“…theologians from across continents and perspectives have been noticing that Luther’s emphasis on justification, while right and deeply valuable, no longer suffices as the sole or even the primary point of the gospel.” -Anna M. Madsen, I Can Do No Other, p.77

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"One of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain (1955)." #JamesBaldwin

What happens when one has 3 months of book allowance to use up & one stumbles across a book sale?
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Top left: I Can Do No Other, Anna Madsen
Top middle: Stuck -- Why Clergy Are Alienated From Their Calling, Congregation, and Careers...and What To Do About It, Todd W. Ferguson & Josh Packard

Here's a fun thought experiment:

If God is all-powerful, then God cannot be inherently eternal.

Being all powerful means one has the ability to choose and do anything, which would necessitate their own existence to be a choice.
Thus, not inherently eternal.

Another Christmas staple: gloriously haunting… music.apple.com/ca/album/fro...

I’m fairly disenchanted with a lot of Christmas music. But this year I stumbled across O’Hooley & Tidow’s holiday album & this queer couple is definitely helping reenchant the Christmas season for me! music.apple.com/ca/album/win...

I think the weather trackers here in Edmonton may be struggling… #snowday #blizzard

“Here I raise mine Ebenezer”

Piper & I are ready for our autumn season.