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THE LATEST: "Rory McIlroy and the Curse that Finally Died" Will Fagan on Rory McIlroy, justification, and the fear that never quite stays buried: buff.ly/4HdiKV7

THE LATEST: "The Masks of God in a Kindergarten Classrorom" Ryan Alvey on substitute teaching, hidden need, and the strange grace of simply showing up: buff.ly/pzvN9Mb

Why reading the KJV as a child might produce PhD in the English Renaissance as an adult, as was the case for Jeanne Murray Walker. A great interview here with the @mockingbirdmin. mbird.com/the-magazine/o…

THE LATEST: The 10th Anniversary Edition of Law & Gospel is HERE: buff.ly/jcIvjHd

ICYMI: Bryan Jarrell's weekender talked Everest Status, Disney Debt, The Planet, Baseball Heartbreaks, and the Grammar of Grace: buff.ly/8YV0rlL

THE LATEST: "Life is Too Short Not to Go to Church" Tony Robinson on Andy Squyres, church, and showing up anyway: buff.ly/lj7NRn1

How do Christians understand the idea of "grace"? Why does it matter? And how do we reconcile it with a need for justice and healthy boundaries? NEW episode with bestselling author and founder of @mockingbirdmin, David Zahl! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

THE LATEST: "Signs, Wonders, and Still Not Convinced" Anne Chester on why signs and wonders still don’t secure faith: buff.ly/SigGNH6

THE LATEST: "The Wonder of Grace (When Grief is Everywhere)" David Zahl's opening talk from our recent NYC conference, a dose of WOW featuring ABBA, Dacher Keltner, Byung-Chul Han, Auburn Sandstrom, and Elvis Presley. buff.ly/0OyCdPZ

THE LATEST: "On Growing Up Fundamentalist and Loving God Anyway" from Issue 28 of The Mockingbird Magazine, a fabulous interview with Jeanne Murray Walker: buff.ly/xfNziMO

THE LATEST: "Is Money Involved? It Doesn't Count." Bryan Jarrell on why the relationships that matter most can’t be bought: buff.ly/AMNhq4B

THE LATEST: Episode 294 of the Mockingcast is up, in which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk casinofication, sketch comedy, main character energy, and self-transcendence. Also, RJ yearns to be too small to fail, while Sarah learns her son used to be a light bulb. buff.ly/52Uuxaq

ANOTHER WEEK ENDS: Will McDavid brings us Longing For Mystery, Main Character Fatigue, Affirming Ordinary Unhappiness, Yearning for Resistance, and More Modern Love: buff.ly/uKxukUL

THE LATEST: Perry Brown on why waiting isn’t a failure—but where faith is formed in an age of instant answers: buff.ly/q4Mb43C

THE LATEST: WOW to the Deadness, indeed. Conference talks are now live on Talkingbird 🎧 (our podcast archive of past + present talks). Listen here: buff.ly/akCDMFL

I loved being at the @mockingbirdmin conference in NYC this past weekend. So much insight and energy and faithful grappling! And I got to present a breakout session, "More than a 'Like': When Grace Calls Us Beloved." There's more to life than social media "likes," I said (partly to myself)! @bethfelkerjones @EkstasisMag @iamfujimura @pauljpastor @NelsonBooks @laitylodge @GriffinGooch197 @shawnbyrne

THE LATEST: Ben Maddison on wounds, scars, and glimpses of resurrection at the Mockingbird Conference: buff.ly/Nw41iKc

IT'S HERE: The 19th annual MBird NYC Conference, WOW to the Deadness: Wonder for the Weary, begins tonight and runs through Saturday. For those with a case of FOMO in search of some wonder, catch the live stream here: buff.ly/FjdZyCa

ICYMI: Episode 293 (The Secret Vault of Thomas Kinkade) is up, and Dave, Sarah, and R-J talk underachieving parents, hype aversion, and the impassability of God: buff.ly/vpcxjOi

THE LATEST: Anne Chester on the quiet cost of leaving church, and why remaining is the more radical, transformational move: buff.ly/lW6s3CI