Culture, Character, and the Craft of Building Things That Last. I write about the intersection of faith, culture, leadership, and the quiet art of building things that endure — churches, cities, teams, and sometimes even menswear. www.goodwillhinton.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mibulzz2kk2mPraying for victory in Jesus's name while dropping bombs on image-bearers. This is not the Gospel. New piece. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/this-is-not-the-gospel/ @secdef.govpeeps.us30 Mar 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibulzz2kk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mhq4j5cyjk22Christian Nationalism keeps invoking Jesus. But Jesus opened his most important sermon w "Blessed are the meek" — not w 10 Commandments & not w national identity. There's a word for wanting the kingdoms Satan offered. It isn't Christian. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/a-christianity-mostly-about-winning23 Mar 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq4j5cyjk22https://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mg3g4zw6k22eA stranger asked the question we’re all asking each other now: “What are you?” Politics. Religion. Labels. I tried something else—curiosity. Here’s what I learned about control and leaving a conversation with warmth intact. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/negronis-swingers-and-the-label-test/02 Mar 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3g4zw6k22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mfmdz6s7m22eReal community shows up after the official part is over. Not with a text—with presence. Here’s what I’ve learned about friendship as social infrastructure (and a question worth asking). https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-infrastructure-you-cant-outsource/24 Feb 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmdz6s7m22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3meyemkrifk2eYou don’t have to be progressive to care about democracy. You don’t have to be conservative to care about crime reduction. When every belief becomes a badge, citizenship becomes a loyalty test. Maybe the bar isn’t left or right—just American. 🇺🇸 https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/you-dont-have-to-be-progressive-or/16 Feb 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyemkrifk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3megmpl5rp223Not everything deserves a response. This does. When a leader shares dehumanization, it’s not “controversy”—it’s moral corrosion. And it tests what we’re willing to excuse for our side. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/not-everything-deserves-a-response/09 Feb 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3megmpl5rp223https://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mduxprzhk22sYou can tell the truth and still be cruel. You can be right and still lose your soul. This is an essay about reconciliation—not as softness, but as disciplined courage. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/justice-without-victory/02 Feb 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduxprzhk22shttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mdimmcpasc2sYour major is a starting coordinate, not a prison cell. Wrote about geography, GIS, commercial real estate, web dev, consulting—and why our careers look more like maps than ladders. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/maps-not-ladders/28 Jan 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdimmcpasc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mddforxqf22sThis isn’t about immigration. It’s about restraint, due process, and who we’re willing to call an enemy. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/this-isnt-about-immigration/26 Jan 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddforxqf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mcwt4qyeis2wRenee Good had just dropped off her 6-year-old at school. Hours later, she was dead—shot by an ICE officer. The footage and the talking points don’t match. This is about accountability, masks, and the reflex to defend power before we look. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-smear-after-the-smoke/21 Jan 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwt4qyeis2whttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mcucqu6fas2aA narrow masculinity doesn’t just harm boys. It ripples outward—into marriages, workplaces, and public life. A few thoughts on “real men,” self-control, and becoming safe. www.goodwillhinton.com/p/real-men/ https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/real-men/20 Jan 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcucqu6fas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mcrqxgj2o222If you oppose authoritarianism, don’t imitate its spirit. MLK’s nonviolence wasn’t a vibe—it was a refusal. The fire they’re hoping for is the one we’re tempted to light. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-fire-theyre-hoping-for/19 Jan 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrqxgj2o222https://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mcah7pnacs25The Venezuela headline wasn’t the most revealing part. The comments were. A framework for judging the news by ethics + constitutional limits—not tribe loyalty. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/when-the-tribe-becomes-your-moral/12 Jan 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcah7pnacs25https://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mbr3f6olus22“Everything is corrupt” sounds like realism. Most of the time, it’s an escape hatch. On why Christians should choose reform over burn-it-down cynicism. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/why-everything-is-corrupt-is-an-escape/06 Jan 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbr3f6olus22https://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mbolmzks5c2uHoward Thurman: “Too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful…” That line is why “take the country back for Christ” makes me nervous. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-good-old-days-for-whom/05 Jan 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbolmzks5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mb7nk3hvf22uYear-end note: Less outrage. More life. Silver linings aren’t accidents—they’re often chosen. Writing, building SPO 33, investing in community, & learning (w/out surrendering skepticism) all pushed me there. What’s the truest thing you learned this year? https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/less-outrage-more-life/30 Dec 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7nk3hvf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3manuulgxgc2uI’ve drifted from a lot of evangelical culture over the years—but I haven’t drifted from Jesus. If anything, I’m more attached to him and more loving toward people who don’t share my faith. New piece on why that might be spiritual growth, not rebellion. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/drifting-from-evangelicalism-clinging/23 Dec 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3manuulgxgc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3malf3gisrk2uIf our faith feels threatened by Starbucks cups and a cashier saying “Happy Holidays,” the problem isn’t the barista. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/merry-christmas-isnt-a-loyalty-test/ #Christmas #Christianity #ChristianNationalism22 Dec 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3malf3gisrk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3mabcyilk5k2uFit beats brand. Power shrinks the gospel. Childcare is infrastructure. Three quick takes, zero dunking—built for dialogue. Read + tell me where I’m wrong. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/hotish-takes-cool-heads-december-436/18 Dec 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabcyilk5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3ma4e5b5xhs2zThere’s a difference between voting and vouching. Evangelicals didn’t just “hold their nose.” Many learned to defend what they once condemned. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/voting-vs-vouching-when-evangelicals/ #Christianity #Trump #Reiner #Evangelicals16 Dec 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4e5b5xhs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m7zuupzn522zWe’ll fight like crazy for Ten Commandments posters and “prayer in schools.” But ask us about the Beatitudes—the poor in spirit, the meek, the peacemakers—and it gets quiet. New essay on symbols, power, and what Jesus actually blesses. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/when-we-choose-the-commandments-over/ #Christianity15 Dec 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zuupzn522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m7kqek23xk2zGen Z’s quarter-zip era is more than “midtown uniform” cosplay. It’s a quiet way of saying, “I want to look like I’m going somewhere.” I wrote about why I’m cheering this on—and why I hope some of these guys add a sport coat or suit next. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/from-quarter-zip-to-sport-coat-the/09 Dec 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kqek23xk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m7i6rzua7c2zOur outrage isn’t random—it’s curated, monetized, and fed back to us. In my latest essay, I ask a simple question of social media, cable news, and culture-war leaders: cui bono? Who actually benefits from your anger, and what is it doing to you? https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/cui-bono-who-profits-from-your-outrage/08 Dec 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i6rzua7c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m6z3j2jgsc2bHot take: anti-suit snobbery is still snobbery. New piece on why: – “Casual = real, formal = fake” doesn’t hold up – Clothes always signal something – Authenticity isn’t what you wear, it’s why you wear it. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/authenticity-isnt-what-you-wear-its #menswear #suits02 Dec 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6z3j2jgsc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m6wnxzhrh22b“If I hold all the ‘right’ positions but become less like Jesus defending them… what exactly am I winning?” New essay: why the way Christians do politics may matter more than any single policy win. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-christian-life-is-not-a-policy #Christianity #Politics #ChristianNationalism01 Dec 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wnxzhrh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m6ju6gnrls2bWhat if your Thanksgiving list included the people who lovingly disrupted you? New essay on gratitude for the ones who changed my mind. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/thankful-for-the-people-who-changed/ #Thanksgiving #Friendship26 Nov 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ju6gnrls2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m6fksnnuks2gWe’ve heard so much authoritarian talk that “hang them” barely shocks us anymore. This isn’t about every Trump outrage. It’s about the red lines we can’t afford to shrug off. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/when-authoritarian-talk-stops-shocking #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #UCMJ24 Nov 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fksnnuks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m6f3nlfgpk2gFrom Satanic Panic to QAnon, a lot of American Christianity has quietly treated fear as a virtue. Jesus didn’t. New essay on how we got here—and how “do not be afraid” could still reshape our politics and our faith. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/from-satanic-panic-to-qanon-how-fear #Christianity #Fear #Q #MAGA24 Nov 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6f3nlfgpk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m5yqrd5yrs2zHonest question: if a Democratic president defended an autocrat accused of ordering a bone-saw murder and said “things happen,” would white evangelicals shrug—or explode? This essay sits with that. https://www.goodwillhinton.com/p/embarrassing-our-guest-when-christian #MAGA #ChristianNationalism #mbs #Trump19 Nov 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yqrd5yrs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/goodwillhinton.com/post/3m5vvy5wr6k2pHow a pair of square-toe shoes sparked a transformation—from indifference to intention—and taught me that style, at its best, is really about confidence and care. https://goodwillhinton.com/p/learning-to-wear-confidence #menswear #style #Confidence18 Nov 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:ek7ua4ev2a35cdgehdxo4jsg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vvy5wr6k2p