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Rev. Dr. Hammett Evans | Director of Pastoral Care at Methodist Family Health | UMC Pastor | Chaplain | Spiritual care for children & families
Christians invented #Xmas. The real threat to #Christmas isn’t inclusive greetings but turning the #Nativity into a culture-war weapon with roots in white #ChristianNationalism. My new essay digs into the history and the harm. Read at: bit.ly/4ptNjgn #ProgressiveChristianity #War_on_Christmas
Keeping the X in Xmas
How white “christian” nationalism hijacked a sacred Christian abbreviation
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December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Christians invented #Xmas. The real threat to #Christmas isn’t inclusive greetings but turning the #Nativity into a culture-war weapon with roots in white #ChristianNationalism. My new essay digs into the history and the harm. Read at: bit.ly/4ptNjgn #ProgressiveChristianity #War_on_Christmas
New essay: My puppy Larry changed how I think about #ChurchAttendance—not the theology, but the sheer effort it takes to show up. Maybe declining attendance isn’t a failure of commitment but a sign the old #Church has died and something new is emerging.
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Paws, Pews, and the Problem with Church Attendance
The church many of us grew up with is dead. Maybe that's not the tragedy we think it is.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New essay: My puppy Larry changed how I think about #ChurchAttendance—not the theology, but the sheer effort it takes to show up. Maybe declining attendance isn’t a failure of commitment but a sign the old #Church has died and something new is emerging.
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New essay: “You don’t pay…All done.”
A small kindness from a British receptionist, and years later, a young immigrant woman who died alone but never uncared for. Healthcare is hospitality—and it reveals who we are.
Read at: open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
A small kindness from a British receptionist, and years later, a young immigrant woman who died alone but never uncared for. Healthcare is hospitality—and it reveals who we are.
Read at: open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
"You don't pay…All done."
What a British dental receptionist taught me about healthcare, immigrants, and loving your neighbor
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November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New essay: “You don’t pay…All done.”
A small kindness from a British receptionist, and years later, a young immigrant woman who died alone but never uncared for. Healthcare is hospitality—and it reveals who we are.
Read at: open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
A small kindness from a British receptionist, and years later, a young immigrant woman who died alone but never uncared for. Healthcare is hospitality—and it reveals who we are.
Read at: open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
For 10 years, #TDS has been used as a insult—if you’re bothered by #Trump, you’re “deranged.”
After a decade of lies, violence, cruelty, felony convictions, and now defending Holocaust deniers, I think the real derangement lies elsewhere.
New essay: brohammett.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
After a decade of lies, violence, cruelty, felony convictions, and now defending Holocaust deniers, I think the real derangement lies elsewhere.
New essay: brohammett.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
The Real Trump Derangement Syndrome
After ten years of lies, violence, and now defending Holocaust deniers—who's actually deranged?
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November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For 10 years, #TDS has been used as a insult—if you’re bothered by #Trump, you’re “deranged.”
After a decade of lies, violence, cruelty, felony convictions, and now defending Holocaust deniers, I think the real derangement lies elsewhere.
New essay: brohammett.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
After a decade of lies, violence, cruelty, felony convictions, and now defending Holocaust deniers, I think the real derangement lies elsewhere.
New essay: brohammett.substack.com/p/the-real-t...
The Sin We Won't Name
Why Greed, Not Sloth, Is Our Real Spiritual Crisis
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November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
420+ anti-science bills targeting public health protections like vaccines threaten lives and are backed by some Christian groups. As a pastor, I believe faith and science can—and must—work together. This isn’t just bad policy; it’s a matter of life and death. brohammett.substack.com/p/when-faith...
When Faith and Science Divorce: A Dangerous Movement in Our Statehouses
More than 420 anti-science bills threaten to dismantle public health protections built over a century. Christians should be alarmed.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
420+ anti-science bills targeting public health protections like vaccines threaten lives and are backed by some Christian groups. As a pastor, I believe faith and science can—and must—work together. This isn’t just bad policy; it’s a matter of life and death. brohammett.substack.com/p/when-faith...
Reagan’s famous line, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you,” hides a dangerous idea. As #Arkansas faces cuts to vital programs, we need to ask: What if nobody’s coming to help? Read more at: brohammett.substack.com/p/the-most-t... #arpx #arkansasbluedots
The Most Terrifying Sentence in the English Language?
Rethinking Reagan's famous quip as the safety net unravels
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October 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Reagan’s famous line, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you,” hides a dangerous idea. As #Arkansas faces cuts to vital programs, we need to ask: What if nobody’s coming to help? Read more at: brohammett.substack.com/p/the-most-t... #arpx #arkansasbluedots
Fun Etymology Lesson That'll Ruin Your Day (a thread)
So I learned something delightful on our trip to Rome.
You know where the word "grotesque" comes from?
Nero's palace.
Emperor Nero—the guy who murdered his own mother and used Christians as garden torches—(1/9)
So I learned something delightful on our trip to Rome.
You know where the word "grotesque" comes from?
Nero's palace.
Emperor Nero—the guy who murdered his own mother and used Christians as garden torches—(1/9)
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fun Etymology Lesson That'll Ruin Your Day (a thread)
So I learned something delightful on our trip to Rome.
You know where the word "grotesque" comes from?
Nero's palace.
Emperor Nero—the guy who murdered his own mother and used Christians as garden torches—(1/9)
So I learned something delightful on our trip to Rome.
You know where the word "grotesque" comes from?
Nero's palace.
Emperor Nero—the guy who murdered his own mother and used Christians as garden torches—(1/9)
On Saturday, I joined other Arkansans at Little Rock's No Kings Rally. That evening, Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown and dropping feces on American protesters. Christians must be political without being partisan.#arpx #ArkansasBlueDots #NoKings open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
Beyond Red and Blue
How Christians Can Be Political Without Being Partisan
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October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On Saturday, I joined other Arkansans at Little Rock's No Kings Rally. That evening, Trump posted an AI video of himself wearing a crown and dropping feces on American protesters. Christians must be political without being partisan.#arpx #ArkansasBlueDots #NoKings open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
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Arkansas’ child care system needs additional funding to avoid widespread closures and layoffs due to changes to the state’s financial aid program for low-income families, providers told the state Early Childhood Commission during a Wednesday work session.
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Arkansas child care providers ask state for help after changes to school readiness program | Arkansas Advocate
Reimbursement rate cuts are expected to cost providers statewide $727,000 per week, totaling $37.8 million in lost revenue for local economies.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#Arkansas: 16 days until childcare collapse.
6K families losing care. 400 educators laid off. 80+ centers closing. State found $277M for private school vouchers but can't find $80M for working-class childcare. This is a choice.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/don-t-let-...
6K families losing care. 400 educators laid off. 80+ centers closing. State found $277M for private school vouchers but can't find $80M for working-class childcare. This is a choice.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/don-t-let-...
Sign the Petition
Don’t Let Our Children be Casualties: Support Quality Childcare in Arkansas
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October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#Arkansas: 16 days until childcare collapse.
6K families losing care. 400 educators laid off. 80+ centers closing. State found $277M for private school vouchers but can't find $80M for working-class childcare. This is a choice.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/don-t-let-...
6K families losing care. 400 educators laid off. 80+ centers closing. State found $277M for private school vouchers but can't find $80M for working-class childcare. This is a choice.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/don-t-let-...
The Bible never called #GretaThunberg #antichrist (whatever #PeterThiel says). But it has a LOT to say about leaders who build golden monuments to themselves, exploit religion for power, and scapegoat the vulnerable. New essay at open.substack.com/pub/brohamme... #Apocalypse
October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Bible never called #GretaThunberg #antichrist (whatever #PeterThiel says). But it has a LOT to say about leaders who build golden monuments to themselves, exploit religion for power, and scapegoat the vulnerable. New essay at open.substack.com/pub/brohamme... #Apocalypse
"We don't need any lone rangers" is one of the most common dismissals in church leadership circles. But what if we've missed something important? New post on what the Lone Ranger teaches us about faithful leadership when institutions fail. open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
Actually What the Church Needs Right Now Is More Lone Rangers
Reconsidering a childhood hero's lessons for pastoral ministry and faithful leadership
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October 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"We don't need any lone rangers" is one of the most common dismissals in church leadership circles. But what if we've missed something important? New post on what the Lone Ranger teaches us about faithful leadership when institutions fail. open.substack.com/pub/brohamme...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
"I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." —Jesus
When does unity become complicity? When does bridge-building abandon the gospel?
New essay on the difference between cheap peace and costly peacemaking. Featuring Klein vs. Coates on where we draw the line. brohammett.substack.com/p/when-peace...
When does unity become complicity? When does bridge-building abandon the gospel?
New essay on the difference between cheap peace and costly peacemaking. Featuring Klein vs. Coates on where we draw the line. brohammett.substack.com/p/when-peace...
When Peacemaking Demands a Sword
Why Christians Must Stand Against Dehumanization—Even When It Costs Us Everything
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October 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." —Jesus
When does unity become complicity? When does bridge-building abandon the gospel?
New essay on the difference between cheap peace and costly peacemaking. Featuring Klein vs. Coates on where we draw the line. brohammett.substack.com/p/when-peace...
When does unity become complicity? When does bridge-building abandon the gospel?
New essay on the difference between cheap peace and costly peacemaking. Featuring Klein vs. Coates on where we draw the line. brohammett.substack.com/p/when-peace...
"A Tale of Two Christianities"
Two versions of Christianity are competing for America's soul—one following Jesus' radical teachings about love and enemy care, the other wrapped in nationalism and power.
I'd love your thoughts, especially if you disagree.
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Two versions of Christianity are competing for America's soul—one following Jesus' radical teachings about love and enemy care, the other wrapped in nationalism and power.
I'd love your thoughts, especially if you disagree.
Read: brohammett.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
A Tale of Two Christianities
What the Kirk memorial and Quantico speeches reveal about the American church
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October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"A Tale of Two Christianities"
Two versions of Christianity are competing for America's soul—one following Jesus' radical teachings about love and enemy care, the other wrapped in nationalism and power.
I'd love your thoughts, especially if you disagree.
Read: brohammett.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
Two versions of Christianity are competing for America's soul—one following Jesus' radical teachings about love and enemy care, the other wrapped in nationalism and power.
I'd love your thoughts, especially if you disagree.
Read: brohammett.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
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Via @tessmvrbin.bsky.social: Arkansas faith leaders petitioned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday not to restart executions in the state in light of a new law allowing the use of nitrogen gas suffocation for the death penalty. #arpx
Faith leaders speak against death penalty, urge Arkansas governor not to restart executions | Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas is the fifth state to legalize execution by nitrogen gas, which clergymembers of several denominations say is a form of torture.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Via @tessmvrbin.bsky.social: Arkansas faith leaders petitioned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday not to restart executions in the state in light of a new law allowing the use of nitrogen gas suffocation for the death penalty. #arpx
Congress targets UMC agencies for immigrant ministry—despite receiving ZERO federal funding. Our response? We continue welcoming the stranger because Scripture calls us to, regardless of political pressure.
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#UMC #Immigration #FaithInAction
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#UMC #Immigration #FaithInAction
United Methodist ministries named in House probe | UMNews.org
The United Methodist Council of Bishops and other ministries are among 215 charities that received a U.S. congressional committee’s letter about their work with immigrants.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Congress targets UMC agencies for immigrant ministry—despite receiving ZERO federal funding. Our response? We continue welcoming the stranger because Scripture calls us to, regardless of political pressure.
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#UMC #Immigration #FaithInAction
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#UMC #Immigration #FaithInAction
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