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June 2021

June 22, 2021

A New And Better Kind Of Man

If you haven't gotten around to reading Jesus and John Wayne, K du Mez has...

June 16, 2021

Anne’s Quiz To Help You Figure Out If You Are Flourishing Or Not

Jesus taking the NYTimes quiz to find out whether or not he is "flourishing." Well,...

June 08, 2021

If I Get A Kitten I’ll Name It Lilibet

Mother Earth waiting for us to go away and leave her alone. Somehow I missed...

May 2021

May 25, 2021

Some Things On Tuesday

Me reading the news this morning. There seems to be tumult all over the world...

May 19, 2021

I’m Not Angry With You For Being Angry

Besides finishing Phineas Redux and immediately downloading and hitting play on The Prime Minister, at...

May 18, 2021

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Well, it seems like there is a lot going on this morning. Mr. Cuomo is...

May 14, 2021

7 Dubious Takes About Science and Technology

It's Friday, so let's see, are there any takes? One This is a wonderful and...

May 07, 2021

Anne Against Machines

Oh, is it Friday? And It's already nine o'clock. I don't think I can get...

May 06, 2021

If You Don’t Want To Buy A “Nap Dress” You Can Try Reading Your Bible

Update: The tweet I talk about below, attributed to Chelsea Clinton, is probably not by...

May 05, 2021

An Egalitarian Patriarchy

This is fun. Instagram is thinking of a way to let you hide all your...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

Reading and Flying

Jesus excited to see what happens to him in the Book of Longings. Sorry to...

April 15, 2021

Physician, Heal Thyself

I have an immense treat for you this morning. I happen to have a very clever...

April 09, 2021

7 Takes In All Directions

All my Easter Flowers gathered on the kitchen counter. I wasn't going to blog today...

April 01, 2021

Three Things on Maundy Thursday

Me thinking about moderating the comments on my blog. The First Thing Happy April Fool's...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

Ten Things that Literally Happened

In my sojourning through Holy Week, I really like this tweet: The tweeter, who is...

March 16, 2021

You Know Neither The Scriptures Nor The Power Of God

I enjoy Helen Pluckrose on Twitter, and have been slowly going through Cynical Theories, but...

March 09, 2021

A Braver, More Stunning Space

Jesus scrolling around TicToc watching people pontificate about how racist he is. I haven’t watched...

March 03, 2021

Three Ways Not To Cancel A Book

Well, I wasn't paying attention very well yesterday and didn't really grasp the shock and...

February 2021

February 11, 2021

We Can’t Do Hard Things Because We Don’t Want To

I thought I was going to post a video today with more of my #thoughtsandprayers...

February 09, 2021

Who Is To Blame?

My child says it's easier to draw a man's face than a woman's. [Used by...

January 2021

January 08, 2021

Matters of Character

Is it already Friday? Could. Have. Come. Sooner. One So, this has been an exciting...

January 05, 2021

So Yeah, There Is Such A Thing As An Epiphany

I wasn't looking for more things to be irritated about--especially with my new resolution to...

December 2020

December 16, 2020

Ten Ways Children Are Oppressive And Tyrannical Like Rich People And White People

I'm teetering between wanting to say snarky things about the question of who gets to...

December 02, 2020

Ultimate Believer Cross Symbol Wall Blessing

Well, I don’t know what I was looking for this morning, but this is what...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Are Women Really That Helpless?

Well, I was going to take a moment today to enumerate all the things I...

November 10, 2020

Searching For The Sublime

Being both rather busy and rather tired, in a quick race around the internet hoping...

November 05, 2020

Things to do Instead of Caring about the Election

I already don’t really care, except in a sort of detached way, but maybe you...

November 03, 2020

Spiritual “Self-Care” For Election Day

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this to you, but today is what’s known...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Where We Could Pretend Things Were Normal

Well, the first thing to say is Thank You. In a very few hours the...

October 20, 2020

Do We Even Need Them?

I recorded another practice video last night before I got on Twitter and saw that...