This is a great thread and not just relevant to preaching:

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Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only: Ted Lasso Only Murders in the Building Jane the Virgin Veronica Mars Suits The Pitt Gilmore Girls Andor Broadchurch Sherlock Firefly The Good Wife This is Us Schitt's Creek Kim's Convenience

Bird watching is cool now. 😏 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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My friend is crowdsourcing to help cover the costs of his new book. The book is a bit of a letter to his son offering a vision of being a man that’s a gentle, responsible, and caring alternative to the toxic slime that often passes for masculinity. Check it out: www.newleafnetwork.ca/fund-repair-...

A great story about Spanish Franciscan nuns and their absurdly huge endangered rabbits www.globalsistersreport.org/news/spanish...

This is really cool

It's spring now they said.

Church tonight felt pretty joyful! The twice a year organist rocked it with a brass quartet to accompany, and champagne was popped after the service to celebrate. Plus we had a good crew out for pizza after.

Happy Easter!

“Often, you have the knowledge you need already within your community!” arocha.ca/more-content...

Won't get reported as much as Cardinal being blocked but worth noting that IDF also locked the inhabitants of Taybeh, a Christian village, inside their town today, preventing them from travelling to Bethlehem or elsewhere to celebrate Palm Sunday.

The Catholic bishops conferences of Africa, Latin America, and Asia have released another joint statement, this time on the transition away from fossil fuels ahead of the Santa Marta conference next month. repositorio.celam.org/files/origin...

You ever think about how we could lose over 50% of species in the world by 2100 if the planet warms up to 3.2 degrees Celsius? (We're already slated to lose 6% of insects, 8% of plants, and 4% of vertebrates at 1.5 degrees, the most optimistic target.) www.science.org/doi/full/10....

The World Council of churches and other groups are putting together resources and webinars to support the development of liturgical resources for the Feast of Creation' to be celebrated liturgically this year on the first Sunday of September. Here are a few resources:

Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.

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I'm having a lot of fun with this. And what a coincidence, we're doing a series in the saints for lent at church and last night was Saint Anthony and Paul of Thebes! I voted for Paul because I think the ravens are cool. www.lentmadness.org/2026/02/anth...

Ok, there are some great songs on the new Mumford & Sons album. Love the collabs with Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon & Gracie Abrams.

“A growing ecumenical movement is reshaping church calendars worldwide. The Feast of Creation — celebrated annually on Sept. 1 and also known as Creation Day or the World Day of Prayer for Creation — is being formally added to the liturgical calendars of many churches”

Liked the half time show? Check out bad bunny's tiny desk concert. It's fantastic. The part at the end where they're all just jamming... *Chef's kiss* youtu.be/ouuPSxE1hK4?...

We played Scrabble at a local cafe. 🥰

If you're looking for a practice to take on for Lent this year, check out Climate Stewards Carbon Fast. climatestewards.org/resources/ca...

This is the heart of what's wrong with the progressive tendency to sloganize "trust the science" - science is supposed to be a public, evidence-based discourse that people can be educated into. Turning it into a question of trust or belief just introduces a whole set of problems related to authority

If we've learned anything from the part of our history where we created the extremely powerful, world-changing, uncontrollable new technology of a social internet, it should be that whatever is about to happen with AI will, if nothing else, be extremely dumb.

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Not me sitting at my desk crying after Gilles and Poirier finish their free dance. 😭 Gosh that was a gorgeous program.

"When I get into these funks, it’s like I start believing that climate change is something separate from state violence—and it’s not."

A little bit of good news for birds in Winnipeg. Our collective action worked and city council is keeping the bird friendly window by-law! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her back with a broom, the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows. “Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”

Tomorrow I get to preach about how cool pigeons are, and I'm very excited. May be a hot take, but pigeons are a much better image for the Holy Spirit than doves.

I really firmly believe that getting on with normal good work done to the best of our abilities is a valid form of resistance to the death and despair dealing powers of our world.

A poem for you (and me).

It is a beautiful morning over here!

I signed up for Fix The News this year and it has been a lifeline. This is a great essay start the new year. The "gap, between the world as it is and how we’re told to see it, comes down to a choice about what we do with our attention... The news is not the report." fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme...

Should be interesting, at least? Though it depends on which definition we're going with. Could also be expensive... 😬

Driving back to Winnipeg through the US and accidentally discovered this amazing Yemení coffee shop in Rockford, Illinois. Got an adeni chai, and an incredible pistachio cheesecake. It was full of people from all kinds of backgrounds. Seemed like a neat community meeting place almokacoffee.com

Trying to introduce my in-laws to some good instrumental music that doesn't sound like elevator music. They like piano. Do you have any good recommendations?

Thinking of my brother today. Three years on and it doesn't get any easier. Some of you may appreciate that he and his partner moved their entire house by bicycle with trailers that he built out of plywood and pallets. Luckily the new house was mostly down hill from the old!

Winnipeg people, I just discovered that library has added audiobooks and ebooks to hoopla. This is a game changer! So many books available immediately without having to put them on hold!

There's still a day to send a letter asking the city of Winnipeg to not delete the bird-friendly window by-law. 16-42 million migratory birds die each year from striking windows. This is one small thing we can do to limit the damage our buildings do. act.naturecanada.ca/page/183334/...

Good morning from the boreal Forest! A cold day for a Christmas bird count, but we've got 9 species and counting.

So the city of Winnipeg is trying to get rid of the by-law that requires new buildings to be bird friendly. We're looking for 300 objections sent in to city hall to trigger a review. Check out this post for more info! www.instagram.com/p/DSGbaygEeK...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

I've read 91 books this year and my goal was 100. Is 9 too many books to try to read this month? 😅

I'm building a curriculum for A Rocha's summer staff program. (arocha.ca/wildroots). I'm planning 12 sessions for them on topics related to creation, Bible, theology, etc. What are the topics you think are essential for such a curriculum?

One of the best year end summaries! Although this one is a bit lackluster. I'll need to step up my iNaturalist game next year!

Put up this window bird feeder for the first time and it is bringing me great joy. Look at that little chickadee!! (Did you know chickadees brains grow by 30% in the winter so they can remember where they've stashed up to 80,000 seeds! 🤯)