Come read my interview with Aimee Byrd 'a fertile underground' open.substack.com/pub/bethfelker…

Abundance is a world in which there are both forget me nots and lilacs.

Dwight my #theologycat recommends you make sure you’re subscribed at Church Blogmatics so you don’t miss Monday’s moving interview with Aimee Byrd about her new book *The Hope in Our Scars.* bethfelkerjones.substack.com

When someone hurts your kid, well, I feel why wrath is a contingent attribute of God's eternal love.

In which I imagine a mom’s group in the kingdom of heaven, where St. Monica greets you at the door, Katie Luther pulls you a pint, and justice rolls. Happy Mother’s Day!
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'Swift’s pearl clutching 'Sarahs and Hannahs' share plenty in common with a character like O’Connor’s Mrs. Turpin in her story 'Revelation'. It’s gospel music that’s playing on the radio, when O’Connor has the girl who’s been to the North throw her book at that respectable church…

y'all, the extraordinary *Lincoln in the Bardo* by George Saunders is on a kindle deal for $1.99. Grab this one! Think historical fiction x the Great Divorce, if it were inchoate longing instead of clearly Christian x the genius that is Saunders amzn.to/3y8k50Q

The mercy of the LORD is new every Monday; great is God’s faithfulness.

Applying to Northern? Thinking about seminary? Time to get your application in! Northern Seminary
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Wisdom

'We are creatures who desire. We yearn. We long. Swift diagnoses the human condition as one in which we want. We’re wanting wanters. It’s downright Augustinian.' A Taylor Swift-ematics, open.substack.com/pub/bethfelker…

Take it from me, offer to pay for the Dairy Queen run if your kids will all go together and bring you back a blizzard. This represents 23 years of parenting wisdom, so, you’re welcome.

All these square necklines! Cute enough, but difficult to wear.

Confidence in scripture = confidence in the Spirit. From my Practicing Christian Doctrine. amzn.to/3Wr6ewW

'Twas fun to talk with Kaitlyn Schiess for her new podcast, Curiously Kaitlyn. In this episode, I take on the question of how God is everywhere but cannot be seen.
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Were you in a puppet ministry? Have you ever cried while singing 'Friends are friends forever' around a campfire? :)

Come take my tongue in cheek quiz about 90s white Christian culture. :)
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This week's episode with Beth Felker Jones tackles a common question for kids and grown-ups: if God is everywhere, why can't we see him? Plus: a new segment, 'Greatest Moments in Sunday School History' :)

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Fascinated by regional differences in prom style.

Apparently, perennials are now my kryptonite.

'When we in our foolishness thought we were wise
He played the fool and He opened our eyes
When we in our weakness believed we were strong
He became helpless to show we were wrong
And so we follow God's own fool
For only the foolish can tell-
Believe the unbelievable
And come be…