Mark Hackett
@markhackett.bsky.social
Exploring faith, church culture, and formation. Husband of a queen. Dad of two. Tolkien nerd. Views are my own. https://www.markhackett.com
Moody Memphis 🌫️
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Moody Memphis 🌫️
You just know this is happening somewhere in America 🤣
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
You just know this is happening somewhere in America 🤣
"When notions of divine violence are turned into an idol (Jesus was punished or killed for MY sins), the skids are greased to wish violence upon others you disagree with."
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Atonement for our times: Scapegoating no more
Examining the resurgence of an ancient practice and exploring how to be whole in unwholesome times
www.markhackett.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"When notions of divine violence are turned into an idol (Jesus was punished or killed for MY sins), the skids are greased to wish violence upon others you disagree with."
www.markhackett.com/writings/ato...
www.markhackett.com/writings/ato...
Mark Hackett
Exploring the Christian faith, church culture, and formation in the American South
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January 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Mark Hackett
As Trumpism and technology erode our shared understanding of the world, ordinary people in Minneapolis put their lives on their line to record the truth.
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/85905...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/85905...
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
As Trumpism and technology erode our shared understanding of the world, ordinary people in Minneapolis put their lives on their line to record the truth.
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/85905...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/85905...
This week is another grim reminder of why the Republican Party cannot be allowed to turn a legitimate government agency into its own private paramilitary outfit.
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
This week is another grim reminder of why the Republican Party cannot be allowed to turn a legitimate government agency into its own private paramilitary outfit.
The January 6 insurrection was 5 years ago. Many of us saw evangelical language and symbols in the mob on our screens that day. Why?
Because quite a few evangelicals live in an alternate reality that collapsed into a post-truth culture years ago.
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Because quite a few evangelicals live in an alternate reality that collapsed into a post-truth culture years ago.
www.markhackett.com/writings/exp...
Exploring the post-truth realm of white American evangelicalism
And learning how white evangelicals became the future they warned about.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The January 6 insurrection was 5 years ago. Many of us saw evangelical language and symbols in the mob on our screens that day. Why?
Because quite a few evangelicals live in an alternate reality that collapsed into a post-truth culture years ago.
www.markhackett.com/writings/exp...
Because quite a few evangelicals live in an alternate reality that collapsed into a post-truth culture years ago.
www.markhackett.com/writings/exp...
Lately I've been thinking about what it means to be "whole" and why some tightly held church beliefs prevent us from speaking and acting justly in times of social crisis. Some thoughts on all of that.
www.markhackett.com/writings/ato...
www.markhackett.com/writings/ato...
Atonement for our times: Scapegoating no more
Examining the resurgence of an ancient practice and exploring how to be whole in unwholesome times
www.markhackett.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Lately I've been thinking about what it means to be "whole" and why some tightly held church beliefs prevent us from speaking and acting justly in times of social crisis. Some thoughts on all of that.
www.markhackett.com/writings/ato...
www.markhackett.com/writings/ato...
Another Book Nook completed 🪄
December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Another Book Nook completed 🪄
Finished Wake Up Dead Man.
Best Knives Out yet. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that captures the good, hopes, pitfalls, and perils of faith, religion, and modern church life so well.
And the use of light and shadow throughout to amplify it all is brilliant.
Best Knives Out yet. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that captures the good, hopes, pitfalls, and perils of faith, religion, and modern church life so well.
And the use of light and shadow throughout to amplify it all is brilliant.
a man in a suit stands in front of a stained glass window with the word kepler below him
ALT: a man in a suit stands in front of a stained glass window with the word kepler below him
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December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Finished Wake Up Dead Man.
Best Knives Out yet. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that captures the good, hopes, pitfalls, and perils of faith, religion, and modern church life so well.
And the use of light and shadow throughout to amplify it all is brilliant.
Best Knives Out yet. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything that captures the good, hopes, pitfalls, and perils of faith, religion, and modern church life so well.
And the use of light and shadow throughout to amplify it all is brilliant.
I read 49 books this year, including some really good ones. Full list here ⬇️
www.markhackett.com/writings/my-...
What was your favorite book this year?
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What was your favorite book this year?
My 2025 Reads
It’s the time of year again! Here are the 49 books I read this year.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I read 49 books this year, including some really good ones. Full list here ⬇️
www.markhackett.com/writings/my-...
What was your favorite book this year?
www.markhackett.com/writings/my-...
What was your favorite book this year?
Hello! I'm not on Bluesky much.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hello! I'm not on Bluesky much.
If you're on Threads and would like to see more regular posts from me, follow me here:
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Wrote about this a while back:
"Women in the upper echelons of the cult are expected to take up various supportive roles, from participating in Republican raunch culture to pushing tradwife content, to having a certain look that skews plastic glam."
www.markhackett.com/writings/sur...
"Women in the upper echelons of the cult are expected to take up various supportive roles, from participating in Republican raunch culture to pushing tradwife content, to having a certain look that skews plastic glam."
www.markhackett.com/writings/sur...
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Wrote about this a while back:
"Women in the upper echelons of the cult are expected to take up various supportive roles, from participating in Republican raunch culture to pushing tradwife content, to having a certain look that skews plastic glam."
www.markhackett.com/writings/sur...
"Women in the upper echelons of the cult are expected to take up various supportive roles, from participating in Republican raunch culture to pushing tradwife content, to having a certain look that skews plastic glam."
www.markhackett.com/writings/sur...
I don't think @democrats.senate.gov understand how angry Dems and Independent voters are at them. Some of the kindest people I know are 110% furious.
Any Senate Dem who votes for this will be primary-challenged. Likely by someone seeking revenge as much as they are change.
Any Senate Dem who votes for this will be primary-challenged. Likely by someone seeking revenge as much as they are change.
Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to back plan | CNN Politics
The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I don't think @democrats.senate.gov understand how angry Dems and Independent voters are at them. Some of the kindest people I know are 110% furious.
Any Senate Dem who votes for this will be primary-challenged. Likely by someone seeking revenge as much as they are change.
Any Senate Dem who votes for this will be primary-challenged. Likely by someone seeking revenge as much as they are change.
Oooohhhhhhhhh
Couldn't have picked a more relevant time to be back in theaters 😳
www.ign.com/articles/v-f...
Couldn't have picked a more relevant time to be back in theaters 😳
www.ign.com/articles/v-f...
V for Vendetta Will Return to Cinemas for its 20th Anniversary in 2026 - IGN
www.ign.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Oooohhhhhhhhh
Couldn't have picked a more relevant time to be back in theaters 😳
www.ign.com/articles/v-f...
Couldn't have picked a more relevant time to be back in theaters 😳
www.ign.com/articles/v-f...
If there's an election where you live today, please vote!
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If there's an election where you live today, please vote!
“If the medieval Faërie world seems illogical and unexplainable, how much more confused would we be if we were confronted with the heavenly realm from which both the Faërie world and our physical world proceed?”
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October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“If the medieval Faërie world seems illogical and unexplainable, how much more confused would we be if we were confronted with the heavenly realm from which both the Faërie world and our physical world proceed?”
bookshop.org/a/88206/9781...
bookshop.org/a/88206/9781...
I wonder what this makes the United States then
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I wonder what this makes the United States then
"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear."
If you read anything today, make it this.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
If you read anything today, make it this.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear."
If you read anything today, make it this.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
If you read anything today, make it this.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
"I didn't vote for this."
My friend, they are doing everything they said they would do. Full stop.
If you genuinely feel you were paying attention but didn't know this is what they planned, then the way you receive news and information is harming you and you should change that ASAP.
My friend, they are doing everything they said they would do. Full stop.
If you genuinely feel you were paying attention but didn't know this is what they planned, then the way you receive news and information is harming you and you should change that ASAP.
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"I didn't vote for this."
My friend, they are doing everything they said they would do. Full stop.
If you genuinely feel you were paying attention but didn't know this is what they planned, then the way you receive news and information is harming you and you should change that ASAP.
My friend, they are doing everything they said they would do. Full stop.
If you genuinely feel you were paying attention but didn't know this is what they planned, then the way you receive news and information is harming you and you should change that ASAP.
Dream girl 👱🏻♀️
Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with CineGold filter by
@polarpro.bsky.social
#photography
Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with CineGold filter by
@polarpro.bsky.social
#photography
October 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Dream girl 👱🏻♀️
Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with CineGold filter by
@polarpro.bsky.social
#photography
Shot on Sony a7iv and 24-70mm with CineGold filter by
@polarpro.bsky.social
#photography