Mark Fugitt

Historian of religion, pastor, adjunct professor, and author. Probably outside thinking about camping or outer space.

[Mark Fugitt @markfugitt]

Want an ecumenical look at the history of personal Bible study and the spiritual formation movement from a faith-based perspective? My new book is available for preorder now! https://t.co/hun6xm8dAg
#BibleStudy #spiritualformation #BookTwitter #QuietTime

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Our youngest son is funny, loves animals, is full of energy, and is working on reading sight words. Just in case you’re seeing viral posts questioning anyone’s value. #DownSyndrome

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By this metric, college becomes something more than a service rendered, but a sacred trust and “a voluntary gathering of seekers who come together for mutual support.”

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“Teaching at its best can be a generative act, one of the ways by which human beings try to cheat death—by giving witness to the next generation so that what we have learned in our own lives won’t die with us.”

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Andrew Delblanco describes this alternate path to immortality by making a further comparison to how New England Puritans prioritized advanced learning as they were “dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.”

[Brad Brisco @bradleybrisco]

Interesting, I ran across this quote from Henri Nouwen:

"A Christianity without empathy is nothing but an empty religion. The heart of the Gospel is to love your neighbor as yourself, to rejoice with those who rejoice, and to weep with those who weep." #empathy

~ "The Return of the Prodigal Son."

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Pass it on! The NASA History Office is looking for graduate students to work with our NASA historians and archivists this summer. Apply before Feb. 27! https://t.co/qa85AUrQRq

[Mark Fugitt @markfugitt]

And now they are singing “Peace and harmony in all the world” to the tune of Kumbaya.

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A salute to all the parents out there watching wall-to-wall Peppa Pig as world events unfold. Let me know if any more unprecedented events happen this morning.

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Told my wife that I was excited to take the day off. She pointed out I was sitting at my computer surrounded by a stack of work-related books. Trying again with a novel & Netflix fire.

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Looking for rural ministry experience in 2026? Our church is offering a part time three month internship (March-May) focusing on Children and Youth ministry but expandable into other areas. https://t.co/VNVTr4AH15

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If reading the Bible is simply a task of Christian worship then this is a perfectly understandable take to send to your 2 million followers. But if, in fact, reading the Bible is a conversation in order to better know God, then it is a tragic mistake.

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Read this in my sermon Sunday. Definitely worth a look.

[Christianity Today @CTmagazine]

“Sometimes all we need to start inching away from the darkness is an acknowledgment of the wreckage.

I suppose that’s why the prophet Isaiah let us all know that the Christ would be ‘a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.’”

Today’s devotional:https://t.co/zWsxKmeuDf

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Selected a book cover design today and submitted some final edits on the manuscript!

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@SusanWiseBauer Yes! I’ve had the same. All over-the-top flattery and long AI “reviews”.

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A pastor who doesn’t love people who disagree with them theologically, politically, or culturally is no true pastor.

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It was a good holiday for writing!
4,000 words on the book project, a sermon on James started, and a two-page college lecture written.

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @SolaVibae]

There are worse things to do than study (historical) theology honestly.
#thankful

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@DanielRHyde @jasonkovacs For sure! When Facebook announced they were deleting old live videos, I first wondered if I should download my first several years of sermons from when we streamed them years ago. Then I realized it was a blessing!

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Fishing last night in the boat I built with my grandpa 26 years ago. Still holding up!