In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk silent retreats, repentant writing, alien mercy, and Hallmark movies. Also, RJ goes Confucian while Dave spitballs a new kind of Dry January.
Click here (https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/09/20/silent-retreat-meditation-religion/) to read Ben Brasch's article "Silent Retreats Are Surging in Popularity" in the Washington Post.
Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/briefing/the-psychological-value-of-repentance.html) to read Lauren Jackson's newsletter on "The Pscyhological Value of Repentance" in the NY Times.
Click here (https://mbird.com/grace-in-practice/grace-in-an-age-of-vengance/) to read Sarah's "Grace in an Age of Vengeance" on Mbird.
Click here (https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/alien-mercy/) to read Ashley Hales's interview with Elizabeth Bruenig in Christianity Today, "Alien Mercy."
Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/07/death-row-executions-witness/682891/) to read Elizabeth Bruenig's lengthy essay "Witness" in The Atlantic.
Click here (https://mbird.com/religion/church/the-gospel-is-not-your-happy-ending/) to read Matt Metevelis's piece on Mbird "The Gospel Is Not Your Happy Ending."
Click here (https://mbird.com/events/mockingbird-charlottesville-fall-conference/) for more information about, or to pre-register for, the Fall Mbird Conference in Charlottesville, VA (Nov 14&15).
