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Chapter 21 of The White
21 Finley was the lead janitor at Howell High School.
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#orwell1984
#orwell
#politics
#maga
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Short Story - Calculating Ferocity: 30 Years After 1984.
An Orwellian Political Theology
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/short-story-calculating-ferocity?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
16 days ago
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#dystopian
#novel
#pennyread
#substack
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The White - Chapter 17 (A Dystopian End of Days)
Please enjoy this week’s installment of The White.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-white-chapter-17-a-dystopian?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
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The White, Chapter 15 (A Novel About the End of the World).
Dennis contracted poison ivy during his walk in the woods.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-white-chapter-15-a-novel-about?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
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Are the Pearly Gates Locked? Inquiring Presidents Would Like to Know.
Side note: I know this is too long for the email, but I urge you to read and share this essay.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/are-the-pearly-gates-locked-inquiring?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
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Beyond Metonymy: Language, Story, and the Human Vocation as Co-Creators of Shalom
This is a little side essay that I’ve been thinking about.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/beyond-metonymy-language-story-and?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
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The White, Chapter 14 (A End-Timey Novel)
Hi everyone,
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-white-chapter-14-a-end-timey?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
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The White (a novel about the end of the world), Chapter 12
The White, Chapter 12
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-white-a-novel-about-the-end-of-f47?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
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Please take a moment to fill out this question survey. I will publish the responses along with my observations in the next few days. I’m hoping for responses from people with all kinds of different faith backgrounds, so please share the survey. Thank you!
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Your Perspective on Jesus
This is a short, two-question survey about Jesus. My hope is that it reminds us of the stories, qualities, and ideas that connect us—or even the ways we see things differently. You don’t need to be re...
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2 months ago
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Chapter 9 available on Substack
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Chapter 9, The White (A novel about the destruction of life)
This week I gave a lecture called Speaking for Inclusion at the Speaking to a Modern World Conference in North Carolina.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/chapter-9-the-white-a-novel-about
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#serialnovel
#politicalsatire
#thewhite
#theodivergent
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Chapter 8 of The White.
Yesterday was my 46th birthday!
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/chapter-8-of-the-white?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
3 months ago
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Book Review: Open and Relational Parenting by Chris Hanson
Chris Hanson, Open and Relational Parenting: Loving Parents, Reflecting a Loving God
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3 months ago
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From Liberating Love: Karl Marx is the Boogeyman
I’m sorry that this doesn’t fit in your email.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/from-liberating-love-karl-marx-is?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
4 months ago
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Invitation to Read: The White (Early Pages, Pennyread Access)
For those of you following my work, I am putting Liberating Love on a different burner for now.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/invitation-to-read-the-white-early?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
5 months ago
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Promo for Theodivergent Podcast, Slipping Up Episode 8 with Dr. Christy Gunter.
🎙️ Theodivergent Podcast | Slipping Up Episode 8
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/promo-for-theodivergent-podcast-slipping?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
5 months ago
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Erased: From Chapter 1 of Liberating Love
So, Who Needs Liberation?
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5 months ago
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Promo for Theodivergent Podcast: Episode 7 of Slipping Up — Divine Hiddenness
Slipping Up Episode 7: “Where Is God?”
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/promo-for-theodivergent-podcast-episode-bfb?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
5 months ago
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What is Slipping Up and Why Is There a Podcast About It?
Slipping Up: An Open and Relational Theological Perspective on Failure
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6 months ago
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Promo for Theodivergent Podcast: Episode 6 of Slipping Up with Khristi Lauren Adams on the Failure of Christian Institutions
This week on Slipping Up, Mike sits down with theologian, youth advocate, and author Khristi Lauren Adams to explore how Christian institutions have failed to protect, affirm, and empower some of soci...
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Join us Thursday @ 7:00 pm EST Theodivergent | Episode 4 of Slipping Up with Dr. Chris Hanson
Theodivergent | Episode 4 of Slipping Up
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6 months ago
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Open and Relational Discipleship in an Age of Christian Evasion
Orthocardia
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/open-and-relational-discipleship?selection=46899d49-9dae-49f0-b7d1-543f116a6e1f
6 months ago
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Theodivergent Podcast: Slipping Up, Episode 2.
This week, I sit down with Rev.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/theodivergent-podcast-slipping-up?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
6 months ago
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Here’s tonight’s episode, I hope you enjoy it.
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Theodivergent Podcast: Slipping Up, Episode 2.
This week, I sit down with Rev.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/theodivergent-podcast-slipping-up?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
7 months ago
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#feminism
#poetry
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Poem Collection: Imposing
I do not plan to post over the weekend so that the poetry readers can enjoy the poems.
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7 months ago
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#lgbtq
#c4ort
#liberationtheology
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Essay: Beyond Binaries—Liberation in Bodies and Sports
From Liberating Love or The Responsive Teacher
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/essay-beyond-binariesliberation-in?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
7 months ago
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Happy Easter! Here is my reflection:
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Essay: Love That Liberates
From Liberating Love (or Dismantling Hate). It's hard to come up with a title for a book.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/essay-love-that-liberates?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
7 months ago
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MAGA is what happens when we lose faith in the goodness of people and we rely on authoritarian regimes to do the work for us. Bring back hope so that we can have faith again!
7 months ago
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Today’s thought:
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The Time I Was Robbed When I Was Away On My Honeymoon And The Cops Told Me I Wasn't Allowed To Shoot The Guy!
A Slipping Up Story, and I'll talk about this on the Failure Episodes of the podcast
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-time-i-was-robbed-when-i-was?r=21fl6n&utm_medium=ios
8 months ago
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This is awful
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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I’m awkward, but at least I think I’m funny. Episodes 2 which comes on on Wednesday is a bit more polished. The book is available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel, and soon will be available as a complete audiobook.
#lgbtqia+
#queertheology
#flourish
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Audiobook: Flourish, Chapter 1 - Rough Edit
Looking for Feedback
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8 months ago
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#maga
#relationships
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Essay: Bridge-Building and Bridge-Burning
An Orthocardia or Liberating Love essay
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/essay-bridge-building-and-bridge?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
8 months ago
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Essay: God of Anticipation—A Very Basic Introduction to Open Theism
From the Responsive Teacher
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/essay-god-of-anticipationa-very-basic?selection=820945a0-5d23-4d4b-ba59-3f2b2645715b
8 months ago
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Here we go…for this one you don’t need TikTok…I’m learning! Happy Trans Day of Visibility.
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility.
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If your faith is rooted in fear or control, it’s time to start over and embrace an uncontrolling love that empowers people and celebrates diversity. For my friends that don’t feel seen, I hope that ch...
TikTok video by michaeljosephbren3
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Osborn Lake
from Clover Problems
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8 months ago
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Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe. If you can, please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support makes a huge difference.
8 months ago
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#christianity
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Doubt is a Testimony to Something Real
An Orthocardia Creative Nonfiction
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/doubt-is-a-testimony-to-something?r=21fl6n
9 months ago
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One of my new poems
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The Tyranny of Niceness and the Manipulation of Obedience
A section from Liberating Love and a Poem from The Ass
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-tyranny-of-niceness-and-the-manipulation?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
9 months ago
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Launch day!
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Amazon.com
https://a.co/d/iRqPT03
9 months ago
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I don’t have enough friends here yet
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Warning or Distress? When to Turn the Flag Upside Down
Surprisingly this is still a book promotion essay.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/warning-or-distress-when-to-turn?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
9 months ago
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Part 2
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A Theodicy of Divine Responsibility: Is God Accountable for God’s Followers?
Defining the Flock, PART II
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/a-theodicy-of-divine-responsibility?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
9 months ago
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A theodicy? Not really, but you’re welcome to read it that way.
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Poem: The Good Dog of Psalm 23 and an Essay: Defining Jesus's Flock
From The Prophetic Smartass
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/the-good-dog-of-psalm-23?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
9 months ago
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When Looking for The Boogieman We have Created One: The Problem of Unchecked Power
A Rebuttal
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/when-looking-for-the-boogieman-we?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
9 months ago
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I wish this book could change your mind, but that’s not the purpose— it is, however, a resource for two groups of people, one looking to reconcile their faith with their affirmation of the LGBTQIA+ community AND lGBTQIA+ people looking for an affirming and inclusive theological foundation.
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Should I Give a Copy of Flourish to My Conservative Pastor?
A Promotional Article
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/should-i-give-a-copy-of-flourish?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
9 months ago
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My neighbor was found dead in her car submerged in our canal—this is my multi-genre response:
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Multi-genre Response: Mediate Grief in the Aftermath
10 Days Until Flourish, skip to the end to find out about flourishing in tragedy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/multi-genre-response-mediate-grief?selection=dff19f33-f241-4a58-b46f-99ffe8c44b42
9 months ago
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Is a hotdog a sandwich? We’re not really talking about weiners.
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"What We Have Here is a Failure..."
An essay
https://open.substack.com/pub/mikebrennan20/p/what-we-have-here-is-a-failure?utm_source=app-post-stats-page
10 months ago
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It’s deeply problematic when Christians claim they should be hated and persecuted simply because Jesus said, “The world will hate you because of me.” This mindset doesn’t just misinterpret scripture—it reinforces toxic, cult-like behaviors that thrive on isolation and animosity. 1/
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