Marissa Franks Burt
@mburtwrites.bsky.social
Author of Storybound & Stardust series +
The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Gen of Eva Families (Fall, 2025) Also @lectionaryhome.bsky.social
The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Gen of Eva Families (Fall, 2025) Also @lectionaryhome.bsky.social
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Pre-orders are open now wherever books are sold!
@kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
and I are so excited for this book to be in your hands.
Release date: October 14, 2025
@brazospress.bsky.social
40% off preorders right now! bakerbookhouse.com/products/637...
@kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
and I are so excited for this book to be in your hands.
Release date: October 14, 2025
@brazospress.bsky.social
40% off preorders right now! bakerbookhouse.com/products/637...
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Join Fr. Aaron & @mburtwrites.bsky.social for the third Sunday of Epiphany:
They discuss Amos' call for repentance, the Psalm's vision of a connected all-powerful God, Paul's rebuke of teacher-identity-driven divisions, and Jesus' early ministry. www.buzzsprout.com/1891089/epis...
They discuss Amos' call for repentance, the Psalm's vision of a connected all-powerful God, Paul's rebuke of teacher-identity-driven divisions, and Jesus' early ministry. www.buzzsprout.com/1891089/epis...
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Join Fr. Aaron & @mburtwrites.bsky.social for the third Sunday of Epiphany:
They discuss Amos' call for repentance, the Psalm's vision of a connected all-powerful God, Paul's rebuke of teacher-identity-driven divisions, and Jesus' early ministry. www.buzzsprout.com/1891089/epis...
They discuss Amos' call for repentance, the Psalm's vision of a connected all-powerful God, Paul's rebuke of teacher-identity-driven divisions, and Jesus' early ministry. www.buzzsprout.com/1891089/epis...
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Excited to review The Myth of Good Christian Parenting by @mburtwrites.bsky.social and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social for @erbks.bsky.social.
I was adjacent to this world, but not steeped in. The stories & research could have been written by so many people close to me.
This book is excellent work.
I was adjacent to this world, but not steeped in. The stories & research could have been written by so many people close to me.
This book is excellent work.
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Excited to review The Myth of Good Christian Parenting by @mburtwrites.bsky.social and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social for @erbks.bsky.social.
I was adjacent to this world, but not steeped in. The stories & research could have been written by so many people close to me.
This book is excellent work.
I was adjacent to this world, but not steeped in. The stories & research could have been written by so many people close to me.
This book is excellent work.
Another round of the worst ACNA
question game: is it episcopal incompetency, bishops behaving badly, or some combo of the two?
Seems like leaders being “above reproach” should be more important in a denomination that claims to value biblical authority 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
question game: is it episcopal incompetency, bishops behaving badly, or some combo of the two?
Seems like leaders being “above reproach” should be more important in a denomination that claims to value biblical authority 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
He suspended the archbishop, but faced his own probes — financial ones
Julian Dobbs, interim leader of the Anglican Church in North America, denied claims and said he was cleared of alleged financial wrongdoing.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Another round of the worst ACNA
question game: is it episcopal incompetency, bishops behaving badly, or some combo of the two?
Seems like leaders being “above reproach” should be more important in a denomination that claims to value biblical authority 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
question game: is it episcopal incompetency, bishops behaving badly, or some combo of the two?
Seems like leaders being “above reproach” should be more important in a denomination that claims to value biblical authority 🧵 www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Tomorrow’s a preview of 2026! A collection of clips from my conversations with Jonathan Sedlak, Sara Koenig, @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social, @blindscholar.bsky.social, Jennie Grillo, Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat, Kirk MacGregor, David Basher, & @alexianafry.bsky.social.
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tomorrow’s a preview of 2026! A collection of clips from my conversations with Jonathan Sedlak, Sara Koenig, @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social, @blindscholar.bsky.social, Jennie Grillo, Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat, Kirk MacGregor, David Basher, & @alexianafry.bsky.social.
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The Myth of Good Christian Parenting is about the false promise of "biblical parenting" resources. It is also a pastoral reflection on our efforts to cram Scripture into the awkward shape of a manual that tells us what we want to hear. Thank you
@mburtwrites.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.
@mburtwrites.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Myth of Good Christian Parenting is about the false promise of "biblical parenting" resources. It is also a pastoral reflection on our efforts to cram Scripture into the awkward shape of a manual that tells us what we want to hear. Thank you
@mburtwrites.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.
@mburtwrites.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.
Delighted for The Myth of Good Christian Parenting to be included on @rns.org Top Ten Books of 2025. And in such good bookish company too! @brazospress.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
religionnews.com/2025/12/29/r...
religionnews.com/2025/12/29/r...
RNS’ top 10 religion and spirituality books of 2025
(RNS) — This year's books suggest that faith remains a source of creativity, resistance and renewal.
religionnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Delighted for The Myth of Good Christian Parenting to be included on @rns.org Top Ten Books of 2025. And in such good bookish company too! @brazospress.bsky.social @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
religionnews.com/2025/12/29/r...
religionnews.com/2025/12/29/r...
Loved this conversation with Dr Grace Hamman about her book Ask of Old Paths! Find the full video on my Substack.
#medieval #Christianity #spirituality
#medieval #Christianity #spirituality
December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Loved this conversation with Dr Grace Hamman about her book Ask of Old Paths! Find the full video on my Substack.
#medieval #Christianity #spirituality
#medieval #Christianity #spirituality
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Co-sign, while I’m signing things online.
Marissa has been clear-eyed throughout this whole mess, and the book she coauthored is mandatory reading if you have any American evangelical background at all.
Marissa has been clear-eyed throughout this whole mess, and the book she coauthored is mandatory reading if you have any American evangelical background at all.
Some ppl seem to want to tell me why I'm angry about the
the ACNA ecclesiastical trial
Guys, I've been angry for years. Question is: why aren't you angry?
I am *embarrassed* and *scandalized* at the incompetence on display w/the trial & I'll tell you some reasons why 🧵
the ACNA ecclesiastical trial
Guys, I've been angry for years. Question is: why aren't you angry?
I am *embarrassed* and *scandalized* at the incompetence on display w/the trial & I'll tell you some reasons why 🧵
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Co-sign, while I’m signing things online.
Marissa has been clear-eyed throughout this whole mess, and the book she coauthored is mandatory reading if you have any American evangelical background at all.
Marissa has been clear-eyed throughout this whole mess, and the book she coauthored is mandatory reading if you have any American evangelical background at all.
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My stakes were comparatively low, but I testified in the investigation in the condition of anonymity, only to find out after that other interviewees were asked to rank my personal credibility in a five point scale. That is not anonymity!
Imagine being the mother of an abuse victim who decides (after navigating ACNA nonsense for yrs) you will not participate in the investigations, only to have the provincial office publish identifying details about your child & the abuse on the internet. +
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My stakes were comparatively low, but I testified in the investigation in the condition of anonymity, only to find out after that other interviewees were asked to rank my personal credibility in a five point scale. That is not anonymity!
Some ppl seem to want to tell me why I'm angry about the
the ACNA ecclesiastical trial
Guys, I've been angry for years. Question is: why aren't you angry?
I am *embarrassed* and *scandalized* at the incompetence on display w/the trial & I'll tell you some reasons why 🧵
the ACNA ecclesiastical trial
Guys, I've been angry for years. Question is: why aren't you angry?
I am *embarrassed* and *scandalized* at the incompetence on display w/the trial & I'll tell you some reasons why 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Some ppl seem to want to tell me why I'm angry about the
the ACNA ecclesiastical trial
Guys, I've been angry for years. Question is: why aren't you angry?
I am *embarrassed* and *scandalized* at the incompetence on display w/the trial & I'll tell you some reasons why 🧵
the ACNA ecclesiastical trial
Guys, I've been angry for years. Question is: why aren't you angry?
I am *embarrassed* and *scandalized* at the incompetence on display w/the trial & I'll tell you some reasons why 🧵
"Spiritual orphans. Exvangelicals. Estranged children of the church. I can think of many descriptors for the displaced and hurting Christians who are navigating moral injury, church betrayal, and the institutional inability to hold errant leaders accountable." 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"Spiritual orphans. Exvangelicals. Estranged children of the church. I can think of many descriptors for the displaced and hurting Christians who are navigating moral injury, church betrayal, and the institutional inability to hold errant leaders accountable." 🧵
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Wanted to highlight @kathrynpost.bsky.social's latest on this because she's been covering it from the start.
Also, highlighting 👇 this speedy, robust report from the Wheaton Record (Ruch's church is in Wheaton, IL). Aggressive reporting from the student paper! thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/16/b...
Also, highlighting 👇 this speedy, robust report from the Wheaton Record (Ruch's church is in Wheaton, IL). Aggressive reporting from the student paper! thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/16/b...
Bishop Ruch Declared Not Guilty
ACNA Court declares Church of the Resurrection’s Bishop Ruch not guilty.
thewheatonrecord.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Wanted to highlight @kathrynpost.bsky.social's latest on this because she's been covering it from the start.
Also, highlighting 👇 this speedy, robust report from the Wheaton Record (Ruch's church is in Wheaton, IL). Aggressive reporting from the student paper! thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/16/b...
Also, highlighting 👇 this speedy, robust report from the Wheaton Record (Ruch's church is in Wheaton, IL). Aggressive reporting from the student paper! thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/16/b...
I read the ACNA court summary. TLDNR version
Ppl at fault:
-whistleblowers
-survivors/advocates
-bishops & others who brought presentments
-prosecutor Runyan
-unnamed provincial leaders
Ppl not at fault:
-Bp Ruch
-Ecclesiastical court
More thoughts here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/20011...
Ppl at fault:
-whistleblowers
-survivors/advocates
-bishops & others who brought presentments
-prosecutor Runyan
-unnamed provincial leaders
Ppl not at fault:
-Bp Ruch
-Ecclesiastical court
More thoughts here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/20011...
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I read the ACNA court summary. TLDNR version
Ppl at fault:
-whistleblowers
-survivors/advocates
-bishops & others who brought presentments
-prosecutor Runyan
-unnamed provincial leaders
Ppl not at fault:
-Bp Ruch
-Ecclesiastical court
More thoughts here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/20011...
Ppl at fault:
-whistleblowers
-survivors/advocates
-bishops & others who brought presentments
-prosecutor Runyan
-unnamed provincial leaders
Ppl not at fault:
-Bp Ruch
-Ecclesiastical court
More thoughts here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/20011...
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Readers' Best Awards - Vote for Your Favorite Books of 2025! - The Englewood Review of Books
As the end of 2025 approaches, we invite you to share the best new books that you’ve read this year […]
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December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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This book has been such a thought-provoking and anchoring read during the weeks of Advent. As the virtual book club, and the season!, draws to a close, I’m delighted to get a chance to speak with Dr. Grace Hamman. Join us for this virtual conversation?
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This book has been such a thought-provoking and anchoring read during the weeks of Advent. As the virtual book club, and the season!, draws to a close, I’m delighted to get a chance to speak with Dr. Grace Hamman. Join us for this virtual conversation?
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But, here, next to the manger, the red streaked linen wasn’t a reminder of barrenness but of holy visitation.
I wonder what kind of cloth Mary used to wipe the unclean blood & fluid & vernix off His little body before swaddling the One who came to make all things clean. /end
I wonder what kind of cloth Mary used to wipe the unclean blood & fluid & vernix off His little body before swaddling the One who came to make all things clean. /end
December 20, 2024 at 4:51 AM
But, here, next to the manger, the red streaked linen wasn’t a reminder of barrenness but of holy visitation.
I wonder what kind of cloth Mary used to wipe the unclean blood & fluid & vernix off His little body before swaddling the One who came to make all things clean. /end
I wonder what kind of cloth Mary used to wipe the unclean blood & fluid & vernix off His little body before swaddling the One who came to make all things clean. /end
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I don’t know how the women of Isaiah’s day viewed menstruation, but I do know how women hoping to conceive sometimes see those first spots of blood.
With heartbreak and grief and disappointment.
Frustration and longing and powerlessness. 14/
With heartbreak and grief and disappointment.
Frustration and longing and powerlessness. 14/
December 20, 2024 at 4:51 AM
I don’t know how the women of Isaiah’s day viewed menstruation, but I do know how women hoping to conceive sometimes see those first spots of blood.
With heartbreak and grief and disappointment.
Frustration and longing and powerlessness. 14/
With heartbreak and grief and disappointment.
Frustration and longing and powerlessness. 14/
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Yes, ritual defilement points to our state of uncleanliness, our need for external intervention to wash us.
But w/fertility in mind, might it also be a word picture for the disappointing failure to bring forth life?
The way our righteous acts, our best efforts, cannot save? 12/
But w/fertility in mind, might it also be a word picture for the disappointing failure to bring forth life?
The way our righteous acts, our best efforts, cannot save? 12/
December 20, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Yes, ritual defilement points to our state of uncleanliness, our need for external intervention to wash us.
But w/fertility in mind, might it also be a word picture for the disappointing failure to bring forth life?
The way our righteous acts, our best efforts, cannot save? 12/
But w/fertility in mind, might it also be a word picture for the disappointing failure to bring forth life?
The way our righteous acts, our best efforts, cannot save? 12/
Reposting from the Advent archives...
As Advent comes to a close, I'm revisiting Isaiah 64's "filthy rags."
I’ve heard preachers pause for a beat &: “So in the original language…” going on to discomfit modern listeners by bringing menstruation into the pulpit.
But is menstruation a dirty word? 🧵
I’ve heard preachers pause for a beat &: “So in the original language…” going on to discomfit modern listeners by bringing menstruation into the pulpit.
But is menstruation a dirty word? 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Reposting from the Advent archives...
A few years ago, One Audio approached me to write a reader’s guide for the children’s classic Heidi. It was intriguing to revisit — I hadn’t read it since I was a girl! — & critically examine themes of beauty, nature, conflict, disability, repentance, and belonging. 1/2
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A few years ago, One Audio approached me to write a reader’s guide for the children’s classic Heidi. It was intriguing to revisit — I hadn’t read it since I was a girl! — & critically examine themes of beauty, nature, conflict, disability, repentance, and belonging. 1/2
Also! Have had a number of high school students (and even some middle schoolers!) take this course and walk away with their first completed novel. Wonderful to see.
Looking for a gift idea for an aspiring writer? Or maybe for yourself going into the New Year?
My writing courses are on sale through 12/31: all three available to paid subscribers on my Substack or individually through the Udemy platform.
Links below 1/2
My writing courses are on sale through 12/31: all three available to paid subscribers on my Substack or individually through the Udemy platform.
Links below 1/2
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Also! Have had a number of high school students (and even some middle schoolers!) take this course and walk away with their first completed novel. Wonderful to see.
Looking for a gift idea for an aspiring writer? Or maybe for yourself going into the New Year?
My writing courses are on sale through 12/31: all three available to paid subscribers on my Substack or individually through the Udemy platform.
Links below 1/2
My writing courses are on sale through 12/31: all three available to paid subscribers on my Substack or individually through the Udemy platform.
Links below 1/2
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looking for a gift idea for an aspiring writer? Or maybe for yourself going into the New Year?
My writing courses are on sale through 12/31: all three available to paid subscribers on my Substack or individually through the Udemy platform.
Links below 1/2
My writing courses are on sale through 12/31: all three available to paid subscribers on my Substack or individually through the Udemy platform.
Links below 1/2
This is my most popular writing course, even though it’s the first real content I ever recorded for the internet 😅.
My very homespun tech approach has apparently not intimidated the hundreds of students who have taken this course. 📚📖
My very homespun tech approach has apparently not intimidated the hundreds of students who have taken this course. 📚📖
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is my most popular writing course, even though it’s the first real content I ever recorded for the internet 😅.
My very homespun tech approach has apparently not intimidated the hundreds of students who have taken this course. 📚📖
My very homespun tech approach has apparently not intimidated the hundreds of students who have taken this course. 📚📖
This year, I’ve published a few writing courses on Substack. This one takes you through a step-by-step process to outline, draft, and polish a nonfiction book proposal. I hope it’s a help to you!
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December 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This year, I’ve published a few writing courses on Substack. This one takes you through a step-by-step process to outline, draft, and polish a nonfiction book proposal. I hope it’s a help to you!
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Looking for book gift ideas for the middle school-grade or young adult reader on your list?
Mother Goose mashups! Flying on falcons! Mystery and magic! A Sliver of Stardust and A Legend of Starfire are a great fit for the curious dreamer wondering where they belong.
Mother Goose mashups! Flying on falcons! Mystery and magic! A Sliver of Stardust and A Legend of Starfire are a great fit for the curious dreamer wondering where they belong.
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Looking for book gift ideas for the middle school-grade or young adult reader on your list?
Mother Goose mashups! Flying on falcons! Mystery and magic! A Sliver of Stardust and A Legend of Starfire are a great fit for the curious dreamer wondering where they belong.
Mother Goose mashups! Flying on falcons! Mystery and magic! A Sliver of Stardust and A Legend of Starfire are a great fit for the curious dreamer wondering where they belong.