Matt
@gatesong.bsky.social
Priest in the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes. Wife guy. Aging hipster. God, indie rock, Star ____, and (Seattle) soccer. he/him
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Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
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Before you ask, no, I don’t think we should make an AI Jesus. I think 1. That’s some idolatry nonsense and 2. That sounds like how you start a robot war. Good grief.
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Before you ask, no, I don’t think we should make an AI Jesus. I think 1. That’s some idolatry nonsense and 2. That sounds like how you start a robot war. Good grief.
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Evergreen post
Yikes
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Evergreen post
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Seeing everyone as a brother or sister is part of Christianity, pope says
www.usccb.org/news/2025/se...
www.usccb.org/news/2025/se...
Seeing everyone as a brother or sister is part of Christianity, pope says
Continuing a series of talks for the Jubilee Year about Jesus being the source of Christian hope, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the hope and peace that come from ...
www.usccb.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Seeing everyone as a brother or sister is part of Christianity, pope says
www.usccb.org/news/2025/se...
www.usccb.org/news/2025/se...
And now I'm 40, which is weirder
Today is the last day of my 30s, which is weird
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And now I'm 40, which is weirder
Today is the last day of my 30s, which is weird
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today is the last day of my 30s, which is weird
Again. On our watch.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Again. On our watch.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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The challenge of the priesthood is that there are just so many types of things one ought to be doing, and if you take your eye off the ball in one area, it begins to fall apart.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The challenge of the priesthood is that there are just so many types of things one ought to be doing, and if you take your eye off the ball in one area, it begins to fall apart.
Am I still on the hook after the sun explodes
ok but how about a 50 billion year mortgage
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Am I still on the hook after the sun explodes
Yes, that is how time works
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yes, that is how time works
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Buried in the article:
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
Study compares heart risks of COVID-19 infection and vaccination, and the results may surprise you
The risk of children developing rare but serious heart complications is higher after a COVID-19 infection than after vaccination, according to a new study.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Buried in the article:
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
Doing my first-ever baptism today and it's my daughter. Unreal that this is my life ⚓
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Doing my first-ever baptism today and it's my daughter. Unreal that this is my life ⚓
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The feast of All Saints is a reminder, among other things, of the infinite goodness of God. No one person can know more than a fragment of God’s love and glory, but we see a slightly different aspect reflected in each of the faces of the saints, in all their sometimes slightly weird diversity.
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The feast of All Saints is a reminder, among other things, of the infinite goodness of God. No one person can know more than a fragment of God’s love and glory, but we see a slightly different aspect reflected in each of the faces of the saints, in all their sometimes slightly weird diversity.
You know I think this sums up my vibe pretty well
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You know I think this sums up my vibe pretty well
My toxic trait is every time I change my daughter's diaper I have to say "this butt is clean" in the Tangina Barrons voice from Poltergeist
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My toxic trait is every time I change my daughter's diaper I have to say "this butt is clean" in the Tangina Barrons voice from Poltergeist
The smell that comes out of a newly opened bag of fruit flavored fun size candy is identical to the smell inside the concession stand at the little league baseball fields in Gaylord, Michigan in the mid-1990s.
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The smell that comes out of a newly opened bag of fruit flavored fun size candy is identical to the smell inside the concession stand at the little league baseball fields in Gaylord, Michigan in the mid-1990s.
We do!
I remember an essay by an ELCA theologian in the later days of negotiations that basically said to other Lutherans “For the love of God, listen to me: they actually _believe_ all that nonsense about bishops!”
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We do!
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Presbyterian: Episcopalians have bishops- weird!
Episcopalian- Presbyterians ordain lay people as elders- weird!
Both are right!
Episcopalian- Presbyterians ordain lay people as elders- weird!
Both are right!
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Presbyterian: Episcopalians have bishops- weird!
Episcopalian- Presbyterians ordain lay people as elders- weird!
Both are right!
Episcopalian- Presbyterians ordain lay people as elders- weird!
Both are right!
It's wild how ecumenical interactions are a reminder that Episcopal polity is VERY weird among Protestants. ⚓
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's wild how ecumenical interactions are a reminder that Episcopal polity is VERY weird among Protestants. ⚓
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Nobody will remember:
Your salary
Your promotion
How busy you were
Your Works
People will remember:
Your shattered visage, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things #Ozymandias
Your salary
Your promotion
How busy you were
Your Works
People will remember:
Your shattered visage, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things #Ozymandias
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Nobody will remember:
Your salary
Your promotion
How busy you were
Your Works
People will remember:
Your shattered visage, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things #Ozymandias
Your salary
Your promotion
How busy you were
Your Works
People will remember:
Your shattered visage, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things #Ozymandias
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The psalms end by saying,
Everything that has breath
praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!
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Everything that has breath
praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!
🕯
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The psalms end by saying,
Everything that has breath
praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!
🕯
Everything that has breath
praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!
🕯
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HANG UP YOUR THROWING DARTS, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE THE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD STEAL OUR JOY. AND YOU WILL WIN.
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HANG UP YOUR THROWING DARTS, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE THE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD STEAL OUR JOY. AND YOU WILL WIN.
Daily Office podcasts are GREAT for when you need to pray while holding a squirming 5-month-old. ⚓
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Daily Office podcasts are GREAT for when you need to pray while holding a squirming 5-month-old. ⚓