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October 2021

October 21, 2021

Three Things on Thursday

As usual, I didn't mean not to blog yesterday, I slept long past my ordinary...

January 2021

January 15, 2021

7 Very Quick Takes

It is Friday, so that's pretty great. I'm going to wildly just fling a lot...

December 2020

December 10, 2020

Thoughts and Prayers upon the Occasion of Procuring a Christmas Tree

As a staunch observer of Advent, in my soul, I am always wishing we would...

February 2020

February 05, 2020

Witless Wednesday: JLo and the SOTU

I wrote this over at Stand Firm today about trying to watch the SOTU as...

January 2020

January 09, 2020

Mexit Is Trending

I'm over at Stand Firm today. Enjoy! ********************************************************************************* Meghan and Harry are trying to extricate...

August 2019

August 15, 2019

Just Try Harder

Jesus contemplating Hollis' heavenly vision in amazement with just a hint of horror. I'm over...

March 2019

March 11, 2019

Make Better Art Podcast and Links

Good Morning, all you who are awake even after losing an hour of that precious...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

Aldi Makes Cheaper Razors

This might be a pugilistic week for me. I have a thousand contrary thoughts about...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

Trading Ash For Honey

7The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul; * the testimony of...

September 02, 2018

Abortion is Not Self-Care

Perhaps many of you who wander around the highways and byways of social media came...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

Are Women Children?

The downfall of getting back online and trying to avoid politics with a thumb-scrolling vice-grip...

July 15, 2018

Going to Church isn’t a Scam

Here I am, struggling into the day, groping in the dark for that first lifesaving...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

A Comment, Technical Issues, and Moral Combat

[Jesus thinking about the Dunning Kruger Effect] My device is, and I say this through...

May 25, 2018

5 Fings For Friday

No quick takes today. Kelly is having a much deserved Memorial Weekend off. So how...

May 23, 2018

How Long May I Laugh?

Was curious and sad to see that Warren Throckmorton is no longer blogging at Patheos. You...

May 21, 2018

Royal Wedding Podcast and Links

A bright and cheerful good morning to you all. The sun is shining, the birds...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Monday on the Celebrity Holy Week Podcast and Links

Good day to you all. I trust you are all rushing around in a frantic...

March 15, 2018

Debunking 3 Cessationist Myths

[Cessationist you will be...calling you the Holy Spirit is] Going to rely heavily on this...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

Will This Really Be The Last Jedi?

So I did see Star Wars, and have read one or two reviews since then,...

December 12, 2017

In Which I Continue My Christmas Shopping

We are poor in spirit. Whatever we manage to do with the stuff of the...

December 02, 2017

Chistmas Is Not A Feeling In Your Heart

Charles Dickens can be blamed entirely for the toxic idea that the Spiritual Forcefield of...

November 2017

November 14, 2017

Please Stop Playing That Christmas Music

Listening to Christmas music from October 1 to December 25 is the sacramental embodiment of...

November 09, 2017

If Your Marriage Isn’t Working, Try This

You can’t make yourself happy, and the other person can’t make you happy, so what...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

Habits of Anxiety

Ah, the gentle sound of children squabbling with each other in the morning. Wednesday is...

September 11, 2017

Monday on the 9/11 Podcast and Links

Good Moaning. It's a cold gray day, fitting for work and probably also sadness. So...

July 2017

July 03, 2017

Monday Morning Failures

Matt woke up with a bad sore throat so we're going to postpone our weekly...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

Untangling Race, Language and Culture in America

I don’t understand the racially pockmarked landscape that surrounds me. Even though I read about...

April 2017

April 15, 2017

Holy Week Notes From Home

Busy week. About to leap up and go back to church to work on the...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

Minimalism, the Brady Bunch and Edwardian England Podcast and Links

Its a gray and chilly Monday morning here in Binghamton and I'm pretty sure there's...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

7 Inauguration Day Takes

One I won't lie, I just spent 20 minutes looking at Ivanka's Facebook page. Gosh...