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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apart from Sarah Bessey, who continues to write, the other internet besties have slowly receded into the background. I think a lot of it has to do with having stable, happy relationships.  Jamie Wright has backed away from most posting on IG or her blog.  Kristen Howerton doesn't seem to be doing her podcast anymore.  Tara Livesay is stepping away from her birthing center.  What do they have in common?  Seemingly happy marriages or relationships over the past several years. [/quote]

Did they fade away into happiness… or did they implode their own careers? They were all billed as “Christian” authors whose message morphed into: “Actually, religion is BAD. The Bible is wrong. Live YOUR truth!”. What is the result of that? Your religious fans dump you. Those fans that deconstruct with you now have a plethora of secular authors and influencers that are way more talented. (Are you going to choose a book from some crass no-name like Jamie Wright, or are you picking up Brene Brown?) 
I think they deconstructed themselves out of a job. [/quote]

I still read some of Sarah Bessey's stuff, and I think she has about exactly the same audience that she had years ago. She's still very much a religion writer with a heavily Christian bent. She's not a favorite of the 'women can't preach' crowd, but that's about it. I think her main deal the past few years has been running the Evolving Faith gathering and things related to it. (I WILL agree that she treads a fine line between sincerity and being a bit TOO twee and sweet, but also I think that is her personality.)

I think Jamie was (obviously) shattered by her son's death and has largely backed away from any online presence since then. And you know what? I applaud her for not turning it into something to market. Beyond that I have no opinion on her.

I also never really read Kristen Howerton as a 'religious' mommy blogger in the way that Jen and Sarah were. She just seemed like a parenting blogger who stepped back from it to give her kids more privacy (plus I think they must all be about grown by now?). I think she just tired of it all, but that's just my speculation.[/quote]

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