This week we discuss the dangerous trend of celebrity Christian culture and explore practices that can help leaders and listeners maintain a healthy faith walk in the modern media age.
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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Article/podcast: Social media is producing 'celebrity priests' - and it's a problem for their vocations, by Gloria Purvis at America Magazine
2. Organization: Homeboy Industries
3. Interview/podcast: Kelly Corrigan Wonders with Fr. Greg Boyle, Founder Homeboy Industries
4. Song (this is the one I harmonized with on my walk): Clean, by Hillsong
5. Song: Give Me Jesus, by Fernando Ortega
6. Podcast series: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, detailing the story of a Seattle church that should be a cautionary tale for all ministers and churches
7. Song: Wonderful, Merciful Savior, by Selah
8. Article: A toxic celebrity culture has infiltrated the church. We must root it out, by Katelyn Beaty
9. Song: Who Am I (Casting Crowns), cover by Mildred Carriaga
10. Essay: Priests Never Say They're Sorry, by Mary Pezzulo
11. Book: Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits are Hurting the Church, by Katelyn Beaty
