I LOVE writing. I love writing outlines, I love writing journals, I love writing Bible studies*, and essays. I love writing introductions. I love sitting down and having only a keyboard in front of me with my thoughts. I love the feeling of a blank word document - an adventure not yet begun.

Made my partner her first hot toddy for a cold. I think she prefers NyQuil.

The amount of terrible driving in Cinci today is actually kind of wild. Easy example - turn lanes are for turning into a business, not for turning out of one. Following Christ is hard in a sea of hollow heads.

It's a weird feeling to know you're reading one of your favorite books for the first time.

"There is no such thing as monsters in this world. There are only human beings who are wounded." - See No Stranger, Kaur

Went to the oldest tattoo shop in the world today.

After today's incidents at the Church of the Nativity and the disrespect shown to the incarnation, I'm reeeeally not a fan of UUs. Be respectful of those around you, especially if those around you are part of your group.

Two of your faves causing trouble in the Holy Land. @carsonhollis.bsky.social

Today was a tough one.

Shout out to @carsonhollis.bsky.social and Connor! We met for the first time in one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. The view from our place of rest is incredible.

Flying for 10.5 hours after 2.5 hours is a very particular form of hell.

Very nervous about the country I'll come home to.

At CVG for my first plane ride. 👀 If I don't get wings, I'm gonna be in the next viral video.

Today's the day! First stop: Chicago. Second stop: Tel Aviv.

*AND* I got my first lil check for writing in the mail.

Why does the lectionary on TEC website suck so bad? I have to reload it every time I need to scroll down.

Leaving a professor "haunted" by something I said is my goal moving forward.

Seeing my professors rushing to post grades on time gives me a lot of joy.

Reading the book list for upcoming courses is so exciting!! So much potential knowledge! Having to read said books...not as exciting.

Spent the day preparing for the gf's parent's NYE party. Made pani puri with tamarind soup & lemon-mint chick peas, fresh naan, tzaktziki, and a Greek salad. Bringing hummus, an olive medley, baklava, 40 oysters, and a couple six packs. Invite us to your parties. We show up.

I drank water and feel ...so good. Why is this shocking every time?

There's Christmas jazz on, I'm completing worship bulletins for this Sunday (three in one), the neighbor's windchimes are singing, my cat is sitting on my desk, my dog is gently tooting behind me, and my (slightly crazy) girlfriend is working on her painting to my right. This is peak adulthood.

Probs obvious, but Jesus being the incarnate Divine is where I hang the entirety of my faith.

If someone in the secular world is consistently unable to complete their weekly work tasks, they would be fired. When the same thing happens in the church world, we forgive, forgive, forgive and stress, stress, stress. Very tired of scatterbrained priests.

Kentucky's future senator is a parishioner at my church and I only found out three weeks ago! 😮 (I always just thought she was Amy...)

Feeling #blessed that we don't have a midnight liturgy. 💤

For the 1000th time, we might break up. And I don't care. Things are rarely as peachy as they seem behind closed doors.

On the high end of vacillating between loving and hating that the Israel trip is weeks away. I'm gonna see so much cool stuff. 👀

Cats are blessings; dogs are burdens.

Realizing how close the Israel trip is and majorly panicking. 🤢

My partner loaned me the cash to pay off my first (and only) year of seminary not covered by my Big Scholarship. It may not solve all of our problems but no lock on my account is definitely something. Money matters until it doesn't - the tool that you can have too much of.

-1° with six inches of snow in Cincinnati this morning. Thankful my boss cancelled today's staff meeting. 😳

Had a dream my seminary's normal three DAY retreat was three WEEKS.

Seminary tip: don't get norovirus the night before finals are due.

2025 was the hardest year of my life for a lot of reasons. And it seems like everyone else feels the same.

WAT in heaven is likely to be a pain in God's rear.

Should the crucifix accompany the gospel reading during the HE? Why or why not?

Pretty cool how old some of our hymns are. Once the writers got past the shock that Jesus hadn't returned thousands of years later, they might be surprised to hear their words hanging in our church's air.

Finally got the snow y'all had a week ago. It's lovely.

*watching a pro sports game with my partner* Her: "Holyyy shIT, that was SO athletic!"

End of semester is end of semestering. 🫠

School is requesting I pay down my balance so I can schedule January/spring classes. I am on month four of waiting for my nearly $500 reimbursement check for fall course books. That $500 would pay off almost 1/3 of my balance.

My elca congregation uses sarum blue instead of boring purple and I am HERE for it.

Research 👏 dog 👏 breeds 👏 before 👏 adopting 👏

My girlfriend's adoption of a Border Collie puppy from an Amish farm in rural Ohio was hands down the biggest mistake she's made. And she's had some real questionable exes...

Where are my Epiphany devotional books? What about my Ordinary Time devotionals? I am begging Anglican publishers to realize there are more seasons than Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter. All time is sacred! Take off your shoes.

I genuinely love the guy I'm paired with for my Anglican Theology final but his 8 page draft was supposed to be 3-4 and I'm struggling. He's a 70 year old retired lawyer. I should have expected this.

"She's just there... Like a word about to be spoken."

Ngl, the elca liturgy for Christ the King Sunday was actually really good..

Partner just found a LIVE pea crab in one of tonight's oysters. I. Cannot. Deal. Recently started eating more fish and this may be over the line entirely. 😭