.

letters for living at the intersection of sorrow + joy.

Commentary about religion and politics, centered around atheism.

Your friendly neighborhood pastor/bartender serving spirits and sermons as the occasion demands.

Part retreat, part think tank. A place for inspiration and ideas about culture, faith, and spirit.

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The Examine is a reader-supported exploration of curiosity. Here, I explore the world through fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional photograph.

Jesus, compost, tables and chairs

Grace for fuck-ups. Prayer for the impious. A space for spiritual misfits.

Kaya Oakes is the author of six books. She writes about the intersections of religion, gender, politics and culture. When she's not writing, she's teaching the next generation of writers at UC Berkeley. This newsletter is free.

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