Kelsey McGinnis' Substack
Kelsey Kramer McGinnis, Karen Swallow PriorA newsletter on faith and culture. Subscribe for writing on congregational worship and the history of popular Christian parenting literature.
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A Death and Dying Playlist
This is a poem my students will read this semester in the course “Death and Dying”:
There will be rest, and sure stars shining
Over the roof-tops crowned with snow,
A reign of rest, serene forgetting,
The music of stillness...
Skinny Jeans Are Out, Muscles Are In
Between about 2005 and 2015, the fashion lexicon of the emo and pop punk scene — tight pants, V necks, and tattoos — broke into mainstream Christian music culture. At the time, contemporary worship music was also proving itself to be popula...
A Title and Some Questions About Worship Leaders
First off—my forthcoming book about faith-washed diet and wellness culture has an official title! I’m thrilled to finally be able to share it with you:
Thin, Holy, and Never Enough:
How Clean Eating, Control, and Wellness Became...
From the Graveyard
Every draft of every article I write has a graveyard: an appendix of sentences, fragments, lists, and phrases that didn’t find a place in the draft, but didn’t deserve full deletion. Usually it’s just an extra page at the end of the documen...
Alternative Everything
The morning of July 4th, I drove across the midwest with my husband—noting that all the corn is well past knee-high. We made it from Urbana, Illinois back to Des Moines in time for a family cookout. On the drive, we listened to some newly-d...
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Writer, musicologist. Writing on music, worship, and culture at Christianity Today. Working on a book about Christian wellness culture. Teaching courses on music history, theology, and social justice. Living quietly in the middle of Iowa.
A reader and writer attending more closely to what is good, true, and beautiful. 2025-26 Karlson Scholar at Bethel Seminary. The Priory is devoted to the holy cultivation of a rich inner life. “Attention is the beginning of devotion.” -- Mary Oliver
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