I don’t know how to talk about this in any kind of organized way, so I am going to talk about it in a disorganized way. Do you remember when Jesus had this conversation with the religious leaders of his day? Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may
You Allowed the Cancer to Go Undiagnosed and Untreated
I am going to continue insulting what passes for moral and spiritual leadership in white American Christianity. There are a lot of pastors and teachers and leaders who have seen the nazification of the American church but have had almost nothing to say about it. Instead of treating all the bigotry, the racism, the sexism,
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The Episcopal Church has no Pastoral Advice for a National Crisis
Times of crisis are, by definition, difficult to navigate. This difficulty is complicated when you have bad leadership. On the national scale, America is nigh unto leaderless, both politically and spiritually. There is virtually no organizational leadership that combines real moral clarity with genuine, effective calls to action. (There are certainly smaller grassroots non-partisan activist
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Politicians, but no Leaders
A collection of angry thoughts about what is happening with the world right now. We have politicians, but not leaders. What is the definition of a leader? A leader is someone who can identify what needs to be done and actually organize and inspire people to go get it done. None of our elected politicians
Breaking News: Non-Scientific Analysis Suggests “Kissing-Ass” a Great Way to Destroy Society
Multiversal News Agency Religion Department Sub-department Alpha 4, Gamma 7 Timeline 1.5.8.32.99^3 (Worst Timeline Ever) I recently interviewed a complete rando, John Smith, about the well-known, entirely human practice, called “kissing-ass”. Unlike the philosopher of this same timeline, Harry G. Frankfurt, who wrote a well-researched, academically sound, and insightful book on bullshit, called, On Bullshit,
A Few of My Favorite Things: Dimension 20
I will try to keep this page spoiler free. I really just wanted to write something appreciative about Dimension 20 as a whole. I first started watching Misfits and Magic because a friend of mine kept sending me tiktoks of this crazy Harry Potter spoof for hypernerds. Just listening to Erika and Brennan critique the
The Rings of Power, Episode 1
Note–this is not a review per se. I don’t actually care much for the idea of reviewing TV shows anymore, because it suggests that I should be watching with an eye to criticism. I don’t do that. I watch with an eye to enjoyment, but I don’t leave my brain behind either. These are just
A Few Thoughts About The Legend of Vox Machina
Note–this is not a review per se. I don’t actually care much for the idea of reviewing TV shows anymore, because it suggests that I should be watching with an eye to criticism. I don’t do that. I watch with an eye to enjoyment, but I don’t leave my brain behind either. These are just
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Support the Omar-Pressley Resolution Condemning Police Violence
Note: I wrote the following letter to my representative based on some good intel from Indivisible. You can also see the press release on the Omar-Pressley resolution here. You can read the text of the resolution here. Feel free to copy or use any part of this text in your own letter to your representative.
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A Thank You Note to Twitter
Note: As important as it is to offer constructive criticism to those who fail to do the right thing, it is also important to recognize when people and institutions are heading in the right direction. I tweeted the following to Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, in recognition of their company’s attempt to keep civil discourse