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1/ A Christmas Homily:
Christ, carried by a refugee.
Born amidst the rubble of human nature
God, come down to be one of us
His birth song first sung to the lowly
To tell of His love and our holy liberation
A babe worshiped by kings
Now, we carry the light of His holy fire
Emmanuel has come!
Christ, carried by a refugee.
Born amidst the rubble of human nature
God, come down to be one of us
His birth song first sung to the lowly
To tell of His love and our holy liberation
A babe worshiped by kings
Now, we carry the light of His holy fire
Emmanuel has come!
December 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
1/ A Christmas Homily:
Christ, carried by a refugee.
Born amidst the rubble of human nature
God, come down to be one of us
His birth song first sung to the lowly
To tell of His love and our holy liberation
A babe worshiped by kings
Now, we carry the light of His holy fire
Emmanuel has come!
Christ, carried by a refugee.
Born amidst the rubble of human nature
God, come down to be one of us
His birth song first sung to the lowly
To tell of His love and our holy liberation
A babe worshiped by kings
Now, we carry the light of His holy fire
Emmanuel has come!
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The Polish prime minister reacts
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Polish prime minister reacts
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Following a wave of coverage on AI and religion this week, I decided to have a chat with AI white Jesus about Trump, immigration, and his own self-presentation.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
Conversations with Chatbot Jesus--What Could Go Wrong?
Plus the latest episode of The Convocation Unscripted
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Following a wave of coverage on AI and religion this week, I decided to have a chat with AI white Jesus about Trump, immigration, and his own self-presentation.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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“I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands ‘Thus saith the Lord’, it lies, and lies dangerously.”
—C. S. Lewis, “Is Progress Possible?”
—C. S. Lewis, “Is Progress Possible?”
July 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands ‘Thus saith the Lord’, it lies, and lies dangerously.”
—C. S. Lewis, “Is Progress Possible?”
—C. S. Lewis, “Is Progress Possible?”
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“Death is inevitable. It is a democracy for all of the people, not an aristocracy for some of the people—kings die and beggars die… we need not fear it.
Death is not the ultimate evil; the ultimate evil is to be outside God’s love.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Death is not the ultimate evil; the ultimate evil is to be outside God’s love.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
February 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Death is inevitable. It is a democracy for all of the people, not an aristocracy for some of the people—kings die and beggars die… we need not fear it.
Death is not the ultimate evil; the ultimate evil is to be outside God’s love.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Death is not the ultimate evil; the ultimate evil is to be outside God’s love.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
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The entirety of the anti-woke crusade can be boiled down to one proverb:
“Where knowledge is a burden, ignorance is bliss.”
The opposite of “woke” is “sleep.”
“Where knowledge is a burden, ignorance is bliss.”
The opposite of “woke” is “sleep.”
February 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The entirety of the anti-woke crusade can be boiled down to one proverb:
“Where knowledge is a burden, ignorance is bliss.”
The opposite of “woke” is “sleep.”
“Where knowledge is a burden, ignorance is bliss.”
The opposite of “woke” is “sleep.”