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Episcopal priest; school & seminary chaplain. Writes on Tolkien, Bede, Hoosier history. Dog, Beda. Poems: https://a.co/d/0CneRK8 Thaumaturge of Annandale series: https://tinyurl.com/B087RS699Q I-Númenóreo Taracáno Lisseryar: https://tinyurl.com/RKGandA
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“Remember this: The imperial need for control is so desperate because it’s so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort; it breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Steve Winwood with a seasonal favorite other than “Salve, Festa Dies!” youtu.be/vpU01KQIUJM?...

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Nika (A hymn for the Great Vigil of Easter) Resting on the seventh day, In a borrowed tomb he lay, Jesus Christ the Victor. Nika! Nika! Christ the Lord is Victor! Sacrificed in Isaac’s place, Sinless heir of Adam’s race, Christ the Lamb was Victor. Nika! Nika! Christ the Lord is Victor! 1/3

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He who was nailed to the cross is Lord and the ruler of nature; all things created on earth sing to the glory of God: Hail thee, festival day! blest day that art hallowed forever, day whereon Christ arose, breaking the kingdom of death!

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The media needs to call this what it is: This is a techno-oligarchic hostile takeover of the federal machinery of the United States of America. This is not governing. It is lawless. It is not based on principles of electoral representation. This is a criminal takeover of the federal government.

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Season 2 of “Andor” can’t arrive soon enough. It may sound foolish and lightweight, but I would love for a pop culture story about freedom fighters resisting the evil empire to have meaningful ripple effects in the real world. We need this. Collective action + resistance + hope

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Um… When Trump was diagnosed with Covid-19, he went where…? Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. And he had a course of remdesivir, an expensive antiviral drug not available to average citizens. So, Dr. Oz… Fuck you and your elitist, double-standard, bootlicking hypocrisy.

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Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.

submitted 1 day ago • 692 comments

The only “hypostasis,” the only underlying individual act of personal being, in the God-man Jesus Christ is the hypostasis of God the Son. Thus, on Holy Saturday, God the Son is *being* not only the soul of Jesus harrowing Hell but also the body born of Mary, lying incorruptible in the tomb.

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Nailed it with this one.

submitted 1 day ago • 54 comments

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

submitted 2 days ago • 422 comments

Some of this is happening under the guise of fighting antisemitism, and as a Jewish academic, it’s been disconcerting watching the dismantling of my life’s work in order to protect, I guess, me.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

[ . . .] 4. Faithful cross! above all other, one and only noble tree! None in foliage, none in blossom, none in fruit thy peer may be; sweetest wood and sweetest iron! Sweetest weight is hung on thee. 1/2

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Hey scientists. I need you to speak up EVERY time someone makes a "why research is valuable" webpage and demand inclusion of humanities and social science.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

I know y'all been working on your Easter sermons already, but here is your annual reminder that NO ONE not currently attending church will start coming to church if you stand up and crack 'jokes' about how nice it is to see the room so full... You have two tasks on Sunday. Two. Period.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Spoiler alert - no

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

There's but one plan to deal with fascists like these, and that is to be against it, together, rather than throwing our limbs to feed a beast that only gets more hungry the more it devours.

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