@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
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22.02.2026 03:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Feeling extra pleased I spent my work hours yesterday organizing all my Doug Wilson content over on my Substack yesterday.
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Grab your ☕️or 🫖and join us for a few minutes? Hope to see you there!!!
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19.02.2026 18:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very glad to see this. Thank you to the panelists and organizers.
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All the nice words about listening to women are empty if you silence them.
What a disgraceful capitulation to cancel culture.
Someone let me know that the ACNA governance task force deleted all reference to "trauma-informed training" in the proposed Title IV changes. Pls note this change and if you disagree with this change, make sure to let the task force know your thoughts before 3/20. anglicanchurch.net/title-iv-rev...
17.02.2026 23:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This starts tomorrow!
Come join us for a virtual book club discussion of Dr. Nijay Gupta's book "Strange Religion" during Lent. It's all opt-in—join for what you like!
We'll have discussion in the chat, a few virtual zooms, and Q&A with the author! Should be fun!
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Yeah, it was surprising even coming from her. I don't know what to make of it at all, but she unblocked just to offer those 2 comments, then reblocked, so I guess I'll never know.
Could be that Matt uses her account; seems more on brand for him.
Note: I directly called out 3 individuals in this 🧵, all public writers/teachers. I know all three agree w/me that public teaching/writing can & should be addressed publicly.
Even so, I wish I could tag them directly here as a courtesy, but they've all previously blocked me.
In that sense, the crashouts, the petition, the scornful laughter, the outraged demands or apologies all perhaps only underscore how much we need panels like these.
I hope the the ACNA decision makers have eyes to see it.
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The reality is that any female clergy who show up in ACNA online spaces get torn up. I've witnessed it time and time again & most ppl understandably log off permanently.
It's a problem, the ACNA, & not just for the women who must navigate that, but for the culture it reveals. 11/
He's not alone. Bps who take on episcopal authority & imagine they have the luxury to absent themselves from social media are part of the problem
I get that bishops are stretched too thin & many ppl don't want to engage this on socials. But this is where your ppl are. 10/
I don't know why Bp Dobbs, the acting Abp of the ACNA, seems fine w/ the clergy under his care in the
Anglican Diocese of the Living Word
being known for online quarrelsomeness & FB groups that bite & devour ppl, but I have come to accept that he seems uninterested addressing it. 9/
I recognize that online activity isn't representative of the whole & I hope the province does too.
But the longstanding knee-jerk reaction to the very mention of women's ordination in a province where the COB has *unanimously* agreed to diocesan sovereignty, is a problem. 8/
Mark feels so strongly about this, in fact, that he imitates Matt and Anne, suggesting that two bishops, the provincial office, and the entire ACNA "repent of this forum."
Look. In one sense, I know it's just social media. How many ppl are even aware of this? 7/
For instance, Mark Marshall hastened to produce this acerbic piece, where he concludes he is most upset that the panel setting out to address sexism/misogyny in the church has failed to take into account the feelings of traditionalists & men. 6/
17.02.2026 01:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Most if not all the ppl signing the cancel petition haven't read the book. But the fruit of following Matt is concluding: "disgusting," "horrifying," "apostasy" "C4S0 must go"...all b/c Matt & Anne didn't like it.
The online fruit is to argue about WO & stir the pot. 5/
This is the opposite of good faith discussion & debate.
I don't care if ppl like or don't like the book. Maybe it's terrible or good or (likely w/any book) a mix.
But the idea that Matt & Anne will determine what ppl in the ACNA should read & discuss is a problem. 4/
Fr. Matt & Rev. Anne have again taken on the role of self-appointed ideological judge & jury, demanding a public apology & calling for the entire discussion to be shut down.
This is the opposite of cultivating healthy communities, let alone allowing for critical thinking. 3/
Over the yrs, countless people have contacted Bp Dobbs about the online behavior of Fr. Matt Kennedy.
I myself have done it publicly in the past. ⬇️
And I'm doing it again today, b/c I hope the province won't bend to cancel culture. 2/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/15750...
I'm glad to see this panel, but the past few days ppl have been trying to get it cancelled & demanding apologies.
Is the goal to get any initiative that tackles sexism/misogyny cancelled?
B/c if ppl can't even hear those words w/out melting down, it only shows how much we need this panel🧵
Yeah, unsurprising, perhaps, but just goes to show how much we need this. Wrote something up over on X to directly call that out & will crosspost here in a minute.
17.02.2026 00:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ACNA friends, here is an upcoming opportunity to learn how to cultivate healthier communities.
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Thank you so much for reading and for this thoughtful and engaging review.
13.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My latest review from @erbks.bsky.social on The Myth of Good Christian Parenting by @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social and @mburtwrites.bsky.social
"Myth is a reminder for all of us that there are no formulas for great outcomes in this life."
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May God grant you, me, and all of us a holy Lent! M
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Spending many years at home caring for small children has made me a HUGE fan of virtual connectivity for things like book clubs & seasonal spiritual formation. Wherever this Lent finds you, I hope you’ll consider joining me!
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