Chris Thiessen
christhiessen.bsky.social
Chris Thiessen
@christhiessen.bsky.social
Freelance Writer/Editor in Music, Pop Culture, Theology, and the Arts. MA from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Same energy
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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There’s quite a lot of this going on today in Nashville #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Nashville crowd. The rally is on sled hill, the back side of the state capitol. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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A message from our staff on Hearing Things's first birthday. Thanks to everyone who's read and supported us over the last year. We're just getting started!
One Year of Hearing Things
Renew those subscriptions cuz we’re just getting started!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Beths - "Til My Heart Stops" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by The Beths
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October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Had the pleasure of writing about Tyler, the Creator, the sticky issue of having cameras for phones, and enfleshing freedom through dance for @christiancentury.bsky.social.
September 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Wrote this!
“While this change to Superman’s origin story has proven controversial for some, it was this moment that resonated powerfully with my own experience, causing me to reflect on my journey of faith, identity, and deconstruction.”

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When Superman deconstructs
Many have criticized the new film’s twist on its hero’s origin story. I found it powerfully...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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“The original Twin Peaks series debuted on primetime television 35 years ago this week. I’ve devoted much of the last two years to studying Daid Lynch for various projects. As I fell in love with his vision of the world, I asked many questions. Chief among them: Why?”

– Christopher Thiessen
Embracing mystery with David Lynch
The filmmaker knew that our desire to comprehend is intimately tied to our desire to...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Driving through the Smokies listening to Big Thief >>>
March 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Today’s McKay’s haul. It was a good one!
March 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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My kid got into an argument with a kid at school who said Lauryn Hill ain’t all that so I took him out for ice cream
February 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The hospitality of God is not interested in ROI, not interested in rubbing shoulders with the elite, not interested in schmoozing with the powerful, not interested in "networking" to climb social ladders. (1/3)
February 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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American Christianity is technically polytheism and the American Christians who have intuited this are angry about it, which is what motivates them. I won’t be taking questions at this time
February 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
February 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sugar Water (feat. Quelle Chris and Anjimile)
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February 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Great review of a phenomenal show. Was a pleasure to be in the room!
February 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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“This is not a call to rugged individualism. It is a call to love others as only we can, to show up for each other with the unique gifts we’ve been given, and to celebrate the differences in our neighbors.”
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Kendrick Lamar is playing a different game
The “great American game” is played to win and to exclude. Lamar’s halftime show made the case for turning our attention to something...
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February 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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20 mins apart

I guess he meant the first one as an endorsement
February 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Wrote this!
February 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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“The 13-minute set took place on and between stages that looked like the buttons of a PlayStation video game controller, immediately raising the question, ‘Who is controlling the game?’”

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Kendrick Lamar is playing a different game
The “great American game” is played to win and to exclude. Lamar’s halftime show made the case for turning our attention to something...
www.christiancentury.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM