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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

@kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
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Writing for Christianity Today | Musicologist teaching at Grand View University | Book: “The Myth of Good Christian Parenting” (Brazos ‘25) | Iowan | Repped by Keely Boeving linktr.ee/kkmcginnis

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rachellonas.bsky.social @rachellonas.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
My latest review from @erbks.bsky.social on The Myth of Good Christian Parenting by @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social and @mburtwrites.bsky.social "Myth is a reminder for all of us that there are no formulas for great outcomes in this life." englewoodreview.org/the-myth-of-...
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It Means What It Means Podcast @itmeanswhatitmeans.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Tomorrow’s a preview of 2026! A collection of clips from my conversations with Jonathan Sedlak, Sara Koenig, @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social, @blindscholar.bsky.social, Jennie Grillo, Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat, Kirk MacGregor, David Basher, & @alexianafry.bsky.social.
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W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
You had me at "Afro-Cuban rhythm and grooves." 🥳 @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/top-...
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May Cause a Spontaneous Outburst of Festive Joy - Christianity Today
8 new Christmas albums for holiday parties, praise, and playlists.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Every year I compile a playlist of new Christmas music for @christianitytoday.com — this year’s list is here! Enjoy 😊🎄 www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/top-...
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May Cause a Spontaneous Outburst of Festive Joy - Christianity Today
8 new Christmas albums for holiday parties, praise, and playlists.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The story about AI-gen Solomon Ray has so much more than industry news. There's REAL Solomon Ray (also a Christian musician), a Jan. 6-adjacent hip-hop artist, Forrest Frank, and a conversation about what Christian music is for. @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solo...
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The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul - Christianity Today
AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I’ve been thinking a lot about how churches have been using hyper-polished contemporary music to attract people. What it what they actually want and need is radical anti-polish, and songs that are more like homemade casseroles? @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/god-...
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God Loves Our Middling Worship Music - Christianity Today
Songwriting might be the community-building project your church needs right now.
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W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Yes and amen and more of it, please: "I came away from that camp believing that collaborative songwriting might be one of the scariest things we can do together—also one of the most generative." @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/god-...
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God Loves Our Middling Worship Music - Christianity Today
Songwriting might be the community-building project your church needs right now.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"Reorienting a church’s musical culture toward grassroots songwriting and local eclecticism could be one sign of our upside-down kingdom." -- @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/god-...
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God Loves Our Middling Worship Music - Christianity Today
Songwriting might be the community-building project your church needs right now.
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W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
If you're wondering what happened to the evangelical women's blogosphere, wonder no more. Social media, Covid, politics, and tribalism play a role in seismic shifts. "Today’s internet landscape...rewards controversial content." @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/jen-...
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What Broke the Evangelical Women’s Blogosphere - Christianity Today
Jen Hatmaker’s trajectory illustrates the fraught world of spiritual influencerhood and the disappearance of the messy middle.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Will there be a Christian halftime show? We don’t know. Here’s some reporting on what we DO know about the ideas that are percolating and the historical precedent for Super Bowl counter-programming. @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/10/will...
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Will There Be a Christian Super Bowl Halftime Show? - Christianity Today
On September 28, the NFL announced that popular Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny would headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. The news sparked Conservatives suggest country and Christian a...
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Ana Brooks @anarabrooks.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
"The good-Christian-parenting empire runs on the assumption that parental intentionality will achieve certain results." @mburtwrites.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social #MythOfGoodChristianParenting Order here: a.co/d/7SsKYNW
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I think the dirty secret of the Christian moral panic industrial complex is that it has become its own form of entertainment. There are Christian influencers whose whole brand, it seems, is built on sowing fear about pop culture.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
About to go live on YouTube to talk about our book! Join me and @mburtwrites.bsky.social as we talk with Wendy Snyder about Christian parenting teaching and its ideological underpinnings. 1:30 pm CT www.youtube.com/live/oCi39u1...
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🌟 LIVE with Marissa Burt & Kelsey McGinnis
YouTube video by The Fresh Start Family Show
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Brazos Press @brazospress.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌟New Release!🌟 The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families by @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social What happens when popular "biblical parenting" methods cause more harm than good? bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
A photo of a woman holding the book above a wooden table. The book cover is silver with an image of a house behind the title.
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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Happy Launch Day @mburtwrites.bsky.social and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social ! Very excited to have this in my hands (but also this is a good opportunity to show off my new Turkish table runner and coffee set).
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you so much!
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The Myth of Good Christian Parenting is out TOMORROW! And how is this real?? Seeing my book next to the work of two writers I admire is WILD and humbling.
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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
First Saturday back home after three weeks of travel, and I'm getting cozy with my advance copy of "The Myth of Good Parenting" by @mburtwrites.bsky.social and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social. We needed this book so bad, church. Reply "follow" to this post for quotes and impressions.
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a man with a mustache is standing in front of a window with the words `` we needed this rain '' .
ALT: a man with a mustache is standing in front of a window with the words `` we needed this rain '' .
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We are officially less than a month away from release day for “The Myth of Good Christian Parenting.” @mburtwrites.bsky.social and I invite you to join our launch team!
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The new wave of Satanic Panic over popular music doesn’t stem from fiery preachers in suits—this time, it’s Christian influencers and musicians stoking alarm. And they are mobilizing beliefs about musical worship to gain traction. @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/wors...
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When Praise Is Power, Secular Songs Are the Enemy - Christianity Today
Christian artists and influencers draw from a theology of worship as battle to warn about music’s dark side.
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W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Worship as Invasion vs. Worship as Intimacy: "Adam Russell, director of Vineyard Worship USA, said that over the past 20 years, he has seen a movement in contemporary worship music away from intimacy and toward 'intensity'.” @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/wors...
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When Praise Is Power, Secular Songs Are the Enemy - Christianity Today
Christian artists and influencers draw from a theology of worship as battle to warn about music’s dark side.
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kate shellnutt @kateshellnutt.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Christian influencers and artists are starting to call out in the "demonic" in secular songs again. @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social writes for CT about how today's hit worship music is priming the church to see music as power: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/wors...
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When Praise Is Power, Secular Songs Are the Enemy - Christianity Today
Christian artists and influencers draw from a theology of worship as battle to warn about music’s dark side.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Christian listeners generally know the figures on stage aren’t perfect, but when fans resonate with the music, they want to believe—or at least hope—that the musicians are earnest people of faith. On the Newsboys and guardrails for @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/07/news...
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Newsboys Scandals Show Christian Music Has Few Moral Guardrails - Christianity Today
Michael Tait’s admissions raise questions about industry accountability.
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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Join me & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social In the Church Library for a conversation with Sunita Theiss to discuss neurodiversity in faith communities and families: www.buzzsprout.com/2463181/epis...
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I have been MIA here for a while. Logging back on 👋 Here’s a picture of my youngest preparing her lunch yesterday. Real third-kid behavior here.
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Our latest news roundup features insights from @bmietana.bsky.social, @jackjenkins.me, @jesus-jimz.bsky.social, @blytheb.bsky.social, @markwingdallas.bsky.social, @hannahvinueza.bsky.social, @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social, and more!
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Weekly Roundup: June 13
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a reflection on Pentecost and protests in L.A.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Barstool conversion rock is faith-flavored, masculine, and at least a little bit country. What’s going on with this wave of worship music for the bros at the bar? www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/bars...
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Worship Music Made with ‘Bubba in Mind’ - Christianity Today
Barstool conversion rock from artists like Jelly Roll is masculine, country, and faith flavored. Why is it so popular right now?
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Beyond excited to announce that I've signed a contract for a 2nd book with @brazospress.bsky.social Tentatively titled "Clean and Holy," the book will explore how the diet and wellness industries have adopted faith language to sell products and ideas about "good" bodies to Christian women.
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W. David O. Taylor @wdavidotaylor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The once new, become old, made new again: “The cool thing is, there’s nothing new here. The Trinity is the center; it’s the nature of God in three persons. And here’s the oldest hymn we have, reminding us of that.” @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/anci...
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Oldest-Known Hymn Inspires New Worship Song - Christianity Today
Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century.
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Daniel Silliman @danielsilliman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
From @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social at @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/04/anci...
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Oldest-Known Hymn Inspires New Worship Song - Christianity Today
Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Next semester, I'm teaching the following courses in our theology program: Worship and the Arts Death and Dying Poverty, Racism, and Power And a humanities seminar on globalization. DREAM semester. Weird to not be teaching music apprec or history for the first time in a bit, but I'm EXCITED.
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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Delighted to invite you to join @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social and me In the Church Library for informal podcast conversations in this limited run series. www.buzzsprout.com/2463181
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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 17/03/2025
How can hymns help the family of God bear one another’s burdens? @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social asked songwriting collective Anchor Hymns:
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Anchor Hymns Makes Old Things New - Christianity Today
Drawing on centuries of hymnody, the songwriting collective asks the question: “What else could we be singing about?”
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“The church has never really needed to worry about how corporate worship does or doesn’t engage children; the church has never feared losing them. The church does fear losing their parents, or losing them after they get their driver’s licenses.” Read more: open.substack.com/pub/kkramerm...
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Seen and Heard
30 years of contemporary praise and worship may have made it harder for us to truly welcome children.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
BEYOND excited that we can share this cover tell you all that you can pre-order The Myth of Good Christian Parenting! At the link in the thread below, you’ll get a 40% discount. @brazospress.bsky.social @mburtwrites.bsky.social
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
What is a "global" worship song? @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social reports on the challenges and opportunities for worshiping at international Christian gatherings:
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The Challenge of Orchestrating Global Worship This Side of Heaven - Christianity Today
Gather25 reflects our desire to sing together but also the struggle to capture the diverse sounds of the church around the world.
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This upcoming book by @mburtwrites.bsky.social and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social will be fantastic!
An image of the front cover of the book "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting," coming October 2025.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It’s cover reveal day! You can pre-order The Myth of Good Christian Parenting now. The link in the post below will take you to the @brazospress.bsky.social site, where you’ll get a 40% discount!
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Honored to be a guest at this year's Summer Institute for Global Charismatic-Pentecostal Studies at Emory University. Atlanta-area friends, please join us! Other guests include Propaganda and Dave Bazan. The website is live. Check it out! candler.emory.edu/about-candle...
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The 2025 Summer Institute for Global Charismatic-Pentecostal Studies
The 2025 Summer Institute for Global Charismatic-Pentecostal Studies brings together scholars, pastors, and leaders in the field of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity
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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
"By seriously considering the emerging field of child liberation theology and the work of scholars of childhood, church communities may begin to unearth deeply rooted, harmful beliefs about children." ~ @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
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To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice
“If there is no space in our faith communities where children can participate in theological work, how can children create a theology that will liberate them?” R.L. Stollar asks in his book, The Kingd...
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Child Liberation Theology @childliberation.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"One way @rlstollar.bsky.social suggests churches might begin to develop a vibrant and practical vision for child inclusion and empowerment is by embracing a theology of play." ~ @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
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To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice
“If there is no space in our faith communities where children can participate in theological work, how can children create a theology that will liberate them?” R.L. Stollar asks in his book, The Kingd...
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Excited to be able to share this article in Religions, “To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice.” Examining the relationship between beliefs about children and worship practices. www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
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To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice
“If there is no space in our faith communities where children can participate in theological work, how can children create a theology that will liberate them?” R.L. Stollar asks in his book, The Kingd...
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
My three year-old snuck into the church elevator this morning. We found her after about 5 mins of searching. The fire department showed up a few minutes later 🤦‍♀️🫠 she couldn’t figure out how to open the doors, but she DID figure out how to make an emergency call. How’s your day going?
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
We did a fact checking assignment in my Media Literacy course last week. We started with a post about raw milk. I think the students’ main takeaway was this: Fact checking is hard and time-consuming. Bad-faith actors know this, and use it to their advantage.
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Daniel Silliman @danielsilliman.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Some facts here—and a defense of what @christianitytoday.com is doing. I’ve had opportunity to test CT's commitment to letting reporters pursue the truth even when it was clear it would hurt. I can tell you this is not a place where the integrity wobbles www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/chri...
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Christianity Today Has Not Received USAID Funds - Christianity Today
On false rumors and editorial integrity.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone except the parent who sent slime valentines to school with their 1st grader 🫠
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“Good art must exist because bad art exists (especially in times of increasing authoritarian displays of state power). Responsible journalism must exist because irresponsible journalism exists.” open.substack.com/pub/kkramerm...
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The Mole Must Dig
When I feel like writing about music during the political moment is just shouting into a void, I re-read a sermon from 1939
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“The polyphony of nature is, however, precisely the point… nature is that delightful paradox, a disorderly Wunderkammer of all possible orders.”
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Salem Media Group, the largest Christian radio company in the United States, is selling Christian music stations and retiring its Fish brand. The deal marks the media company’s final exit from contemporary Christian music. Read @christianitytoday.com : www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/the-...
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Catch and Release: ‘The Fish’ Goes Off the Air - Christianity Today
In a major radio deal, one company is giving up on Christian music while another pursues expansion.
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Kelsey Kramer McGinnis @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
My youngest goes to a play school at a big Lutheran church two mornings a week. Walked by this display of Bible/book studies today. Psalms and Psalms and… Jonathan Haidt.
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