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he/him • Chinese-American • M.A. Theology • evangelical Episcopalian • Jesus says LGBTQ rights, I don't make the rules • Romans 5:8 • trying my best • benofcommonprayer.substack.com • (my handle is absolutely my real name)
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yeah it's basically used as a synonym for stern, humorless, inflexible (a cousin is "Puritan"), and then you just attach a bunch more vibes to that and boom you get "Calvinism"
At Wendy’s you can’t sub the chicken nuggets for an equivalent sandwich in their Biggie Bag combos. That’s Calvinism.
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they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
MPR playing an eye witness account right now of ICE shooting directly through the windshield at her face and not giving her medical care for 10 minutes.
MPR News is live right now bringing you updates on this. mprnews.org/listen
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
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Each Wednesday the Pope holds a general audience, during which he engages in catechesis (teaching aimed at formation in Christian faith). This morning Pope Leo XIV announced that this year's catecheses will focus on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. This is a really big deal.
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Each Wednesday the Pope holds a general audience, during which he engages in catechesis (teaching aimed at formation in Christian faith). This morning Pope Leo XIV announced that this year's catecheses will focus on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. This is a really big deal.
Appropos of nothing, this movie is coming out 😭
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Appropos of nothing, this movie is coming out 😭
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In a nation ruled by supremacy and all its many sabotages of the public good, every act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
In a nation ruled by supremacy and all its many sabotages of the public good, every act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
*Every* act of repair is a defiant act.
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Arise, shine, for your light has come,
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
Re: providence and its mysteries: Do I appreciate the Reformed tradition because of a retcon of Batman Beyond?????? 🤔
I won't lie, my values as a person were touched by how much I appreciated this episode as a teen. Handling regret, acknowledging and loving the people who love you, accepting the unanticipated providence at work behind the plans we make vs how they actually play out...
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Re: providence and its mysteries: Do I appreciate the Reformed tradition because of a retcon of Batman Beyond?????? 🤔
Actually Magi as three Pokemon representing three gifts would rock
gold = Steel type
frankincense = Fire
myrrh = Ground (maybe Grass too)
gold = Steel type
frankincense = Fire
myrrh = Ground (maybe Grass too)
Magi Power Rangers when 🕯️
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That sounds like a superhero team: Justice! Faith! Power!
January 7, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Actually Magi as three Pokemon representing three gifts would rock
gold = Steel type
frankincense = Fire
myrrh = Ground (maybe Grass too)
gold = Steel type
frankincense = Fire
myrrh = Ground (maybe Grass too)
Magi Power Rangers when 🕯️
💜💛💚
💜💛💚
That sounds like a superhero team: Justice! Faith! Power!
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Magi Power Rangers when 🕯️
💜💛💚
💜💛💚
Also (I am probably out of my depth here, philosophically) if God truly is simple, then God's eternity is inseparable from the fact that He is personal: eternity WANTS us. Eternity, like being, isn't a quality God "has" but rather is that which God IS!
The thing about eternity that rocks is that it's genuinely inconceivable to us, and that God has broken into time to share it with us anyway
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Also (I am probably out of my depth here, philosophically) if God truly is simple, then God's eternity is inseparable from the fact that He is personal: eternity WANTS us. Eternity, like being, isn't a quality God "has" but rather is that which God IS!
Ok this made me laugh
One of my favorite films, A Man for All Seasons, depicts the martyrdom of St. Thomas More, who chose his conscience over the bullying of a king. How could this possibly apply to us?
Well, friends, Charlie Kirk risked his life denouncing another “king” (MLK)
Well, friends, Charlie Kirk risked his life denouncing another “king” (MLK)
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Ok this made me laugh
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For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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Playing with a working definition of theology for an intro course tomorrow. Thoughts? What do you like? What am I missing?
“Theology is the prayerful study of the living God, revealed to us in Scripture, for our ongoing worship of God and love for the world.”
“Theology is the prayerful study of the living God, revealed to us in Scripture, for our ongoing worship of God and love for the world.”
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Playing with a working definition of theology for an intro course tomorrow. Thoughts? What do you like? What am I missing?
“Theology is the prayerful study of the living God, revealed to us in Scripture, for our ongoing worship of God and love for the world.”
“Theology is the prayerful study of the living God, revealed to us in Scripture, for our ongoing worship of God and love for the world.”
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I believe I read the main occupations represented in the mob were "cop" and "small business owner"
My one real comment on the Jan 6 5 yr anniversary is that it was carried out by rich people. The poor hick stereotype is incorrect. It was rich people, suburban millionaires and their backers. We know this from who was arrested. It cost money to go to DC, stay at fancy hotels, fund this, etc.
Scores of now-pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists will gather from 11:45am for a march to the Capitol starting at the Ellipse.
One insurrectionist who says he's attending: Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to prison until 2045 until Trump intervened.
One insurrectionist who says he's attending: Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to prison until 2045 until Trump intervened.
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I believe I read the main occupations represented in the mob were "cop" and "small business owner"
God the Challengers soundtrack is so good
a close up of a man 's face with a blue shirt that says ' lacoste ' on it
Alt: Heated Rivalry but make it tennis
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
God the Challengers soundtrack is so good
1 and 2 Peter are pseudo-pauline
every epistle is pseudo-pauline
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
1 and 2 Peter are pseudo-pauline
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
I bawl every time Chihiro tells Haku his true name in Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle is my personal favorite as well, but Castle in the Sky is probably a close second.
I adore Calcifer.
I adore Calcifer.
January 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I bawl every time Chihiro tells Haku his true name in Spirited Away
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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wish i could tell him that a linear algebra machine programmed to keep him engaged has used the most powerful tools of prediction to determine that what he really craves is to rejected
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
wish i could tell him that a linear algebra machine programmed to keep him engaged has used the most powerful tools of prediction to determine that what he really craves is to rejected
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GRPD, who executed Patrick Lyoya in broad daylight on camera a few years ago, continuing to be horrific in public view.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
GRPD, who executed Patrick Lyoya in broad daylight on camera a few years ago, continuing to be horrific in public view.
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I thought about this last weekend. I’m starting to see this expressed more and more, among both my secular friends/family as well as evangelicals, that “it doesn’t really matter when we celebrate Christmas, as long as we’re together.”
As I was saying to someone at church today, it’s really important to hold fast to liturgical time and thus principal feasts so as not to allow secular time, with its emphasis on practicality and ruthless efficiency, to take priority.
The Magi reading may have been used, hymns about the them may have been sung, Epiphany chalk may have been blessed, but per BCP it still wasn’t Epiphany which always falls on January 6.
After years of parish ministry I understand the impulse to move it. But the rubric at this time is what it is ⚓️
After years of parish ministry I understand the impulse to move it. But the rubric at this time is what it is ⚓️
January 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I thought about this last weekend. I’m starting to see this expressed more and more, among both my secular friends/family as well as evangelicals, that “it doesn’t really matter when we celebrate Christmas, as long as we’re together.”
saw If I Had Legs I'd Kick You AMA
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 AM
saw If I Had Legs I'd Kick You AMA
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good news everyone
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
good news everyone
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM