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Talking about a ‘schism’ is ahistorical
In two recent conversations with very thoughtful journalists, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot of noise…

English – Kopimistsamfundet
About this website: This website is not run by the Missionary Church of Kopimism. The domain kopimistsamfundet.se has changed owners, and the site is now maintained by an independent editorial team that describes the church and Kopimism. According to Kammarkollegiet, the church is still a registered religious community (October 2026), but we do not know how active it is today. This site cannot accept members and does not offer pastoral care or confession.

Opinion | The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day (Published 2024)
There is a difference between peace and capitulation.

Tommy Robinson's Temple: The Christian Conference Uniting Preachers from the Far-Right Fringe
Organisers of the "Make Great Britain Christian Again" conference include preachers linked to far-right rallies, prompting warnings that faith is being used to provide moral cover for nationalist politics

What Happens When Clergy Take Psilocybin
The results of a controversial 10-year-old study of more than a dozen clergy who took psilocybin on guided trips only recently came to light.

FR#164 – The Pope on Defederation
This week, the Catholic Church wrote one of the better diagnoses of why decentralised social networks keep struggling.

The Ghosts Of New Atheism Still Haunt Us | Defector
This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer of the Ask A Fuck Up advice column (subscribe here!), has curated a selection of posts around the theme of Irrational Attachments. Enjoy! New Atheism feels today like Livestrong bracelets or Animal Collective: an embarrassing relic of…

The Word of Life A Theology of Johns Gospel (Craig R. Koester) (z-lib.org).pdf
Epiphany • Ephesians 3:1–12 • January 6, 2013 - Concordia Theology
By Francis C. Rossow Comments on the Text Lulled either by the familiarity of our text or by its complex sentence structure, we may not at first be aware of the surprise—even the shock—it contains. Verse 6 drops a bomb: “This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members […]
Unstoppability depends on mutual aid
If you want a system to be censorship resistant, it means that it needs to be able to route around attempts to silence you.
Rogers’ campaign faith coalition has two ties to a church upended by child sex crimes • Michigan Advance
The scandal brewing at Mark Barclay’s Living Word Church — which includes three ministers being convicted and sentenced for criminal sexual conduct with minors — now has two connections with the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.

Togelius: Losing my religion
In spring 2025 I had a crisis of faith. I thought about what the technology I'm helping to create might do to our future, and got scared. M...
Togelius: Losing my religion
In spring 2025 I had a crisis of faith. I thought about what the technology I'm helping to create might do to our future, and got scared. M...
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired! npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-65311/read-po…
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
www.npr.org056. Ephesians 3:1-12
Epiphany • Ephesians 3:1–12 • January 6, 2013 - Concordia Theology
First Impressions on Ephesians 3:1-12 - Without Authority
Epiphany • Ephesians 3:1–12 • January 4, 2015 - Concordia Theology

Director Interview: Rian Johnson
First Impressions on Matthew 11:2–15 - Without Authority