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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A blessing to preach a theology of abundance for the good folks of Calvary Baptist Waco this weekend. This Wednesday I’ll be talking live about White Lies and white Christian nationalism on Substack with @wajali.bsky.social at noon CST, and next Thursday am I’ll be at @riceuniversity.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Grateful to @robertpjones.bsky.social for this great new book and the essential call to "future regret." Now is the time to decide how you'll be remembered and what kind of world we pass on to our ancestors. We'll do a live Substack Sept. 2! @stmartinspress.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I spend hours every day consulting news and opinion for my writing, teaching, and speaking. My latest at Substack explains what I trust, what I don't, and why. greggarrett.substack.com/p/i-read-the...

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I Read the News Today

Oh Boy!

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So looking forward to this conversation Monday with @joashpthomas.bsky.social about race, justice, colonialism, and my new book from @oxfordup.bsky.social White Lies about racial myths. Please join us on Substack! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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LIVE SOON: White Lies: Dismantling Ten Cultural Myths About Race with Dr. Greg Garrett

Starting Aug 3 at 12:00 PM EDT

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Get ready! I should be going on with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social around 12:10 Central time. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer. @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @episcopalpeace.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Excited for another talk with @johnfugelsang tomorrow on race, faith, and politics. We’ll work in convo abt my new book White Lies from @oupphilosophy.bsky.social Check out John’s new daytime show on Sirius XM, and his book Separation of Church and Hate. It’s so good! @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I hope you’ve seen my conversations with @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social and @robertpjones.bsky.social. My interview with @kutnews.bsky.social is coming. Tomorrow I talk with @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social. And it looks like I’ll talk with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on July 21. @academic.oup.com

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Good hard conversation with @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social last week on my book White Lies from @academic.oup.com. This week I'll be talking race, faith, and hope with author and old friend @robertpjones.bsky.social and author and new friend @johnfugelsang.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=88If...

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Greg Garrett on White Lies and the Racial Myths That Protect Power

YouTube video by Faithful Politics Podcast

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Altho Oxford planned a July 1 release date, Amazon is selling White Lies right now. Oh well. Watch for conversations over the next few months and for events this fall. We’ll launch the book Sept 11 at St. James, Austin, so please save the date for a conversation, celebration, and call to justice.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Could not be a better start to media season than to be interviewed about race, faith, and justice by my dear friend Jennifer Staton from KUT News at St. James Episcopal Church in East Austin. Thanks to her for her great questions, to my priest Eileen O’Brien, and to my community of faith!

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

There are two kinds of Christians in America now. I subscribe to @jamestalarico.bsky.social and his understanding of faith and practice. Let’s go. open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

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James Talarico Is a Serious Christian and a Serious Candidate

It's Time to Start Flipping Tables!

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I'm at a conference at Notre Dame about the anti-democracy forces running amuck in America, and it's bringing together a whole lot of things about racism, injustice, and how we fight back. My latest at Substack: "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" greggarrett.substack.com/p/aint-gonna...

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Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round

All Roads Lead to the South, Notre Dame, and Democracy

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’ll be talking about my book White Lies with John Fugelsang on Sirius XM late June. Please pre-order White Lies—preorders are so important—and if despite my urging you haven’t yet read Separation of Church and Hate, jump in. It’s essential reading. @academic.oup.com @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thanks to my friend, the Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, for this audio account of the "All Are Neighbors" counter rally to Turning Point USA at Baylor University. It was, as he agrees, one of the great public events of my life as professor and theologian. www.interfaithalliance.org/post/all-are...

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All Are Neighbors: How Love Won at Baylor University

A coalition of student groups at Baylor organized a celebration of diversity, inclusion and love (just across campus from a half-empty Turning Point USA event) that saw two prominent ordained LGBTQ+ l...

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s taken me a week, but I’m finally getting to revising my proposal for my book on the many attacks on diversity. I’ve written parts of many books here at Gladstone’s Library. It feels important to argue that we are one big beautiful human family, that we worship a God of love, not of whiteness.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Reading Rowan Williams' new book on solidarity put me in mind of some things from my new book White Lies, and of JD Vance and his hateful discourse about blood and soil. Which sounds more formidable in the original German. greggarrett.substack.com/p/solidarity-o… @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A toast to Blessed James Baldwin, whose witness and words made possible this weekend at Gladstone’s Library with students from England, Wales, and the States. It was a transformative experience leading conversations on art, faith, resistance, and love of neighbor in this amazing place. #love #books

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In my new Substack post, some reflections on the Turning Point and "All Are Neighbors" rallies this week--and my remarks. May they be of use! greggarrett.substack.com #faith #love #lovewins #neighbors #canontheologian

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My full interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social about his NYT bestselling book Between Church and Hate. Please listen in as we talk about white supremacy, reading the Bible, Turning Point USA, and love. Love is everything! greggarrett.substack.com/p/interview-...

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Interview with John Fugelsang

Love Is the Message

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

What a crazy week. Just so you know: I’m leaning into the idea that the Pope is a more reliable interpreter of the teachings of Jesus than th President or Vice-President. Over at Substack: greggarrett.substack.com

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My colleagues at @academic.oup.com and I are leaning into the forthcoming release and promotion of White Lies. Please reach out if yr community would benefit from a conversation about racial myths and white Christian nationalism. And do please consider pre-ordering! #books #writing

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

If American forces bomb Iranian power plants and bridges tomorrow, our leaders and military will commit war crimes and we’ll be rightly regarded as an outlaw nation. International law and conventions prohibit the targeting of civilian infrastructure to punish a nation. This is a stupid and evil war.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

So grateful to talk with the hosts of "Preacher Handshake" about the ways preaching fits with my writing, teaching, and thirst for justice. I hope you might find this of interest. Happy Easter! open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

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Preaching Justice and Gratitude

My Visit to the Preacher Handshake Pod

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Tia Levings was a #Tradwife before the term became trendy. She knows what it looks like when conservative religious men have dominion over you. And she knows how we recover. "In conversation with Tia Levings" baptistnews.com/article/in-c... #nokings #books #liberation #justice #recovery #faith

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In conversation with Tia Levings – Baptist News Global

Once I saw the evangelical church embrace Trump and Falwell and Graham, I knew everything I lived through was coming for the whole countr

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

MAGA evangelicals are daily losing their minds about @jamestalarico publicly proclaiming his faith, so they’re publicly proclaiming theirs. But if you’re praying to Jesus that Talarico be stopped by any means necessary, your Jesus is just Donald Trump’s mascot instead of the redeemer of the world.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We’re closing in on the finished publication of White Lies. This week I saw some of the endorsements, which always feels like proof that I actually wrote a book. Many thanks to Anthony G. Reddie,, Malcolm Foley, @robertpjones.bsky.social, and Gen. Ty Seidule. I am ready to start good trouble!

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

When life gives you lemons, make a whiskey sour. Or record your first podcast on the side of a mountain. I hope you'll find this of use. Start Good Trouble! open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

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Three Things: Trump's War, Voter Rights, Book Banning

A Good Trouble podcast with Greg Garrett

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I did a long hike up into the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness this morning and paused at a waterfall to sing the Trisagion, an ancient prayer. The world is still so full of beauty. Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us. And: Keep singing. The world needs to hear your voice. Here endeth the lesson.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My latest Substack piece comes from my chapter in progress about assaults on libraries, librarians, and books. What do we lose when we lose freedom to read? An understanding of diverse lives and actual history and so much more. I hope this will start Good Trouble! open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Bart Ehrman is not a person of faith, but is one of the great scholars of the early Christian world and its relevance. Edited conversation here, full conversation on my Good Trouble Substack. "In conversation with Bart D. Ehrman"https://baptistnews.com/article/in-conversation-with-bart-d-ehrman/

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In conversation with Bart D. Ehrman – Baptist News Global

Jesus taught a different kind of altruism, the altruism that is not based only on those socially and biologically related to you.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“I can’t think of anything more un-Christian than stealing from the poor to give to the rich.” 25 Who Inspire | James Talarico goodfaithmedia.org/25-who-inspi...

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25 Who Inspire | James Talarico

James Talarico is one of Good Faith Magazine's "25 Who Inspire."

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Skip the State of the Union. It will be angry gaslighting and lies for two hours. open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

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Why I'm Boycotting the State of the Union '26

Life Is too Short for Two More Hours of Lies and Hatred

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

In honor of America’s 250th birthday Westminster Abbey asked me to write for the Abbey about Americans buried or recognized there. Dr. King is among them. Let’s hold onto to our freedoms and to this long friendship. #writing #England #America250 #goodtrouble www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-ab...

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Americans at the Abbey | Westminster Abbey

American academic Greg Garrett marks the 250th anniversary of America’s birth by considering how the relationship between Britain and America is borne out in the Abbey’s monuments, statues and graves.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

What If Turning Point USA Is Wrong about Everything? This week's Substack looks at my being named to Turning Point's Professor Watchlist. open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

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What If Turning Point USA Is Wrong about Everything?

Thoughts on being added to the Turning Point professor hitlist, Ken Paxton, Kid Rock, and Beagles

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was with Dr. King when he was shot in Memphis. At the 1984 Dem Conv, he said, “My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.” Rest in peace, and rise in power, Rev. Keep hope alive. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

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Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Rest in peace and rise in glory, Mr. Duvall. "My God, Woodrow. It has been quite a party, ain't it?" Augustus McRae, Lonesome Dove. #texasforever "Robert Duvall, a Chameleon of an Actor Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 95" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

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Robert Duvall, a Chameleon of an Actor Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 95

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is how I ended up on Charlie Kirk's watchlist. An incredible conservative misunderstanding (or deliberate misunderstanding) about how education works. Education is not indoctrination, but an invitation to read, write, and think. Anything else IS indocrination. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

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Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I sent a draft of a proposal on the importance of diversity—and of a Christian commitment to those on the margins—to my agent. If I am not speaking out for those Jesus called the least of these in Matthew 25 then I am failing my Church and the world. Here endeth the lesson. #goodtrouble #justice

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Banging away at the proposal for the diversity book, but this feels both like the pull quote and a way to mark Black History Month. Grateful for the chance to remember, relearn, and recommit. History is in our blood and in our bones and we deny it at our peril. #BlackHistoryMonth #race #justice

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Standing up for our neighbors and our nation with a few thousand of my Austin compadres and my fierce beauteous esposa. And @jamestalarico was fire. I interviewed him a year back and was blown away, and every time I hear him I’m just that much more impressed. He is the real deal. Talarico for Texas.

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's no longer the least bit subtle. The worst racism and bigotry on social media is being "echoed" daily by social media in our own government. We are actually paying the salaries of those who write and post these messages of hate that harm America and Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If your Jesus makes you buy into hating other Children of God, you have bought some bad Jesus, and it is probably making you sick. @episcopalchurch.bsky.social #faith #justice #jesus #godislove #canontheologian

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“The tragedy of humankind isn’t that sometimes a few depraved individuals do what the rest of could never do. It’s that the rest of us hide those hateful things from view, never learning that hate grows stronger and more resistant when it’s pushed underground.” @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

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Greg Garrett @greg1garrett.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

My dear friend and partner in MS the Rev. Andy Andrews sent me a signed copy of The Barn and reading it while watching and teaching @sinnersmovie is breaking me open. And also remembering Dr. King: injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Don’t let anyone lie to you. Monsters are real.

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