A stone waits longer than we do. When we call it dead, it only smiles at our impatience. Trees, rivers, clouds — all of them carry time differently. To see them as mute is our failure of hearing. To them, we are the brief ones, flickering, noisy, soon gone. The world is alive everywhere ... #animism

Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, or C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters will feel right at home here. The Divine Mind by John Miedema is a theological fantasy with a satirical edge: reverent, witty, and full of flawed gods, earnest monks, and cosmic riddles. #booksky

Very happy to announce that my first book has been published on Snail Books. My fans can get the ebook of The Divine Mind for free -- click here, enter zero (0) for the price, and get the email to download it. More news to come. #booksky #books #ebooks

Kimmel returns! Guess his ratings weren't so bad after all, eh T?

Faux centrism. A surface neutrality that accepts the party line. It feels kind of normal and safer than the darkness that comes with calling a spade a spade.

🖕 Pete Hoekstra 🍁 #cdnpoli

Wordies, help me out, what's the term for right-wing cancel culture? #kimmel #colbert #kirk

Climate Collapse, Fascism, and a Chance to Evolve with AI The race between destruction and renewal, and the power still left in our hands johnmiedema.substack.com/p/climate-co...

"I’ll tell you everything I’ve learned, And ‘love’, is all he said" ~ Yusuf / Cat Stevens, The Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head

Visualize yourself in this present moment 🤔

Seekers of the Glimmer Reading as hunger, vision, and the path to knowledge johnmiedema.substack.com/p/seekers-of... #books #booksky #reading #seeking

Bohemian Rhapsody is the human anthem. Change my mind.

Good Slow and Bad Slow Medieval fighting snails remind us that even the humblest creature can surprise johnmiedema.substack.com/p/good-slow-... #slow #medieval #knight #snail #writing #publishing

Snail Books is my small press, born from the idea that good books invite us to slow down, linger with words, and see meaning in what is often overlooked. The snail—humble, steady, and enduring—is our emblem. johnmiedema.substack.com/p/why-a-snail #books #booksky #slow

Apples taste twice as sweet in the autumn

Beautiful Ideas, Broken Writing The real breakthrough was the launch of Snail Books johnmiedema.substack.com/p/beautiful-...

🚀🇨🇦 Congratulations to NordSpace for making history with Canada’s first commercial space launch, sending the Taiga rocket beyond the Kármán line from Newfoundland’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex — a proud moment of Canadian ingenuity and resilience that will inspire bold next steps and dreams. #space

“A story about a farm girl who flirts with eco-terrorism after dreaming she’s a goat, and a philosophy teacher who faces the abyss in a fight for the farm girl’s soul.” My kinda book, even though it's only available from Amazon. <click> #booksky #animalrights

Constraints can act as creative allies. A limited budget, a fixed deadline, or a narrow scope can feel restrictive, but they often sharpen focus and force inventive problem-solving.

I love dark mornings It gives my brain time to wake up

New look for my website. Getting ready for the book launch of The Divine Mind by Snail Books. johnmiedema.art

Thanks for reading the Serialization of The Divine Mind. This book will be published by Snail Books in September. Snail Books is a startup in AI-accelerated publishing. Got an unfinished manuscript that needs a boost. Drop me a line. #booksky #ai #smallpress #publishing

The five pieces — Stone, Flame, Tide, Wind, and Spirit — represent the elements of nature and consciousness — metaphors in motion johnmiedema.substack.com/p/the-five-p...

She once wrote an entire essay that was just the word no repeated five hundred times. It is now used in conflict resolution training by three city-states. johnmiedema.substack.com/p/she-once-w...

“Work hard for little at first, then smart for much later. Be fair. And never overcharge for eggs.” Walla Immen: Laughing Ledger, Mountain of Coin, He-Who-Fell-Softly johnmiedema.substack.com/p/work-hard-... #booksky #economics #eggs

In one story, he sat with a grieving mother for seven days, saying nothing. On the eighth day, he handed her a single glass bead and vanished. When she held it to her eye, she could see her child laughing in every puddle. johnmiedema.substack.com/p/his-though... #books #booksky #fantasy #theology

He appears unexpectedly — in a flash of insight, a whispered counterargument, or a dream in which a puzzle is solved backward. He has been blamed for heresies, paradigm shifts, and several utopian political manifestos that ended in disaster.

#solidarity #cupe #aircanada #cdnpoli

Solidarity ✊ #aircanada #cupe #labour #cdnpoli

“Gods are not born fully formed. They shape themselves against the world, as flint shapes spark.” Parinelle is very much in the striking stage. #fantasy #theology #booksky #ebooks #smallpress #indie

The AI in Team 🤖

Kudos 👏 to the Air Canada flight attendants who will defy the back-to-work order. We need more worker solidarity 💪. #aircanada

She smells faintly of soil, apples, and rain. She prefers barns to temples, loaves to litanies, and laughter to laws. Catch up on The Divine Mind, my witty and wondrous theological fantasy. Subscribe to get the free e-book being published this fall by Snail Books. #books #booksky #fantasy #indie

100 subscribers on Substack, woot! Are you following the storytelling, learning new things, lining up for a free e-book. Come sign-up. johnmiedema.substack.com

There's AI in Snail Books. SN-AI-L. Want to learn the right way to use AI for authentic writing and publishing? I'm just getting this startup off the ground. Follow the developments on the Snail Books email list. snailbooks.gumroad.com #ai #writing #publishing #booksky

Beralien undertook the inward path — not for spiritual growth, but out of pride, to prove he could master it. He disappeared for far longer than any had expected. When he returned, he was changed. His gaze no longer sparkled; he walked as if carrying something invisible and heavy. #booksky #fantasy

Yolansteppen has hinted that Basyaran played a pivotal role in designing the physical structure of humans — the upright spine, the opposable thumb, the curious gaze. He never confirms this. But when asked about the human knee, he winces and says, “Yes, that one’s on me.” #books #booksky #mythology

"The difference between a criminal and a genius is often timing, and whom they frighten" Anticia: Veilweaver, Lady of Structure, Flame of Autumn johnmiedema.substack.com/p/the-differ... #books #booksky #fantasy #theology #smallpress

Soaked to the skin on my bike commute this morning 🌧️🚴‍♂️. Thunder cracked, lightning split the sky 🌩️. Rain stung my eyes, blinding me. I arrived drenched and dripping, grateful for the spare clothes in my bag. Loved every second ❤️. Can’t wait to do it again. #cycling #biking

The first time I saw Allend, he was mending a child’s toy cart with the same care he might give a cathedral door. Broad-shouldered, golden-haired, and strong in presence, he carried himself like someone who had nothing to prove — though he often did. #books #booksky #mythology #smallpress

This series is a work of a fiction, a test for the soft launch methodology of a book on my small press. I reason that most people will only sample the long form reads, and it's enough to pique interest in the book, à la Cory Doctorow. #books #booksky #smallpress #indie

If humans wish to exist consciously after we have obtained our goal, they must speedily seek a better hold on the nature of their consciousness and on Njani Subscribe to my small press, Snail Books, for news on the book launch snailbooks.gumroad.com

Writing fiction is like painting nature, forgiving of error

At night he watched the stars with a bowl of ink beside him, dipping his fingers and tracing spirals onto stone Soft launch of The Divine Mind | The Pious Order of Wujec johnmiedema.substack.com/p/at-night-h... #books #booksky #fantasy #theology #smallpress

I am Merrick, a humble monk of the Pious Order of Wujec Soft launch of The Divine Mind | Introduction johnmiedema.substack.com/p/i-am-merri... Subscribe at Snail Books for the book launch snailbooks.gumroad.com #books #booksky #smallpress

It was a comic book #Superman, and that makes a lot more sense of it.

This was a different #Superman, on odd dimensions. Krypton parents as villains. Lois side-kicking to Clark's frontpage reporting. Jimmy as a sex magnet. Lex as a petty jealous baby with world rending powers.

Nudged into seeing #Superman. I find American media ... untrustworthy ... these days, even its entertainment. It is struggling with conflicting ideas it cannot fully speak.

Shook is a 2024 Canadian drama film by Amar Wala, based on his own experiences after his real father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease youtu.be/BaRMiThlMYk?... #parkinsons

The Divine Mind post series begins. I invite your review or comment to help promote the upcoming e-book. Subscribers to my Substack will get a coupon for a free copy of the e-book. Subscribe to Snail Books for publication updates. #books #booksky #fantasy #theology #smallpress