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Why “protecting people” is actually just controlling them
Dec 19 • Sharon McMahon
“The Easy Way or the Hard Way”
Goodfellas at the FCC
Dec 18 • Elise Labott
The Story Christian Nationalists Don’t Want You to Know
Black spiritual traditions helped build America—and they’ve always defied a single, state-sanctioned faith.
Dec 17 • Kahlil Greene
Thou Shalt Not Be, or Defend, a White Supremacist
An excerpt from the new book Separation of Church and Hate
Dec 16 • John Fugelsang
From Pilgrims to Pluralism
How faith practices shaped the nation
Dec 15 • Casey Burgat
How Religious is the US Compared to Other Countries?
It depends on what you mean by “religious.”
Dec 14 • Andrea Jones-Rooy
The Manosphere-to-Catholic Mass Pipeline
How loneliness, online influencers, and a hunger for tradition are pulling young men into the certain branches of Christianity.
Dec 13 • Andrew Kordik
How The Chosen Became a Global Phenomenon
Crowdfunding, controversy, conversion stories — and the moment Dallas Jenkins stopped trying to feed the 5,000 himself.
Dec 12 • Elise Labott
The Chains We Forge in Life
Scrooge, Marley, and what our words say about us
Dec 11 • Sharon McMahon
New Episode: The Five Habits of Hope, And Jackie Kennedy’s Christmas Legacy
This week on The Preamble Podcast
Dec 11 • Sharon McMahon
The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Happiness
Why even the good things don’t feel good enough — and how struggle, not comfort, gives life its shape.
Dec 11 • Amanda E. White, LPC
Stuff We’re Loving
Including some fun ideas for holiday gifts!
Dec 11
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