Snarky lawyer & author whose 📖 is for those burned by rcst, sxist, lgbtq-phobic Christianity. Deconstruction, truth-telling & healing Deconstruction, truth-telling & healing👇🏾 https://www.robertgcallahan.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mvpxgjnnxs2lSomething surreal happened this week. @kkdumez.bsky.social released Live, Laugh, Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made. And there’s a section in it where she cites me. Not just my name. My argument. 🙌🏾17 Sep 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpxgjnnxs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mvns3kv5b22oWe should be far less interested in whether Christianity is losing influence and far more interested in why some believed following Jesus required so much influence in the first place.16 Sep 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvns3kv5b22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mvkjzft4b22tBe careful when the Bible suddenly becomes “complicated” precisely where it asks you to care about people you were taught not to care about.15 Sep 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkjzft4b22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mvfq7sc72s2dWith few exceptions, “All we can do is vote” / “voting is the best weapon we have” and “All we can do is pray” / “prayer is the best weapon we have” are the same lie & they have a stranglehold on a lot of you.13 Sep 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfq7sc72s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mv3jtj5rhc2wIt’s difficult to preach that every person bears the image of God while treating someone's desperation as an inconvenience. That’s why white Christianity doesn’t preach the former.09 Sep 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3jtj5rhc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3muz73ou2sc2cThere is a difference between following Jesus and asking Jesus to bless the power, comfort, and privilege we already decided to protect.08 Sep 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz73ou2sc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3muwqqrjwuk2qYour anger is not always something God wants you to surrender. Sometimes anger is the part of you still telling the truth.07 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwqqrjwuk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3muhhp546dc2vWe have spent decades convincing people that poverty is a personal failure while treating greed as a personality trait.01 Sep 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhhp546dc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3muaistkpws2lThe same impulse that’s had you going to Target knowing they’ve been racist is the same impulse that’s got you going to churches centering whiteness knowing they’ve had every opportunity to change but won’t. But I don’t think y’all are ready to hear that.29 Aug 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaistkpws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mtw2jtiyes2hWhen y’all were chanting “No Justice, No Peace” at those rallies, what did you think the “no peace” part entailed? How & when did you think that would come about?25 Aug 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw2jtiyes2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mt4v2lxcrs2xScripture in bio. Hell in their heart.15 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4v2lxcrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3msrncjt5d22fIf the purpose of gaslighting is to drive you crazy while the bad actor pretends to be ignorant, & watching Officer Tatum pretending to be ignorant about Nolan’s murder drives you crazy, then… IF THE PURPOSE OF GASLIGHTING IS TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY…11 Aug 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrncjt5d22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3msqcwqkwfc2rI see so many people complaining about how MAGA harasses them in their comments & DMs. Then turn around and make allowance for toxic family members because, “they’re trapped in their algorithms and don’t see what we see online”. Both things can’t be true.10 Aug 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqcwqkwfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3msjjvlsdss2u“Justice doesn’t require manufactured guilt. Nor manufactured innocence. We shouldn’t have to become forensic analysts, investigative journalists, & audio engineers to convince power that a 🟤 man’s death deserves a serious investigation.” https://fridayfirebyrobertcallahan.substack.com/p/why-must-we-crowdsource-justice?r=1h2nfv07 Aug 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjjvlsdss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3msfx4tqxyk2dThe same society that tells us to be grateful for progress constantly asks us to settle for less.06 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfx4tqxyk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mseupayvic2gNot to brag, but my posts regularly get 5 views 💅06 Aug 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseupayvic2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3msb3542udk2q7 years after deconstructing white Christianity, I'm only now realizing that I’ve been living free from the constant pressure to turn every conversation into an evangelism opportunity. Incessantly scanning of every interaction for a chance to “witness” to someone.04 Aug 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb3542udk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3ms6xoymjdk2uWeird how the people who always tell us to "wait for all the facts" or "don't jump to conclusions" never circle back once the facts prove what Black people were saying all along.03 Aug 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6xoymjdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mrpcs3ik6s2rThe same people who heard their white friends call me the n-word in high school but insisted their friends weren’t racist now want me to believe the audio of Nolan Wells’s killers planning what to do with his body doesn’t prove they lynched him.28 Jul 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpcs3ik6s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mrklblp7mk2bA church that fears losing influence more than losing integrity has already lost both.26 Jul 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrklblp7mk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mrfmvb2sgk2dWhite supremacy is remarkably effective. It has us investigating a murder* with missing body parts, governing democracy uncertain whether a senator is alive or dead, and treating both as unrelated stories. One system can normalize almost any absurdity—as long as it protects power. *allegedly24 Jul 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfmvb2sgk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mrctkkzdus2cBlack people be like “I needed this” and it’s just knowing whether or not a 200 yr old racist has finally passed away.23 Jul 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrctkkzdus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mrae3n2u5c22It is a strange faith that sees generosity as socialism and greed as wisdom.22 Jul 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrae3n2u5c22https://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mr3cuyhmos2kThe people who tell us to stop talking about race rarely stop benefiting from it.20 Jul 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3cuyhmos2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mqz72krhn22nIt is easier to build walls when you've never had to live on the outside of one.19 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz72krhn22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mqwt27hp3s26The people most threatened by equality often describe it as oppression.18 Jul 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwt27hp3s26https://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mquoozoe7s2pSometimes I think about generational trauma on a practical level. Like how our parents fought racist white folks for integration & voting rights. Then had children who grew up in the same communities who had to fight new battles w/ the racist children of those original racist white folks…17 Jul 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquoozoe7s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mqrtrcidrk2iSay what you want about Thanos; when it was time to get stuff done, he’s the only one that had the stones to do it.16 Jul 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrtrcidrk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mqrc7c25hk2nIt's amazing how quickly "personal responsibility" disappears when wealthy people are being held accountable.16 Jul 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrc7c25hk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcallahanwaco.bsky.social/post/3mqoqoxkumc2zEvery empire teaches its citizens to fear the people it is exploiting.15 Jul 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:uajf2ledenflfcy4ps772ot2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoqoxkumc2z