Kelley Mathews
@jkmath6.bsky.social
Author/editor focusing on biblical studies, theology, and history. DMin student at Houston Theological Seminary writing on Jesus’s mother as a model of discipleship. Governerd and LSU Tiger.
A short Thanksgiving devotional featuring Psalm 100. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
A Note of Thanksgiving
And a peek at my other writing gig
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November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A short Thanksgiving devotional featuring Psalm 100. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Why this feast day is so relevant today. #christtheking open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Christ the King
A Feast for Today
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November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Why this feast day is so relevant today. #christtheking open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Sessions, gatherings, scholarship, and friends. ETS has it all open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
More Reflections on ETS in Boston
The ETS annual meeting (see my previous post) meets for three days each year the week before Thanksgiving.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sessions, gatherings, scholarship, and friends. ETS has it all open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Day 1 with friends at ETS open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Highlights from the ETS Annual Meeting
First a disclaimer: I realize that few of you are involved in theological academia, so I appreciate you humoring me this week.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Day 1 with friends at ETS open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Fall is crazy busy with travel and i wouldn’t have it any other way. From marching band to Bible nerds… open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Oh, the Places I Go
"On the road again..."
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November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fall is crazy busy with travel and i wouldn’t have it any other way. From marching band to Bible nerds… open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
What our Bible translators think about their experience working on the NLT, CSB and other English versions open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Bible Translators Reflect on Qualities of a Strong Committee
Part 2 of 2
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November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What our Bible translators think about their experience working on the NLT, CSB and other English versions open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
What goes on in the Bible translation team meetings and what do team members think is a key ingredient to a successful team? open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Bible Translators Reflect on Qualities of a Strong Committee
Part 2 of 2
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November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What goes on in the Bible translation team meetings and what do team members think is a key ingredient to a successful team? open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
The timing! open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
The Vatican's New Declaration on Mary as "Co-Redemptrix"
Is it too late to amend my dissertation?
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November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The timing! open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Today is All Saints Day! Check out the women martyrs. open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
Women Martyrs of the Early Church
Discover the women martyred for Christ
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November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today is All Saints Day! Check out the women martyrs. open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
Agree, but he didn’t go far enough. It’s an enormous abuse of power.
Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Agree, but he didn’t go far enough. It’s an enormous abuse of power.
My guest post for the @visualmuseum.bsky.social. What does the church have to say about women who gave their lives for Christ? open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
Women Martyrs of the Early Church
Discover the women martyred for Christ
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October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My guest post for the @visualmuseum.bsky.social. What does the church have to say about women who gave their lives for Christ? open.substack.com/pub/leadersh...
The connection between Peter’s wife and All Saints Day. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Reading Between the Lines: Peter's Wife
All Saints' Day Reflections
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The connection between Peter’s wife and All Saints Day. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Reposted by Kelley Mathews
I'm thankful to have a small voice in Dorothy Greco's new book on misogyny:
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For the Love of Women Launch Day Conversation
Kelley Mathews and Dorothy Greco discuss Greco's new book on misogyny
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October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm thankful to have a small voice in Dorothy Greco's new book on misogyny:
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But women are too emotional… yada yada
Breaking News: President Trump said he would raise tariffs on Canada by 10% over an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that used Ronald Reagan’s words to denounce tariffs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
October 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
But women are too emotional… yada yada
If we could arrest people just for being annoying, I have a list.
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If we could arrest people just for being annoying, I have a list.
The pope weighs in on the human cost of technology, and evangelicals need to understand their own culpability. #tech #faith #pontifex open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Faith, AI, and Collective Guilt
“In our age, science has extended life expectancy, technology has brought continents closer, and knowledge has opened horizons once thought unimaginable.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The pope weighs in on the human cost of technology, and evangelicals need to understand their own culpability. #tech #faith #pontifex open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social to @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social … content to make you think and help you learn open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Listening to Learn
A few podcast recommendations
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October 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social to @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social … content to make you think and help you learn open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Yes, the pope does have something that Evangelicals ought to hear. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Dilexi Te: "I Have Loved You"
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical is for every Christian.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yes, the pope does have something that Evangelicals ought to hear. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
Listen to my conversation on the Megiddo Mosaic and what it teaches us about early Christian women, with @sandraglahn.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4AXW...
October 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Listen to my conversation on the Megiddo Mosaic and what it teaches us about early Christian women, with @sandraglahn.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4AXW...
The glory of being seen.
Taylor Swift and the Female Writers of History
What they have in common
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October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The glory of being seen.
I noticed after I recorded and posted this collection of new books that all the authors are women. Not planned, but feeling pretty good about it 😎 open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
October Book Recommendations
So many to choose from!
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October 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I noticed after I recorded and posted this collection of new books that all the authors are women. Not planned, but feeling pretty good about it 😎 open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
It’s my favorite kind of post, recommending good books. Catch these new ones from @bethfelkerjones.bsky.social @karenswallowprior.bsky.social @dorothylgreco.bsky.social @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social and more! open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
October Book Recommendations
So many to choose from!
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October 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It’s my favorite kind of post, recommending good books. Catch these new ones from @bethfelkerjones.bsky.social @karenswallowprior.bsky.social @dorothylgreco.bsky.social @carmenjoyimes.bsky.social and more! open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
A personal update. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...
September Roundup and October Expectations: An Update
Plus, new books!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A personal update. open.substack.com/pub/kelleyma...