Senior staff writer | news | Christianity Today ebelz@christianitytoday.com 📍NYC fan of baseball, chess, McDonald’s apple pie. Opinions mine.https://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3ml2luhyi5c2lWell deserved. Local journalism at its very best. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2luhyi5c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mkkrjbw6322gThis morning I’m waiting to hear back from, no joke, three Philips on three different stories28 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkrjbw6322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mkkq7t43uk23Hi, are there pastors/nonprofit folks among my followers who would be willing to share with me your salary when you first got out of college? Email me at ebelz@christianitytoday.com I'm working on a story about lower-paying missional jobs, and can share more one-on-one!28 Apr 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkq7t43uk23https://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mkibzuvxcc2fin 2022 😵‍💫 after the attempted attacks on Nancy Pelosi and Brett Kavanaugh I wrote about the confusion of American Christians on political violence (and in 2022 we reported on Reformed Christians specifically, whom the WHCD shooter appears to be) https://www.christianitytoday.com/2022/11/protestants-political-violence-protest-pelosi/?utm_medium=widgetsocial27 Apr 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkibzuvxcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mkfmq7gecc2nA must-read for anyone interested in the fallout of PEPFAR upheaval. NYT reporting on the surge in serious HIV patients at a mission hospital in Zambia https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/health/pepfar-hiv-aids-zambia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share26 Apr 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfmq7gecc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mkddsa4se227this is the most American thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkddsa4se227https://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mk4ahg7fp22hNY considering a ticker tape parade for the Artemis crew? Yes. I will contribute $5-10 for admin costs22 Apr 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ahg7fp22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mk4aai7x5k2ha little surprised NY is the first to do this - not, for ex, the more historically anti-gambling states like Alabama https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-bans-government-employees-prediction-markets/22 Apr 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4aai7x5k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mjx2o3s6es24I was in Minnesota to report this story of a refugee who was arrested - and his friends who went to Texas to bring him home. Minnesotans! https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/ice-minnesota-refugees-arrest-texas-detention-immigration/?utm_medium=widgetsocial20 Apr 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx2o3s6es24https://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mjvbrxmr3c2gLovely piece about the last members of an order that "staffed and in some cases founded 188 schools and colleges, plus missions reaching across two continents. They were, without fail, the ones who showed up." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/sister-mary-kay-sisters-charity-new-york-nuns.html?smid=threads-nytimes20 Apr 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvbrxmr3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mjsfxb3l622aYou know those secretly Christian coffee shops? My cousin came up with the best name for one: Origen Coffee18 Apr 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsfxb3l622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mjjw6vwi3k27Important topic, but this mishmashes religious freedom concerns with actions that are fully constitutional and acceptable. HHS giving grants to faith-based addiction recovery is not some scary weird thing. The NYC government does that, etc etc https://www.wired.com/story/government-workers-say-theyre-getting-inundated-with-religion/15 Apr 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjw6vwi3k27https://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mjiu72zltc2l“The chief was beloved in many ways.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/nyregion/police-chief-sports-gambling-new-haven.html15 Apr 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiu72zltc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mjfsr6n25c2zI love this honest account from two retirees about how they get sucked into hours on their phones “fix-it videos, rescue-dog accounts, road-rage incidents, segments of “Justified” episodes” https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/retirement-social-media-addiction-befe32b4?st=Fr3dVt&reflink=article_copyURL_share13 Apr 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfsr6n25c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mj5q34rsq22aThe one last thing that X had going for it was its search function, and now that appears to be put in the blender as well10 Apr 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5q34rsq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mj5nvgrlf22eThis was illustrated with the QAnon response to Epstein stuff last year. Broader QAnon was furious with Trump for not following thru on promises to release files. Christian Qanon was still on board - they had faith Trump had a good reason. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5nvgrlf22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mi2jnk6aks2dA new survey of Minneapolis residents on the aftermath of Operation Metro Surge. 38 percent who had encounters with immigration agents said agents “already had their guns drawn when they approached them"27 Mar 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2jnk6aks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mi2bruscbc2uMay Wikipedia live long and prosper https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/27 Mar 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2bruscbc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilybelz.bsky.social/post/3mhqfytqjks2pApart from the actual functionality, I don't think ICE in airports is gonna be the political dunk that Trump thinks it is. ICE interacting with civilians in public places has been bad [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:kq2gemalzbqllscyjnc5u7ze/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqfytqjks2p