Jon Morgan
@jonmorgan50.bsky.social
History & Theology nerd. Evangelical refugee. Perpetual student and always reading. Constantly disappointed in the St. Louis Cardinals & Tottenham Hotspur.
I’ve “had” to spend all afternoon watching May It Last, yet again. So far for this paper I’ve read a lot of @drmoore.bsky.social and listened to a whole lot of #avettbrothers music. The PhD life isn’t all bad.
May 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’ve “had” to spend all afternoon watching May It Last, yet again. So far for this paper I’ve read a lot of @drmoore.bsky.social and listened to a whole lot of #avettbrothers music. The PhD life isn’t all bad.
Are the current @cardinals.com more equivalent to the 1950’s Cards or the 1970’s? Or is this uncharted water?
April 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Are the current @cardinals.com more equivalent to the 1950’s Cards or the 1970’s? Or is this uncharted water?
Goldy has an OPS of 942 & Edman has 5 homers already…sigh
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Goldy has an OPS of 942 & Edman has 5 homers already…sigh
My favorite sequence, in my favorite movie, featuring my second favorite musician born in Arkansas.
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Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff F104 crash
YouTube video by Paul Ferkul
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April 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My favorite sequence, in my favorite movie, featuring my second favorite musician born in Arkansas.
youtu.be/LQt579381OI?...
youtu.be/LQt579381OI?...
So, I’m reading Michel Foucault for the first time as a geriatric PhD student…and I love him. I could blame my conservative evangelical background but it’s on me and my lack of curiosity. Am I postmodern now??? #phdlife
April 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
So, I’m reading Michel Foucault for the first time as a geriatric PhD student…and I love him. I could blame my conservative evangelical background but it’s on me and my lack of curiosity. Am I postmodern now??? #phdlife
I love it so much that a black man has removed Strom Thurmond from the Senate record book.
April 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I love it so much that a black man has removed Strom Thurmond from the Senate record book.
@tylerkepner.bsky.social I don’t know if I’ve just missed the stories this spring, but how is the horrible Nike uniform situation this year?
March 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@tylerkepner.bsky.social I don’t know if I’ve just missed the stories this spring, but how is the horrible Nike uniform situation this year?
Metroid was one the first games I played all the way through and it was amazing. I always meh on Castlevania.
Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias
The cryptically named genre famed for its labyrinthine 2-D settings is nearly 40 years old and still going strong.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Metroid was one the first games I played all the way through and it was amazing. I always meh on Castlevania.
I’m still very disgruntled with the @cardinals.com management, but greatly enjoy getting to read @dgoold.bsky.social writing about them every day.
Why Willson Contreras added size and is ready to have a blast (or dozens) as 1st baseman
With added pounds of strength, no more catching and a feel for his swing, Contreras has put on BP shows. Can his new position unlock heightened production?
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February 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m still very disgruntled with the @cardinals.com management, but greatly enjoy getting to read @dgoold.bsky.social writing about them every day.
Can’t wait to see how Mohler and Andrew Walker explain how World Relief & World Vision are a critical threat to the church & the American family. And that President Bush was a communist agent… Monday on The Briefing
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Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion
Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Can’t wait to see how Mohler and Andrew Walker explain how World Relief & World Vision are a critical threat to the church & the American family. And that President Bush was a communist agent… Monday on The Briefing
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything (Live from Rhythm & Roots 2011)
YouTube video by LiveandBreathing
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February 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Maybe the president could just require anyone not born in the U.S. to wear a big yellow I on all their clothes. That would simplify things for him. Excepting of course his head of government efficiency.
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Oklahoma Moves to Require Schools to Ask Students’ Immigration Status
The rule would not block undocumented students from enrolling, but it would supply the Trump administration with information to aid immigration enforcement.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Maybe the president could just require anyone not born in the U.S. to wear a big yellow I on all their clothes. That would simplify things for him. Excepting of course his head of government efficiency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
Subzero temps in my crazily built house means using RV antifreeze in one particular bathroom because the builder “forgot” to put insulation in some very critical areas.
January 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Subzero temps in my crazily built house means using RV antifreeze in one particular bathroom because the builder “forgot” to put insulation in some very critical areas.
I do not enjoy American football at all (note that I call it American football and I’m American), I’m a baseball and real football person. But even I cannot resist Ravens/Bills.
January 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I do not enjoy American football at all (note that I call it American football and I’m American), I’m a baseball and real football person. But even I cannot resist Ravens/Bills.
In this era of having everything to watch all the time, I find myself only watching Top Gear & The Grand Tour on repeat. I think I’ve reached peak middle aged dad status.
January 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In this era of having everything to watch all the time, I find myself only watching Top Gear & The Grand Tour on repeat. I think I’ve reached peak middle aged dad status.
I’ve been a great admirer of Hays and the genuineness in which he wrote. A certain, blowhard seminary president should not have merited mention in his obituary.
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Richard Hays, 76, Dies; Theologian Who Had Stunning Change of Heart
He released a thunderclap into the evangelical world by asserting that a deeper reading of the Bible revealed that same-sex relationships are not sinful.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’ve been a great admirer of Hays and the genuineness in which he wrote. A certain, blowhard seminary president should not have merited mention in his obituary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
I really appreciate the way Kristof engages with religion. Unlike many on the right, he’s always respectful, open, and kind.
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Opinion | The Virgin Birth That Maybe Wasn’t
The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman.
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December 23, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I really appreciate the way Kristof engages with religion. Unlike many on the right, he’s always respectful, open, and kind.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/o...
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The optimism of Brooks is a good antidote for the cynicism of Brett Stephens.
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Opinion | The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
The word “faith” implies the possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp.
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December 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The optimism of Brooks is a good antidote for the cynicism of Brett Stephens.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/o...
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This seems condescending and willfully ignorant. There have been many voices who decried Clinton’s failings, who also opposed Trump. As a centrist, I don’t expect many voices to represent me, but the arrogant cynicism of Stephens is a definitely a dividing force.
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Opinion | Done With Never Trump
There’s plenty to dislike and fear about Trump, but Never Trumpers overstated our case, defeating our purpose.
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December 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
This seems condescending and willfully ignorant. There have been many voices who decried Clinton’s failings, who also opposed Trump. As a centrist, I don’t expect many voices to represent me, but the arrogant cynicism of Stephens is a definitely a dividing force.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...
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You know you’ve landed at the right church when you get a Wendell Berry poem and a Robert Putnam book recommendation from the pulpit.
December 15, 2024 at 6:44 PM
You know you’ve landed at the right church when you get a Wendell Berry poem and a Robert Putnam book recommendation from the pulpit.
In honor of our incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services, I went and got my first Covid shot in a few years. And a flu shot for good measure. And a Hep B shot just for grins.
December 13, 2024 at 10:40 PM
In honor of our incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services, I went and got my first Covid shot in a few years. And a flu shot for good measure. And a Hep B shot just for grins.
Shouldn’t the Trumpsters at least grudgingly love Taylor for knocking down a cool $2 billion for the Eras Tour? I’m a middle an out of touch middle aged white dad and can recognize her song writing genius, but her capitalism savvy is off the charts.
December 9, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Shouldn’t the Trumpsters at least grudgingly love Taylor for knocking down a cool $2 billion for the Eras Tour? I’m a middle an out of touch middle aged white dad and can recognize her song writing genius, but her capitalism savvy is off the charts.
I don’t love the perpetual lack of direction and penny pinching of the @stlcardinals.bsky.social but I’m very thankful they don’t mortgage the team for a player like Soto. The 2019 WS isn’t his, it’s Scherzer’s.
December 9, 2024 at 3:02 PM
I don’t love the perpetual lack of direction and penny pinching of the @stlcardinals.bsky.social but I’m very thankful they don’t mortgage the team for a player like Soto. The 2019 WS isn’t his, it’s Scherzer’s.
I want to write criticism like Becca Rothfield when I grow up.
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Review | The gospel according to Jordan Peterson
In “We Who Wrestle With God,” the Canadian provocateur finds that biblical staples confirm his favorite theories about the culture war
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December 7, 2024 at 8:08 PM
I want to write criticism like Becca Rothfield when I grow up.
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