Ashley Hales
@aahales.bsky.social
Editorial Director for print at Christianity Today; PhD; author of Finding Holy in the Suburbs, A Spacious Life and a new bible study on the Sermon on the Mount (out in April).
For more: aahales.substack.com and aahales.com
For more: aahales.substack.com and aahales.com
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Why beauty matters:
"In this moment of cultural upheaval, we would do well to heed scholars like Wolfe and thoughtful pastors like Capps as they recover beauty’s necessity for lives and communities of deep, transformative faith." @aahales.bsky.social
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"In this moment of cultural upheaval, we would do well to heed scholars like Wolfe and thoughtful pastors like Capps as they recover beauty’s necessity for lives and communities of deep, transformative faith." @aahales.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/judi...
Christian Discipleship Is Rooted in Truth, but Pulled by Beauty - Christianity Today
Two recent books illuminate the importance of a robust theological imagination.
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June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why beauty matters:
"In this moment of cultural upheaval, we would do well to heed scholars like Wolfe and thoughtful pastors like Capps as they recover beauty’s necessity for lives and communities of deep, transformative faith." @aahales.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/judi...
"In this moment of cultural upheaval, we would do well to heed scholars like Wolfe and thoughtful pastors like Capps as they recover beauty’s necessity for lives and communities of deep, transformative faith." @aahales.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/judi...
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Hope as an act of defiance:
"If we refuse to ask what ideologies and theologies give birth to cruelty and authoritarianism and antinomianism and legalism, we shirk what we’re called to do."
-- @drmoore.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/disc...
"If we refuse to ask what ideologies and theologies give birth to cruelty and authoritarianism and antinomianism and legalism, we shirk what we’re called to do."
-- @drmoore.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/disc...
A Word to a Discouraged Christian - Christianity Today
From Russell Moore: The gospel is real. The stories are true. Christ is risen, and Jesus saves. Why would we walk away from that?
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February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hope as an act of defiance:
"If we refuse to ask what ideologies and theologies give birth to cruelty and authoritarianism and antinomianism and legalism, we shirk what we’re called to do."
-- @drmoore.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/disc...
"If we refuse to ask what ideologies and theologies give birth to cruelty and authoritarianism and antinomianism and legalism, we shirk what we’re called to do."
-- @drmoore.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/disc...
One of the best things I've read in a long while: larrysanger.org/2025/02/how-...
How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian – LarrySanger.org
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February 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
One of the best things I've read in a long while: larrysanger.org/2025/02/how-...
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The "KC" and "PHI" graphics are lower-rez than literally everything else onscreen.
I cannot unsee this.
It burns into my very being.
I cannot unsee this.
It burns into my very being.
February 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The "KC" and "PHI" graphics are lower-rez than literally everything else onscreen.
I cannot unsee this.
It burns into my very being.
I cannot unsee this.
It burns into my very being.
On the golden promise of California (and some lovely sentences) -- from The Free Press: www.thefp.com/p/california...
The Pot of Gold at America’s Western Edge
I couldn’t help but think: ‘Why would anyone leave this fantastic place?’ even as we prepared to do so ourselves.
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February 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On the golden promise of California (and some lovely sentences) -- from The Free Press: www.thefp.com/p/california...
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California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemize every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.
California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in their destroyed homes.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemize every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.
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Tech Broligarchs Want Jesus Out of the Way
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Tech Broligarchs Want Jesus Out of the Way - Christianity Today
From Russell Moore: When the Living Word speaks, the ambitions of every would-be “master of the universe” stand exposed.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tech Broligarchs Want Jesus Out of the Way
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www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/tech...
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Was "Blue Like Jazz" a good idea?
Rethinking Donald Miller's popular book. I'm with
@aahales.bsky.social @christianitytoday.com
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
Rethinking Donald Miller's popular book. I'm with
@aahales.bsky.social @christianitytoday.com
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
The Bestseller that Made Church Cool—and Optional - Christianity Today
Donald Miller's ‘Blue Like Jazz’ spoke for a generation, and left disillusioned evangelicals more dissatisfied.
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February 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Was "Blue Like Jazz" a good idea?
Rethinking Donald Miller's popular book. I'm with
@aahales.bsky.social @christianitytoday.com
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
Rethinking Donald Miller's popular book. I'm with
@aahales.bsky.social @christianitytoday.com
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
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Yes @aahales.bsky.social:
"We cannot simply critique church without seeking its peace and purity. We cannot tear down without also building up. We cannot sever spiritual growth from the manner and place in which Jesus says it takes place: the church."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
"We cannot simply critique church without seeking its peace and purity. We cannot tear down without also building up. We cannot sever spiritual growth from the manner and place in which Jesus says it takes place: the church."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
The Bestseller that Made Church Cool—and Optional - Christianity Today
Donald Miller's ‘Blue Like Jazz’ spoke for a generation, and left disillusioned evangelicals more dissatisfied.
www.christianitytoday.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yes @aahales.bsky.social:
"We cannot simply critique church without seeking its peace and purity. We cannot tear down without also building up. We cannot sever spiritual growth from the manner and place in which Jesus says it takes place: the church."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
"We cannot simply critique church without seeking its peace and purity. We cannot tear down without also building up. We cannot sever spiritual growth from the manner and place in which Jesus says it takes place: the church."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/blue...
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From the creators of the hit podcast “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” comes a new show, “Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” an exploration of the Satanic Panic that gripped America in the 1980s and ’90s.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
The Devil Went Down to Arkansas - Christianity Today
On the face of it, TLC’s The Duggar Family and Damien Echols, one of the infamous West Memphis Three, seem to have little in common. But what if we told you that both stories, which begin and end in A...
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January 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
From the creators of the hit podcast “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” comes a new show, “Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” an exploration of the Satanic Panic that gripped America in the 1980s and ’90s.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
Recipes, reading, and more! My first editorial note for print at @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/read...
Reading—and Eating—as Communion - Christianity Today
Ashley Hales reminds us of the link between eating, gathering, and reading -- and includes a recipe.
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January 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Recipes, reading, and more! My first editorial note for print at @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/read...
Read the latest issue of @christianitytoday.com. You'll love @drmoore.bsky.social's discussion of his book club, @markmeynell.bsky.social on Lewis + Ukraine, and @jenwilkin.bsky.social on aging + scripture. I wrote an article on Blue Like Jazz, + even provide a recipe in the opening Editorial Note!
✨The January-February 2025 issue is here! ✨
With essays from Malcolm Guite, Jennifer Wilkin, and @aahales.bsky.social.
Reporting from @emilybelz.bsky.social and @markmeynell.bsky.social.
Plus @stevecusswords.bsky.social, @drmoore.bsky.social, @bethmoorelpm.bsky.social & others!
With essays from Malcolm Guite, Jennifer Wilkin, and @aahales.bsky.social.
Reporting from @emilybelz.bsky.social and @markmeynell.bsky.social.
Plus @stevecusswords.bsky.social, @drmoore.bsky.social, @bethmoorelpm.bsky.social & others!
January/February 2025 - Christianity Today
This first issue of 2025 exemplifies how reading creates community, grows empathy, and gives words to the unnamable.
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January 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Read the latest issue of @christianitytoday.com. You'll love @drmoore.bsky.social's discussion of his book club, @markmeynell.bsky.social on Lewis + Ukraine, and @jenwilkin.bsky.social on aging + scripture. I wrote an article on Blue Like Jazz, + even provide a recipe in the opening Editorial Note!
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“It feels like we’re losing part of our city. The Palisades seems to just be gone,” said Alex Watlington, senior pastor of Pacific Crossroads Church in Santa Monica. “There’s not just damage; it’s just gone. Like it was never there.” @emilybelz.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/los-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/los-...
LA Pastors Wait on a ‘Gentle Miracle’ While Their Communities Burn - Christianity Today
Wildfire survivors say recovery from such huge loss is possible, but halting.
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January 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“It feels like we’re losing part of our city. The Palisades seems to just be gone,” said Alex Watlington, senior pastor of Pacific Crossroads Church in Santa Monica. “There’s not just damage; it’s just gone. Like it was never there.” @emilybelz.bsky.social
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/los-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/los-...
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Before-and-after satellite images released by commercial imaging firm Maxar Technologies show the extent of destruction caused by the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, which has reduced entire blocks of houses to rubble in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
Before and after satellite images of Palisades Fire show devastation in L.A.
Satellite images show entire houses reduced to rubble in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and smoke plumes from the Palisades and Eaton fires.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Before-and-after satellite images released by commercial imaging firm Maxar Technologies show the extent of destruction caused by the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, which has reduced entire blocks of houses to rubble in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
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Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...
January 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...
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For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Our memorable print pieces from CT in 2024: www.christianitytoday.com/2024/12/memo...
CT’s Most Memorable Print Pieces from 2024 - Christianity Today
We hope these articles will delight you anew—whether you thumb through your stack of CT print magazines or revisit each online.
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December 31, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Our memorable print pieces from CT in 2024: www.christianitytoday.com/2024/12/memo...
Absolutely fantastic article on Heaney from Caitlyn Flanagan at @theatlantic.com. ""When Seamus stood up and read the poem, “Baptism: for Ellen and Kate Flanagan,” I accepted everything—all of it, all at once: poetry, God, and myself." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me
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December 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Absolutely fantastic article on Heaney from Caitlyn Flanagan at @theatlantic.com. ""When Seamus stood up and read the poem, “Baptism: for Ellen and Kate Flanagan,” I accepted everything—all of it, all at once: poetry, God, and myself." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Christianity Today welcomes celebrated veteran journalist Marvin Olasky as executive editor of news and global.
Marvin Olasky Joins Christianity Today as Executive Editor of News and Global - Christianity Today
World-renowned journalist to come out of retirement for ‘one last rodeo.’
www.christianitytoday.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Christianity Today welcomes celebrated veteran journalist Marvin Olasky as executive editor of news and global.
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Check out the full report for more interesting findings concerning the 2024 election including the number of folks who are confident Trump will peacefully leave office at the end of his term....
www.prri.org/research/ana...
www.prri.org/research/ana...
Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Vote: PRRI’s Post-Election Survey | PRRI
A new PRRI survey of about 5,000 American voters explores the U.S. political and cultural landscape after the 2024 election, including the impact of partisanship, race, and religion on voters’ choices...
www.prri.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Check out the full report for more interesting findings concerning the 2024 election including the number of folks who are confident Trump will peacefully leave office at the end of his term....
www.prri.org/research/ana...
www.prri.org/research/ana...
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Join us tonight at 8 pm ET!
Christianity Today editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social and CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social are celebrating our annual Book Awards (including Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social).
Follow this link tonight: bit.ly/41nXwSe
Christianity Today editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social and CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social are celebrating our annual Book Awards (including Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social).
Follow this link tonight: bit.ly/41nXwSe
December 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Join us tonight at 8 pm ET!
Christianity Today editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social and CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social are celebrating our annual Book Awards (including Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social).
Follow this link tonight: bit.ly/41nXwSe
Christianity Today editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social and CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social are celebrating our annual Book Awards (including Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social).
Follow this link tonight: bit.ly/41nXwSe
It's tonight! You want to hear how Ortlund and East are thinking about culture, book-writing, and the role of the church. Join us!
Join us tomorrow to celebrate our annual Book Awards!
With CT’s editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social, CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social, and Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social.
Follow this link tomorrow for the YouTube livestream: bit.ly/41nXwSe
With CT’s editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social, CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social, and Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social.
Follow this link tomorrow for the YouTube livestream: bit.ly/41nXwSe
December 12, 2024 at 5:52 PM
It's tonight! You want to hear how Ortlund and East are thinking about culture, book-writing, and the role of the church. Join us!
I hope you'll join us tomorrow night with @gavinortlund.bsky.social and Brad East!
Join us tomorrow to celebrate our annual Book Awards!
With CT’s editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social, CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social, and Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social.
Follow this link tomorrow for the YouTube livestream: bit.ly/41nXwSe
With CT’s editor-in-chief @drmoore.bsky.social, CT editors @aahales.bsky.social @bonniekristian.bsky.social, and Book of the Year winner @gavinortlund.bsky.social.
Follow this link tomorrow for the YouTube livestream: bit.ly/41nXwSe
December 11, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I hope you'll join us tomorrow night with @gavinortlund.bsky.social and Brad East!