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they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever

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I feel like the Super Bowl Halftime Show has become an excellent litmus test on proximity and adherence to white supremacy.

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I’m down to the last 70ish pages of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and I don’t know if I can stand it. She writes relational tension better than just about anyone!

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very excited to see what happens when you make a deeply compromised addict the leader of the department of defense and subordinate to a madman

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Just so we’re clear: 1. Audiobooks count 2. Reading is political 3. The orange man is a piece of 💩 Thanks for stopping by 💃

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I always feel so gaslit when books I didn’t like win Goodreads awards. I’m blaming Jeff Bezos.

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I’m still not sure who put this canvas up in our church nursery above the changing table, but I want to give them the highest of fives.

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Thanks to the latest @fortresspress.bsky.social sale, I’ve got the completed DBWE! Everyone around the office is humoring me, but I’m excited for it and that’s all that matters 😂

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White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.

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incredible that he's deriding it in the same post he self-censors its name because he knows the Vichy Twitter algorithm buries any mention of or links to its competitors

submitted 102 days ago • 143 comments

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

submitted 101 days ago • 899 comments

Y’all! Run, don’t walk to get this book if you haven’t read it yet. It’s on my Mount Rushmore of greatest novels. You won’t regret it!

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Favorite thing I've read about the new Bonhoeffer film coming out this weekend: “This film’s relationship to the historical Bonhoeffer is the relationship of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to the historical Lincoln.”

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Things I’m into and enjoy talking about: Books Coffee Nerdy church stuff The West Wing Baseball - esp. the MN Twins Dietrich Bonhoeffer Traveling Movies The Enneagram Hiking Lake Superior Breaking toxic generational cycles in parenting, pastoring, and masculinity Pancakes

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Like “In Christ, there is no longer male and female” from Galatians? Feels an awful lot like WhAt ScRiPtUrE tEaChEs

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I’m already stressing about the number of times I’ll have to talk with parishioners about Erc Metaxs over the next couple weeks. I bought extra copies of Life Together so at least I’ll be prepared to hand them something better on the way out 😬

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Happy National Book Awards day to all who celebrate! This year saw some amazing books nominated and it was really hard to narrow down favorites.

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Evergreen

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“He’s a smart businessman…he’s going to fix the economy…” Me:

submitted 106 days ago • 489 comments

they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever

I feel like the Super Bowl Halftime Show has become an excellent litmus test on proximity and adherence to white supremacy.

I’m down to the last 70ish pages of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and I don’t know if I can stand it. She writes relational tension better than just about anyone!

very excited to see what happens when you make a deeply compromised addict the leader of the department of defense and subordinate to a madman

Just so we’re clear: 1. Audiobooks count 2. Reading is political 3. The orange man is a piece of 💩 Thanks for stopping by 💃

I always feel so gaslit when books I didn’t like win Goodreads awards. I’m blaming Jeff Bezos.

I’m still not sure who put this canvas up in our church nursery above the changing table, but I want to give them the highest of fives.

Thanks to the latest @fortresspress.bsky.social sale, I’ve got the completed DBWE! Everyone around the office is humoring me, but I’m excited for it and that’s all that matters 😂

White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.

incredible that he's deriding it in the same post he self-censors its name because he knows the Vichy Twitter algorithm buries any mention of or links to its competitors

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

Y’all! Run, don’t walk to get this book if you haven’t read it yet. It’s on my Mount Rushmore of greatest novels. You won’t regret it!

Favorite thing I've read about the new Bonhoeffer film coming out this weekend: “This film’s relationship to the historical Bonhoeffer is the relationship of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to the historical Lincoln.”

Things I’m into and enjoy talking about: Books Coffee Nerdy church stuff The West Wing Baseball - esp. the MN Twins Dietrich Bonhoeffer Traveling Movies The Enneagram Hiking Lake Superior Breaking toxic generational cycles in parenting, pastoring, and masculinity Pancakes

Like “In Christ, there is no longer male and female” from Galatians? Feels an awful lot like WhAt ScRiPtUrE tEaChEs

I’m already stressing about the number of times I’ll have to talk with parishioners about Erc Metaxs over the next couple weeks. I bought extra copies of Life Together so at least I’ll be prepared to hand them something better on the way out 😬

Happy National Book Awards day to all who celebrate! This year saw some amazing books nominated and it was really hard to narrow down favorites.

Evergreen

“He’s a smart businessman…he’s going to fix the economy…” Me:

“To name the world as gift is to feel your membership in the web of reciprocity. It can make you happy. And it holds you accountable.”

our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.

The best post-election political analysis I’ve seen.

Spending a lot of time in here lately. Feels more instructive than it should.

Just @ me next time!