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"Rest assured that our beloved stronghold is not named after the evil dark lord hell-bent on destroying Middle-earth, but after a beloved Elven soldier named Elduin Sauron from the Battle of Mirkwood, or something."

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

The way of the cross. The way of Jesus. The way of humility, service and preference of others. The way of dying to self & rising with Christ. There’s no other following. This has been the stunning forfeiture in this generation’s discipleship & we have borne its fruit. In repentance we regather joy.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

I wanna invite y’all to find somethin better to do with whatever time God grants you this evening than watch a POTUS who is so thoroughly committed to lies & pathological loserhood addresses this mockery of a Congress this evening. You can catch the highlights later if you must.

submitted 7 days ago • 17 comments

I live in Rep. Hudson’s district in NC. If you have a problem with the illegal cuts Musk’s DOGE team has been enacting, and are a real person, who isn’t being paid, feel free to call his DC office at 202-225-3715 and let him know. Each time I’ve called, I’ve gotten a real person on the other end.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I live in Rep. Hudson’s district in NC. If you have a problem with the illegal cuts from Musk’s DOGE team and are a real person who isn’t being paid, feel free to call his DC office at 202-225-3715 and let him know. Each time I’ve called, I’ve gotten a real person. www.politico.com/live-updates...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

submitted 11 days ago • 1193 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 13 days ago • 480 comments

The question I am really struggling with right now is: What is "law & order" and the entire American constitutional order for if it isn't a Go Directly to Jail card for guys like Donald Trump and Elon Musk for doing exactly what they're doing right now?

submitted 13 days ago • 75 comments

Good morning, beloved. Some things, we can’t control. Others, we can. Knowing the difference is wisdom. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

going on-record like this is pretty brave imo www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT4u...

submitted 22 days ago • 21 comments

Social media was meant (presumably, at some point) to bring us closer together, and we've seen how that's worked out. Anything that mediates human to human contact, even if meant for good, seems only to de-humanize. This is a post about AI.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

When Trump flew into NC to survey Helene damage, he apparently offered his endorsement to any of the Republican officeholders present to primary NC's Senator Thom Tillis if Tillis didn't fall in line and obey Trump's orders. Of course, Tillis caved. He always does. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

submitted 27 days ago • 905 comments

One of my (many) concerns with the “anti-Christian bias” EO is the way it reifies a false Christian persecution complex. Self-pity and victimhood are not Christian habits of mind.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

“And we’ll build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top up in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves…!”

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

For those keeping track, since taking office, Trump, Musk, Vance and the Trump admin have cast aspersions on and/or cut funds to: * An Episcopal bishop * The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops * Lutheran service groups * A Christian service group * An array of religious groups that aid refugees

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 37 days ago • 354 comments

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

submitted 37 days ago • 206 comments

If empathy is a sin, your god is not the God of the Hebrew Bible, who heard the cry of his people in oppression in Egypt, and because he “knew their sufferings” (Exodus 3:7), delivered them through the wilderness into the Promised Land.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

@chuckdegroat.bsky.social Glad to see you’re on here! Leaving the other site for good soon—it helps to know you’re here.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven. - Jesus

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

Probably not be the right time to be using German words, but this may be the closest we’ll get to experiencing schadenfreude for some time.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

My wife, a teacher who just tested positive for flu, is at school prepping lesson plans for tomorrow after finishing her classes for the day—with the flu. Son, upon learning about this: "She has the flu—she should get paid more for that!" Yes. Yes she should.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

✅ Paper submitted. ✅ Penultimate class completed. 1️⃣ Semester left.

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Joke’s on Hegseth and Wilson, there IS no “combative brand of Christianity”!

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

So many people are a father but not a President and have watched helplessly as their loved ones are unfairly targeted by the injustice system, are refused another chance, do not have their sobriety taken into account. I want what Hunter Biden got for the people I know in NC Corrections and Central

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment