The Rev. D
@dddeming.bsky.social
Queer Christian. Deacon in the Episcopal Church. M.Div. Gargoyle. Neurospicy. D&D. Gamer. Roommate to two black cats.
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We just had an illuminating realization that tomorrow is the Epiphany.
January 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
We just had an illuminating realization that tomorrow is the Epiphany.
This is rhetoric at its finest.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This is rhetoric at its finest.
I can officially announce that I will be the Interim Campus Missioner at the University of Georgia! I’m so excited. I start next week.
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I can officially announce that I will be the Interim Campus Missioner at the University of Georgia! I’m so excited. I start next week.
This. Ugh. And the fact that the 1982 frequently puts hymns to different tunes than the one every other denomination uses for that hymn.
Yes and its that we have words that are JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT from the words that every other Protestant denomination uses for several major carols
December 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This. Ugh. And the fact that the 1982 frequently puts hymns to different tunes than the one every other denomination uses for that hymn.
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Which one of you is this
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Which one of you is this
I was finally able to see Wake Up Dead Man and it lived up to the hype. I loved how it portrayed the church with both its evils and its good - and damn if it didn’t preach the gospel. “Christ came to heal the world, not fight it.”
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I was finally able to see Wake Up Dead Man and it lived up to the hype. I loved how it portrayed the church with both its evils and its good - and damn if it didn’t preach the gospel. “Christ came to heal the world, not fight it.”
My gf wanted us to watch the Rings of Power. She’s not a Tolkienhead (I am), so she is enjoying it. You know I love her dearly b/c we are in season two and I’m still watching with her. I’m trying to figure out which is causing more pain, my menstrual cramps or this abomination of an “adaptation.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My gf wanted us to watch the Rings of Power. She’s not a Tolkienhead (I am), so she is enjoying it. You know I love her dearly b/c we are in season two and I’m still watching with her. I’m trying to figure out which is causing more pain, my menstrual cramps or this abomination of an “adaptation.”
I try, but sometimes I fall short.
always correspond to the astronomical equinox
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I try, but sometimes I fall short.
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always correspond to the astronomical equinox
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
always correspond to the astronomical equinox
Squirrel found The One Grape
Three grapes for the rabbit queens under the sky
Seven for gophers in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal mice doomed to die
One Grape to rule them all
One Grape to find them
One Grape to bring them all.
And in the darkness bind them
Three grapes for the rabbit queens under the sky
Seven for gophers in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal mice doomed to die
One Grape to rule them all
One Grape to find them
One Grape to bring them all.
And in the darkness bind them
Camera glitch?
or
Did Squirrel discover a Grape of Invisibility?😄
or
Did Squirrel discover a Grape of Invisibility?😄
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Squirrel found The One Grape
Three grapes for the rabbit queens under the sky
Seven for gophers in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal mice doomed to die
One Grape to rule them all
One Grape to find them
One Grape to bring them all.
And in the darkness bind them
Three grapes for the rabbit queens under the sky
Seven for gophers in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal mice doomed to die
One Grape to rule them all
One Grape to find them
One Grape to bring them all.
And in the darkness bind them
In our household, if a cat is on you, it’s called being catted. If only one person is catted, the other is obligated to get up to get anything wanted, prepare meals, etc., until the cat decides to stop catting them.
I need to start cooking supper, but I’m trapped under a sleeping cat.
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
In our household, if a cat is on you, it’s called being catted. If only one person is catted, the other is obligated to get up to get anything wanted, prepare meals, etc., until the cat decides to stop catting them.
Me, reviewing my Advent playlist,
“Do I really need 6 versions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel?”
The answer is yes. Yes I do.
“Do I really need 6 versions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel?”
The answer is yes. Yes I do.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Me, reviewing my Advent playlist,
“Do I really need 6 versions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel?”
The answer is yes. Yes I do.
“Do I really need 6 versions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel?”
The answer is yes. Yes I do.
I’m no musicologist, but if the choice is between using hymn 57 or 58 in the 1982 hymnal for Lo! He comes with clouds descending, you should always choose 57.
1. If for no other reason, the prosody on the word descending.
2. I like that tune better. But really, see point 1.
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1. If for no other reason, the prosody on the word descending.
2. I like that tune better. But really, see point 1.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m no musicologist, but if the choice is between using hymn 57 or 58 in the 1982 hymnal for Lo! He comes with clouds descending, you should always choose 57.
1. If for no other reason, the prosody on the word descending.
2. I like that tune better. But really, see point 1.
⚓️
1. If for no other reason, the prosody on the word descending.
2. I like that tune better. But really, see point 1.
⚓️
I went to super conservative, Evangelical Patrick Henry College (yes, the one with heavy crossover with the Trump/MAGA/ Project 2025). When I was there (04-08), the school fully embraced anti-trans ideology and *that* essay TPUSA published would have received an F. It’s just bad work.
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I went to super conservative, Evangelical Patrick Henry College (yes, the one with heavy crossover with the Trump/MAGA/ Project 2025). When I was there (04-08), the school fully embraced anti-trans ideology and *that* essay TPUSA published would have received an F. It’s just bad work.
If you fail to take down your tree on January 6, you must leave it up until February 2.
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you fail to take down your tree on January 6, you must leave it up until February 2.
Stand-up Preaching by Jacob D. Myers
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Stand-up Preaching by Jacob D. Myers
It absolutely couldn’t be that people are on their phones because they aren’t enjoying the movie…
Maybe! Or maybe people just don't like the movie that you like.
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It absolutely couldn’t be that people are on their phones because they aren’t enjoying the movie…
I watched Terminator 1 and 2 for the first time and boy do I have thoughts. Mostly those thoughts are along the lines of “so we aren’t going to address the giant bootstrap paradox elephant in the room at all?” This is why I hate time-travel stories. 😑
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I watched Terminator 1 and 2 for the first time and boy do I have thoughts. Mostly those thoughts are along the lines of “so we aren’t going to address the giant bootstrap paradox elephant in the room at all?” This is why I hate time-travel stories. 😑
I’m reading Charles Brigg’s address on The Authority of Holy Scripture. (He was a Bible Scholar who was tried for heresy & excommunicated by the Presbyterians in 1893 for these remarks.) Discussing the doctrine of inerrancy, he says, “It is the ghost of modern evangelicalism to frighten children.”
October 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m reading Charles Brigg’s address on The Authority of Holy Scripture. (He was a Bible Scholar who was tried for heresy & excommunicated by the Presbyterians in 1893 for these remarks.) Discussing the doctrine of inerrancy, he says, “It is the ghost of modern evangelicalism to frighten children.”
I know the theological conversation around Eucharistic Prayer C usually centers on the split epiclesis, but can we talk about the very dates language? It feels like the 1970s. Every time we pray it, I feel like we are getting a theological reflection on what inspired Sagan’s Cosmos.
September 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I know the theological conversation around Eucharistic Prayer C usually centers on the split epiclesis, but can we talk about the very dates language? It feels like the 1970s. Every time we pray it, I feel like we are getting a theological reflection on what inspired Sagan’s Cosmos.
My girlfriend, who is careful about how much news she consumes each day for mental health reasons, asked me if there was anything positive going on in the world after I gave a quick rundown of the horror that has been today. I scrolled for a bit and my bluesky feed did not disappoint. This is cool.
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My girlfriend, who is careful about how much news she consumes each day for mental health reasons, asked me if there was anything positive going on in the world after I gave a quick rundown of the horror that has been today. I scrolled for a bit and my bluesky feed did not disappoint. This is cool.
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There are local vocal yokels who we know collect a crowd.
August 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
There are local vocal yokels who we know collect a crowd.
You will have to pry em dashes out of my cold, dead fingers.
That's how you can tell human authors from AI.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
Em dashes, like anything, should be used in moderation. Check first with your editor if em dashes are right for you. 😉
#WriteSky #WritingTips
#WriteSky #WritingTips
August 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
You will have to pry em dashes out of my cold, dead fingers.
For some reason, Audible thinks that I have ADHD because I read a book about medieval ideas of gender, sex, and beauty… I mean, I do have ADHD, but… 😂
June 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For some reason, Audible thinks that I have ADHD because I read a book about medieval ideas of gender, sex, and beauty… I mean, I do have ADHD, but… 😂
I was raised to be a soldier for the right (Teenpact, Generation Joshua, Leadership Institute, PHC, etc). My biggest shock as I left is how ignorant the left is re: the right’s organization, strategic, and well-funded cohesion. I have seen nothing on the left comparable or able to meet this reality
The person who led my breakout group was describing how surprised she and other LGBT+ leaders were at how organized and well funded the right wing was.
My dear where have you been? Are you sure it’s Virginia?
My dear where have you been? Are you sure it’s Virginia?
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I was raised to be a soldier for the right (Teenpact, Generation Joshua, Leadership Institute, PHC, etc). My biggest shock as I left is how ignorant the left is re: the right’s organization, strategic, and well-funded cohesion. I have seen nothing on the left comparable or able to meet this reality