E.J. Sponheim
@ejsponheim.bsky.social
A preacher’s kid from the Dakota prairie, now a Twin Cities denizen, lawyer/content strategist and tenacious T-Wolves fan.
Winter, my dad always said, is the price we pay for basketball season.
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Winter, my dad always said, is the price we pay for basketball season.
On the tallgrass prairie, outside of West Branch, Iowa
— courtesy of my sister.
— courtesy of my sister.
September 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On the tallgrass prairie, outside of West Branch, Iowa
— courtesy of my sister.
— courtesy of my sister.
On The Daily podcast today, Gavin Newsome said he’s counting on the courts to uphold the Constitution.
This ruling is a start:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
This ruling is a start:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking President Donald Trump’s unprecedented seizure of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of California National Guard
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
On The Daily podcast today, Gavin Newsome said he’s counting on the courts to uphold the Constitution.
This ruling is a start:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
This ruling is a start:
bsky.app/profile/marc...
When did self-help get rebranded as “self-transformation”?
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
When did self-help get rebranded as “self-transformation”?
The superseded MN state flag still flies at a suburban strip mall near me.
I’m not interpreting this as a political act. Assuming positive intent, it may merely be an omission.
Still, the sooner the “Indian-riding-into-the-sunset” flag is fully sunsetted, the better. It’s time to lift up the loon!
I’m not interpreting this as a political act. Assuming positive intent, it may merely be an omission.
Still, the sooner the “Indian-riding-into-the-sunset” flag is fully sunsetted, the better. It’s time to lift up the loon!
March 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The superseded MN state flag still flies at a suburban strip mall near me.
I’m not interpreting this as a political act. Assuming positive intent, it may merely be an omission.
Still, the sooner the “Indian-riding-into-the-sunset” flag is fully sunsetted, the better. It’s time to lift up the loon!
I’m not interpreting this as a political act. Assuming positive intent, it may merely be an omission.
Still, the sooner the “Indian-riding-into-the-sunset” flag is fully sunsetted, the better. It’s time to lift up the loon!
Psalm 1 is today’s Christ in Our Home text and is carved on the St. Olaf library.
“The simple moral calculus of Psalm 1 — that God is peculiarly, unreservedly, and attentively good to the upright — is not easy to sustain. Psalm 73 acknowledges this.”
Walter Bruegemann, The Other Side, Jan-Feb 2000
“The simple moral calculus of Psalm 1 — that God is peculiarly, unreservedly, and attentively good to the upright — is not easy to sustain. Psalm 73 acknowledges this.”
Walter Bruegemann, The Other Side, Jan-Feb 2000
February 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Psalm 1 is today’s Christ in Our Home text and is carved on the St. Olaf library.
“The simple moral calculus of Psalm 1 — that God is peculiarly, unreservedly, and attentively good to the upright — is not easy to sustain. Psalm 73 acknowledges this.”
Walter Bruegemann, The Other Side, Jan-Feb 2000
“The simple moral calculus of Psalm 1 — that God is peculiarly, unreservedly, and attentively good to the upright — is not easy to sustain. Psalm 73 acknowledges this.”
Walter Bruegemann, The Other Side, Jan-Feb 2000
“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.”
I’ve come across this William Gibson quotation multiple times recently in the context of AI.
To a great degree (with disparate distribution), the Zeitgeist has become AI-Geist.
I’ve come across this William Gibson quotation multiple times recently in the context of AI.
To a great degree (with disparate distribution), the Zeitgeist has become AI-Geist.
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.”
I’ve come across this William Gibson quotation multiple times recently in the context of AI.
To a great degree (with disparate distribution), the Zeitgeist has become AI-Geist.
I’ve come across this William Gibson quotation multiple times recently in the context of AI.
To a great degree (with disparate distribution), the Zeitgeist has become AI-Geist.
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 (part of the Christ in Our Home devotional text for today)
Nehemiah 8:10 (part of the Christ in Our Home devotional text for today)
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 (part of the Christ in Our Home devotional text for today)
Nehemiah 8:10 (part of the Christ in Our Home devotional text for today)
