Cubs need to hand out copies of the 95 Theses.

Using a warship to retrieve astronauts is a real "swords into plowshares" moment.

I'm so excited to one day take J the Elder to Houston or Huntsville or Udvar-Hazy or wherever they house Integrity and show her the capsule and explain how she got to watch the splashdown and asked "Is that where Christina is?"

I mean...that was gorgeous. The glow of the plasma oit the window before LOS. The chutes deploying. The sky and the water. All of it.

I grew up firmly in the space shuttle era and watched the live stream of the final STS mission's landing. This sub-20 minute reentry makes me so nervous...

".. they gathered around Aaron and said, 'Come, make us gods who will go before us.'"

cf bulletin design, coffee/social beverages, odors

Admin: We've lost Tucker and MTG over Iran. What do we do? Ah yes, bring up the thing that turns even out most loyal subjects against us.

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

Trump wants to take over the Vatican, and I'm over here cheering for Leo to take over the US.

J the Elder: We had tacos today because it's Taco Tuesday! Me:

I built a baptistery with a bird bath and inscribed it with Comic Sans. I'm not really into fonts.

Did you know that when Christ returns, agricultiral workers will enjoy nature rather than cultivate it? They will trade their denim for silk and their tractors for hammocks. Because the farmer things will pass away.

See also: summer ennui Why sleep when you can consider the utter meaninglessness of everything g you've ever done?

Christ is risen, the heavens rejoice, the Vigil is still a banger, and Bluesky is back on my phone.

I had eight deviled eggs. Whi can beat my number? (Betting @theodramatist.com gave me a run for my money.l

Fighting the urge to start my Easter sermon with an REM quote - "That's great, it starts with an earthquake" - and structure the entire thing around "The end of the world as we know it" and the new world ushered in with the Resurrection.

Love that this is how I found out.

I'm pretty ok with these results, even if my theology is not exactly systematic.

Ten years in to parish ministry, and there are still new surprises. Twice during Lent, parishioners have fainted. Today, during Holy Communion. Happy Palm Sunday. (They're both ok.)

With Peter out, I guess I'm on the Luther train. #LentMadness

Latest update: It was three squirrels. By the time we got them out yesterday, it was three former squirrels. Unclear when they passed from the present to the past tense. Praise the Lord for retired Boomer men who love dealing with this sorting of thing.

Broke: Mary, did you know...? Bespoke: Isaiah, did you know...? Anyway, back to my Annunciation sermon.

Drinking my first cup of coffee, trying to talk myself out of getting super into specialty pour-over paper filters. The standard Hario filters are fine... The standard Hario filters are fine... The standard Hario filters are fine...

Bisquick, Coca-Cola, and Ingles-brand everything.

Why does the largest Presbyterian influencer not simply eat all the other Presbyterian influencers?

Watching the first Bourne movie for the first time in a while. Holy cow, Brian Cox. Understated role, but with a single tilt of the hand says "what do you take me for, you incompetent piece of..."

Once we all have more time to spend on here, I might start a bunch of Disk Horses about liturgical colors for the Triduum, when to sing the Gloria, and reserving the Sacrament for Good Friday.

The Kalendar Paradox - The closer we get to Christmas/Holy Week, the busier I get but the shorter my monthly council report becomes. "This month, I spent days on end staring at my pc, adjusting spacing and fonts and reading conflicting texts on whether or not we sing the Gloria on Maundy Thursday."

Squirrel! In the Oven Vent

Is there anything more stressful than trying to clean your house before your mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother-in-law come over for your toddler's birthday party?

Might mess around and get super into Eastern Orthodox soteriology. This post brought to you by the tedium of ongoing debates about Law/Gospel Distinction.

0 days since being called a heretic by a stranger online

...does that include the three jets we lost, or were those a fun little bonus?

...in two months, the administration has used military force to abduct one head of state and kill another. And Congress has not voted on either action.

We're nearly six years into "even tiny churches stream," and we still don't have a single consistent way to determine "online attendance." FB says we we had nearly 30 viewers of our live stream on a given Sunday. Total view time of the 60 minute service? 3:51:00.

I didn't start an argument on American relgious and poltical history On Here. Please clap.

Gawain will be played by Jason Mantzoukas.

Chat, in the absence of proper vestments, what should I wear for Lenten midweek vespers tonight? A) Cassock only B) Cassock and stole C) Alb and stole ⚓

What has two thumbs and left his surplice at home?

Bleak thought of the night: Who's the designated survivor in this cesspool of an administration?

The more I think about this, the more it ticks me off. WHO IS THIS FOR? Who is so out-of-the-loop about current events that they need this pointed out but is also reading the Post's play-by-play of the SotU?

Glad it's not just my 4yo with the cool/weird/macabre church obsessions. PKs are just built different.

A reminder about watching any Trump speech: We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture. This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.

Meanwhile, WaPo is talking about his tie color and bets on how long his speech will go. This is what happens when the owner burns a newspaper to the ground because he worried the aspiring dictator would cost him a few extra million in the couch cushions.

An entire decade of "He's truly miserable, but what if he turns it around out of nowhere and somehow doesn't sit on his own balls?"

It's early yet, but Hooker's commanding lead over Cranmer in #LentMadness has me shooketh. ⚓

*talking about the name Roger, mentioning I dislike it because of the show Doug* My brain, out of nowhere: His last name was Klotz. With a K. ...I don't remember the entire Greek alphabet, but sure, why not recall the surname of an antagonist on a 30yo cartoon.

Hot Take: Every Democrat should skip the SotU in protest *except* those that faced down failed indictment attempts. Put Mark Kelly et al along the aisle and stare the man down as he walks in. Better yet, front row and don't rise when he enters.

But what if I bought another moka pot? And a dedicated induction cooktop? And a siphon brewer just for the vibes?