Might fuck around and learn to trust myself.

The thing that makes Deconstruction and its fallout so much more heartbreaking is that it our more conservative worldviews fell apart specifically BECAUSE we did all the right things. 1/2

Pretty much every economic expert says the new tariffs are going to be a disaster, but some dude I went to high school with posted a meme where Trump looked super badass, so I’m torn.

Evangelicals love to dismiss Deconstruction as “just people rationalizing their own sin” as if their own emphasis on personal purity at the expense of any sense of communal obligation isn’t the exact kind of hypocrisy Jesus warned against.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social it’s ya boi Nat from MAKE SOUTH BEND! The TENTH Rebel Art Fest is this year, June 1 at Potawatomi Park.

You wanna come? And maybe get us some fireworks?

16 years ago today, I finally told a cute artsy girl I liked her. She shook my hand—a gesture that I’ve only just learned meant, “welcome to the party, pal.”

That willow isn’t there anymore, but we are.

Great party, @shellydawn.bsky.social Let’s keep it rolling.

The reason it’s so difficult to debate conservative evangelicals is because they place such a high value on personal, unverifiable divine experiences.

Storytime.

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Across Luke 4, we see the crowd shift from admiration for Jesus to trying to throw him off a cliff. What happened to change their minds so quickly?

He asked them to show mercy to the poor and do justice to the oppressed.

Violence has always been the response to mercy.

Real curious how anyone can expect to treat others the way you’d want to be treated or love your neighbor as yourself without committing the horrible, awful sin of empathy.

We were going to give away a tape when we got to 1 k followers but I'm feeling crazy so we're going to do two giveaways. One vinyl record and one cassette to random followers when we get there. Let's go.

The thing that strikes me about the outrage over Bishop Budde’s remarks is that she didn’t even say Trump was going to hurt anyone. She just said people are afraid—which is undeniable.

Trying to find a way to preserve my online community and local goings on while relying less on the social media services who will be kowtowing to Trump for special treatment. I like Threads but Meta is the worst. Guess I’ll give this a fairer shot.

Anyone found anything else they like?

I wish there was a way to monetize looking for my water bottle.

Today is the Second day of Advent, when we remember the Voice Calling Out in the Wilderness testifying that the Christ was coming to set All Things to right.

But to hear a lot of Evangelicals talk, that promise was strictly spiritual with no relevance to the physical realities of our world.

The biggest pivot I’ve felt in myself lately is a new zeal in my faith and a deep urge to take the name Christian back from the exclusionary fundies and nationalists who have eschewed Jesus for dogma. It is a renewed love for the diversity of the Church Universal that many dismiss as too progressive

Why is my handle invalid, Bluesky

I’m tired of starting new social media accounts.