Good Morning. We are rushing around trying to actually pull off a camping extravaganza since there seems to be a miraculous break in the rain, but have paused to do a nice little podcast about John MacArthur and his new SJW blogging series, how much I love my birthday (joke, as you know, I hate my birthday), and what to do about your church being so mediocre. It’s so sparkly it will dazzle your whole week. I don’t have a... Read more
Couldn’t help clicking on this clearly baiting headline, Satanic Temple Statue Unveiled at the Arkansas State Capital. As further evidence of a depraved mind, I went ahead and read the whole thing and watched all the videos. Turns out the legislature of Arkansas has not given equal time to the Satanists by letting them have their statue permanently along side the 10 Commandments. Baphomet was only there for the day. The article notes that “dozens” turned out for the unveiling... Read more
There you are Friday, with your rain and gray skies. Truly, enough with the rain. One beautiful park has been completely wiped out by flooding, along with homes, businesses, a church, and I know not what else. And all the efforts to assess damage did not need another weekend of rain, which is what we get to have. So, in the spirit of being complaining as much as possible, here are seven things I’ll probably do with another day of... Read more
All the pictures of the first day of school are making me think I should put my school room together….nah, man. Some other day. Instead, I think it would be more fun to rejoice over the fact that it’s not raining for a few minutes, and that—and I think perhaps I should whisper so that I don’t accidentally tilt the cosmic forces of sabotage too far in my own direction—bat exclusion can therefore begin its first true phase. I mean,... Read more
[Jesus scrolling through Twitter] As per usual, I am committed to completely avoiding the news of the day. Because it’s really bad out there. And I’m depressed enough as it is. So instead I’ve just taken a little gander at the Wednesday Wisdom Hashtag on Twitter where I discovered this gem: True LOVE sees no flaws. It is “blind” to everything but its universal laws. Embracing, inviting, accepting, exciting… …LOVE is who YOU are. Ah, this is just what I... Read more
Ah, Rain, how I wish I could send you to California where you are so greatly desired. Whereas here, it is like the waters are rising up to my neck. Wouldn’t it be nice if God would, just once in a while, arrange the weather according to our needs and holiday plans? Perhaps it would be better not to answer that question. Instead, today, having dutifully trolled the internet and come up with nothing sensational enough to tempt me, I... Read more
A good morning to you all! It is raining, of course, and we have many more piles of stuff to move out of here, and some bats to rail against, but as a special treat we’ve done up a nice long podcast about the sermon we heard yesterday, what worship is not, how you should preach on the text, what Anglicans believe about real presence, and how I wrote a paper as a final project for a class that purported... Read more
Learned this morning in this interesting article about something called “Huel.” Writes the author, Huel — an abbreviation of ‘human fuel’ — is a type of powdered food made of oats, peas, flax and rice. I’ve tried it and it is disgusting — gruel, essentially, in smart packaging. But it’s hugely popular: Huel is now one of the fastest growing companies in Britain. The article is all about how men in Britain, and I suppose the trend must be growing... Read more
Have now come to the end of the second of Anthony Trollop’s Barchester books, Barchester Towers. Truly, if you love English at all, and are a good person, and intelligent, you will probably, for sure, love these books. But if you are also Anglican, well, then this is practically the only state of divine bliss you will find in this life. Indeed, Trollop will probably make you want to become Anglican, if you aren’t already, or at least laugh heartily... Read more
It’s Friday, did you know? One The bookshelf project is nearing its denouement. Matt has done a valiant work, calling forth from wood and espresso colored stain a total of seven book receptacles heretofore not in existence. It has been pretty thrilling to watch. We aren’t in the habit of making things, neither of us. We occasionally lather paint on some plain, bland, boring wall. We both read all the stupid heavy books, and write stuff. We both cook food,... Read more
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