Christ has died ahead of us, and now Death holds no more terror. Christ is risen ahead of us, and just as we follow him into death, we follow him into new life. We die with him. We rise with him.

DEATH IN VAIN FOR BIDS HIM RISE

I leave for one lil lent and y'all go start a war

Pope Leo at Easter Urbi et Orbi: “Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

This would seem to suggest that it is the religious obligation of every Christian to shelter their Muslim neighbors on Easter.

One other thing that happened to me over Lent: I got really, really, really into Ravenloft. I now have very strong opinions about how the 5e Curse of Strahd butchered the timeline, but no less than 4e which released something simultaneously both a prequel and a sequel? BAROVIAN CALENDAR, PEOPLE!

this is what I imagine reading the Bible is like

Your regular reminder that dehumanizing the people who are dehumanizing others isn’t how we’re gonna get to liberation. We have to live into the world we want to create.

My mother in law gave me a bag of sunflower seeds, still in their shells. I've been trying for an hour and I still don't think I'm eating them right,

What Is Wrong With Bluesky: Dear sirs: I am.

Some kings threaten to rain down Hell on others. Only one went down into Hell himself to get others out.

Do yourself a favor: at some point today, take a quiet moment and read "Homily for Holy Saturday" by St. Melito of Sardis. It's short. Read it and sit with it for a bit. silouanthompson.net/2019/04/some...

So, what have y’all been up to for the last forty days? I’ve been getting ready for spring.

The cross is where we see human depravity in hi-def. Only a deeply sick people could conceive of & carry out such a display. AND, it is where we see the commitment of God made plain. Knowing what we are capable of, Jesus STILL chose love. And the powers of death are defeated in the Resurrection.

9yo: *humming "Hark the Herald"* Me: "You're in the wrong part of the liturgical calendar!" 9yo: "Sorry. I keep thinking of the Christmas Peanuts movie." Me: "Well think about the Holy Saturday Peanuts movie." 9yo: "They made one?" Me: "Sure. 'Jesus kicked Death in the nuts, Charlie Brown!'"

*deep breath* All right, here we go. I'll see you all at Easter. Take care of yourselves, love each other, and don't have too much fun without me. Þu eart dust and to duste gewendst.

Is he saying that violent criminals are ALSO working in low-wage jobs that now Americans can fill? That's kind of...nuts.

The other of the rich men said to him "Master, what good thing shall I do and live?" He said to him "Man, perform the law and the prophets." He answered him "I have performed them." He said to him "Go, sell all that thou hast and divide it to the poor, and come, follow me."

My students starting singing “We’re all in this together” when they realized Ramadan and Lent are at the same time this year. 🤣😩

A yellow what now

I'm seeing a little extra pushback against Ash Wednesday this year from certain evangelical corners. "Ashes are pagan!" "Ash Wednesday violates the Regulative Principle!" etc. God help me, my inner reaction was: "It makes sense. American evangelicalism is allergic to humility and repentance."

1. BTW: If you're curious to know more about Doug Wilson, I have two stories for you. The first is from back in 2023, when I went to Idaho to investigate Christian nationalism in the region and, among other things, met w/Wilson for a long interview about his views. religionnews.com/2023/02/22/h...

defeating every "superhero should kill" argument with "recurring villains are cool and also we'll end up with even more resurrection story lines"

I remember people telling me that if we stopped drawing attention to Doug Wilson he would just... go away. That refuting him was "platforming" him and helping him gather an audience. I feel like those people might owe me an apology.

Doug Wilson was the preacher today at the latest monthly Christian worship at the Pentagon. My report: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/doug-wilso...

Today, some folks in ACNA are singing the same old song I've heard in so many other denominations.

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

"Gamers aren't getting their consoles because AI companies are hogging basically all the RAM on the entire dang planet" is an extremely niche 2026 story, but here we are.

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A central figure in our government. Shameful shit.

They really are scared of Talarico, aren’t they…

Paramount's censorship of this Colbert interview w/ Rep. James Talarico will get more people to watch than if it had aired on TV. 100K views on YouTube in just 2 hours. And counting... youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.

I think it’s awesome how cabinet secretaries take orders from anon randos on the internet

Me, to the MAGAs still sticking with Trump:

There is no constitutional right of law enforcement to detain me, throw me to the ground, and then put five bullets in my back while masked and unidentified. There is a right to vote.

Things I'll have to give up in order to fast from social media next month: --hypervigilance --the need to be The One Who Knows What's Going On --the illusion that I will have the perfect thing to say which will alter the course of the Goings On --a sense of audience in the humdrum of daily life

peter, james, john, and the rest of the fellas

Whoa. I'm just going to stare at this for the next hour. From the 1963 Birmingham campaign. HT: @revchrisdavis.bsky.social

I don't know which is worse: when you finally get the living room clean and the kids immediately build a blanket fort... ...or when you haven't cleaned the living room yet so they build a blanket fort over the mess.

Am I going to be the only one to suggest that firing a public school teacher for speaking out on a matter of public concern raises profound First Amendment issues, and we should pause before cheering on such actions when that power can be weaponized against progressive teachers in red places? 1/3

Baby, I'm wutherin' in the heights With you between my arms Barefoot on the heather Listenin' to our favourite song...

Good morning! Look at the fog hovering over Chicago this morning!

I told my kids that we can't go outside on President's Day, because on President's Day all dead presidents rise from their graves and grow to 100 feet tall, stomping across the countryside, roaring and shooting lasers from their eyes. But each has their weaknesses. Lincoln is afraid of theaters.

Sometimes you wuther the heights, and sometimes the heights wuther you.

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again