We’re sad to announce that KTF Press is closing down, and this will be our last episode of Shake the Dust. But both of us will continue to do work in different places. In this conversation, we cover:

- Why KTF is closing

- What will happen to our newsletters, articles, podcasts, and books

- What we’re both doing next

- What the experience of running KTF has been like for us

- What we want to leave listeners with

- And a benediction

Where you can see some of our upcoming work:

- Jonathan’s new book that you can preorder now! Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair

- Jonathan’s new Substack, The Crux

- Sy’s new website for his freelance work

Credits

- Follow Jonathan Walton on Facebook Instagram, and Threads.

- Follow Sy Hoekstra on Mastodon.

- Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify.

- Our podcast art is by Robyn Burgess – follow her and see her other work on Instagram.

- Editing by Sy.

- Production by Sy and our incredible subscribers

The transcript for this episode was autogenerated by Substack and may contain errors

On this month’s bonus episode, Jonathan and Sy talk about our political system from a practical and theological view:

- What we can accomplish using America’s political system

- The limits of what political action can do

- Given those powers and limits, how Christians should approach politics

- And, in Which Tab Is Still Open, boycotting as a spiritual prac…

On this month’s bonus episode, Jonathan and Sy discuss:

- What exactly the Trump administration does to distract the media and the general population so it can achieve its goals

- How it uses the erasure of experiences from outside MAGA world to demean and suppress opposition

- What we can do to resist Trump’s agenda in light of these tactics

- And, in Whic…