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The Empathy List #166: Christian Celebrity Betrayals

How do we respond when Christian celebrities (like Dr. James Dobson and Elisabeth Elliot) fail us?

Feb 10 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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Curious Reads: Why is Dr. Dobson in the Epstein Files? (TW)

One of American Evangelicalism's favorite parenting experts appears in the infamous data DOJ drop. What do we make of it? (TRIGGER WARNING)

Feb 3 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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January 2026

the Empathy List #165: What's really happening in frozen Minnesota? 🧊

I asked my mom friends in MN to jump on a call so you can hear what it's like in their communities RIGHT NOW, IRL.

Jan 27 • Liz Charlotte Grant and Laura Kelly Fanucci

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the Empathy List #164: A Very Bad Week

Losing a Good Woman to State-Sponsored Violence and How to Be An Activist Anyway

Jan 13 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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the Empathy List #163: A Debut Author's Publishing Story, Part 6

A Debut Author's Publishing Story, Part 6: One year after my book's release, what does publishing mean to me now?

Jan 7 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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December 2025

the Empathy List #162: The Cruelty is the Point

A Visit to Aurora, Colorado's Detention Center Reminded Me (Yet Again!) that Our Immigration Policy is Less About Laws, and More about Dehumanization.

Dec 16, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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the Empathy List #161: The American Evangelical Church Has a "Woman Problem"

As in, we're heading for the exits.

Dec 9, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant and Anna Rollins

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November 2025

the Empathy List #160: What good does protest do?

Historians would like a word.

Nov 18, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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the Empathy List #159: On Energy Vampires and the Gift of a Diverse Community

Sara Billups' weighs in on what it takes to build IRL community (hint: it will cost you MORE than just your energy reserves).

Nov 11, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant and Sara Billups

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October 2025

the Empathy List #158: "Jesus is Being Teargassed at Broadview"

Clergy protest at Broadview Detention Center in Chicagoland gives me hope.

Oct 29, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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the Empathy List #157: Zach Lambert was kicked out of youth group.

A conversation between two leftie Christians about the reading the Bible for liberation, not authoritarianism.

Oct 21, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant and Zach W. Lambert

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the Empathy List #156: The Resistance is Here

A roundup of grassroots American protest against Trump and the GOP that gives me hope.

Oct 14, 2025 • Liz Charlotte Grant

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