American Utopias — Shakers, Mormons, Oneida. Can a “city on a hill” also be a sending, transformative agent? Oberlin tried. From The Anxious Bench.

Kristin Kobes DuMez answers on her newsletter, “DuMez Connections.” Includes a video link from the Holy Post.

The latest from Small Church Big Table exploring the “Holben scale” on views within a church about welcoming LGBTQ+ people.

Another interesting tweet from Ryan Burge. Spoiler — Highest: Natl. Baptist Convention 80%. Lowest: Nondenom Evangelical 17%.

A surprising finding! Another provocative and interesting tweet from Ryan Burge.

Can regularly bringing your child to a farmer’s market replace “church.” Wanting community, but not religion.

For the astute listener, Buffet’s music carried many clues to his religious background.

Say what you will about his governing, but no US president in nearly half a century has made church attendance such a priority. A tweet

It’s a relatively recent trend. Where does this persecution complex come from? Meanwhile, American evangelicals believe LGBTQ+ people no longer face persecution.