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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 27/09/2026

2026 Reads: Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez 📚 KKDM has done it again. Heckuva book.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 23/09/2026

I know there are bigger problems with the media right now, but geez, CNN, have a little self-respect. Corpus Christie?

Screenshot of CNN interviewing a Texas congressman captioned as being in “Corpus Christie”

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 19/09/2026

It’s an odd sort of thing to brag about, but it is pretty cool to have a friend who is literally the Pope’s editor. Matt is one of the good ones.

Cover of Pope Leo’s new book “Freedom under Grace”

Editors note signed by my friend Matt Burdette

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 18/09/2026

2026 Reads: The Fingerprints of God Tracking the Divine Suspect Through a History of Images by Robert Farrar Capon 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 14/09/2026

2026 Reads: London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe 📚 What a story.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 13/09/2026

2026 Reads: The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 06/09/2026

2026 Reads: A Community of Character by Stanley Hauerwas 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 30/08/2026

Green Chucks to go with my acolyte robe this morning. It’s Ordinary Time, after all. Very tempted to find them in all the various liturgical colors. ⚓️

A pair of green converse shoes on a carpet floor

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 27/08/2026

I just about choked on my coffee.

Screenshot of a WSJ Op-Ed headline titled "JD Vance Is The GOP's Obama"

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 23/08/2026

2026 Reads: The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 18/08/2026

2026 Reads: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 📚 Beautiful writing. Horrific story. Astonishing book.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 09/08/2026

2026 Reads: Mrs. Dalloway (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Virginia Woolf 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 09/08/2026

2026 Reads: In the Beginning was the Spirit Science, Religion, and Indigenous Spirituality by Diarmuid Ó Murchú 📚 Well, that was a hand-waving mess. Bleh.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 06/08/2026

2026 Reads: Homebound - A Novel by Portia Elan 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 01/08/2026

Some Cedar Rapids Gazette readers gonna be disappointed when they turn the page.

Front page of the paper, subhead says Red Hot Chili Peppers will be playing at the new casino.

Inside page: oh, it’s actually the Red Hot Chili PIPERS.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 01/08/2026

2026 Reads: Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema A Spiritual Journey by Jeffrey Overstreet 📚 Wonderful book.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 28/07/2026

2026 Reads: We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine by Alissa Wilkinson 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains.

Rich Mullins - A Liturgy, A Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 25/07/2026

2026 Reads: The Hero of Ages Book Three of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚 Enjoyed it. Also happy to be done with it and to get on to something else.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 18/07/2026

2026 Reads: Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 16/07/2026

2026 Reads: Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence by Pope Leo XIV 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 11/07/2026

2026 Reads: What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed 📚 What a wonderful, imaginative story. Loved it.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 04/07/2026

2026 Reads: End of Days Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America by Chris Jennings 📚 Phew, quite a read.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 04/07/2026

2026 Reads: The Well of Ascension Book Two of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 01/07/2026

Eh I don’t like that share sheet. Let’s try again. #running

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 01/07/2026

Still hotter than Hades but a better run than yesterday!

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 30/06/2026

First run this morning in a new pair of shoes. Like the shoes. Would’ve liked the run better if it weren’t already 80F with 90% humidity at 5:45 AM.

A pair of blue ASICS running shoes sitting on a patio table

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 29/06/2026

2026 Reads: Korean Messiah by Jonathan Cheng 📚 A meticulously-researched account of the formation of perhaps the greatest ever cult of personality.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 26/06/2026

Today Becky and I celebrate 28 years of marriage. Thankful. Planning a low-key day and an outing with the kids tonight. We’ll find space for a special night out next week. Such is life!

A tall man wearing a ball cap and a shorter woman with a pretty smile post for a selfie in front of a desert landscape

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 24/06/2026

2026 Reads: There is No Antimemetics Division by Qntm 📚 Fantastic concept, uneven execution. Still gripping and unlike anything I’ve ever read.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 21/06/2026

2026 Reads: The Book of Love A Better Way to Read the Bible by Richard Beck 📚 Not perfect, but very, very good.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 14/06/2026

2026 Reads: And the Dragons Do Come Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America by Sim Butler 📚 A practical, honest voice. A lot of feelings that are familiar to me as the parent of a nonbinary kid.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 13/06/2026

2026 Reads: Prairie Fires The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser 📚 Having grown up with the Little House books, this thoroughly-researched biography puts them in quite a different light.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 07/06/2026

Ran the 10k this morning as a part of the Cedar Rapids Marathon Weekend. 21st overall, first in my age group, and improved my PR by more than 3 minutes!

A marathon event kit includes a bib, a medal, a snack pack, and a decorative finisher's sign.

A person wearing sunglasses and a blue sleeveless shirt stands near a marathon event with other participants in the background.

A package of Almost Famous Popcorn caramel cheddar mix is awarded for 1st place in a Bankers Trust 10K for males aged 45-49.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 04/06/2026

2026 Reads: A Systematic Theology of Love - God and Creation by Thomas Oord 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 02/06/2026

What a lovely morning for a run! I’m happy with those reverse splits, too. Dialing it in this week for a 10k race on Sunday.

Workout summary showing 4.18 miles in 35 minutes, with the last two miles faster than the first two.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 27/05/2026

Andrew Peterson's Ragamuffin concert live recording - some thoughts: chrishubbs.com/2026/05/27/andrew-pe…

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 21/05/2026

2026 Reads: Book of Lives A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood 📚 Marvelously written. Should be surprised. I’m not a huge Atwood fan (not opposed, just haven’t read her much) but the memoir was lovely. And yeah, she can write.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 20/05/2026

Quote with a fictional band that isn't Spinal Tap

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 18/05/2026

And it’s done! This is the third jazz album cover cross stitch I’ve completed. Really enjoyed doing this one.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 16/05/2026

2026 Reads: Behind the Throne by K. B. Wagers 📚 Unabashedly loved this one.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 11/05/2026

2026 Reads: Unseen Beings by Erik Jampa Andersson 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 08/05/2026

2026 Reads: When Women Were Dragons A Novel by Kelly Barnhill 📚

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 03/05/2026

2026 Reads: Accidental Pluralism America and the Religious Politics of English Expansion, 1497-1662 by Evan Haefeli 📚 Fascinating history, clearly written.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 02/05/2026

2026 Reads: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 📚 Wasn’t too sure about this one but the last few chapters redeemed it.

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Chris Hubbs @chrishubbs.com · 26/04/2026

2026 Reads: The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins 📚 Interesting idea, bad execution.

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