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Clarissa Moll

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🎙️ Producer + Moderator of Christianity Today’s The Bulletin podcast.📚 4x Author + award-winning writer. Adventurer. Remarried widow. Defiantly joyful. 🌤️ #thereluctantjournalist www.clarissamoll.com

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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Talking about death is always good for our souls: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Jimmy Carter, on Death
In a culture where death as a subject is often taboo, Mr. Carter left behind a compilation of observations about the end. Here is a selection of those writings.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Glad we’ve got @adamkinzinger.bsky.social ‘s eyes on the sky so I can concentrate on my last minute Christmas shopping! This week on The Bulletin: Is it UFOs over New Jersey? Santa’s headlights? What gives? www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the...
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There Goes the Fear - Christianity Today
This week, The Bulletin welcomes Paul D. Miller (Georgetown University) to talk about the recent assassination of a Russian general and patriotism versus nationalism. Then, Nicole Martin (Christianity...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The plight of Christians in Syria and what religious freedom means in this complicated region of the world. www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
“If Mangione refuses to be claimed by an ideology, or if he reveals himself to be a well-adjusted kid who became deeply mentally unwell, that may end up being more unsettling than if he is a calculated operator or fringe radical.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Luigi Mangione Has to Mean Something
The internet is better at telling stories than it is at making sense.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Listen to this week’s roundtable episode: www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the...
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Neighborhood Threat - Christianity Today
Clarissa, Mike, and Russell welcome Hadeel Oeuis to talk about Christians in Syria and their response to the fallen Assad regime. Then, Beth Moore joins us to talk about the “bad guys” of NYC: Elphaba...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
This is The Bulletin at its best: engaging breaking news with wise, thoughtful commentary. www.christianitytoday.com/2024/12/wick...
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Wicked or Misunderstood? - Christianity Today
A conversation with Beth Moore about UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect Luigi Mangione and the nature of sin.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Talking with NYT bestselling author and historian Charles King was a highlight of my holiday season. Check out this episode with beautiful Christmas music from Handel’s Messiah! www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the...
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Exalting Every Valley with Charles King - Christianity Today
It’s easy to become anxious and worried as we see war and conflict increase. However, it is precisely in these moments, says historian Charles King, that true faith can find its voice. Reflecting on g...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Doing research for an upcoming show: Do you attend Sunday School? Does your church even offer it?
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Today’s episode of The Bulletin: Hunter Biden’s pardon; Korea, Syria and global authoritarian threats; and the SC’s hearing on youth trans medicine. . Listen here: www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the...
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Me and Bobby McGee - Christianity Today
The Bulletin welcomes Andy McCarthy (National Review) to talk about the Hunter Biden pardon. Then, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa talk about South Korean protests as conflict in Syria rises. Finally, we ...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
😳 Bulletin Merch?! 😍 Yes, please! store.christianitytoday.com/pages/bullet...
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Swag Shop
Shop merchandise from CT’s newest roundtable podcast, The Bulletin, featuring voices you know and love along with special guests and friends of CT.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I lost my taste for the middle in 2002 when I got food poisoning at a Red Lobster after dinner there with J.I. Packer. I don’t think I ever apologized enuf to him for that bad meal.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Watching coverage of the hearing on transgender youth medicine didn’t make me cry. But there was a moment in today’s Bulletin recording on the topic where my eyes teared up enuf that it was hard to see my notes. Episode drops tomorrow, y’all. Don’t miss it. www.c-span.org/video/?54017...
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Supreme Court Hears Case on Medical Treatments for Transgender Minors
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in [United States v. Skrmetti], a case on whether Tennessee's ban on transgender medical treatments for minors violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Am...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Lots to think about in this piece.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We’re talking about Hunter Biden’s pardon this week on The Bulletin. What do you want to know about it?
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is infuriating to me. An example of horrific voyeurism and shoddy journalism. Asking a family member for a public response <4 hours after a violent death is immoral. No one in raw shock should be asked to speak on the record in a moment like this. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This week on The Bulletin: the neuroscience and social consequence of motherhood with nature writer Lucy Jones. . #thebulletin #thebulletinpodcast
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Michael Wear @michaelrwear.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
There are those who think Trump's election means that now nothing matters. They're wrong. Everything matters now. The binary, singular choice is behind us. Now the choice facing each of us is what kind of person will we be in the season that lies ahead.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
“No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases … can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only because he is my son—and that is wrong.” Why make it harder for your team than it already is? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Biden’s Unpardonable Hypocrisy
The president vowed not to pardon his son Hunter—and then did so anyway.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Come on, Joe. Thanks a lot. “Joe Biden has now provided every Republican—and especially those running for Congress in 2026—with a ready-made heat shield against any criticism about Trump’s pardons, past or present.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Hunter Biden Pardon Is a Strategic Mistake
The blunder will haunt Democrats during the next Trump administration.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
“Falling from a plane might be a reprieve for a turkey.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane
A Thanksgiving story about the limits of human empathy
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I’ve been working to eliminate all plastics from my cooking. But I need a good, easy solution for school lunches. This convo would have me to believe my kid should bring Pyrex? Feels like a disaster waiting to happen. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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Why Are You Still Cooking With That?
Black plastic spatulas, nonstick pans, and other Thanksgiving cooking worries
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Russell Moore @drmoore.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
On this week’s holiday episode of The Bulletin, @mikecosper.bsky.social @clarissamoll.bsky.social and I talk about family estrangement, why it’s hard to find contentment, and I take one more shot at Mike for going to that Tammy Faye Bakker show: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Coming Around Again
Podcast Episode · The Bulletin · 11/29/2024 · 1h 5m
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Need a gentle Advent resource to walk with you through grief? Grab a copy of my new devotional. The 40 days bring you through the holiday gauntlet and into the new year, tracing God’s faithful presence through the Old Testament. www.amazon.com/Beyond-Darkn...
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Beyond the Darkness Devotional: 40 Days of Encouragement in Grief
Beyond the Darkness Devotional: 40 Days of Encouragement in Grief [Moll, Clarissa] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Beyond the Darkness Devotional: 40 Days of Encouragement in Grief
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"A big part of becoming a teenager is figuring out how to fit in. Sometimes that means papering over the stranger parts of your personality, suppressing your uncommon enthusiasms, but sometimes, if you’re lucky, you find a place where you are accepted despite your idiosyncrasies." Loved this.
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The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life
I worried about his ability to fit in. But then he fell in love with Russian — and on a trip to Central Asia, he flourished.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
“‘Well, Dad, why don’t we try giving it back?’” James Newell, 77, recalled his son, Eric, asking when the topic came up several years ago at the dinner table. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/a...
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After Five Generations, a Family Gave Back the Treasures in its Closet
The descendants of a 19th-century federal official decided to return a prized collection of heirlooms to a descendant of a Lakota leader, Chief Spotted Tail.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Makes me think of Edward Abbey, the OG Desert Solitaire. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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The Road Dogs of the American West
Survivalists, drifters, and divorcées across a resurgent wilderness
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
My co-author, home from college. #mombliss www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1496...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
26% of adult children say they are estranged from their fathers, 6% from their mothers. Going “no contact” with your family on the rise. Seen through this lens, is the recent election any surprise? www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement
Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
But as for me, it is good to be near God. www.instagram.com/p/DC1yr9cxy6...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Gifts for grieving friends. Signed books, merch, and whatnot. All here 👇🏼👇🏼 www.etsy.com/shop/clariss...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Since when was “underspending” a problem, even in one’s elder years? Conservative money management meant former generations had something to leave to their loved ones, a parting gift of love. We could benefit from learning to see our money as more than just ours to spend.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
“Those Thanksgiving arguments with my brother were a waste of time I took for granted, a waste of breath that I thought we could afford to expend frivolously.”
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
What do we tell our daughters? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... #thereluctantjournalist
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The #MeToo Cabinet
Trump’s choice to begin a new administration with this particular slate of picks represents a remarkable commitment to moral ugliness.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Chinatown Vendor Tallies Neighborhood’s Decline in $1 Plastic Bracelets
A longtime vendor in Manhattan’s Chinatown is finding it harder to make a living as people shun his intricate crafts, haggle over cheap knickknacks and shift their spending online.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Holidays are really hard for teens who have lost a loved one. Grab my new book and help them navigate these coming weeks: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1496...
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Hurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after Loss
Amazon.com: Hurt Help Hope: A Real Conversation about Teen Grief and Life after Loss: 9781496487247: Moll, Clarissa, Moll, Fiona: Books
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The church year ends today at Christ the King Sunday. This praise from today’s lectionary brought me to tears: “More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters, more majestic than the waves of the sea, majestic on high is the LORD!” (Ps 93:4) In everything we face, He is greater. What a comfort.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I memorized the Gettysburg Address as a 2nd grader, and it’s remained in my heart through the years. (I even recited it as a centering exercise while the chief of anesthesiology gave me my epidural at my first birth!). Loved this piece. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
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On Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land
Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This week on The Bulletin, we just hosted our 92nd guest of 2024. (That doesn’t include all the amazing folks we’ve had on repeat this year!) Who have you enjoyed listening to? #thebulletin
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Russell Moore @drmoore.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Subscription/membership to Christianity Today is right now 50% off. Join us here: www.christianitytoday.com/membership/p...
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Promotion - Christianity Today
Christianity Today provides thoughtful, biblical perspectives on theology, church, ministry, and culture on the official site of Christianity Today Magazine.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I love non-screen-mediated math! Kids don’t need online tools to learn math well when they’ve got 10 fingers. As a former teacher, I’m convinced that even calculators should only be introduced as regular tools at the H.S. level. www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...
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Using Fingers to Count in Math Class Is Not 'Babyish'
Evidence from brain science suggests that using the stigmatized technique is essential for developing mathematical thinking.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Subbing for my local school’s fifth grade class today, and a student gave me this after I expressed interest in the details of his drawing. As a mom of sons, I love to see boys who have talents and interests that aren’t screen-based. Kudos to you, A., for cultivating your brain’s fine motor skills!
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Scanning headlines for topics for our Thanksgiving #TheBulletin episode. Whaddya want to hear about?
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I will not apologize for my love of a clean house. (Also, my teen sons do an amazing job cleaning the bathroom. Train up a child, y’all.) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Put Down the Vacuum
Americans need to get off the tidiness treadmill.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Honored to join FOX11 Reno today to talk about what grieving kids need most.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
After my husband died in 2019, our family’s humor took a dark turn. Appreciated this piece from @drmoore.bsky.social reminding me of how those laughs saved us from despair. www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/dark...
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How a Dark Sense of Humor Can Save You from Cynicism - Christianity Today
From Russell Moore: A bit of gallows humor can remind us that death does not have the final word.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If you’re anticipating the holidays without your person, here are a few tips for surviving with grief: clarissamoll.substack.com/p/entering-t...
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Entering the Gauntlet
5 Tips for preparing for a holiday season without your person
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This is an old one but warrants a repeat read. Hurt people hurt people. www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/u...
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Like Father, Like Son: President Trump Lets Others Mourn (Published 2020)
Whether he is dealing with the loss of a family member or the deaths of nearly 150,000 Americans in a surging pandemic, President Trump almost never displays empathy in public. He learned it from his ...
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Looking forward to talking with this author today. Watch for the convo on The Bulletin tomorrow! www.thefp.com/p/trump-rfk-...
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Trump, RFK, and the Autism Dilemma
Kennedy and the president-elect are asking why more kids like mine are disabled by autism. They have the power to find real answers—and it’s not due to vaccines.
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Clarissa Moll @clarissamoll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I’m here for news like this. #thereluctantjournalist www.opb.org/article/2024...
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Adventure cats blaze new trails in Oregon’s great outdoors
Felines are evolving from neighborhood prowlers to adventure partners — on forest trails and even on the water.
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