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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

*The public execution of Jesus exposed the evil of this practice once and for all, and it should for followers of Jesus be the reason they oppose public executions—indeed, any form of execution.

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

*So is support for executions in general, but this is an even more egregious incompatibility with a Christian pro-life ethic.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Support for public executions is incompatible with a pro-life Christian ethic.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

3 years ago, we saw show 4 of U2's residency at The Sphere. My son took this pic as the band began to play "Where the Streets Have No Name." My publisher chose to use that photo as the basis for the cover of my book U2's Theological Imagination, chp 5 of which reflects theologically on that concert.

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Playing some recent U2–“American Obituary” from the Days of Ash EP, which anticipates thematically the new single “Silencio” (which I’ll cover sometime, too).

U2 “American Obituary” guitar cover

YouTube video by stevenrharmon

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, we should pray, but there are means available to us to make that for which we pray happen through human instrumentality. Let’s avail ourselves of those means. 2/2

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We must end this. This isn’t about the legal status of the persons whose detention in this manner is envisioned—it’s about their humanity as persons created in God’s image. 1/2

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reposted by Steve Harmon

Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s email quarantine summary brought the most hilarious spam/fake/phishing marketing pitch I’ve received yet as a book author/editor. 🤣🤣🤣

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Every single aspect of this is bad. (Washington Post gift link in replies)

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kheresa Harmon and I were delighted to receive our order of Paul Stuart Fiddes’s theological memoir in today’s Amazon delivery.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Order the book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6R82PWG

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Amazon.com

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In my new book, I wrote about the implicitly liturgical context of U2's music. A feature story in the Rolling Stone about U2's forthcoming new album highlights how this aspect of their music is becoming more explicit. (Links to Rolling Stone article and ordering information for the book in replies.)

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Teacher on the Radio” Andrew William Smith and I last hour had this fun chat about new U2 music and my new book on the theological imagination that created it—and about the theological imagination it encourages when we listen to it.

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There Is New U2 & Steve Harmon Visits Teacher On The Radio

YouTube video by Andrew Smith

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sign on the door of the small Baptist church in the rural Western NC town of Spindale where I served as guest preacher this morning. Thank you, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship!

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Concluding this day of celebrating U2’s 50th anniversary by playing one of the earliest U2 songs, which they played twice today in Dublin. “I Will Follow!!!!”

U2’s 50th anniversary cover of “I Will Follow”

YouTube video by stevenrharmon

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this 50th anniversary of U2's existence, I'm finding it difficult to express concisely the reasons I've found their music so deeply meaningful since I discovered them in 1983. I had to write a book to do that! It's my own contribution to the celebration that will continue through the year ahead.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh my, oh, my, oh my! I'll have other words later. But I told you this was going to be theologically-laden. It was more so than I anticipated.

U2 - Silencio

YouTube video by U2VEVO

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

U2’s new single “Silencio” from the forthcoming new album (credibly rumored to be titled Carnaval de Luz) drops on streaming platforms at noon Eastern time today, but in accordance with established tradition, Dave Fanning will have rights of first play a few minutes before then on RTÉ FM2.

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Was just now listening to this U2 song while exercising. We’re at that moment. Choose wisely, choose lovingly.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That for me is the iconic Edge guitar besides the Explorer. And in that era, it was mainly just those two.

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Things we notice in a FB group to which I belong: “What guitar is The Edge playing this time?”

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Episode 2 of Hearing Hope: A Conversation on U2's Theological Imagination has dropped--"The Sound of Yearning: How U2’s Music Reaches for the Divine" (links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube platforms in comments).

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As President Obama asked today in response: what would the reaction had been had he banned Fox News from the White House during his presidency?

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’m neither a lawyer nor a professor of constitutional law, but I’m thinking this is a violation of First Amendment protections of a free press.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

More U2 covers coming, but in the meantime, here’s some Brandi Carlile (or rather, me covering Tim Hanseroth’s part). [*Ignore a couple of flubbed notes in one of the E7 arpeggios. 😉 Who knows—maybe I’ll record it again. 🤷‍♂️] youtu.be/YQcg5rppncM?...

“The Story” (Brandi Carlile guitar cover)

YouTube video by stevenrharmon

Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The (satirical) posts from the “blood-soaked killing fields of North Carolina” are delightful.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Baptist Standard kicks off the countdown to next Friday's 50th anniversary of U2's formation as a band with a review of my book U2's Theological Imagination.

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Review: U2’s Theological Imagination

Editor Eric Black reviews “U2’s Theological Imagination: A Guide for Pilgrims” on the Way by Steven R. Harmon.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am not a native North Carolinian, but having lived here for 26 years of my life thus far, I think North Carolina is one of the very best states in the United States of America. There’s nowhere else in this country I’d rather live. Seems like a good time to say so.

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m glad that my Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ecclesial communion has launched this initiative and grateful for the voice of fellow Howard Payne University alum Brooke Holloway Blake encouraging it. Let’s love our neighbors in this manner. cbf.net/why-now-lovi...

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Why now: Loving our neighbors to the voting booth - CBF

Dear Pastor, “We’ve never done this before.” How often have we pastors heard this reasoning as we try to lead churches into new waters? When you heard about CBF Advocacy’s 2026 focus on increasing vot...

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Steve Harmon @stevenrharmon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday repealed Biden-era rules to limit the carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that drive climate change, arguing it will save consumers money on electricity bills, while environmentalists say it will take a toll on public health.”