Having a little moment realizing that LoTR is as old now as Star Wars was when LoTR came out

Fleming Rutledge writes, “of all the seasons of the church year, Advent most closely mirrors the daily lives of Christians.” I think this is true: Advent is unflinchingly honest about the real disappointment and pain of this world, and it holds tenaciously to the hope of the world made well.

This is the weirdest Thanksgiving I’ve ever known Also one of the best

Not my 11yo absolutely *blasting* Bridge Over Troubled Water while he folds his laundry

Someday, perhaps soon, I will return

Goff is off

Goff + Williams = amazing

Dan Campbell’s glasses are really doing the trick #OnePride

O Lord, make haste to help us.

The Gang Accidentally Implements Universal Single-Payer Health Insurance

Sooooo Pluribus

the only way this could be improved is if the font was Papyrus

This whole thing is giving big “Biden is out” vibes

So this is what it feels like when people vote

Detroit has a Black woman millennial mayor

hmmmmmmmmm

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often

As a pastor, I’m so glad that the pastor lost

So this is what it feels like when people vote

November 3, and 100 Grand is still the best Halloween candy

Huh. I grew up with this guy. Went to YoungLife together. Truly wild how differently we built upon that foundation.

“Some vital aspect of [Christ’s] message—liberation from sin, insight into the heart of God, brotherhood among men in this heart—is taken over, manipulated and ‘staged’ as if man himself had produced it. All subsequent dualisms (including racism) belong to this family.” Hans Urs von Balthasar

Dear Minnesota: you’re welcome for a great QB

Feels good to be able to say that the Tigers are back in contention

Welcome to 2025, just like 2024

We’re gonna be here until Advent

Game 7

The thing that makes baseball great is that *it isn’t about being fun* it’s about being *human*

IT HAPPENED AGAIN BASES LOADED WITH TWO REMAINING OUTS AND IT GOT SHUT DOWN

And with that, we’re headed to Game 8

Seven years in, and I finally went to my first game at the big house. A lot of reasons for that; maybe I’ll say more sometime. But for now? It’s enough to say that it’s good to be home.

Not gonna back the car out of the driveway until it’s in the street.

Not gonna pour the coffee until it’s in my cup

Jesus, give us hope again

Meanwhile, Curtis Yarvin is out there saying that democracy is untenable *because* the mob is incapable of violence

Petty take: the new saturated blue icon is awful

Yesavage are gods

Remember when Mastodon was going to be the thing? I sorta miss those days

Ahem

So sad seeing Jon Hamm shilling for BetMGM

Gotta admit, the view from that park is incredible

Change one letter, ruin a candy Spittles

It’s fantastic that baseball does not require looking athletic to play at the highest levels

From Game 5 to God’s ears

Narrator: it was necessary

“Join the Shirriffs! Serve the Big Chief! Arrest your neighbors! Scour the Shire!”

Bird Hills Nature Area, Ann Arbor

Vampire Weekend as ad music for Microsoft Copilot is deeply disturbing to this millennial soul

The jays are incremental Dems The dodgers are the GOP No I will not be taking questions

Blue jays are nasty birds but dodgers are worse so