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Writing by hand to
a local pen pal. Quiet
joy. Sunny skies. Peace.
a local pen pal. Quiet
joy. Sunny skies. Peace.
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Writing by hand to
a local pen pal. Quiet
joy. Sunny skies. Peace.
a local pen pal. Quiet
joy. Sunny skies. Peace.
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may all sentient beings be at peace om mani padme hum om mani padme hum om mani padme hum om mani padme hum 🐀 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐂 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐅 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐇 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐉 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐍 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐎 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐑 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 🐒 🐈 唵嘛呢叭咪吽👻唵嘛呢叭咪吽 😈唵嘛呢叭咪吽 🌍 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🌎 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🌏 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 唵嘛呢叭咪吽ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་|
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
may all sentient beings be at peace om mani padme hum om mani padme hum om mani padme hum om mani padme hum 🐀 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐂 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐅 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐇 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐉 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐍 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐎 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🐑 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 🐒 🐈 唵嘛呢叭咪吽👻唵嘛呢叭咪吽 😈唵嘛呢叭咪吽 🌍 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🌎 唵嘛呢叭咪吽🌏 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 唵嘛呢叭咪吽ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་| ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་|
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【般若波羅蜜多心經】 觀自在菩薩行深般若波羅蜜多時照見五蘊皆空度一切苦厄舍利子色不異空空不異色色即是空空即是色受想行識亦復如是舍利子是諸法空相不生不滅不垢不淨不增不減是故空中無色無受想行識無眼耳鼻舌身意無色聲香味觸法無眼界乃至無意識界無無明亦無無明盡乃至無老死亦無老死盡無苦集滅道無智亦無得以無所得故菩提薩埵依般若波羅蜜多故心無罣礙無罣礙故無有恐怖遠離顛倒夢想究竟涅槃三世諸佛依般若波羅蜜多故得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提故知般若波羅蜜多是大神咒是大明咒是無上咒是無等等咒能除一切苦真實不虛故說般若波羅蜜多咒即說咒曰 揭諦揭諦 波羅揭諦 波羅僧揭諦 菩提薩婆訶 般若波羅蜜多心經
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
【般若波羅蜜多心經】 觀自在菩薩行深般若波羅蜜多時照見五蘊皆空度一切苦厄舍利子色不異空空不異色色即是空空即是色受想行識亦復如是舍利子是諸法空相不生不滅不垢不淨不增不減是故空中無色無受想行識無眼耳鼻舌身意無色聲香味觸法無眼界乃至無意識界無無明亦無無明盡乃至無老死亦無老死盡無苦集滅道無智亦無得以無所得故菩提薩埵依般若波羅蜜多故心無罣礙無罣礙故無有恐怖遠離顛倒夢想究竟涅槃三世諸佛依般若波羅蜜多故得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提故知般若波羅蜜多是大神咒是大明咒是無上咒是無等等咒能除一切苦真實不虛故說般若波羅蜜多咒即說咒曰 揭諦揭諦 波羅揭諦 波羅僧揭諦 菩提薩婆訶 般若波羅蜜多心經
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Shrinemaxxing in Nagoya 😆 Is this… #ShrineSunday? 🦋
The theme is animal shrines!
First is: Sheep 🐏
Hitsuji Jinja 羊神社 is supposedly one of only two sheep shrines in all of Japan! (the other is in Gunma Pref according to the priest).
The theme is animal shrines!
First is: Sheep 🐏
Hitsuji Jinja 羊神社 is supposedly one of only two sheep shrines in all of Japan! (the other is in Gunma Pref according to the priest).
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Shrinemaxxing in Nagoya 😆 Is this… #ShrineSunday? 🦋
The theme is animal shrines!
First is: Sheep 🐏
Hitsuji Jinja 羊神社 is supposedly one of only two sheep shrines in all of Japan! (the other is in Gunma Pref according to the priest).
The theme is animal shrines!
First is: Sheep 🐏
Hitsuji Jinja 羊神社 is supposedly one of only two sheep shrines in all of Japan! (the other is in Gunma Pref according to the priest).
Singapore’s version of conversion therapy came from USA when Sy Rogers planted the Asia Pacific headquarters of Exodus International here.
Even after it shut down, they continued is still running today.
I wrote a book about it.
This is the ebook version:
rainbowlapispress.com/products/fea...
Even after it shut down, they continued is still running today.
I wrote a book about it.
This is the ebook version:
rainbowlapispress.com/products/fea...
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Singapore’s version of conversion therapy came from USA when Sy Rogers planted the Asia Pacific headquarters of Exodus International here.
Even after it shut down, they continued is still running today.
I wrote a book about it.
This is the ebook version:
rainbowlapispress.com/products/fea...
Even after it shut down, they continued is still running today.
I wrote a book about it.
This is the ebook version:
rainbowlapispress.com/products/fea...
Absolutely gorgeous photos of wildlife in Botswana taken by my friend. 😍
I should perhaps start uploading photos on my @leaflet.pub too. 📸
Hmm. 🤔
I should perhaps start uploading photos on my @leaflet.pub too. 📸
Hmm. 🤔
October 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Absolutely gorgeous photos of wildlife in Botswana taken by my friend. 😍
I should perhaps start uploading photos on my @leaflet.pub too. 📸
Hmm. 🤔
I should perhaps start uploading photos on my @leaflet.pub too. 📸
Hmm. 🤔
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Simply put: fict/fact/fuct -
Fict = a fact in a fictional narrative;
Fact = held as true by a faction; and
Fuct = a fact that has been sold to people as if it’s good for them when ‘in fact’ it’s just the opposite.
- I wonder what Fred would’ve made of this moment…
Fict = a fact in a fictional narrative;
Fact = held as true by a faction; and
Fuct = a fact that has been sold to people as if it’s good for them when ‘in fact’ it’s just the opposite.
- I wonder what Fred would’ve made of this moment…
friend/mentor Fred Goodman differentiated between "fict"- a fact created by author of a work of fiction, "fact" as "only a fact to a faction" & finally "fuct" - a "fact that has been sold to folks on grounds that it's good for them when 'in fact' it's just the opposite" -I think about this often...
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Simply put: fict/fact/fuct -
Fict = a fact in a fictional narrative;
Fact = held as true by a faction; and
Fuct = a fact that has been sold to people as if it’s good for them when ‘in fact’ it’s just the opposite.
- I wonder what Fred would’ve made of this moment…
Fict = a fact in a fictional narrative;
Fact = held as true by a faction; and
Fuct = a fact that has been sold to people as if it’s good for them when ‘in fact’ it’s just the opposite.
- I wonder what Fred would’ve made of this moment…
Nice.
I should re-write my memoir (Phoenix Rising: A Memoir about being Bipolar, Gay & Christian) & submit to suitable literary agents?
Hmm.
I should re-write my memoir (Phoenix Rising: A Memoir about being Bipolar, Gay & Christian) & submit to suitable literary agents?
Hmm.
In Chinese #mythology, the phoenix (鳳凰, Fenghuang) reigns as the sovereign of all birds. “Feng” is the male, “Huang” the female, together embodying balance, prosperity, and harmony between yin and yang.
🎨 半日閑兔子
🎨 半日閑兔子
September 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Nice.
I should re-write my memoir (Phoenix Rising: A Memoir about being Bipolar, Gay & Christian) & submit to suitable literary agents?
Hmm.
I should re-write my memoir (Phoenix Rising: A Memoir about being Bipolar, Gay & Christian) & submit to suitable literary agents?
Hmm.
Fascinating. Gotta get myself a copy now. Thanks for sharing!
FINALLY! I knew I’d enjoy this read!
If you are curious about the roots of contemporary feminism and LGBTQ movements in Japan, this is a must read!
Well worth the wait @jameswelker.bsky.social
If you are curious about the roots of contemporary feminism and LGBTQ movements in Japan, this is a must read!
Well worth the wait @jameswelker.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fascinating. Gotta get myself a copy now. Thanks for sharing!
1. This is one of Singapore’s bestselling book, largely due to the Streisand effect.
The National Arts Council pulled the $8000 grant it gave as it “potentially undermines the authority or legitimacy" of the 🇸🇬 govt.
It promptly sold out at Kinokuniya.
Source: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/na...
The National Arts Council pulled the $8000 grant it gave as it “potentially undermines the authority or legitimacy" of the 🇸🇬 govt.
It promptly sold out at Kinokuniya.
Source: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/na...
September 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
1. This is one of Singapore’s bestselling book, largely due to the Streisand effect.
The National Arts Council pulled the $8000 grant it gave as it “potentially undermines the authority or legitimacy" of the 🇸🇬 govt.
It promptly sold out at Kinokuniya.
Source: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/na...
The National Arts Council pulled the $8000 grant it gave as it “potentially undermines the authority or legitimacy" of the 🇸🇬 govt.
It promptly sold out at Kinokuniya.
Source: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/na...
Inspired by one of his posts, I would put one interesting word in each can, and use *texts as toys*.
To play, each participant picks up a random can, takes out a word, and can play an assorted number of games.
1) Word Association Game: List as many orthogonal words.
2) Linking Word Stories Game
To play, each participant picks up a random can, takes out a word, and can play an assorted number of games.
1) Word Association Game: List as many orthogonal words.
2) Linking Word Stories Game
My wife drinks matcha that comes in a really nice little can. I’ve been collecting these cans. I now have 35 of them. About 7cm high x 5cm diameter.
Open to suggestions for cool projects I might be able to make with them.
Open to suggestions for cool projects I might be able to make with them.
September 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Inspired by one of his posts, I would put one interesting word in each can, and use *texts as toys*.
To play, each participant picks up a random can, takes out a word, and can play an assorted number of games.
1) Word Association Game: List as many orthogonal words.
2) Linking Word Stories Game
To play, each participant picks up a random can, takes out a word, and can play an assorted number of games.
1) Word Association Game: List as many orthogonal words.
2) Linking Word Stories Game
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Violence only begets violence. Enduring change comes from building solutions, transforming minds, and cultivating what is good, in the human heart and in the world.
September 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Violence only begets violence. Enduring change comes from building solutions, transforming minds, and cultivating what is good, in the human heart and in the world.
I remember my Malaysian Chinese friend telling me about a “香蕉鬼” which I’ve never heard before.
But she said I had! Only that I know it as a Pontianak.
I’m intrigued that Kak P also appeared in the Qing dynasty’s drawings. Super cool.
But she said I had! Only that I know it as a Pontianak.
I’m intrigued that Kak P also appeared in the Qing dynasty’s drawings. Super cool.
The Qing dynasty's Peach Blossom Dock paintings (桃花塢年畫) offer a rare glimpse into a vibrant world of yaoguai: shapeshifting spirits born from animals, plants, and household objects.
Unlike typical New Year art, these prints embrace the eerie and the absurd. Rooted in Jiangnan’s 1/2
#art
Unlike typical New Year art, these prints embrace the eerie and the absurd. Rooted in Jiangnan’s 1/2
#art
September 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I remember my Malaysian Chinese friend telling me about a “香蕉鬼” which I’ve never heard before.
But she said I had! Only that I know it as a Pontianak.
I’m intrigued that Kak P also appeared in the Qing dynasty’s drawings. Super cool.
But she said I had! Only that I know it as a Pontianak.
I’m intrigued that Kak P also appeared in the Qing dynasty’s drawings. Super cool.
Also discovered @hirokoyoda.bsky.social soon to be released new book from the Substack.
Very exciting!
I remember my girlfriend telling me about “Yaoyorozu no kami” (8 million spiritual beings) in Shinto and I absolutely love the homage to the concept.
Congratulations on your new book!
Very exciting!
I remember my girlfriend telling me about “Yaoyorozu no kami” (8 million spiritual beings) in Shinto and I absolutely love the homage to the concept.
Congratulations on your new book!
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Also discovered @hirokoyoda.bsky.social soon to be released new book from the Substack.
Very exciting!
I remember my girlfriend telling me about “Yaoyorozu no kami” (8 million spiritual beings) in Shinto and I absolutely love the homage to the concept.
Congratulations on your new book!
Very exciting!
I remember my girlfriend telling me about “Yaoyorozu no kami” (8 million spiritual beings) in Shinto and I absolutely love the homage to the concept.
Congratulations on your new book!
Very lovely YouTube recording of Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt’s presentation of Spirituality in Anime at AnimeNYC 2025.
I will pay ever closer attention to Shinto shrines, Buddhist symbols & other assorted emblems of spirituality in anime going forward.
Thank you for this.
I will pay ever closer attention to Shinto shrines, Buddhist symbols & other assorted emblems of spirituality in anime going forward.
Thank you for this.
@hirokoyoda.bsky.social’s talk from AnimeNYC 2025 about spirituality in anime is now online! Details here! blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/animated-s...
Animated Spirituality
Japan's spiritual traditions are everywhere -- even in your favorite anime shows.
blog.hirokoyoda.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Very lovely YouTube recording of Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt’s presentation of Spirituality in Anime at AnimeNYC 2025.
I will pay ever closer attention to Shinto shrines, Buddhist symbols & other assorted emblems of spirituality in anime going forward.
Thank you for this.
I will pay ever closer attention to Shinto shrines, Buddhist symbols & other assorted emblems of spirituality in anime going forward.
Thank you for this.
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Increasingly I look back on the time when everyone was on Old Twitter like the undivided Church of the first few centuries - now social media feels as though it’s fragmented into denominations: the Xians, the Blueskytes, the Threadsians, the Substackites, the Instagramarians &c
September 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Increasingly I look back on the time when everyone was on Old Twitter like the undivided Church of the first few centuries - now social media feels as though it’s fragmented into denominations: the Xians, the Blueskytes, the Threadsians, the Substackites, the Instagramarians &c
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this practise is understandable given what singapore went through in the 20th century:
- japanese invasion and subsequent massacres
- malayan emergency
- exhumation of whole graveyards to make space for public housing
all create a lot of wandering ghosts, torn or cut off from lineage sacrifices
- japanese invasion and subsequent massacres
- malayan emergency
- exhumation of whole graveyards to make space for public housing
all create a lot of wandering ghosts, torn or cut off from lineage sacrifices
7th month has begun. The gates of Hell open and ghosts roam the earth. There will be many complaints about smoke from burning offerings and spurious arguments about how 'true' Buddhism has no such practice. For me, though, the smoke brings comfort that a tradition is not completely dead... Yet.
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
this practise is understandable given what singapore went through in the 20th century:
- japanese invasion and subsequent massacres
- malayan emergency
- exhumation of whole graveyards to make space for public housing
all create a lot of wandering ghosts, torn or cut off from lineage sacrifices
- japanese invasion and subsequent massacres
- malayan emergency
- exhumation of whole graveyards to make space for public housing
all create a lot of wandering ghosts, torn or cut off from lineage sacrifices
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a quietly disturbing thing I saw on Facebook was a 7th month altar - dedicated to the wandering spirits- in Hong Lim complex, Singapore.
This is near the inspection site for the "Sook Ching"-肅清 SuQing, the purge conducted by the Japanese after invading singapore; at least 10,000 were killed.
This is near the inspection site for the "Sook Ching"-肅清 SuQing, the purge conducted by the Japanese after invading singapore; at least 10,000 were killed.
September 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
a quietly disturbing thing I saw on Facebook was a 7th month altar - dedicated to the wandering spirits- in Hong Lim complex, Singapore.
This is near the inspection site for the "Sook Ching"-肅清 SuQing, the purge conducted by the Japanese after invading singapore; at least 10,000 were killed.
This is near the inspection site for the "Sook Ching"-肅清 SuQing, the purge conducted by the Japanese after invading singapore; at least 10,000 were killed.
In this video, ordained Taoist priest of the Quan Zhen sect in Singapore talks about offerings to deities & to ghosts in an interview.
There are bilingual Chinese & English subtitles so I do invite you to watch the little clip.
There are bilingual Chinese & English subtitles so I do invite you to watch the little clip.
September 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In this video, ordained Taoist priest of the Quan Zhen sect in Singapore talks about offerings to deities & to ghosts in an interview.
There are bilingual Chinese & English subtitles so I do invite you to watch the little clip.
There are bilingual Chinese & English subtitles so I do invite you to watch the little clip.
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In Chinese #mythology, Ox-Head and Horse-Face (牛頭馬面) are the grim enforcers of the underworld. With beastly visages—one ox, one horse, they serve Yanluo Wang, the King of Hell, as soul-reaping envoys. Their duty is to capture wandering spirits and drag them back to face judgment, 1/2
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In Chinese #mythology, Ox-Head and Horse-Face (牛頭馬面) are the grim enforcers of the underworld. With beastly visages—one ox, one horse, they serve Yanluo Wang, the King of Hell, as soul-reaping envoys. Their duty is to capture wandering spirits and drag them back to face judgment, 1/2
Fascinating look into the “Labubu vaccine” that the Japanese have organically developed herd immunity over the years through their culture.
Labubus are huge everywhere but Japan. The reasons why illuminate a lot of things about our current moment. blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/no-labubus...
No Labubus please, we're Japanese
Why a toy craze isn't finding traction in a toy-crazed country
blog.pureinventionbook.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Fascinating look into the “Labubu vaccine” that the Japanese have organically developed herd immunity over the years through their culture.
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In Yunnan’s mining #folklore, a chilling type of Jiangshi (殭屍) called Gan Ji Zi (干麂子) haunts the tunnels. Formed from miners buried alive in cave-ins, their bodies preserved over decades, they awaken with eerie civility. When encountered, a Gan Ji Zi smiles, complains of cold, and begs for1/2
🎨 祈荷不喪
🎨 祈荷不喪
August 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In Yunnan’s mining #folklore, a chilling type of Jiangshi (殭屍) called Gan Ji Zi (干麂子) haunts the tunnels. Formed from miners buried alive in cave-ins, their bodies preserved over decades, they awaken with eerie civility. When encountered, a Gan Ji Zi smiles, complains of cold, and begs for1/2
🎨 祈荷不喪
🎨 祈荷不喪
Thought to post more videos about the 7th lunar month.
This is an except from the podcast called “Hellbank” and the full interview can be found on YouTube I believe.
Here they talk about how as energy changes, people die. Hence the increased number of deaths in 七月, during CNY & Winter Solstice.
This is an except from the podcast called “Hellbank” and the full interview can be found on YouTube I believe.
Here they talk about how as energy changes, people die. Hence the increased number of deaths in 七月, during CNY & Winter Solstice.
September 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Thought to post more videos about the 7th lunar month.
This is an except from the podcast called “Hellbank” and the full interview can be found on YouTube I believe.
Here they talk about how as energy changes, people die. Hence the increased number of deaths in 七月, during CNY & Winter Solstice.
This is an except from the podcast called “Hellbank” and the full interview can be found on YouTube I believe.
Here they talk about how as energy changes, people die. Hence the increased number of deaths in 七月, during CNY & Winter Solstice.
Very excited about this!
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Not to get too excited, but I've just signed a contract with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social to write ‘Strange Christianities’, a new and different history of the Christianisation of Europe... drfrancisyoung.com/2025/08/30/c... 📚🎉
Contract signed with Reaktion: ‘Strange Christianities’
Tricephalic Trinity from a 15th-century Italian choirbook © Morgan Library, New York I’ve just signed a contract with Reaktion Books to write a new history of the early expansion of Christian…
drfrancisyoung.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Very excited about this!
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Very excited about this!
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Not to get too excited, but I've just signed a contract with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social to write ‘Strange Christianities’, a new and different history of the Christianisation of Europe... drfrancisyoung.com/2025/08/30/c... 📚🎉
Contract signed with Reaktion: ‘Strange Christianities’
Tricephalic Trinity from a 15th-century Italian choirbook © Morgan Library, New York I’ve just signed a contract with Reaktion Books to write a new history of the early expansion of Christian…
drfrancisyoung.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Very excited about this!
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)
Can’t wait to read it whenever it’s out.
As an exvangelical in Singapore, I’m still friends with people who think that Christianity is a monolith & unchanging (when it’s neither), so this would be a most scintillating read. :)