Charles S. Freeman, resting beside the weary road
@cspencef.bsky.social
PC(USA) interim pastor in the Quad Cities, ex-musicologist. Highly intolerant of BS and willful ignorance. Music, sports, religion, attempted humor, whatevs. AI is unethical at its root. h/h/h hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com
"... were it not for the intervention of an angel in another dream of Joseph's, our Lord and Savior and his earthly parents were going to be caught up in not a display, but an actual physical act of such violence, and even worse." notesonfoolserrand.blogspot.com/2025/12/serm... #SermonSky
Sermon: The Refugee Jesus
First Presbyterian Church, East Moline, IL December 28, 2025, Christmas 1A Matthew 2:13-23 The Refugee Jesus I wish I could simply preach ...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"... were it not for the intervention of an angel in another dream of Joseph's, our Lord and Savior and his earthly parents were going to be caught up in not a display, but an actual physical act of such violence, and even worse." notesonfoolserrand.blogspot.com/2025/12/serm... #SermonSky
A hymn suitable for next week's reading from John 1, the one always looming at the end of the Christmas cycle... #hymnsky #pastorsky hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2021/12/in-b...
In the beginning was the Word (alternate tune)
In the beginning was the Word; The Word was from the first with God. In the beginning this same Word, This Word was God and only God. Al...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A hymn suitable for next week's reading from John 1, the one always looming at the end of the Christmas cycle... #hymnsky #pastorsky hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2021/12/in-b...
This event seems to be connected to my denomination somehow. This kind of talk is a really good way to start me on the process of changing denominations.
December 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This event seems to be connected to my denomination somehow. This kind of talk is a really good way to start me on the process of changing denominations.
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“Perform or else,” they say, as they defund rehearsal rooms, close stages, underpay artists, strip the arts and humanities from schools, and call the collapse of cultural infrastructure in the name of white nationalists “the arts for everyone.”
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Perform or else,” they say, as they defund rehearsal rooms, close stages, underpay artists, strip the arts and humanities from schools, and call the collapse of cultural infrastructure in the name of white nationalists “the arts for everyone.”
“One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God.” www.frederickbuechner.com/quote-of-the...
Incarnation — Frederick Buechner
"THE WORD BECAME flesh," wrote John, "and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). That is what incarnation means. It is untheological. It is unsophisticated. It is undignified. But accor...
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December 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God.” www.frederickbuechner.com/quote-of-the...
I have a lot of friends from all the different parts of my life that are facing this decline in parents, grandparents, siblings, or themselves and their partners. This is not so upbeat as most of my hymns but sometimes being upbeat gets in the way. hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2023/12/as-y...
As years o'ertake us
As years o'ertake us, how our bodies fail and stumble gracelessly! Our hearts lament what once they were but nevermore again can be. We rai...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I have a lot of friends from all the different parts of my life that are facing this decline in parents, grandparents, siblings, or themselves and their partners. This is not so upbeat as most of my hymns but sometimes being upbeat gets in the way. hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2023/12/as-y...
Hidden Figures is on TV on some channel. I still say that the moments John Glenn talks to Katherine Johnson are the biggest moments PC(USA) is going to have in 21st-century moviedom.
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Hidden Figures is on TV on some channel. I still say that the moments John Glenn talks to Katherine Johnson are the biggest moments PC(USA) is going to have in 21st-century moviedom.
I hope you have enjoyed a happy third day of Christmas.
December 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I hope you have enjoyed a happy third day of Christmas.
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Always come back to this observation from @adamserwer.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Always come back to this observation from @adamserwer.bsky.social
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025
Don’t threaten me with a good time…
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time…
Remember, Mongo only pawn in game of life.
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Remember, Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I hope you have enjoyed a merry second day of Christmas.
December 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I hope you have enjoyed a merry second day of Christmas.
With regard to Pluribus: I’m not quite sure how *one* atom bomb is going to fix anything?
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
With regard to Pluribus: I’m not quite sure how *one* atom bomb is going to fix anything?
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
The Promenade Pantry
What are you calling it?
The Promenade Pantry
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
Seven of Nine Madison Park
What are you calling it?
Seven of Nine Madison Park
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
The Undiscovered Country-Kitchen.
What are you calling it?
The Undiscovered Country-Kitchen.
December 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.
What are you calling it?
The Promenade Pantry
What are you calling it?
The Promenade Pantry
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If a friend or relative sent this to you on Christmas, you'd probably want to have authorities perform a wellness check....
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If a friend or relative sent this to you on Christmas, you'd probably want to have authorities perform a wellness check....
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NPR: it’s the 26th and Christmas is over
Me: behold the real War on Christmas
Me: behold the real War on Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NPR: it’s the 26th and Christmas is over
Me: behold the real War on Christmas
Me: behold the real War on Christmas
Who are the pianists out there who need to see this? www.gocomics.com/peanuts-begi...
Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for December 26, 2025 | GoComics
Read Peanuts Begins—a comic strip by creator Charles Schulz—for today, December 26, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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December 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Who are the pianists out there who need to see this? www.gocomics.com/peanuts-begi...
What am I watching right now?
![Miss Piggy: [Bob and Tiny Tim return home] How was he at church?
Kermit the Frog: Oh, as good as gold and better.
He told me that he hoped the people saw him in church because it might be pleasant for them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m6mcpxqcdfuahce5qjmxfy2f/bafkreihwtutpre37remah5sw2q4sbedhk6wg2lf2slv5yc25rccd42zvau@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What am I watching right now?
***You*** may be running out of ideas. The rest of us are doing just fine on the ideas front.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
***You*** may be running out of ideas. The rest of us are doing just fine on the ideas front.
What the … I mean … ???
December 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the … I mean … ???
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
First Christmas Eve service I’ve ever attended where the scripture reading was from … 2 Corinthians.
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
First Christmas Eve service I’ve ever attended where the scripture reading was from … 2 Corinthians.
Can't think of any Christmas-related thing any Beatle did that measures up to this keep-it-simple turn from the Monkees. youtu.be/riG85oA6Wy4?...
The Monkees - Riu Chiu (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by The Monkees
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December 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Can't think of any Christmas-related thing any Beatle did that measures up to this keep-it-simple turn from the Monkees. youtu.be/riG85oA6Wy4?...