After the revolution we are gonna repurpose planet fitness’ fans into windmills.

Just me and my shinny rock son

David Bentley Hart earnest posting about otters is cracking me up.

It’s weird when non-Christians and evangelicals both read Matthew 24:1-2 As anti-temple / anti-Jewish. (The later group thinking it’s a positive thing.) Because the temple that existed in Jesus’ day was literally the project of King Herod. A Roman puppet king and murderer. Context is key.

One of my favorite weird but dumb games I ever designed was B.F.R. All players control the same robot. It was all hand drawn (- the robot) on my old iPad. I did not edit the grammar or text even a little. Figured it added to the charm. The entire game fit on one page (which should not be legal.)

Really want to find time to get back to designing this solo-ttrpg that is printed on a literal unfolding map.

Our ministry has distributed $139,216 of naloxone into our county in less than two years. That is insane.

Maybe this fixes the timeline?

Nothing like a story about a simple man with an obsession with a monstrous oceanic beast. No metaphors, no allegories. Just a man and a whale.

35/? | Moby Dick: Or, The Whale by Herman Melville (Finally finished this tome again after starting it months ago.)

"God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates." -Captain Ahab (Moby Dick ch. 44)

Might fuck around and finally launch the Kickstarter for this game after sitting on it since June of 2024. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rya...

I listened to 20k more minutes of music in 2025 compared to 2024. That is wild tbh.

“Christ is the icon of all reality.” -Raimon Panikkar

Not even sure how this happened but I’m impressed.

That’s a wrap

I had planned to weave an advent wreath out of Kudzu vines and blackberry canes this year, but I totally forgot until today.

Finally closing the gap on all the books I have read some portion of. Number 34 of the year got knocked out this morning. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad.

“Theology is not studied; it’s suffered.” -Thomas Hopko

“I know not how to pray as I should.”

Our youngest (who is very clearly neurodivergent) does this thing we have affectionately deemed “Jerichoing.” Which is where he, while going on long rants, paces around you. He has made at least 10 laps this morning while talking to me about trains (I know…. It’s just too on the nose 😂)

Jordan Lee described my legs as “tree trunks” and to be be honest that provided enough serotonin to get me through the end of the year.

Mathew Fox describes Meister Eckhart as “waxing ecstatic” in the commentary he wrote on one of his sermons and I love that so much.

“When we speak of divine things, we have to stammer, because we have to express them in words.” — Meister Eckhart

Jordan Lee just came into our bedroom crying after baking a cake. I thought something was wrong, but apparently it’s so good it brought her to tears. Jordan wiping tears from her eyes: “It is the best cake I have ever had. I can’t wait for you to try it.” 😂😂😂

This was a fun read

“What help is it to me that Mary is full of grace, if I am not also full of grace? And what help is it to me that the Father gives birth to his Son unless I too give birth to him?“ -Meister Eckhart

“Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are ruined, but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” ‭‭[Matthew‬ ‭9‬:‭17‬]

Blessed Advent everyone. There is a journey you must take. This is from 'Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart'.

*Me whispering under my breath as I warm up not one, but two homemade cinnamon rolls even though I am on a strict no sugar / bread diet* Martin Luther did say to "sin boldly" after all...

"Come now empty handed, you don't need anything"

“The Cardinals warbled a joyful song. He'll make right what man made wrong. Bringing low the hills. That the valleys might be filled. Then “Child,” asked the birds, “Well, aren't they lovely words we sing?”” This year’s Xmas ornament inspired by mewithoutYou

I realized this week that I was, to some various degree, in the “middle” of nine different books. 😅🙃

Me: whats up man ever since you succumbed to the forest youve had this undeescribable vibe My boy Trevor: *the sound of 1000 enraptured wasps vibrating a hive* Me: yeah i guess

“I like birds, but not in the Episcopalian way.” Was legit something I just said out loud. IYKYK I reckon

The events at @aarweb.bsky.social's annual meeting have been outstanding. I was honored —beyond words— to attend a round table discussion on my life's work. This 4.5 minute video was shared there, created by my daughter, @serenebabe.bsky.social: youtu.be/9NeWpB28aCM #AARSBL25 #AARSBL

“Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.” [Philippians 4:5]

“Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.” [Philippians 3:16]

“If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?” —Cormac McCarthy

Had a dream that I wrote a book called the “Dorothy (day) Option” as a response of sorts to Rod Dreher’s “Benedict Option.” 😂

Book number 32 of 2025 was Ecologizing Society: Theory by Ben Lockwood. This was a short but good read.

“Love and affection have a greater empire over souls than harshness and severity. Love is more powerful than the strongest arguments, the most convincing reasons.” — Francis de Sales

Artsy girlfriend / Nerd boyfriend

I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED

Last year we had a min-documentary filmed on our farm project. At long last we are able to share the film with the public! youtu.be/UD_CZeeeYs4

Facebook memories are great for somehow reminding me that I have changed entirely, and somehow not at all since my early 20’s. (I’m pretty sure these were lyrics to a song I was working on at the time.)

“Therefore, lay hold of God in all things and this will be a sign of your birth, a sign that God has given birth in you himself as his only begotten Son, and nothing less.” — Meister Eckhart

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,” [Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬]

This is @abenjamin.bsky.social coded

I am a horrible pen pal but always such a joy to get letters from friends.