@RNS national reporter covering mainline Christianity and alternative faiths. #NAIITS student. @nyuniversity alum. @hftfn board member.
Dec 3, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Yesterday, I sat down to write a brief for @RNS about the most popular searches of 2021 on Bible Gateway, a website where users can read and search multiple translations of the Bible.
I should've known 2021 was special.
@RNS It's always kind of interesting. The top words (peace, love) and verses (John 3:16, Jeremiah 29:11) don't really change year over year. But you do see some spikes in searches for terms related to the headlines or verses that appear in pop culture.
Feb 12, 2020 • 16 tweets • 9 min read
So @jackmjenkins unearthed this interesting statistic about @amyklobuchar's popularity with New Hampshire voters who attend church regularly.
@jackmjenkins@amyklobuchar .@amyklobuchar belongs to the United Church of Christ and said during a @CNN town hall she goes to church “whenever I can.” She also is active in the Senate Prayer Breakfast.
So @jackmjenkins and I tracked down the story behind that viral clip of students mocking a small group of Native Americans, including Omaha elder Nathan Phillips, yesterday in Washington, D.C.
@jackmjenkins It turns out the encounter came at the end of the Indigenous Peoples March, as Phillips and several others quietly were closing the ceremonies and blessing the grounds “in a good way” with singing and drumming.
Aug 21, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
More than 750 faith-based organizations and national and local leaders signed on to a letter today asking President Trump and Members of Congress to commit to resettling at least 75,000 refugees in the coming fiscal year, which starts in October. greateras1.org/more-than-720-…
Signers include Bethany Christian Services, Church World Service, HIAS, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, the Episcopal Church, World Relief and at least one Catholic Charities office.
