Chris Hubbs
@chrishubbs
Software nerd, musician, lay theologian, husband, dad. Iowan. Christian universalist. Episcopalian. LGBTQ ally. Cubs fan. Mastodon: @cjhubbs@mastodon.online Web: chrishubbs.com
2026 Reads: Mrs. Dalloway (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Virginia Woolf 📚
2026 Reads: In the Beginning was the Spirit Science, Religion, and Indigenous Spirituality by Diarmuid Ó Murchú 📚 Well, that was a hand-waving mess. Bleh.
Some Cedar Rapids Gazette readers gonna be disappointed when they turn the page.
2026 Reads: Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema A Spiritual Journey by Jeffrey Overstreet 📚 Wonderful book.
2026 Reads: We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine by Alissa Wilkinson 📚
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains.
2026 Reads: The Hero of Ages Book Three of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚 Enjoyed it. Also happy to be done with it and to get on to something else.
2026 Reads: Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence by Pope Leo XIV 📚
2026 Reads: What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed 📚 What a wonderful, imaginative story. Loved it.
2026 Reads: End of Days Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America by Chris Jennings 📚 Phew, quite a read.
2026 Reads: The Well of Ascension Book Two of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚
First run this morning in a new pair of shoes. Like the shoes. Would’ve liked the run better if it weren’t already 80F with 90% humidity at 5:45 AM.
2026 Reads: Korean Messiah by Jonathan Cheng 📚 A meticulously-researched account of the formation of perhaps the greatest ever cult of personality.
Today Becky and I celebrate 28 years of marriage. Thankful. Planning a low-key day and an outing with the kids tonight. We’ll find space for a special night out next week. Such is life!
2026 Reads: There is No Antimemetics Division by Qntm 📚 Fantastic concept, uneven execution. Still gripping and unlike anything I’ve ever read.
2026 Reads: The Book of Love A Better Way to Read the Bible by Richard Beck 📚 Not perfect, but very, very good.
2026 Reads: And the Dragons Do Come Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America by Sim Butler 📚 A practical, honest voice. A lot of feelings that are familiar to me as the parent of a nonbinary kid.
2026 Reads: Prairie Fires The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser 📚 Having grown up with the Little House books, this thoroughly-researched biography puts them in quite a different light.
Ran the 10k this morning as a part of the Cedar Rapids Marathon Weekend. 21st overall, first in my age group, and improved my PR by more than 3 minutes!
2026 Reads: A Systematic Theology of Love - God and Creation by Thomas Oord 📚
A Little More on Reconstruction: https://chrishubbs.com/2026/06/02/a-little-more-on-reconstruction/
What a lovely morning for a run! I’m happy with those reverse splits, too. Dialing it in this week for a 10k race on Sunday.
Andrew Peterson's Ragamuffin concert live recording - some thoughts: https://chrishubbs.com/2026/05/27/andrew-petersons-ragamuffin-concert-live/
2026 Reads: Book of Lives A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood 📚 Marvelously written. Should be surprised. I’m not a huge Atwood fan (not opposed, just haven’t read her much) but the memoir was lovely. And yeah, she can write.