For Religion on the Internet: These three remain: outrage, insight, tribalism, but the greatest of these is outrage.
Outrage is to self-righteousness as lust is to adultery.
Slate called 2014 the year of outrage. I’m sure 2013 was close and 2015 might be greater still.
I noticed something the other day over at Rachel Held Evan’s blog. Hmm, I should back up.
I first discovered her blog before her first book came out. She has written a post about finding a Reformed church in the East and the tribalist within me wanted to encourage her so I left a comment. At that time her blog was small. I much prefer small, quiet, sleepy blogs where comments stay in the low double figures at most. You actually have a hope of a real conversation. She had a moniker on the blog which was something like “blogger, writer, speaker” and part of me said “wow, she’s ambitious but probably a bit idealistic if she thinks she’ll be able to make a career out of this.”
Her first book of course I think caught the voice of a segment of a generation of young evangelicals. The comment numbers on her blog exploded. She’s been able to turn the corner on a writing career it seems. Monkey town/Faith Unraveled and then Year of Biblical Womanhood seemed to be successes. She gets speaking gigs, her name is known, she’s a voice. She did it. Continue reading →
These Three Remain: Outrage, Insight and Tribalism, but the Greatest of These is Outrage
For Religion on the Internet: These three remain: outrage, insight, tribalism, but the greatest of these is outrage.
Outrage is to self-righteousness as lust is to adultery.
Slate called 2014 the year of outrage. I’m sure 2013 was close and 2015 might be greater still.
I noticed something the other day over at Rachel Held Evan’s blog. Hmm, I should back up.
I first discovered her blog before her first book came out. She has written a post about finding a Reformed church in the East and the tribalist within me wanted to encourage her so I left a comment. At that time her blog was small. I much prefer small, quiet, sleepy blogs where comments stay in the low double figures at most. You actually have a hope of a real conversation. She had a moniker on the blog which was something like “blogger, writer, speaker” and part of me said “wow, she’s ambitious but probably a bit idealistic if she thinks she’ll be able to make a career out of this.”
Her first book of course I think caught the voice of a segment of a generation of young evangelicals. The comment numbers on her blog exploded. She’s been able to turn the corner on a writing career it seems. Monkey town/Faith Unraveled and then Year of Biblical Womanhood seemed to be successes. She gets speaking gigs, her name is known, she’s a voice. She did it. Continue reading →