Hey @erinnewton.bsky.social guess what I get to read all day today?

God is not on the “us” side of Stephen Miller’s “us vs. them” construct. That is the construct the teacher of the law assumed when he asked the question that catalyzed Jesus’ parable: “Who is my neighbor?” open.substack.com/pub/revchris...

I just learned that abortions are up 11% after the overturning of Roe V Wade and that is a whole lot to process.

When the Anglo-Saxons migrated to the British Isles around 410 A.D. they called the native peoples Welsh, or “foreigners” and took their land. I can’t help but think of that presumptuous audacity when I hear stories of harassment against the only people in this land who *aren’t* immigrants.

If I could share only one Bible verse with every Democrat, Republican, and Independent in Washington it would be Daniel's words to King Nebuchadnezzar which call for both personal and corporate righteousness in how leaders steward power: 1/2

My 10 year old and I are reading through the minor prophets at night and came across this powerful summary from Zechariah 7 of how God calls his people to live. An evergreen word, but particularly relevant for today.

“The tragedy of fall’s beauty is inescapable, eliciting a ‘Not yet; let me enjoy this for a moment.’” open.substack.com/pub/revchris...

I had my first taste of tailgating this week. Here’s what I learned: 1. Community is not dead 2. Shared allegiances create shortcuts for connection 3. Imagination flows from immersion open.substack.com/pub/revchris...

@blankcheck.bsky.social Guys - the Maron intro and outro on the Serious Man episode…🤌🏻

Moonlight over the Potomac

cool cool cool cool cool See you in 2.5 weeks, computer. #WindowsUpdate

Tucked away in the valence of his “get to know you” assignment is my son’s sense of humor.

If the rapture doesn’t happen today, you can always buy this book tomorrow…

When the sole reason you trim the shrub is to find the missing baseball

I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the new season of The Chosen now on Prime or wait until we can watch it ad-free on the app. She said she’d like to wait because “I prefer Jesus without the commercials.” And that feels like an entire word for American evangelicalism.

Watching a documentary on the history of film that paused over the relationship between the screen and the demands of political loyalty.

Playing catch at sunset. Grateful for daily gifts.

This is the kind of postgame testimony I love #GuardsBall

Watching Akira Kurosawa‘s High and Low for the first time. I honestly thought it was going to be a movie about a doctrinaire shoe manufacturer.

My 18 year olds are particularly affected by Charlie Kirk’s murder and all I can say to them is “We must fight with ideas and words, not guns and bullets.”

I need all of these in this stunned moment

What a horrific act of violence. God help us.

In an abusive system there is no safe place, no binding of wounds or healing for a broken heart. Power is used in God’s name to protect the system rather than the victim. Power is used to oppress and protect the manmade structure rather than the people they are called to lead.

According to my teenagers, my newfound love of doing puzzles is the most recent evidence that I am OLD. I own it. *Bonus: $2 at the library book sale

This week I heard for the first time a line that makes so much sense: “When you’re looking at everything through rose-colored glasses, red flags are invisible.”

Just a dude taking a nap

“Pray that the evangelical support he will care about most is that of the evangel, the message of first importance: “that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised…and that he appeared” (1 Cor. 15:3-5).” open.substack.com/pub/revchris...

TIL that the first national legislative body in the world to give women the right to vote in a general election was, curiously, the Isle of Man.

Do they call slanted fonts Italicized because of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

Visited my favorite art gallery last night…

In the mountains with regal eagles… 1/2

The rain is falling The skies are dark But hope lies ahead

Me looking for news about Steven Kwan minutes after the trade deadline passes. #GuardsBall @cleguardians.com

Going to watch this movie for the first time and the treasure better not be the friends they made along the way.

R.I.P. The 80s 😥

Anyone else have a book stack that looks like this? Or do you finish the book you started before you begin another one?

Can you guess what this is a picture of?

Some 900-year-old wisdom from Bernard of Clairvaux

Evening in NYC

Look what was waiting for me when I got home! Excited to read @karenswallowprior.bsky.social’s new book. (When you get yours, be sure to read p. 56!)

One of the ladies in our widows’ support group wore this today. It’s 100% true.

Can we develop some weighted system for who gets a say on immigration in our country? My ancestors have been here since the late 1600s and I am all about immigration reform. But most the people showing such cruelty toward immigrants seem to be 2nd or 3rd generation immigrants themselves.

What a thrilling and fun ending to the #AllStarGame!

I am disabled. I am a veteran. I am a US citizen. But I did not have my car window smashed, pepper sprayed and being held in an undisclosed location by our government. abc7.com/post/disable...

I just finished reading a book on the Washington Senators' 1924 season that ended in an improbable and dramatic World Series victory. Here are my favorite old-timey ballplayer names: - Sloppy Thurston - By Speece - Urban Shocker - Bibb Falk - Maurice Archdeacon - Irish Meusel - Muddy Ruel

Friday fun: old SCTV sketch of Michael McDonald (Rick Moranis) racing in to sing backup on Ride Like the Wind youtu.be/BKw6jZV0vag?...

Homeland Security meme nudges 'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade into dark territory—my newest post at @rns.org: religionnews.com/2025/07/10/h...

Just finished listening to this pod…it’s fantastic! I’ve been listening to Jeff’s pod over the 20 years he’s hosted Q&As and it’s well worth subscribing.