mattstout.bsky.social
I’m a weird dad and a dumb husband. I’m a UM pastor and a nerd who likes to read and play games. Friend of DeSoto.
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Thank you!!!! I’m so thrilled.
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Does Back After This take place in the Evvie Drake cinematic universe? I’m so excited to read it either way.
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So did I!
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That's a good call. Last time, I got hypervigilant with the news and it was super unhealthy. I need to figure out some micro resistances I can do without having to be glued to current events. I don't want to be ignorant, but I can't take another four years of constant anxiety.
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There's a mainline protestant church with a woke lady pastor within walking distance of your house. Everyone there will be thrilled to see someone under 50 at service. There's free donuts too.
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I sort of wish I had the courage of conviction to be donezo anyway, but I’ve sunk cost fallacied my whole life away. Most times I’m OK, but every once in a while…
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Yes that’s right. I’ve spent so many years believing that I “had” to believe things I was never convinced of. Some of it was about institutions, some of it was social pressure, some of it was fear of asking hard questions.
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There’s a lot of beauty in historic Christianity. There’s a lot I want to learn from the Black church in America. I still think the hope of resurrection is essential. So I’m finding ways outside of the White Evangelical theology I’ve been raised on to connect spiritually.
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Between a church split, the nonsense American Christians have been up to the past few years, and an increasing sense of doubt, I have almost walked away a number of times. If I hadn’t been a pastor, I would have given up on church by now. But I am, so I haven’t.
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I made a commitment a few years ago not to bullshit myself when it comes to my spirituality. I decided I wasn’t going to pretend to believe in things any more that I don’t actually believe. I had been bullshitting myself for my whole life. It’s been refreshing, but also incredibly challenging.
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I kind of want to both of these in moderation. So I'm committing in 2025 to use my bluesky to do both of those things more. I am going to walk through my spiritual journey, as well as get more into what I'm doing as a DM with my #dnd group and try and be in the #startrek space.
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I've got these two impulses:
(1) Just write about silly, inconsequential stuff I like and deal with the serious stuff privately.
(2) Get into the real stuff in a way that makes me kind of uncomfortable, but might be a help for others that might be going through similar stuff.
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Her full, eloquent explanation here: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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The University of
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Banjo is extremely fun! I started a couple of years ago.
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The Tasha Yar Story
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Put me on the second list!