since our family has five individuals in it, the President has proposed $10k in a dole directly to us, and I’m trying to imagine how that doesn’t wreck absolute havoc systematically (I would probably invest most of it into savings.)

I want to make everyone read it and then I want to find an actual Ryhope Wood

a little niche, but it’s all I’m thinking about after today’s presbytery meeting

also, different churches prioritize different forms of help — our church works with a lot of homeless folks, so we have a lot of, yknow, random things our homeless neighbors have requested (toothbrushes, soap, jackets) — there’s no such thing as a church that does it all!

TBQH, Reading Rooms in public libraries are magical. We have a small one in our genealogy library, and it’s a miracle.

okay I'm working on a powerpoint presentation that requires me to do a little introduction to what the liturgical movement is and how it shaped liturgical revision in the 20th century so I'm looking at things like the discovering of the Didache and Apostolic Tradition in the 19th century and

I just want to reiterate that it would be so fun and cool if somebody did someday dig up a copy of ApTrad that could be reliably dated to the 3rd century, just so I could sit back and watch the chaos that would unfold at the North American Academy of Liturgy

at the quarterly presbytery gathering and I am learning so much about Robert’s Rules of Order (it has been a complicated gathering)

Great thread but forgot the church of Christ logo!

A thread on church logos that's excellent (and not only because the Church of Scotland gets tops marks - Nec Tamen Consumebatur, indeed)

Banger thread, mostly correct imho

the list is non exhaustive, but I think I gotta stop at 54 (!!!) logos 😂😂😂

I’m going to do a vibes-based nonsequential ranking of church logos, on a scale of 1-10 based on how much they rock or suck I’m going to start with the Catholics, because they have the flag of a real nation-state, and, thus, they don’t count for this thread. -/10

it turns out there’s a book at the intersection between The Last Unicorn, Uzumaki, Ghost Wall, and The Golden Bough, and it’s Mythago Wood — @deaconblues1979.bsky.social was right!!!!!!

my NICNT for Year A arrived and I’m soooooooo pumped for more RT France in my life — his Mark commentary (NIGTC) is one of my favorites!!

yeah, that’s where I’m torn on this

HOW HAVE I NOT WATCHED THIS SHOW BEFORE

on a similar note, can we have, like, a Forward Movement but for the PCUSA please please please

I think that I would aggravate Martha Argerich by being too much of a fanboy. 😂

met with an elder from the Committee for Prepared Ministry (CPM) who teaches courses on the Book of Confessions and Book of Common Worship, and, man oh man, I love the folks in my presbytery - they are such spirited Christian teachers, shepherds, and leaders!

Federal Judge Ellis says: "WE ARE AMERICA'S GREATEST CITY, PUNKS, SO SAITH THE JUDGE"

I love that the ruling is “Chicago fucking rules, fuck the liars and the haters”

Love the long-running theme in promo photos of Godzilla of him just hanging out and doing normal human stuff with beautiful women. It’s like he’s a human-sized monster celebrity and the smashing buildings stuff is just his character in the films

I know I said I was going to be exploratory and try out symphonic works and not just listen to piano concertos all the time, but today I'm just listening to piano concertos. I'm sorry. I'm a simple man, and those Tchaikovsky and Schumann concertos hit a specific note in my soul.

I’m strongly of the opinion that “knowing Ross Douthat is a viewed as a public thinker” ruined the workplace.

since AOC seems like a possible presidential contender, and Mamdani is mayor of NYC, it becomes incumbent on the new journalists to begin asking the real questions: who was your Red / Blue starter?, what’s your favorite legendary?, what’s your ideal six-Pokémon team?

oh my gosh he’s just like me fr fr

This is “Talique the seminarian thinks aloud” hour, but denying the Eucharist from someone… I don’t know how I’d actually do that, even the person was in unrepentant sin. Wouldn’t they need Jesus more if that was the case?

Becoming increasingly convinced that God’s grace revealed in the sacraments are a not only constant renewal and strengthening of faith but can also be deeply healing, to the point where denying it to someone feels too heavy to actually do

metal bishops

water apostles air teachers fire prophets

My hottest take is that the liberals returning to a socially liberal, Blue Liberal position is good for the left because it lets people build the NDP into an actual Labour party instead of tailing the Liberals

“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?” Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.

I’ve mentioned before that my grandfather was an outsider artist, but I don’t think I ever shared this video the family made for his memorial. Today would’ve been his 83rd birthday. 😭😭😭

here’s where I’m landing: there were a lot of folks who have spent most of their political lives on vibes and ignorance to insulate themselves from criticism, and they are learning in real time that that earns them disdain and shame —

WOKE 2: bigger and better than ever

listening to Shostakovich No. 8 (which has insane woodwind action in general), and this lady has a GOLDEN flute, and, can I just say, I'm JEALOUS

Oh — the situation has escalated. Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in. "Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...

I’m experimenting with public theology communications (just video recordings on FB, really) and, gosh goodness, I hate recording myself. I don’t get how folks can do this all the time.

ESSENTIAL THREAD

this might seem odd given Sunday’s Gospel passage, but I’m going to quote George MacDonald on the imagination this week

R.T. France describes the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, and it feels like a straightforward description of the spiritual life of JD Vance and Mike Johnson amid others.

the worst thing about DST in the fall is that I eat lunch early as is, so now I’m hungry at 9:45a

Modern Evangelicalism is the unholy love child of consumerism and Christianity

I refuse to listen to this, because the visuals itself are sufficient for me to pray in tongues for the fiery imprecation of Almighty God to fall upon this man. This is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

okay, I had this convo with my music director a few weeks ago and it ROCKED SO HARD

This is the business right here: intotheclarities.com/2014/09/05/w...