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October 2019

October 10, 2019

See You In Church!

This is funny and great. Well, by ‘funny’ I mean ‘isn’t it funny what lying...

October 04, 2019

7 But Have You Tried Eating All The Babies Takes

Well, this seems like it’s been a long week, how ‘bout some takes. One This...

October 01, 2019

Stop Oppressing Me

Well, I had something important on my mind today (Kanye West) but that was swiftly...

September 2019

September 19, 2019

Five Things Before Friday

Jesus, reading Twitter during the night. I was going to do Three Things on Thursday,...

September 18, 2019

Three Ways to Stop Being Janet

Following up on yesterday, I thought I would provide for myself, but really for you, three...

September 17, 2019

Caught Between June and Janet: There Has To Be A Better Way

Well, after an initially underwhelming impression of The Good Place, I must say that I...

September 12, 2019

Books on Thursday: Strangers, Dentists, and Writing Envy

Me trying to read literally anything. And boy does she have a lot of teeth....

September 08, 2019

What If Jesus Were On Twitter

Everything He tweeted would have this as it's background. I just discovered “Hashtag Sunday Thoughts”...

September 05, 2019

When You Run Out of Time, and Also, You Have Money to Burn

We all know that books can be bought not for reading, but for decorative purposes,...

August 2019

August 21, 2019

And They’re Back! MacDonald and Tchividjian Restore Themselves To Ministry

"Oh Goodie," says Jesus. As I said yesterday, this week is full of all manner...

August 20, 2019

USA Today Needs To Get Out More

The birthday gods of blogging are smiling down on me. I have a whole line...

August 18, 2019

Woodstock is 50 Years Old, And Jesus is Still Disappointing

The French news on Friday alerted me to the fact that this weekend is the...

August 14, 2019

Don’t Do That: #wednesdaywisdom

What a busy day I have. Which means not lying about here surfing the internet,...

August 06, 2019

A Celebration Of Wellness

Well, if you were wondering if there could possibly be a God, you can absolutely...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

And Then Jesus Said

[This Morning Jesus is Super Excited about all of your efforts to climb out of...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Making America Feudal Again

I might have, instead of doing the laundry or something, gone down the rabbit hole...

June 18, 2019

Embrace Forsooth!

Well, it’s raining, and some person on twitter posted this spectacularly novel advice, hashtag Tuesday...

June 11, 2019

Bad Tweets on Tuesday

I don’t really have any hobbies. I don’t do any crafting and I’m not overburdened...

June 09, 2019

The Body Needs A Comforter

A friend, intent on pressing all my buttons, brought this curious advice to my attention....

June 04, 2019

What Is Your Crazy Dream?

Yesterday a child asked me how many hours are in a year, and because school...

June 02, 2019

A Footstool, a Jet, a Night in Prison: What Must I Do To Be Saved?

A week ago, or who even knows, Matt interrupted our evening studies by turning on...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

If Only There Were Some Way To Find Out Why Humans Are So Irrational

This is a long, needlessly political, a little bit rambling, at points incoherent, but nevertheless...

May 16, 2019

Three Things on Thursday: de Blasio, Alabama, and Don’t Call Me Wifey

The First Thing Well, that’s just great. Bill de Blasio, who apparently is chronically late...

May 14, 2019

Technology on Tuesday: The Good and The Bad

I was recently struck by the blinding insight (probably by wandering around some specious corner...

May 10, 2019

7 Gifts I’m Gifting Myself For Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day being always on Sunday means that I really have to plan ahead to...

May 08, 2019

Rachel Hollis and the Geico Jesus

[Jesus looking around the room and seeing all the Potential] Speaking of death and heaven...

May 01, 2019

A New And Special Twist On That Love Languages Thing

It seems like a pretty depressing day for news. Also my house is a horror,...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Twitter Impactful Christianity

A few weeks before Easter the local Unitarian church—who always do up the best church...

April 11, 2019

Three Things On Thursday

Thing One Well, this is terrible. It could be days before the world gets a...

April 09, 2019

#TuesdayThoughts: Sneakers Are The Worst

This is very important. Sarah Jessica Parker has been seen wearing $95 sneakers. I know,...