Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

Songwriter, author of A Hole in the World & Holy Unhappiness (July ‘23). Writes about faith, the creative life, grief, & ritual. Rooted in Southern Appalachia. amandaopelt.com Boone, NC Joined November 2013

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a week ago

New post to help you get into the spirit of Labor Day! open.substack.com/pub/amandaheld…

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a week ago

How did with end up with a government that demonizes vaccines but deifies assault rifles?

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a week ago

This is my great hope.

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a week ago

This is my great hope.

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a week ago

Gosh y’all when are we gonna realize we can offer thoughts and prayers AND consider practical political reforms that will limit access to assault rifles. Y’all acting like we gotta choose between the two!!

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2 weeks ago

On this day 104 years ago, one of the most important events in America labor history occurred that very few know about: the Battle of Blair Mountain 🧵

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a week ago

Say what you like about the Cracker Barrel rebrand but I will say once we were on a road trip & a tornado was heading straight for us so we stopped & ran into a CB & realized it was THE WORST place to ride out a tornado what with all the farm equipment HANGING FROM THE CEILING

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a month ago

Genuine, good faith question here: how are Republicans justifying the re-drawing of congressional maps in a non-census year?? At first glance, this looks so much like cheating so I’m trying to understand how anyone could think it’s not??

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

a month ago

Turns out, neither side of the political spectrum applies their principles consistently. We like who we like, we pick our team, and we shift our principles accordingly to support their actions.

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

2 months ago

For all the gatekeeping that goes on in Christianity (especially online Christianity), I am reminded that in John 10, Jesus tells us that HE IS the gate.

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

2 months ago

Just because I don’t post on the internet doesn’t mean I don’t have opinions. Just because I have opinions doesn’t mean I need to post on the internet.

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

2 months ago

New post! I wrote a few more reflections on the 100 year anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. This one is…personal. It was pretty tough to write. I love my hometown. I’m grateful for how I was raised. I’m learning to embrace the both/and. open.substack.com/pub/amandaheld…

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

2 months ago

This month marks 100 years since the Scopes Monkey Trial. I grew up in Dayton Tennessee, under the long shadow of that trial. In this Op Ed for @RNS , I share what it means to me now. religionnews.com/2025/07/03/100…

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

3 months ago

Still stand by this post 😊

Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

3 years ago

Still stand by this post 😊

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Amanda Held Opelt @AmandaHeldOpelt

3 months ago

Believing that children in Gaza deserve food to eat is not the same as being pro-Hamas/pro-terror. Condemning the murder of Israeli embassy staff does not mean you hate all Palestinians. This polarized, either/or, black and white thinking is going to be the end of us.