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Its occurs to me that observance of Holy Week is a profound moment of truth for Christian faith. Deep rooting in the traditional liturgy, when it is not modified beyond recognition by trendy manipulation, is an antidote for the kind of "Christianity" that we see propping up the MAGA ideology.

“Religion as entertainment is always more attractive, but it is also less true.” - Eugene Peterson

1/ I wonder if there's a complement to Mettler's _Submerged State_ thesis: the successful state thesis. In brief: American government has *in many ways* been so successful for so long that Americans have forgotten why they need it, making anti-government rhetoric more appealing.

Lots of people: I believe in science!!!

Science: Standard time is better than Daylight Savings

Lots of people: But I like later ☀️ in the summer

Holy & merciful God: we confess to You & to one another, that we have sinned by what we have done & by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart & mind & strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not forgiven others as we have been forgiven.

Evil has never been presented as evil. It always puts on the false cloak of goodness and morality, and does evil things

Defense. Wins. Championships. It’s a cliche and it’s true.

My 2025 faith conundrum: most views of humanity can’t account for how people act when a stoplight goes out

My wing of Christianity is constantly like “Modern Christianity is too individualistic and consumeristic. Buy my book, listen to my podcast, follow me on social media, buy my merch, and I’ll help you discover Jesus for yourself!”

Thinking of eqrly retirement
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I guarantee this lawmaker had a rant somewhere about participation trophies.

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Nobody prepared me for how often I would hear myself say “What’s today, Wednesday?” over the course of my adulthood

If only there was something simple to prevent this from happening…

Workshopping: regardless of tradition/theology, modern ministry has elevated tactics and tools, not the action of God, to ultimate status. Now tactics and tools have become their own powers and principalities.