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!
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...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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!
In a few weeks Sophie will have her license and Lily will be off to @riceuniversity.bsky.social. But this week they’re here and I’m here, and I am grateful. Thank you girls. When you smile, you knock me out. I fall apart. And I thought I was so smart. 😂
@hamiltonmusical.bsky.social #daughterdad
@hamiltonmusical.bsky.social #daughterdad
July 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In a few weeks Sophie will have her license and Lily will be off to @riceuniversity.bsky.social. But this week they’re here and I’m here, and I am grateful. Thank you girls. When you smile, you knock me out. I fall apart. And I thought I was so smart. 😂
@hamiltonmusical.bsky.social #daughterdad
@hamiltonmusical.bsky.social #daughterdad
Bonne Fête Nationale to my friends at the American Cathedral in Paris and to all those who love France!
July 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Bonne Fête Nationale to my friends at the American Cathedral in Paris and to all those who love France!
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.
The Bible teaches the primacy of love and justice. You won’t ever find a loophole saying “except for people who don’t look like you, love like you, pray like you, live where you do.” Do justice. Love each other. People of faith: that is our call. That is our work. Start good trouble. Now.
July 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Bible teaches the primacy of love and justice. You won’t ever find a loophole saying “except for people who don’t look like you, love like you, pray like you, live where you do.” Do justice. Love each other. People of faith: that is our call. That is our work. Start good trouble. Now.
Impossible. But here’s a top ten for the century so far.
June 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Impossible. But here’s a top ten for the century so far.
Baylor grad Katie Gaitan talked to me about her thesis research on human trafficking. Her faith animated action against a horrific wrong. So proud to teach such amazing students at a great Christian university! baptistnews.com/article/in-c... @baptistnews.com @baylorsocialwork.bsky.social
In conversation with Katie Gaitan – Baptist News Global
When people ask me where my hope is, I often say, “My kids,” which is to say, I believe Baylor students can and do change the world.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Baylor grad Katie Gaitan talked to me about her thesis research on human trafficking. Her faith animated action against a horrific wrong. So proud to teach such amazing students at a great Christian university! baptistnews.com/article/in-c... @baptistnews.com @baylorsocialwork.bsky.social
In 1932 Benito Mussolini erected a “Classical” bronze of Julius Caesar in the center of Rome. Why did he want to foreground Caesar in Italian history? Because it served the myth he wanted Italians to internalize. History matters. But which version of history we center shapes us and then reflects us.
June 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In 1932 Benito Mussolini erected a “Classical” bronze of Julius Caesar in the center of Rome. Why did he want to foreground Caesar in Italian history? Because it served the myth he wanted Italians to internalize. History matters. But which version of history we center shapes us and then reflects us.
So amazing to be here reading about the amazing life and afterlife of Brother Malcolm. Teaching him to Baylor students has been so good for all of us! Can’t wait to interview Mark Whitaker about this beautiful and important new book. #love #justice #racism #malcolmx #books #canontheologian
June 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Sly Stone, champion of love, diversity, and music has passed. My first LP was Sly and the Family Stone Greatest Hits. Rest in peace and rise in power.
June 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Sly Stone, champion of love, diversity, and music has passed. My first LP was Sly and the Family Stone Greatest Hits. Rest in peace and rise in power.