by Anne Kennedy | Sep 6, 2020 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel
In the spirit of always being reminded that 2020 is the year that keeps on giving, I woke up in the wee hours to read this tragic news: Popular Christian author, speaker, and TV personality, Jen Hatmaker, has filed for divorce from her husband, Brandon. The...
by Anne Kennedy | Sep 1, 2020 | Garden-Variety Malaise
Well, it looks like I have finally reached, or will next week, La Rentrée as the French say, the great Going Back to School in one form or another. I posted this ghastly picture on Instagram yesterday—and linked to it on Facebook and Twitter because why not, might as...
by Anne Kennedy | Jul 15, 2020 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Religious Freedom, Social Justice, The Gospel
All my open tabs this morning are about Bari Weiss, Nick Canon, and Cancel Culture. I’ve tried to avoid clicking on anything in the NYT (I’m almost out of my free articles) as a matter of principle, but I keep getting sucked in anyway. This line from Ross Douthat...
by Anne Kennedy | Jun 17, 2020 | Abortion, LGBTQIetc
I’ve been slowly reading through JK Rowling’s “Reasons for Speaking Out on Sex and Gender Issues.” If you have time, it is worth the effort—she reiterates many points I’ve run into elsewhere. She clearly and, I must say compassionately, lays out the dilemma for both...
by Anne Kennedy | Jun 9, 2020 | Garden-Variety Malaise, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel
I never thought I’d wake up one June and find that the blazing headlines of the moment would not be about Gay Pride month. That cyclical liturgy is now so much a part of the American experience that I have been shocked to see it unseated on the daily twitter scroll....