Quick run around the Mall. Late coffee. Maybe take a phone call with an old friend. ( @evanderbaker.bsky.social, wanna be my Stalling for Drama and Attention call?)

Currently sitting with a hot water bottle on my back because I slept wrong and my body has decided to take it personally.

Messed up that 'circle' is a word.

When the adderall is firing on all cylinders but you have that s3cond cup of coffee anyway

I really don't like our logo. The American branches of a tradition spread by Cranach and Dürer really dropped the ball on our graphic design.

The PCUSA, I begrudgingly admit, has one of the best logos out there.

Anyway, this has taken up my time instead of actually working on my sermon. If anything, this will be a passing line that is likely to get chopped out, but hyperfixation bmis gonna hyperfixate.

Ok, so David Lose claims they only accept the Pentateuch as full authoritative in his 2010 Working Preacher article (again, with no citation), here: www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries...

The other part of it is that both podcasts acted like that explained the Sadducees denying the existence of angels...but angels are present in the Torah. There has to be a common source, but neither podcast dropped a citation in their show notes.

Story time: (And a woes of caution, lots of snakes) Once upon a 2019, Suz and I took a post-Easter trip to the Outer Banks, camping at beaches along the natl sea shore (beautiful trip, 10/10 would recommend) Saw a few snakes along the way, mostly in the water at various wildlife refuges 1/

At first I thought they were talking about Ben Shapiro, and I was so confused. Josh makes more sense.

Q: I've heard two different podcasts - one hosted by biblical studies profs, the other by TEC clergy - claim the Sadducees only accepted the five books of the Torah. But from what I can find in my own history textbooks,* the Sadducees accepted "written" Scripture and rejected oral tradition. 1/⚓️

November drill canceled, which means I don't have to be in uniform until January. My hair is gonna get sooooooo long and unkempt.

You should not be a member of a political party that has pro- and anti-Hitler factions

Don't threaten me with a good time.

When you open the 18mo's diaper genie and the smell hits you. You die a little inside as the world turns to grayscale. Barber's Adagio starts playing.

Real time reaction: This new Star Trek TNG Lego set looks awesome. It's probably a lot of money, but still. Kinda want it. Wait. WAIT. FREAKING WAIT. IT HAS A DETACHABLE SAUCER! IT HAS A DETACHABLE SAUCER!IT HAS A DETACHABLE SAUCER!IT HAS A DETACHABLE SAUCER!IT HAS A DETACHABLE SAUCER!IT HAS A DETA

A toast to the Hero

Metal Bishop:

OBAMA ERA CRINGE IS BACK, AND I AM HERE FOR IT! Someone get Lin Manuel working on an FDR musical. Is Shepard Fairey going to give us a new poster? Stewart and Colbert, start planning anew Rally to Restore Sanity.

I'm a simple man. I want one thing: A Marian I Tread on You patch for my plate carrier.

Chat, is this good?

*Our Lady laser eyes*

The early lesson from tonight is that Americans hate what autorcarcy looks like when it takes root. '26, '28, and any other election facing off agains these aspiring dictators, is less about moderate, liberal, or leftist than about reminding voters that the alterantive tear gas in the streets.

Making the second greatest song ever written even better.

Imagine going back in time and telling this to General Sherman, and then explaining that it's good

AND ZOHRAN COOKS CUOMO THE BOZO

Which, by the way, someone call @jrmoockjr.bsky.social tomorrow and make sure the celebration didn't do him in.

Republicans couldn't win public service commission races in Georgia L. F. Gooooooooooooooooo.

But with a wine mom aesthetic. Incidentally, I would totally buy a shirt that said "Southerners Against the Confederacy"

Bluesky rn

Tassels and fringes on stoles look stupid.

Hi. I hate to tell you this. But. Lent starts in less than 3½ months. ⚓️

Protein water is...surprisingly good? @marketplace.org, @kimberlyadams.bsky.social, and @reema.bsky.social for the win.

Feel like crap, just miss him so much

Yelling at the moon at 6:30 the first night of daylight saving

Welcoming the stranger, love of neighbor, and feeding the hungry are how all Christians *should* live into our freedom in Christ. The fact that clergy are supporting the admin is a skandalon worthy of mill stones.

Too tired to correct typos. It was a long day.

Questionable members of the communion aside, we are surrounded by a great cloudnof witnesses. We had photos of departed parents, mentors, children, and friends alongside Francis and three Martins and the Myrh-Bearers in worship today.

It's not great, but I think it will have to do for today...

When someone puts Charlie Kirk on your All Saints remembrance list and really stresses your willingness to pray for your enemies...

It's the most wonderful time of the year - the Deathly Triduum.

Ok, it might be that Suz goes with the kids and I hand out candy. We're one of the first houses on the block, and after the wave of kids, I get 30 minutes of this:

I regret to inform you all that I have come back around to reaaaalllllly liking Halloween. I get to wear a costume and hand out candy to really excited kids while tending my fire pit? Cool. Cool cool cool.

"Pope Leo XIV received a custom jersey, number 95, from players of the Wittenberg Wild Boars university baseball team."

I hate Anglo-Catholic Halloween. What do you mean you're John Henry Newman's unfastened 22nd button? ⚓️

Boo.