Jesus: Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*

I am usually in the camp of 'all reading is good' but in some very rare cases an absolute dunderhead will pick up a book and be like "the hobbits are a direct endorsement of fascist racial supremacy" and I don't think it's really helping them or anyone else, like maybe reading actually isn't for you

I hate this. Tolkien hated Nazism, and he also hated apartheid.

Props to the Christian Century for publishing an amazing piece that wouldn’t be permitted in most Mainline pulpits. ⚓️

J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI. MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)

Life is crazy, so what’s a little puppy chaos added to the mix. Meet Sugar.

"In an age that craves certainty and tribalism, Anglicanism offers something quieter and stronger shaped by prayer and lit from within by the glory of Christ. That is what gives me hope." – The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, in her address this morning 🕯️

As of this afternoon, I got to drop the “Candidate.” I am officially a Certified Educator in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. It was a long road, and I’m glad I stuck with it.

Sauron Was Practicing Metallurgy The Right Way by Ezra Klein

IT DOESN’T IT DOESN’T DO THAT AT ALL IT REFRAMES PREVENTABLE DEATHS AS INEVITABLE AND VICTIMS AS WILLING MARTYRS WHO ARE ACTUALLY BETTER OFF DEAD NOW IT IS A DIABOLICAL THING TO SAY IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO STOP THIS SHIT AND REFUSING TO DO IT

I’m currently being very insistent with ChatGPT that William Howard Taft had something to do with the creation of Rogue one with my source being a dream—and every time it “creates” a more plausible way that that’s true.

What the F are we doing, people????

Why not?

My church got a last minute invitation to march in a local pride parade. I almost said no because I didn’t think we could pull together volunteers in time. I’m so glad I was wrong. ⚓️

Today, for the first time, the Easter Bunny visited my church on Easter. It was the best thing ever.

Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter.

That hast by tyranny these many years Wasted our country, slain our citizens, And sent our sons and husbands captivate.

sorry but if you don't wanna get primaried, the bar now is "I think Chuck Schumer should be replaced as leader."

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

Oof! After Justin Welby's farewell remarks in the Lords, the #CofE episcopal solidarity dam is breaking. Read this. ✝️

I tried to take the kiddo to see Moana 2 today. We made it about 40 minutes before it got “too scary” and he insisted we leave. Anyone want to tell me what happens?

when you're old enough to have had a xanga and myspace and you're starting over on a new social media app in the year of our lord 2024:

Officially installed as rector. The prayer “O Lord my God, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof” made me ugly cry while praying it, and that’s okay.

10 games to get to know me: 🎮 Dragon Age: Inquistion 🎮 Phantasy Star IV 🎮 Mega Man 3 🎮 Heroes of Might and Magic II 🎮 Final Fantasy Tactics 🎮 Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete 🎮 A Link to the Past 🎮 Tears of the Kingdom 🎮 Pokémon: Heart Gold 🎮 Fallout 3

I vastly underestimated how tiring a day business trip to NYC would be. Oh well, only eight more times to go between now and May…

ACTUAL LOL

I am pretty sure that a colleague just offered me baseball tickets so he can watch my reaction as the Rangers lose. I can’t complain; it’s payback for the Rangers knocking the O’s out of the playoffs last fall…

grateful for Maxine’s wisdom in this piece, and for her witness to the God whose self-revelation will not be made into a possession that we can control, no matter how hard Christians try to do just that

I have gotten so many Facebook ads for churches this week, and none of them are even in the same state as me. ⚓️

St. Martin’s has officially opened their search. Is God calling you or someone you know to lead this fabulous church and school? ⚓️

Today I learned that my son is convinced Jesus “suffered under Pontius Pirate.” ⚓️

We've reached the last rooms of the dungeoncrawling era, and it's not coming back. Dungeon infrastructure investment was only ever made possible by post-WW2 tax codes and labor laws, which is why their construction collapsed after Reagan; even high-tech volcano bases aren't being made any more.

I’m a guest of the (Maryland) Senate today!

So... the Am/Ca Hugo admins, lacking an understanding of Chinese authoritarianism, applied *American* authoritarianism -- targeting marginalized identities first, trying to censor on content but doing it wrong bc of their own ignorance, then laying the blame on other people. Do I have that right?

I logged on to hear about the Hugos (bc it’s external enough to be almost amusing as a disaster) only to hear how the governor of my home state has declared war on the federal government. This is… super fun? *internal screaming intensifies*

I tell her I can’t believe that I am living in the pandemic’s fifth year but she insists that I need to keep things in perspective and so she reminds me that the 20 warmest years on record have all occurred in my lifetime which I must admit does not make me feel any better.

I hate having to upload my resume and then retype the whole thing without formatting to apply for a job.

I just told my son that the state Fish and Wildlife Commission places catch limits on Swedish Fish so that he can only eat three at a time. This is not what I expected parenting would be like.

that’s meep in the corner

I have reached the point in this interim call where I have to update my Office of Transition Ministry Profile to start applying for the next thing. How has the OTM not made a single improvement to this form in my 11 years of ordained ministry? ⚓️

All I can say in response to this is the collect for the Feast of the Holy Innocents (12/28): “We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your great might…” 1/2

The kiddo has become invested in our local sports team: the Baltimore “Raisins.” (I tried to correct him, but I got a lecture on how I am wrong.)

James Merrill’s “Christmas Tree,” written when he was dying of AIDS.

The Fourth Sunday of Advent, two Christmas Eve services, a very late night, and then up at 4:57 bc the kiddo couldn’t wait a second longer to see if Santa came. I may fall asleep during breakfast, but this is the best kind of tired. ⚓️

For the second time this week, UPS tried to deliver the candles for Christmas Eve services outside of office hours…

This week has been crazy. We are on day 9 of no phone service in the church office, still proofing bulletins, and I over-scheduled myself. So I was feeling a little grumpy when I drove to a retirement community yesterday. Why did I agree to start a new service the week before Christmas?

The kiddo pronounces “Joseph” as “Jofus.” No one is allowed to correct him because this is what’s getting me through my seasonal depression.