“Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him” Source: Letters of C.S. Lewis

If you want to read the piece, here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

#MorningPrayer Lord, help us to see that our value, and the value of every human being, lies not in the status we achieve, or the possessions we have, or the power we wield, or the heritage which we bear, but in our being made in your image, cherished in the fulness of your love.

Wow. I didn't expect this.

"Christ takes it for granted that men are bad. Until we really feel this assumption of His to be true, though we are part of the world He came to save, we are not part of the audience to whom His words are addressed” Source: The Problem of Pain

“If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilised morality to savage morality, or Christian morality to Nazi morality. In fact, of course, we all do believe that some moralities are better than others …” 1/3

Dark days ahead unless this shifts Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated? theconversation.com/politics-has...

#MorningPrayer Help us, Lord, to know that the value of other people lies in their personhood, not their perfection; in their existence, not their effectiveness. Grow in us the capacity to value others for who they are, people made in your image, and bear with each other in love.

This is ridiculous. Not in a good way, and on multiple levels. Pathetic.

Know Christ so well you can discern what is unlike Him no matter the seductive or religious garb it wears. God is building His kingdom in the hearts of men and women, not in the externals we have come to love, protect, and praise.

Listen for the word of God.

Jeremy Taylor in 'Holy Living': "When the word of God is read or preached to you, be sure you be of a ready heart and mind, free from worldly cares and thoughts, diligent to hear, careful to mark, studious to remember, and desirous to practise all that is commanded".

Lest it be forgotten, Israel has faced divine judgement before.

One of the things about JD Vance is that he is completely 100% aware that what he is doing is evil and has made a deliberate, conscious choice to do evil to get power. He’s not self-deluded or dumb. He hasn’t drunk Kool-Aid. He’s decided to do evil for power.

Sad reflection on the loss of veracity

Pretty strong stuff. Not happy to be forcefed AI...

A call in the spirit of Neil Postman’s urging of “loving resistance fighters” against the Technopoly open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

"’What are we to make of Christ?' There is no question of what we can make of Him, it is entirely a question of what He intends to make of us. You must accept or reject the story” Source: God in the Dock

Under questioning, Kristi Noem can't define habeas corpus: www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

A daily prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, I belong to you, To you only, To you fully, To you gladly. Your will be done. In your holy name. Amen.

“Die before you die. There is no chance after” Source: Till We Have Faces

Really? Does she listen to herself?

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

This is beyond belief: Jim Wallis' book (among many others) banned at the Naval Academy. The "Christian" beliefs of JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, and other cohorts are so twisted as to be unrecognizable. religionnews.com/2025/04/07/m...

I dig this President

Oleg Magdych was there when the war in Ukraine began. He knows who started it.

Just an FYI: Medicaid fraud is rarely perpetrated by beneficiaries. The fraudsters are almost always the doctors and CEO's that administer Medicaid. For example: when a doctor charges the government $600 for an $8 breast pump and pockets the cash and the third party administrator takes a cut.

“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with him. He walks everywhere incognito” Source: Letters to Malcolm

This is actual weaponization of government.

“‘Move fast and break things' may be acceptable to someone who owns a business and owns the risk. And if things don’t go well, the damage is compartmentalized. But when you break things in government, you’re breaking things that belong to people who didn’t sign up for that." Cordell Schachter

This is so goddamn embarrassing. www.axios.com/2025/02/24/u...

Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

There is zero ambiguity here. It’s nauseating.

Donald Trump - the new Emperor Constantine? Trump’s second coming invites imperial comparisons. Graham Tomlin ask are they accurate? www.seenandunseen.com/donald-trump...

#MorningPrayer You call us, Lord, to be your disciples, to follow your way, to be guided by your will, the will of love; keep from us the temptation to think we know better, to follow our own ego, our own greed, to betray our living of your love for one another and for the world.

#MorningPrayer Refresh in us today, Lord, our identity as your people, called to bear your image and share your love in and for the world. Inspire us in the unity to which you call us; help us inhabit and incarnate our relationship with you, in our relationships with one another.

This is probably the most accurate take.

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Dear Lord, thank you for the gift of a new day. May all that I do to day be done with love and for your glory. #MorningPrayer

Good and wise words from Diarmaid MacCulloch and Tom Wright - but it is disturbing that the CofE needs to be reminded of this. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

“Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; * do not be jealous of those who do wrong. For they shall soon wither like the grass, * and like the green grass fade away.” #eveningprayer 🔥 🔥 🔥 ⚓️

As I've discovered Thomas Traherne's writings I've been overwhelmed by the glory and utter goodness of God. Traherne deserves to be better known.

It is a communicative misstep to assume that by using the same term people necessarily mean the same thing.

This. What's happening breaks my heart.

2,000 years after it was first asked, the question, “And who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29) is one of the simplest ways to assess the degree to which we take the teachings of Jesus seriously.

Never forget where hate can lead. Never forget the evils committed. Never think we are above doing the same. Never forget that every person bears God's image. Never forget that anti-Semitism is of the devil. #HolocaustMemorialDay