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2025-10-17T12:58:50-04:00

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A Suggestion for Christians Attending the “No Kings” Rally

Last updated on: October 17, 2025 at 12:58 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I have a suggestion for the “No Kings” rallies tomorrow. I hope all my readers have found a “No Kings” rally to attend on Saturday the 18th. Those rallies are important, even if they just seem like performative fluff. No, protesting is not all we ought to do to bring justice to America. Protesting alone could never be enough. But protesting is part of the movement. It reminds politicians that they have constituents to court. It flies in the... Read more

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2025-10-17T01:38:07-04:00

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A Balm To Make the Wounded Whole

Last updated on: October 17, 2025 at 1:38 am By Mary Pezzulo

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It was starting to get cold when Jimmy’s boy came to visit. All I wanted was to sit down under a blanket in the living room, but Jimmy’s boy wanted a trip around the neighborhood. He asked if we could go up and down the alleyways a few blocks over, where there’s no pavement but only brick. It’s fun to bike over the bumpy bricks. I agreed to take him. The alley was overshadowed with yellow Autumn trees. Another patch... Read more

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2025-10-13T22:40:27-04:00

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In Chicago, the Church Wakes Up

Last updated on: October 13, 2025 at 10:40 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I have been waiting for the longest time for the Church to wake up and be holy. I was so tired of waiting for the Church to wake up and be holy. I know that, countless times in history, the Church hasn’t been faithful to Christ but has tried to be an empire or a lackey to empires instead. I know I don’t have any right to expect that my time in history will be different, but I wished... Read more

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2025-10-08T00:32:48-04:00

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On the First Cold Day

Last updated on: October 8, 2025 at 12:32 am By Mary Pezzulo

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I wish there were words to describe how it feels, living in interesting times. I wish I could explain how surreal America felt, for the first seven months of 2025. And then, in late September and early October, I started to feel guilty. I felt guilty for all kinds of reasons. The mad king began murdering Venezuelan fishermen, ordering his minions to blow up their boats, and it made me feel like a murderer. The mad king’s masked agents... Read more

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2025-10-06T22:38:18-04:00

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WIC is Running Out of Money, Fast

Last updated on: October 6, 2025 at 10:38 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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If the shutdown goes on, the WIC Program could run out of money in two weeks. In case you don’t know, WIC, or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, is a program that provides healthy food to pregnant women and to breastfeeding moms and children under five. WIC benefits can be used in addition to the SNAP program (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, usually called “food stamps”) and also if you make a little too... Read more

2025-10-03T20:26:01-04:00

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A Picture of God

Last updated on: October 3, 2025 at 8:26 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I’ve been teaching an art class. Art was one of those things I set aside when I was younger; I’d thought about going to school to be an art teacher, but my mother didn’t like the idea. Now I teach elementary schoolers art lessons at the church outreach after school twice a week. Each week, I show them some pictures from a real movement in art history, and then I get out the supplies and have them make their... Read more

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2025-10-01T01:04:58-04:00

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Immigrants are Your Neighbor. They are in Danger

Last updated on: October 1, 2025 at 1:04 am By Mary Pezzulo

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I don’t even know how to write about all the political news lately. I am at a loss, because if you can’t see how wrong this is, I have no idea how to reach you. In 2016, it was different. When people were claiming that Trump wasn’t a very good person but that electing him would make abortion magically go away forever, and was therefore the good Christian choice, I thought maybe I could convince them they were wrong.... Read more

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2025-09-26T02:19:14-04:00

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If I Was There, If I Was There

Last updated on: September 26, 2025 at 2:19 am By Mary Pezzulo

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Autumn came this week. It rolled in on Adrienne’s fourteenth birthday, as I ran back and forth wrapping presents and baking a cake. We still didn’t have a car for running errands. That will be ready Tuesday. Jimmy’s got a chain wrapped around Sacre Bleu’s ruined motor, ready to attach the cherry picker and hoist the old motor out, but the junkyard hasn’t quite finished digging the replacement motor out of the totaled car somebody scrapped. It was a rear... Read more

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2025-09-30T17:37:05-04:00

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Blogkeeping Notes for Fall 2025

Last updated on: September 30, 2025 at 5:37 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Hi friends, This isn’t a real post. This is just my every-few-months blogkeeping post, to help you keep track of what I’ve been up to and how to follow and support me. This summer has been quiet and beautiful, with a trip to Moundsville to see the ancient burial mound and trying to keep peace among the neighborhood children. I have been reclaiming my love of reading. Jimmy’s boy has been visiting to help me in the garden and... Read more

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2025-09-17T02:55:20-04:00

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On the Murder of Charlie Kirk, and an Anti-Trans Moral Panic

Last updated on: September 17, 2025 at 2:55 am By Mary Pezzulo

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The first thing you must know is that killing is wrong. Period. Defending yourself, even with deadly force, has its place if you’re in a situation where your life is in danger. But direct killing, assassination, shooting a man in cold blood, is always a mortal sin. And leaving morality out of it just for a second, it’s also a serious crime. It’s not something that can be tolerated, no matter what. The second thing you must know is... Read more

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