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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 1h

The Global Decline in Religious Identity - New Research on Secularization Extending Beyond Western Christian Nations - sowhatfaith.com/2025/10/19/t...

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 4h

Now is the time for worship as we continue repainting the Christian faith
#viewfromthepew #cohdallas #ucc

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 23h

A great unraveling is now underway. The institutions we’ve come to take as normative now fail to address the multiple cascading crises of our time. –Alan Roxburgh & Roy Searle (Communities of Hope, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 1d

Attending the Fall Meeting of the North Texas Association of the South Central Conference of the United Church of Christ in Carrollton, Texas

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 1d

Notably, the 4 denominations w/ the highest levels of educational attainment & economic prosperity in the US - namely Episcopal, Presbyterian (PCUSA), Evangelical Lutheran (ELCA), & the Disciples of Christ - all fall within the mainline tradition. –Ryan P. Burge (American Religious Landscape, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 1d

Scripture is sacred because it's meant to be read and interpreted as art. –Meggan Watterson (The Girl Who Baptized Herself, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 2d

I think the Bible is the single most fascinating, complex, and influential text that has ever existed. –Dan McClellan (The Bible Says So, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 3d

In the mid-1970s, the US devoted 1.4% of our gross domestic product to federal interventions in affordable housing. Today, our commitment is less than a fifth of that, only 0.25%. –Fran Quigley (Eviction Court, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 3d

Purity makes my blood boil for one fundamental reason: Purity has been predominantly defined by men in positions of power since antiquity. –Meggan Watterson (The Girl Who Baptized Herself, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 4d

For too long churches have been more concerned with surviving than bearing fruit. –Josh Hayden (Remissioning Church, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 4d

The long-term answer to our US crisis is for us to move away from the commodification of housing and instead embrace housing as a human right guaranteed to all. –Fran Quigley (Eviction Court, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 5d

Share your reaction to this quote: "Every syllable of the Bible condones and approves of slavery." –Dan McClellan (The Bible Says So, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 6d

Evictions trigger a domino effect of higher costs of living, setbacks in employment, family breakdowns, and subsequent evictions. –Fran Quigley (Eviction Court, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 7d

Sharing My Visit to St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Oklahoma City - sowhatfaith.com/2025/10/12/m...

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 7d

Purity cannot be established outside of us; it cannot be proven or tested or conferred upon us. Holiness is so much more unconditional than that. –Meggan Watterson (The Girl Who Baptized Herself, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 8d

When you listen to solve rather than to understand, you take away the speaker’s responsibility and deny them agency. This burdens you and disempowers them. –Emily Kasriel (Deep Listening, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 8d

Leverage Points are interventions where a little bit of effort yields disproportionate returns. Of the universe of things you could do to improve a situation, Leverage Points are the things you should do. –Dan Heath (Reset, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 9d

HAPPY TO BE ALIVE DAY! 3 years ago today, someone tried to take my life. Today, I’m taking a vacation day to celebrate the gift of life and to give thanks for the ministry of Hope.

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 9d

The story of American Catholicism over the last 50 years is one that can be best described as remarkable stability. –Ryan P. Burge (The American Religious Landscape, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 10d

To spark change, we shouldn’t think AND we should think INSTEAD OF: Less of this, more of that. –Dan Heath (Reset, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 10d

Evictions are affirmatively linked to a horrifying list of crises: premature birth, low birth weight, depression, suicide, hospitalizations, and the ultimate data-point: all-cause mortality. –Fran Quigley (Eviction Court, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 11d

When you Deeply Listen, you have the potential to enhance the mental health and self-awareness of your speaker as well as your own well-being. –Emily Kasriel (Deep Listening, 2025)

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 11d

How Big is Too Big? Rethinking Church Real Estate - sowhatfaith.com/2025/10/08/h...

Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 12d

Our faith and our Scripture have never belonged exclusively to straight, cisgender people, and they have never belonged solely to those who seek to exclude or condemn queer people. –Brandan Robertson (Queer & Christian, 2025)

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Greg Smith @sowhatfaith.bsky.social · 13d

Hope invests in timelines beyond our individual life when catastrophe cannot be averted. –Hanna Reichel (For Such a Time, 2025)

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