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Queerness, Jesus, divination. Also some politics and pop culture musings. they/them.
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Hey so, I’m neither a Tarot expert nor a Canva whiz, but I thought I’d share one of the spreads I’ve been doing for the benefit of progressive Christians who use Tarot. We as a community can struggle with personal spirituality and Tarot has been bringing mine back to life.
The following cards in the Everyday Justice and Grace Spread are laid out in a traditional 5-card cross: Card 1: The Call of Justice. What aspect of my daily experience calls for me to act justly and lovingly? Card 2: The Wound. What personal hurt or struggle in my life reminds me of larger struggles for justice? Card 3: Divine Grace. Where can I see God present and active, offering comfort in the midst of pain? Card 4: Everyday Resistance. What choice can I make today that will embody God’s heart of justice and love? Card 5: Vision of Renewal. How can I transform today's struggles into steps toward personal and social renewal?
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I love reading about the lives of wholesome heroes from history worthy of modern emulation
General William Tecumseh Sherman
March 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The Fool is often one of my favorite cards in modern Tarot decks because people’s ideas of what innocent optimism look like are delightful to see.
The Fool from the Modern Witch Tarot by Lisa Sterle depicting a girl walking in a flowy dress lost in her music while a dog howls along beside her. The Fool from the Wild Unknown Tarot by Kris Krans depicting a small chick perched on a branch as if ready to attempt its first flight. The Fool from the Pride Tarot Collaborative Deck depicting a young hiker with a dog on a leash looking out at an ethereal multicolored sky.
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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What a way to lose a game. All the 3s are buried.
A game of solitaire where there are four columns remaining, all ending with 4s, and four stacks started, all with 2s on top.
December 28, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12/20
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Cover of “Dune” by Frank Herbert.
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 11/20
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Cover of “The Long Loneliness” by Dorothy Day.
December 9, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 10/20
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Cover of “Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader” by Gayle S. Rubin.
December 8, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “On Religion” by John D. Caputo.
December 6, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8/20
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#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “Polyamory, Monogamy, and American Dreams: The Stories We Tell About Poly Lives and the Cultural Production of Inequality” by Mimi Schippers.
December 5, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “Strength to Love” by Martin Luther King, Jr.
December 5, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “Rediscovering Friendship” by Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel
December 3, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “Anarchism and Other Essays” by Emma Goldman.
December 3, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “Democracy and Education” by John Dewey.
December 1, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Cover of “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” by James H. Cone.
November 30, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
The cover of “Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics” by Ernesto Laclau & Chantel Mouffe.
November 29, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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I suck at habits but I’m trying to change that. Let’s see if I can do this.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1/20
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
The cover of “Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age” by Sallie McFague.
November 29, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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The discourse about gossip in Christian culture from last week was ringing a bell, and I just remembered that it is attributed to the spirit of Murder according to Jack Chick’s map of Satan’s kingdom.
A flow chart of Satan’s Spiritual Structure with Beelzebub and his commanding general and the powers of the Occult, Sexual Lust, Addiction & Partying, Murder, Death & Sickness, Mind Illness, and the Unspeakable Demon rule over their own array of sins.
July 19, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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Them: “Where were all the neurodivergent people BEFORE NOW??”

Me: “WRITING MASSIVE MULTI-VOLUME-YET-STILL-SOMEHOW-UNFINISHED DOGMATICS”
An image of 13 volumes of Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics. An image of an 8-volume set of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae.
July 2, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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I just finished this new book by @dwcongdon.bsky.social and I can’t recommend it enough. His survey of the search for modern Christian identity is highly illuminating, and he says what needs to be said: The only viable option for progressive churches is theological pluralism.
Cover of “Who is a True Christian? Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture” by David W. Congdon
June 3, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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While moving we’ve discovered that our fabric glue was leaking and it made a duck.
Image of fabric glue bottle accompanied by a pile of dried glue that resembles a duck.
May 28, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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“It Was Beautiful” by Douglas Blanchard.
Police officers confront a joyous and rebellious queer chorus line at Stonewall.
February 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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Nobody can send me another email ever again.
iPhone email icon with 666 notifications.
August 20, 2023 at 6:22 PM
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To nobody’s surprise, I am Writer Barbie.

Take the test: https://www.idrlabs.com/barbie-character/test.php
Results of a Barbie Quiz showing I am 100% Writer Barbie. Description of Writer Barbie emphasizing expressiveness and imagination.
August 13, 2023 at 7:06 PM
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Hanging out with some piggies at a rescue farm during fireworks 💜💜
Two small pigs in a pen with me.
July 9, 2023 at 2:20 AM
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This workshop for Christian communication professors almost had me until the end. If Christians want to be taken seriously in academia, they need to stop ever implying that other kinds of professors are “indoctrinating” anyone.
A workshop description for Christian professors about teaching diversity and social justice that ends with the question, “How do we make sure we are promoting critical thinking rather than critical-theory indoctrination?”
July 3, 2023 at 5:29 PM