Greg Garrett
@greg1garrett.bsky.social
I’m a writer, teacher, and preacher. Carole McDaniel Hanks Professor of Literature and Culture at Baylor University. Author at OxfordUP, Orbis, Paraclete, HarperCollins, WJK, The Spectator. Canon Theologian at the American Cathedral in Paris. Good trouble!
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Greg Garrett
@greg1garrett.bsky.social
· Nov 13
My dear friend and colleague Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at Oxford, and I are returning to Gladstone’s Library in North Wales next year to lead a weekend class on James Baldwin, race, religion, and literature. May 1-3. Please join us in this wondrous place! @orbisbooks.bsky.social
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
February 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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
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.
February 1, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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.
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...
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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January 28, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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...
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
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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
“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
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“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
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.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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.
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Strength to Love, 1963.
#mlk #love #justice #mlkday #canontheologian
Strength to Love, 1963.
#mlk #love #justice #mlkday #canontheologian
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Strength to Love, 1963.
#mlk #love #justice #mlkday #canontheologian
Strength to Love, 1963.
#mlk #love #justice #mlkday #canontheologian
Too many Americans today feel "somehow, safer for the violence, safer for the deprivation of some scapegoat’s rights, safer bowing to some strongman or dark lord whose power, they imagine, extends over them like an umbrella." They should know better, and they do. baptistnews.com/article/dont...
Don’t be a Stormtrooper: Moral clarity in story and in life – Baptist News Global
I’ve taught Harry Potter at Baylor for some years now, and none of my students has ever idolized Lord Voldemort.
baptistnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Too many Americans today feel "somehow, safer for the violence, safer for the deprivation of some scapegoat’s rights, safer bowing to some strongman or dark lord whose power, they imagine, extends over them like an umbrella." They should know better, and they do. baptistnews.com/article/dont...
For everybody imagining the romantic life of the writer: I am copy editing the 2026 lead trade book White Lies from Oxford UP. Slow. Word by word. Should not be happening during finals and grades. But also: it is so damn good. This book could change hearts and minds. #writer
December 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For everybody imagining the romantic life of the writer: I am copy editing the 2026 lead trade book White Lies from Oxford UP. Slow. Word by word. Should not be happening during finals and grades. But also: it is so damn good. This book could change hearts and minds. #writer
My dear friend and colleague Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at Oxford, and I are returning to Gladstone’s Library in North Wales next year to lead a weekend class on James Baldwin, race, religion, and literature. May 1-3. Please join us in this wondrous place! @orbisbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My dear friend and colleague Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at Oxford, and I are returning to Gladstone’s Library in North Wales next year to lead a weekend class on James Baldwin, race, religion, and literature. May 1-3. Please join us in this wondrous place! @orbisbooks.bsky.social
God calls us to be our best selves. Calling something to its best is not hatred; it emerges out of deep love. May God bless America. And may God give us strength and courage to demand it live up to its promises. The saints are coming #NoKings #NoKingsDayOct18th #democracy #freedom #justice #America
October 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
God calls us to be our best selves. Calling something to its best is not hatred; it emerges out of deep love. May God bless America. And may God give us strength and courage to demand it live up to its promises. The saints are coming #NoKings #NoKingsDayOct18th #democracy #freedom #justice #America
If your understanding of Christianity relies on cruelty, hatred, and state-sponsored violence, it is literally anti-Christ.
Here endeth the lesson.
#jesuswept #justice #faith #hope #church #godislove #canontheologian
Here endeth the lesson.
#jesuswept #justice #faith #hope #church #godislove #canontheologian
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If your understanding of Christianity relies on cruelty, hatred, and state-sponsored violence, it is literally anti-Christ.
Here endeth the lesson.
#jesuswept #justice #faith #hope #church #godislove #canontheologian
Here endeth the lesson.
#jesuswept #justice #faith #hope #church #godislove #canontheologian
So grateful for this converasation about faith, family, immigration, prejudice, and hope. "In conversation with Leyla K. King" baptistnews.com/article/in-c... @baptistnews.com
In conversation with Leyla K. King – Baptist News Global
In her book Daughters of Palestine she writes with skill and empathy about Palestine, faith, family and the immigrant experience.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So grateful for this converasation about faith, family, immigration, prejudice, and hope. "In conversation with Leyla K. King" baptistnews.com/article/in-c... @baptistnews.com
In conversation with Leyla K. King baptistnews.com/article/in-c...
In conversation with Leyla K. King – Baptist News Global
In her book Daughters of Palestine she writes with skill and empathy about Palestine, faith, family and the immigrant experience.
baptistnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In conversation with Leyla K. King baptistnews.com/article/in-c...
Reposted by Greg Garrett
A q/a with @baptistnews.com and @greg1garrett.bsky.social about my new @wjkbooks.com book on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA: baptistnews.com/article/in-c...
In conversation with Matthew Boedy – Baptist News Global
Turning Point is just taking the rhetoric and the action to whole new heights, and they have the money to do it.
baptistnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A q/a with @baptistnews.com and @greg1garrett.bsky.social about my new @wjkbooks.com book on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA: baptistnews.com/article/in-c...
In case you're one of those people who said "Who is Charlie Kirk?" this is essential reading. In conversation with Matthew Boedy baptistnews.com/article/in-c...
In conversation with Matthew Boedy – Baptist News Global
Turning Point is just taking the rhetoric and the action to whole new heights, and they have the money to do it.
baptistnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In case you're one of those people who said "Who is Charlie Kirk?" this is essential reading. In conversation with Matthew Boedy baptistnews.com/article/in-c...
“He was beautiful.” From A River Runs Through It. Beautiful, talented, committed, and full of grace. RIP, Robert Redford.
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“He was beautiful.” From A River Runs Through It. Beautiful, talented, committed, and full of grace. RIP, Robert Redford.
The 2-year anniversary of my book on James Baldwin. So grateful for the churches and readers who have read, marked, and inwardly digested Mr. Baldwin’s wisdom. So grateful to my great publisher, @orbisbooks.bsky.social. Baldwin is still speaking peace, love, and justice. @baptistnews.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The 2-year anniversary of my book on James Baldwin. So grateful for the churches and readers who have read, marked, and inwardly digested Mr. Baldwin’s wisdom. So grateful to my great publisher, @orbisbooks.bsky.social. Baldwin is still speaking peace, love, and justice. @baptistnews.com
Reposted by Greg Garrett
Please, the U.S. Open asked us not to share any video of the president being booed heavily by an entire stadium, please respect their wishes, please
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Please, the U.S. Open asked us not to share any video of the president being booed heavily by an entire stadium, please respect their wishes, please
There are lots of ways to love God. This is one of them. "It’s time for white Christians to take to the streets." baptistnews.com/article/its-... @baptistnews.com @episcopalchurch.bsky.social #love #justice #faith #church #theology #canontheologian
It’s time for white Christians to take to the streets – Baptist News Global
Any and every one of us can protest, put our bodies into the streets to be counted and stand up for our brothers and sisters.
baptistnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There are lots of ways to love God. This is one of them. "It’s time for white Christians to take to the streets." baptistnews.com/article/its-... @baptistnews.com @episcopalchurch.bsky.social #love #justice #faith #church #theology #canontheologian
This Labor Day weekend I finish my edits on White Lies, a lead trade book on white supremacy and racist myths due out from @Oxford Press next July. Thanks to those who have supported this work and to my wondrous family. May God bless the works of our hands. (Ps 90) #racism #history #liberation
August 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This Labor Day weekend I finish my edits on White Lies, a lead trade book on white supremacy and racist myths due out from @Oxford Press next July. Thanks to those who have supported this work and to my wondrous family. May God bless the works of our hands. (Ps 90) #racism #history #liberation
This is my classroom as well. Tech down. Brains up. Let's talk. "Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is my classroom as well. Tech down. Brains up. Let's talk. "Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
The President wants the @smithsonian to purge “partisan” and “divisive” material. Emmett Till WAS lynched and murdered. Thomas Jefferson WAS a slaveowner. Phyllis Wheatley WAS belittled by him and others who didn’t accept her poetry or believe she wrote it. #history @NMAAHC
August 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The President wants the @smithsonian to purge “partisan” and “divisive” material. Emmett Till WAS lynched and murdered. Thomas Jefferson WAS a slaveowner. Phyllis Wheatley WAS belittled by him and others who didn’t accept her poetry or believe she wrote it. #history @NMAAHC
What a joy to watch Hook in the @paramountaustin.bsky.social and then hear my old friend @jvhart47.bsky.social talk about writing the movie, his family, Spielberg, and his friendships with Bob Hoskins, David Crosby, and the wondrous Robin Williams. I laughed, I cried, I crowed. Great experience!
July 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What a joy to watch Hook in the @paramountaustin.bsky.social and then hear my old friend @jvhart47.bsky.social talk about writing the movie, his family, Spielberg, and his friendships with Bob Hoskins, David Crosby, and the wondrous Robin Williams. I laughed, I cried, I crowed. Great experience!