Two-time Webby Award nominee for best independent email publication (2022 & 2023) & recognized by the Associated Church Press awards.
The Empathy List is a weekly newsletter for all those looking to grow in empathy & curiosity. You can expect two personal essays monthly, plus compilations of “Curious Reads” from around the internet.
It’s also a one-woman show, written and poorly copyedited by progressive Christian* author, Liz Charlotte Grant.
(*Or whatever we’re called now if we’re Christian and a never-ever-ever Trumper)…
Read the Empathy List for…
+A kind + sassy narrator on the Christian Left,
+Un-put-downable storytelling,
+Journalism to nurture your curiosity,
+Empathy for ALL (no exceptions).
Who is Liz Charlotte Grant?
I’m a religious writer with a big heart & insatiable curiosity.
I’m an award-winning freelance writer from Denver, Colorado, USA.
My essays have appeared in Religion News Service, the Huffington Post, Hippocampus Magazine, Brevity, Christianity Today, the Christian Century, U.S. Catholic, Sojourners and many other places. I was also a literary magazine editor at the Curator Magazine.
Also, one time, I wrote a review about Elisabeth Elliot, queen of American evangelical purity culture, that held Christian twitter’s attention for a whole week.
My debut book, Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis After Losing Faith in the Bible, received praise from Publisher’s Weekly and Foreword Reviews.
I’m also progressive Christian, an identity which sounds like an oxymoron to many Americans right now.
I believe in extending empathy to every person, no exceptions.
This tenet of “empathy for all” stems from my commitment to historic Christianity as founded by Jesus Christ, who put love of his neighbors—even those who hated him—above himself, and his lifetime of service culminated in his murder by his religious peers and by his government.
I also learned this radical empathy during my brief career as birth doula (CD(DONA), during which I had the sacred privilege of witnessing 21 families welcome their newborns. The experience deepened my capacity for patience and empathy with my fellow humans, both like and unlike me, as well as encouraging my scientific curiosity.
I also believe that one way to love my neighbor involves radical generosity by way of liberal policy.
As a former evangelical, I used to vote Republican. But I don’t anymore. (See? People can change.)
Join me?
