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Matt
@gatesong.bsky.social
Priest in the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes. Wife guy. Aging hipster. God, indie rock, Star ____, and (Seattle) soccer. he/him
Yes, that is how time works
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You know I think this sums up my vibe pretty well
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Fatherhood ⚓
October 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was doing some research and you have to see this book cover ⚓
October 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I presided at the Eucharist for the first time on Sunday. It was beautiful.

It sank in far more, though, before our one mid-week Mass. On Sunday there's a deacon, a lay minister, and a lot of activity. Yesterday I got ready in the sacristy alone for the first time.

It's heavy in the best way. ⚓
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
post you from a different era
September 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theatre as a kid.
September 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I got curious so I searched my Gmail for "welcome to gmail." January 30, 2006. Gmail was invite-only until February 7, 2007.

Desktop, Picasa, and Google Talk don't exist anymore.

Man.
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
CORRECTION

Five of these words are in the Bible.

CHECKMATE KIRA
September 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My wife just asked if my life insurance policy is active. No idea why.
August 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is very funny to me
August 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The bat has self-evicted!

There's someone cleaning in the basement who's had that door open. It's closed now.
August 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today ministry is trying to figure out what to do about this bat.

Yes, it's alive.
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Early childhood necessities
July 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bringing up my other religion in the Narthex?
June 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
To all my Sewanee alums (and others)—it's a truly great day for the Church! ⚓
May 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Here's what I'm talking about. She's talking about experiencing some form of gender fluidity. But for someone with a surface-level understanding of gender, it sounds completely unhinged.

I get that these outlets just want engagement. But man, avoiding the comment section is self-care on this one.
May 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And that's that. My MDiv is done.
May 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How it started vs. how it's going. I feel so unbelievably blessed to have spent the last 3 years with these people. I love that we've been semi-immortalized on the seminary wall.

Pictured: me, @keakealani.bsky.social, Kenzi (who, rather admirably, is not On Here), and @rtlockwood.bsky.social. ⚓
April 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm a little obsessed with the italics in The Voice translation of Job 1:7. It reads like a Tumblr post.
April 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Hold up, spambot—$150/day with a base pay of $1000 for 4 days of work?

You'd think robots would be better at math.
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dalmatic for the people
February 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
TURKEY BURGEL
February 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Who's ready for a DAMP BIKE RIDE?
February 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
January 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM