Rachel Hastings
@racheldhastings.bsky.social
Associate Academic Editorial Director
IVP Academic
Mom to 3; MAOT, MANT (GCTS)
Chaotic reader
IVP Academic
Mom to 3; MAOT, MANT (GCTS)
Chaotic reader
I don’t think a show has done a better job of introducing new characters as well as Stranger Things does.
Derek Turnbow!!!
Derek Turnbow!!!
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I don’t think a show has done a better job of introducing new characters as well as Stranger Things does.
Derek Turnbow!!!
Derek Turnbow!!!
Starting to prep the Stranger Things charcuterie.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Starting to prep the Stranger Things charcuterie.
These Sunrise on the Reaping trailers and edits are already making me cry.
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
These Sunrise on the Reaping trailers and edits are already making me cry.
The Perfect Neighbor is probably the most infuriating documentary I’ve watched in a long time.
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Perfect Neighbor is probably the most infuriating documentary I’ve watched in a long time.
Since the internet is slop at this point, I’m creating an intentional network of friends who will basically function as a search engine now.
If you were to create a network of friends who could function as a search engine, what would your superpower be in that network?
If you were to create a network of friends who could function as a search engine, what would your superpower be in that network?
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Since the internet is slop at this point, I’m creating an intentional network of friends who will basically function as a search engine now.
If you were to create a network of friends who could function as a search engine, what would your superpower be in that network?
If you were to create a network of friends who could function as a search engine, what would your superpower be in that network?
Halloween charcuterie
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Halloween charcuterie
Why did my middle child just ask for an egg boiler and an electric fly swatter for his birthday?
October 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Why did my middle child just ask for an egg boiler and an electric fly swatter for his birthday?
What in the late stage capitalism is this?
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What in the late stage capitalism is this?
Review of #BlackPhone2.
I am a huge fan of the first movie, and generally of all of Scott Derrickson’s work. I was not sure how they were going to do a sequel of this one, so I went in order to skeptically to the movie.
I am a huge fan of the first movie, and generally of all of Scott Derrickson’s work. I was not sure how they were going to do a sequel of this one, so I went in order to skeptically to the movie.
October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Review of #BlackPhone2.
I am a huge fan of the first movie, and generally of all of Scott Derrickson’s work. I was not sure how they were going to do a sequel of this one, so I went in order to skeptically to the movie.
I am a huge fan of the first movie, and generally of all of Scott Derrickson’s work. I was not sure how they were going to do a sequel of this one, so I went in order to skeptically to the movie.
I’m seeing a lot of “the dialogue is corny,” in Black Phone 2, but have these critics ever been in a conservative evangelical context with a high level of spiritual bypassing? Because some of that dialogue was very accurate.
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I’m seeing a lot of “the dialogue is corny,” in Black Phone 2, but have these critics ever been in a conservative evangelical context with a high level of spiritual bypassing? Because some of that dialogue was very accurate.
I’m so boring at this point because the thing I’m most anticipating this week is my 2026 planner that is arriving in the mail this Saturday.
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m so boring at this point because the thing I’m most anticipating this week is my 2026 planner that is arriving in the mail this Saturday.
One thing about being a boss that is fun is that you can encourage a culture of sweet treats.
Did today go badly? Go get a sweet treat.
Did you do something awesome today? Award yourself with a sweet treat!
My team would tell you that I am really into a culture of sweet treats.
Did today go badly? Go get a sweet treat.
Did you do something awesome today? Award yourself with a sweet treat!
My team would tell you that I am really into a culture of sweet treats.
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One thing about being a boss that is fun is that you can encourage a culture of sweet treats.
Did today go badly? Go get a sweet treat.
Did you do something awesome today? Award yourself with a sweet treat!
My team would tell you that I am really into a culture of sweet treats.
Did today go badly? Go get a sweet treat.
Did you do something awesome today? Award yourself with a sweet treat!
My team would tell you that I am really into a culture of sweet treats.
If anyone is wondering how I’m doing, I bought TWO of these on Saturday at 930pm, thinking I would be a healthy girl during my pumpkin spice era.
My 9year old warned me that this was a bad idea and it wouldn’t be good and I went against his judgment.
My 9year old warned me that this was a bad idea and it wouldn’t be good and I went against his judgment.
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
If anyone is wondering how I’m doing, I bought TWO of these on Saturday at 930pm, thinking I would be a healthy girl during my pumpkin spice era.
My 9year old warned me that this was a bad idea and it wouldn’t be good and I went against his judgment.
My 9year old warned me that this was a bad idea and it wouldn’t be good and I went against his judgment.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
So I’m reading Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, and I cannot stress enough that if you’re a human alive today, you should read this book.
October 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So I’m reading Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, and I cannot stress enough that if you’re a human alive today, you should read this book.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
I was curious to see if any notes from Thiel’s private lectures would be made public.
Super convenient interpretive framework that sees any form of external regulation of his hoarding of
capital as the hastening of the antichrist.
I was curious to see if any notes from Thiel’s private lectures would be made public.
Super convenient interpretive framework that sees any form of external regulation of his hoarding of
capital as the hastening of the antichrist.
Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel
Tech billionaire claims in a lecture about religion that the devil promises peace and safety by strangling technological progress with regulation
www.thetimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
I was curious to see if any notes from Thiel’s private lectures would be made public.
Super convenient interpretive framework that sees any form of external regulation of his hoarding of
capital as the hastening of the antichrist.
I was curious to see if any notes from Thiel’s private lectures would be made public.
Super convenient interpretive framework that sees any form of external regulation of his hoarding of
capital as the hastening of the antichrist.
Pro tip: if you make your cold foam at home, you can put in as much as you want.
September 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Pro tip: if you make your cold foam at home, you can put in as much as you want.
Authors miss deadlines all the time. It happens! However, some deadlines are more squishy than others, and the ramifications are different.
Laura-Portwood Stacey had a great breakdown today on academic book publishing deadlines.
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/extens...
Laura-Portwood Stacey had a great breakdown today on academic book publishing deadlines.
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/extens...
When you need an extension on your book due date
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Authors miss deadlines all the time. It happens! However, some deadlines are more squishy than others, and the ramifications are different.
Laura-Portwood Stacey had a great breakdown today on academic book publishing deadlines.
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/extens...
Laura-Portwood Stacey had a great breakdown today on academic book publishing deadlines.
newsletter.manuscriptworks.com/posts/extens...
I wrote this down from Karen Hao’s Empire of AI because it’s so important that we understand how billionaires think.
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wrote this down from Karen Hao’s Empire of AI because it’s so important that we understand how billionaires think.
The summer that Belly sends my blood pressure into the stratosphere. Episode…whatever at this point I can’t keep track.
September 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The summer that Belly sends my blood pressure into the stratosphere. Episode…whatever at this point I can’t keep track.
It’s Barnes and Noble night!!!
September 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s Barnes and Noble night!!!
This album is still good.
September 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This album is still good.
I’m finally in the stage of parenting I was built for! My daughter just took her first high school test and is freaking out because they don’t provide study guides and she’s never done self-directed study for tests.
She asked me to take her to Starbucks and help her create a study guide!
She asked me to take her to Starbucks and help her create a study guide!
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m finally in the stage of parenting I was built for! My daughter just took her first high school test and is freaking out because they don’t provide study guides and she’s never done self-directed study for tests.
She asked me to take her to Starbucks and help her create a study guide!
She asked me to take her to Starbucks and help her create a study guide!
The summer I yell at the TV every Wednesday. Episode 10.
September 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The summer I yell at the TV every Wednesday. Episode 10.
Labor Day reading. One more chapter in Fisher’s book, plus a little narrative non-fiction.
Also listening to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. After my great experience with Atmosphere, I decided to jump into another book of hers.
Also listening to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. After my great experience with Atmosphere, I decided to jump into another book of hers.
September 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Labor Day reading. One more chapter in Fisher’s book, plus a little narrative non-fiction.
Also listening to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. After my great experience with Atmosphere, I decided to jump into another book of hers.
Also listening to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. After my great experience with Atmosphere, I decided to jump into another book of hers.