“What you have in Hannah and Mary’s songs and their lives is a microcosm of the barren places made fruitful, of the lowly being exalted, of the hopeless given hope, of the “proud” in their accusations being cast down. “ open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Being able to run in shorts > a white Christmas

“Let me say this as clearly as I can, when your first question is about the ability to reject Nazism, antisemitism, and racism we are WAY past the point where “leaders” should have stepped in.” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

It’s supposed to be the warmest day this week. It’s not even in the 40s

“But what was even more important to our forefathers was that decency and values beat pragmatism every time. Holding everyone, even an executive to a standard of law made for a better society, even if it meant change happened slowly if at all.” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Had to get it in on the warmest day this week. It’s 34 degrees

In an administration of punchable faces Hassett’s lying smirk is insufferable

“When the obvious “fruit” of an ideology or even “theology” is immaturity, falseness, and quite frankly stupidity we need to have the courage to say there is nothing valuable from it.” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Thankful for a long run (after being sick last week). May you celebrate the day in your way too

@jaymallow.bsky.social never shares his newsletter here so I will! This is a perceptive take on why evangelicals "treat underage persons (particularly women) like adults (especially when it comes to sex)." The ideology goes deep. substack.com/@jaymallow/n...

Woke up with a sore throat and tight chest so this was rough. But the new ROKA glasses are great for running

One last ride in the 80s for the year 😢

I’m proud that I layered up and still did my Sunday afternoon walk with it being 35 degrees outside. Also ITS DARK AT 4:30!!! 😡

Just when you think they couldn’t look more foolish they also fail at being evil

Enjoying a beautiful day before it drops to the MID 30s this weekend!!!

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

“The main perspective of the Bible isn’t to tell the poor to get to work but to tell the rich to give generously. The danger in the Bible is not so much that people are lazy as much as the rich are greedy.” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

When you want to make it clear you hate N@zis on Halloween

I’m constantly amazed at how singularly unlikable everyone in this administration is but Bessent is a particular kind of duchbag

“Almost everything we encounter now, whether it is in church culture or societal politics, should inspire the question, “What does this allow them to do?” I think for those of us that are Christians we need to learn to look past the rhetoric…” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

This would be on the news 24/7 with questions about his sanity if this were ANYONE else

Strong ending for the week

“I see three areas that have caused me to look at my fellow Evangelicals and say, “It’s not both sides.”- 1. Inability to self-reflect. 2. Tolerance of sin and lack of repentance. 3. A constant need to create division and an inability to live in community” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Some days you just get it in

Just starting off the week with a preview of STL for the next 8 months (it’s just grey). But this is my second run with new ROKA sunglasses and they are hands down the best work out glasses I’ve owned.

“However, in my life there is one basic, unifying, and ever-present impulse that I have experienced in my adult life as a Conservative Evangelical and that is fear. I have been told constantly and consistently that I should be afraid.” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Picked up a bookcase off of Marketplace, did a Costco run, built a coffee table, and finished with a run. It’s been a full day of adulting

It is amazing what 70 degrees and it not being morning does

Beginning the week off strong

“If you’ve been in the military, you’ve met people who love making the lives of others miserable. These are the people who obsess over “standards”, who are looking for an excuse to punish anyone over the smallest infractions…” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

This is precisely what praying to yourself looks like.

Some weeks you do 10 easy. Other weeks 6 feels like your heart is exploding. The difference? 30 frickin degrees!

It’s been a while since I did this long a ride.

A light 6 cause I’m still recovering from doing 10 Monday

Didn’t expect I was gonna do 10 but I was feeling good at 4. Not a bad start to the week for an old man

Just putting in the work on a Wednesday

Well if it’s not blazing hot and I’ve gotten a decent amount of sleep 8 is still easy

It’s also almost always a way to promote a VERY specific hermeneutic that has a promotion of fundamentalism as its ultimate goal. This is Ken Hamm’s entire thing. He could care less about “Creationism” he cares that he wants you to read the REST of the Bible the way he wants.

Finished the week on a new schedule that has wrecked what little sleep normalcy I did have.

“So much of Focus and Dobson's material, including the books they published, were textbook propaganda- repeated statements that were assumed culturally true regardless of factual truth.” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Quick run before a 4 hour drive

“From what I've seen Doug Wilson is not an outlier. He isn't an aberration. Wilson is the fruit of a white Evangelical culture that is so focused on their self-righteousness and pursuit of political power that when a literal cult leader emerged from their midst” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

Finally a break in the heat. But sadly the sun is going down earlier

Cut it a little short because of threatening thunderstorms but I needed my Sunday walk

“What’s wrong with coal energy? Why should we destroy an industry?”

So, I’m about done with Summer at this point. Can we get some more mid 80s days sometime soon?

“The reality is that our culture is longing for leaders and heroes. I think one of the biggest questions for those of us who love Jesus right now is are we preparing ourselves and orienting our lives to be those leaders and heroes ten years from now?” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

I haven’t ridden that much due to the move and needing to replace an inner tube. But today was the day. Tube replaced myself and a decent ride (yes the sunglasses are outrageous it’s intentional)

Over 95 at the lake. At least I made it all the way around (ironically a race for tomorrow was being set up)

“In short, what makes you "righteous" is the affirmation of others who hold to the same thing that you do in opposition to the obvious "tainted" and "deceived" persons who have "compromised" with the "world".” open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...