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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a #Seculosity Book Trailer! (and Tour Dates)

by David Zahl on Mar 5, 2019 • 5 Comments

Believe it or not, we’re exactly four weeks out from the release of Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What To Do About It (April 2nd). Here’s the trailer, made by the amazing Mark Babikow, and easy to download and repost and/or share – hint hint nudge nudge:

In conjunction with the release I’ll be heading out on a tour to promote in April & May. The dates we’ve got confirmed are as follows:

  • April 3: Birmingham, AL (Cranmer House @ 7:00pm)
  • April 6: Tyler, TX (Mbird Tyler Conference @ 9:00am)
  • April 7: Houston, TX (Holy Spirit Episcopal Church @ 9:30am)
  • April 16: Oklahoma City, OK (Commonplace Books @ 6:30pm)
  • April 17: Dallas, TX (The Shaw’s @ 7:30pm)
  • April 26: New York, NY (Spring Mockingbird Conference @ 6:30pm)
  • May 2: Roanoke, VA (St Mark’s Fincastle, TBD)
  • May 3: Charlottesville, VA (Christ Episcopal Church @ 6:00pm)
  • May 5: Washington, DC (All Saints Episcopal Church @ 9:00am)
  • May 8: Bedford, NY (St Matthew’s, TBD)
  • May 10: Atlanta, GA (TBD @ 7:00pm)
  • May 17: Nashville, TN (TBD @ 7:00pm)
  • June 21: Orange County, CA (TBD)

There’s still a few open dates in there, so if you’re interested in hosting an event in your city, drop me a line at davidzahl@mbird.com.

What Happens When You Finally Quit Social Media

What Happens When You Finally Quit Social Media

by Guest Contributor on Mar 1, 2019 • 4 Comments

An anonymous confession. A recent study reported by The New York Times suggests that people are people with or without Facebook. People without Facebook have mood swings; people with Facebook have mood swings and access to thousands of pictures of people they might only kind of know. Examining the study, Benedict Carey explains how “heavy […]

A Football Filled with Goat's Blood (and Other Things Men Can Do For Women)

A Football Filled with Goat's Blood (and Other Things Men Can Do For Women)

by Sarah Condon on Feb 28, 2019 • 2 Comments

Arunachalam Muruganantham is a personal hero of mine. Like most men, Muruganantham had no idea how menstruation even worked before he married his wife. As people with little means in India, he began to realize the incredible challenge that women like his wife faced when their periods came. There are profound health hazards that come along […]

Here's To You, Fellow Introverts

Here's To You, Fellow Introverts

by Margaret Pope on Feb 27, 2019 • 2 Comments

Every now and then, I let myself think that I’ve left behind my introverted tendencies and moved into the (seemingly) glorious land of extroverted, outgoing people—they have it so much easier, right, being able to strike up a conversation with anyone about anything? But then I find myself in a situation where that introvert makes […]

Workaholics in the Hands of a Firing God

Workaholics in the Hands of a Firing God

by David Zahl on Feb 26, 2019 • 6 Comments

“When work becomes the primary arbiter of identity, purpose, worth, and community in our lives, it has ceased to function as employment and begun to function as a religion. Or at least we have made it responsible for providing the very things to which we used to look to God.” Those two lines are taken […]

Trial by Fyre

Trial by Fyre

by Guest Contributor on Feb 25, 2019 •

Grateful for this one by Sam Guthrie: In the game Jenga, players pull foundational wooden blocks from a block tower and place them strategically back on top. The tower gets higher and weaker, and all it takes is one misplaced block to bring it all tumbling down. If you’ve never played Jenga, but think you’d […]

You Can't Come to My Wedding Unless You're Just Like Me

You Can't Come to My Wedding Unless You're Just Like Me

by Carrie Willard on Feb 20, 2019 • 2 Comments

I’ve been married for fifteen years and I don’t have any younger sisters, and so it’s been a while since I’ve been exposed to the bridal industrial complex except in a very peripheral way. But I do follow several advice columnists on social media for the high entertainment value of Other People’s Problems, and I […]

The Art of Subtlety in Faith (and Doubt): Our Interview with Meghan O'Gieblyn

The Art of Subtlety in Faith (and Doubt): Our Interview with Meghan O'Gieblyn

by Mockingbird on Feb 14, 2019 • 6 Comments

Our first peek into the Faith & Doubt Issue is this interview with Meghan O’Gieblyn, author of the new book of essays, Interior States. We also were lucky enough to republish parts of her essay, originally published in The Point, “The Insane Idea.” Copies of Faith & Doubt can be gotten here, and here.  If […]

What Is Love?

What Is Love?

by Jason Thompson on Feb 14, 2019 • 7 Comments

What is love? Love has no ego. Love and ego are antithetical. Diametrically opposed to one another. Foreign languages one to another. Ego equally has no love but is all pretense and self-preservation. This quote from Law and Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints) summarizes this well: We have a whole secondary self we put […]

Accommodating Parents and Their Anxious Kids (or, What I Really Want For Dinner Is Not To Make a Decision)

Accommodating Parents and Their Anxious Kids (or, What I Really Want For Dinner Is Not To Make a Decision)

by David Zahl on Feb 12, 2019 • 5 Comments

This is what’s for breakfast, that’s what you’re wearing, and here’s how we’re getting to school. Nothing about the next hour is up for grabs, boys. Get to it! …I wish that’s how the morning routine in our house went. Alas, like a lot of modern parents, my reflex is to give my kids options […]

Moonlighters Anonymous

Moonlighters Anonymous

by Ethan Richardson on Feb 6, 2019 • 6 Comments

Moonlighting—also known as working a second job, having a “side hustle”—is a pretty standard theme these days. Thanks to Pinterest and Instagram, everyone’s got a home renovation project, a knack for macramé, and a small business opportunity. But in truth it’s been around forever. Loads of famous people “made it” by moonlighting. The American poet […]

A Pastoral Missive to Gen X Women

A Pastoral Missive to Gen X Women

by Sarah Condon on Jan 31, 2019 • 8 Comments

Laydeez, My day (and avocado toast) was ruined by the well-meaning forward of an article called The New Midlife Crisis for Women. It is on Oprah’s website, naturally. So while I was expecting some #liveyourbestlife -ness, I was slammed with the reality of your lives. I gotta say, I am worried. I was born in […]