Jon
@jmjrobison.bsky.social
Christian missionary in Japan. Reading, sports, decolonized theology, Dodgers.
@levgrossman.com’s the Bright Sword contains my first ever favorite last line of a book, “He looked up at the empty clouds, and as he died he wondered, not for the first time but for the very last, why it should be that we are made for a bright world, but live in a dark one.”
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@levgrossman.com’s the Bright Sword contains my first ever favorite last line of a book, “He looked up at the empty clouds, and as he died he wondered, not for the first time but for the very last, why it should be that we are made for a bright world, but live in a dark one.”
Reposted by Jon
PUBLICATION ALERT: Religion in Sociological Perspective, 8th edition, was just published by @sagepub.com. Pleased to have @jh1791.bsky.social join me as a co-author.
FREE COPIES: Retweet this post before 10/17 for a chance to win one of 5 copies!
FREE COPIES: Retweet this post before 10/17 for a chance to win one of 5 copies!
October 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
PUBLICATION ALERT: Religion in Sociological Perspective, 8th edition, was just published by @sagepub.com. Pleased to have @jh1791.bsky.social join me as a co-author.
FREE COPIES: Retweet this post before 10/17 for a chance to win one of 5 copies!
FREE COPIES: Retweet this post before 10/17 for a chance to win one of 5 copies!
I bought my kid a new bike helmet and he said it’s buns.
October 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I bought my kid a new bike helmet and he said it’s buns.
Okay I just watched them both for the first time and Beetlejuice was a little boring, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was my kind of chaotic neutral.
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Okay I just watched them both for the first time and Beetlejuice was a little boring, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was my kind of chaotic neutral.
TFW you’re working a youth camp and the president of the missionary networking association randomly walks in…and you’re the vice president
June 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
TFW you’re working a youth camp and the president of the missionary networking association randomly walks in…and you’re the vice president
The kids had to draw a picture of me during a scavenger hunt. I’m in my early 40s.
June 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The kids had to draw a picture of me during a scavenger hunt. I’m in my early 40s.
Working at camp this week
June 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Working at camp this week
These plants had the katakana (Japanese script) for Darth Vader in the description
June 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
These plants had the katakana (Japanese script) for Darth Vader in the description
Getting on a train in Tokyo and a woman in her 20s gets off right next to me then faints on the platform. After I make sure she’s ok I get on the train and 15 minutes later a young woman falls faints in the train. It wasn’t even crowded.
April 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Getting on a train in Tokyo and a woman in her 20s gets off right next to me then faints on the platform. After I make sure she’s ok I get on the train and 15 minutes later a young woman falls faints in the train. It wasn’t even crowded.
@drujohnson.com love the podcast. You talked about imprecatory psalms, do you have a recommended resource for preaching them? I feel like Japanese people would dig it.
March 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@drujohnson.com love the podcast. You talked about imprecatory psalms, do you have a recommended resource for preaching them? I feel like Japanese people would dig it.
Just want to wish everyone a happy MLK jr. Day
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Just want to wish everyone a happy MLK jr. Day
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
January 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Calling it now, the Dodgers starters in the Tokyo Series will be Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Clayton Kershaw.
January 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Calling it now, the Dodgers starters in the Tokyo Series will be Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Clayton Kershaw.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
10
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
January 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
TIL small-mid level YouTubers make more $$ than small-mid level traditionally published SF/F authors
January 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
TIL small-mid level YouTubers make more $$ than small-mid level traditionally published SF/F authors
9
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 23, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the one ring.
December 22, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the one ring.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 16, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
In a trade of players with great nicknames, the Yankees send Nasty Nestor to the Brewers for Airbender.
December 14, 2024 at 6:55 AM
In a trade of players with great nicknames, the Yankees send Nasty Nestor to the Brewers for Airbender.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 14, 2024 at 12:46 AM
6
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 11, 2024 at 2:48 AM
4
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge