jdotclarkson.bsky.social
Reclaiming low church, from the windows to the walls.
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Also, too, the ontological change.
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I’ve got a whole bit for the parable of the sower about how the seeds from the “weeds” that were eliminated from the manicured lawns at Financial Peace University blew over to Charlotte Pike and sprouted at Thistle Farms.
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Which is not to say that the existential threats to Israel are not real, but the current Israeli government plays that anxiety like a praise band playing a C-G-Am-F chord progression.
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Netanyahu knows he can bring the ultra Orthodox back into his camp by putting Israel on a war time footing.
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Basically, everything since the initial response to attack by Hamas has been as much a play to distract Israelis from holding their Prime Minister accountable as anything.
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I’m hoping that the shirt studs they sell at Jos. A Bank will do the trick.
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Collar studs is what I mean.
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Not to mention the Beach Boys’ influence on the Beatles.
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And I don’t think Merton cleaned the language up very much.
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Fun fact, there is a West Wing vignette for every situation, including this one: youtu.be/xbqO9VDx7PA?...
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I understand that I cannot make everyone happy as a general principle, it's the fact that particular people (often people I love) are unhappy that I have trouble with.
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Today I have really started to wonder what, exactly, constitutes an unlawful order.
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Changes coming 'round real soon.
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Interestingly, I wrote a sermon recently structured around John Mellencamp's Jack and Diane.
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In other words, of course a corrupt oligarchy will collapse in on itself.
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Well, actually, the introduction of radios killed bike racing.
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15 feet from stardom!
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There is not an issue I bring up that they have not already discussed, no dynamic they have not already identified.
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I did that once when I was like 9. I was trying to clean magic marker off of a plastic helmet, and I mixed Comet and Soft Scrub to make a paste. My mom got pissed, but I was like "I thought the toxic fumes meant it was working!!"
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We opened with “Christ whose glory fills the skies” which immediately took me back to seeing the sun rise over Lake Huron last summer. That last verse is a banger.
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Jesus tolt y’uns.
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What do you think Ted Lasso is for?
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I saw a coyote drinking a macchiato at Caffè Trieste. Its hair was perfect.
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As great as it is, few people know that there is a lake superior to Michigan.
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I say this as a person who has “Esse quam videri” tattooed on his arm and has also been known to let his narratives work at cross purposes.
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"The Shawshank Redemption" seems obvious, but I am also convinced that there is a lot of grist for the mill in "The Natural". And if you want Coen Brothers but not Lebowski, "A Serious Man" is worth considering.
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Totally a "my Jerusalem cross tattoo is not a white supremacist symbol guy." I am prepared to pull a Pete Davidson over this.