People on the internet are wild. Some of y’all need a time out and a cookie.

2 Kings 9:20

JAWS.

*chef’s kiss*

Gonna go with Dawn French in her persona as the Vicar of Dibley. I will not anoint her as the Easter Bunny, but it would ease my passing if she praised my cooking.

These people who write recipes and say things like “Prep time: 30 mins” clearly do not factor in space to sing along and dance to Beyoncé, Gaga, et al, while you chop.

I will die on the hill that “The English Patient” is the most insufferable movie of all time.

Maybe should not have let the cats watch “Weapons.”

Those bangs really work for her.

MOOD

The Easter promise is that evil has already lost.

Timeline cleanse

I live in Ohio’s 5th District, so I won’t hold my breath that my Congressional delegation will do a damn thing, but I called my senators and Rep. Latta. God Almighty, save us from this madness.

Once upon a time I was a professional singer. Now I just do it for joy.

A Priest's Paschal Prayer: Dear Lord, help me relax and enjoy tonight's Easter Vigil, and not be a micro-managey anxious wreck. And, please let everyone do exactly what I told them to do, the way I told them to do it. Amen.

Excellent spam for me. I don’t even have words for what a “weekend of golf” sounds like to me. 🤮

My silent retreat at the diocesan camp was cut short by the tornado watch. When staff texted directions on how to get into the root cellar in case the sirens went off, I thought, “Home sounds good.” 😒

Some days you just need to cuddle your stuffie

WANNA PLAY? A drama in three acts.

March, you came in like a manic-depressive lion. If you’re gonna go out like a lamb, you got nine days to get a grip.

We’re back to mild weather (for now). The backyard is busy with birds and other fascinating creatures (by day, mostly squirrels and the occasional woodchuck, sometimes deer; at night, skunks, raccoons, and rabbits are common). Alas, the shared window détente was bound to fail.

At an elemental level, humans can hardly grasp or quantify what “a billion” even looks like. A million seconds is 11 days. A billion seconds is 32 *years*

Can we finally lay to rest the toxic myth that rich white guys got rich because they're smart, hardworking, and know what they're doing?

I'd like to think going into the dark and smoky longhouse for the amazing ceremonial dances with the incredible masks is why I remain so particular about the importance of liturgy all these years later. God speaks in many languages.

Cats be cattin’

🧵 Because I preached her feast day yesterday, I am mindful that in 2016, under the Obama Administration, the Treasury Department announced plans to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Evangelicals are going to be big-mad if he stops bombing before Jesus returns. (He will. Because.)

Jesus: Love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Paul: Forgive as you have been forgiven. If your enemies are hungry, feed them. Moses: Do not seek revenge, or bear a grudge, but love your neighbor as yourself. GOP: Bomb a school to provoke Jesus to return so we can go to heaven!

Timeline cleanse.

Our government is controlled by reckless, stupid, and cruel people.

Hi. I’m not super active on this site, but I’m taking a break from social media for Lent. See you after Easter.

Star Wars (1977) Gandhi (1982) Amadeus (1984)

Whether it's Oberlin students asking for trigger warnings or ICE agents gunning down Americans, both sides have a trigger problem.

Great piece. Yes. And, many think art is supposed to be decorative or entertaining, evaluated on the basis of: do I like it, is it popular, is it profitable? (Or better, can I make money off someone else's work?) The idea that art shouldn't touch the political realm is nuts and ahistorical.

That unsettling moment when you suspect your cat studied under Pai Mei.

There is nothing wrong with border security. Perfectly reasonable to know who's coming and going, and why. EVERYTHING wrong with roving gangs of armed, masked, anonymous goons kidnapping people off the street (or from their homes, or their jobs) because they "look" like they don't "belong" here.

I confess I have not really considered how challenging it must be to be a billionaire in this environment. 😒

Who would Jesus pepper spray?

"Roma Daravi, Vice President of Public Relations at the Trump Kennedy Center, said, “We have no place for politics in the arts..."" DO YOU KNOW WHAT ART IS???

My own training/tradition is that stoles are removed for the foot-washing, but to see the Bishop of Rome in a deacon's stole says some very good things.

Fourteen hardy souls made it to Mass this morning for the Conversion of St Paul, including a 90+ something guy and a blind woman. I love my parish! Stay safe out there.

Kind of like how the mainline Protestant denominations and the Democrats both appropriate each other when it's useful for the optics but refuse to engage the deeper implications.

So, here's a person -- on the ground, with their arms constrained behind them, with at least two people holding them down -- and a third person is pepper-spraying them in the face from a couple inches away? This is not law enforcement or immigration control, this is sadism.

Chidi voice: China is literally the #1 producer of wind energy in the world. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

I mean, Jesus would NEVER stage a protest in a place of worship. (Guercino, "Expulsión de los mercaderes del Templo," public domain.)

Had a little snow overnight

So, sad news: the sweet stray I was fostering died today. The shelter I hoped would place him for adoption took him for neutering and shots but an x-ray showed advanced cancer so they put him down, and then called to say he was gone. I am gutted. Rest in peace, Sunshine.

He didn’t come up with this on his own. Someone filled his head and heart with this ugliness. I can’t even fathom what some people hear from the pulpit. Kyrie eleison.

Adding North Carolina and Maryland to the visit column this year.

Have mercy, O Lord. Deliver us from hatred and violence. This is not the way.