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lurking here now instead of that other place
baptized at 4 mos confirmed ~50 yrs later
(it's a long story)
Rev 21:5
baptized at 4 mos confirmed ~50 yrs later
(it's a long story)
Rev 21:5
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“We survived by holding on to God. Really for us, there was not a day when we didn’t pray. We prayed for our families, for our mental well-being.” - Andry on how he survived
August 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“We survived by holding on to God. Really for us, there was not a day when we didn’t pray. We prayed for our families, for our mental well-being.” - Andry on how he survived
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I wrote about my conversation with Andry, John McCain's tribute to Bud Lee, unimaginable grace in contrast with the pettiest grievances, and learning about character from those who have been tormented.
"Can We Ever Repair This Moral Rot"
www.thebulwark.com/p/can-we-eve...
"Can We Ever Repair This Moral Rot"
www.thebulwark.com/p/can-we-eve...
Can We Ever Repair This Moral Rot
MAGA can learn grace from the folks their leader wrongfully imprisoned.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I wrote about my conversation with Andry, John McCain's tribute to Bud Lee, unimaginable grace in contrast with the pettiest grievances, and learning about character from those who have been tormented.
"Can We Ever Repair This Moral Rot"
www.thebulwark.com/p/can-we-eve...
"Can We Ever Repair This Moral Rot"
www.thebulwark.com/p/can-we-eve...
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1. For the curious, a bit of background: This has been building for a while.
Wilson has been around for some time, but he began making political inroads over the last 5-ish years. religionnews.com/2024/05/31/t...
Wilson has been around for some time, but he began making political inroads over the last 5-ish years. religionnews.com/2024/05/31/t...
August 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
1. For the curious, a bit of background: This has been building for a while.
Wilson has been around for some time, but he began making political inroads over the last 5-ish years. religionnews.com/2024/05/31/t...
Wilson has been around for some time, but he began making political inroads over the last 5-ish years. religionnews.com/2024/05/31/t...
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If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
July 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
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Hey Homeland Security: yes, Scripture says "the *righteous* are as bold as lions."
*You*, however, are hiding your faces and badges.
*You*, however, are hiding your faces and badges.
![Official tweet from Homeland Security's twitter account:
TO EVERY CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN IN AMERICA:
Darkness is no longer your ally. You represent an existential threat to the citizens of the United States, and US Border Patrol's Special Operations Group will stop at nothing to hunt you down.
[And then it plays a video of Border Patrol agents with the verse superimposed over it, "The Wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28:1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xscgjalwch462y4go5fbf32c/bafkreihov6pzsi3dmulo75nedbxc2tcbs7afaxfqpn6gkc53hb6c5umj7a@jpeg)
July 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hey Homeland Security: yes, Scripture says "the *righteous* are as bold as lions."
*You*, however, are hiding your faces and badges.
*You*, however, are hiding your faces and badges.
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Oh, how I wish they'd name it the Washington Epsteins just to screw with him.
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name reut.rs/3IHqDJ3
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.
reut.rs
July 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Oh, how I wish they'd name it the Washington Epsteins just to screw with him.
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It’s sad how the same folks who taught us to sing, “Jesus loves the little children of the world” now choose silence when thousands of little children in Gaza are bombed and starved to death.
They are precious in Jesus’ sight too.
They are precious in Jesus’ sight too.
July 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It’s sad how the same folks who taught us to sing, “Jesus loves the little children of the world” now choose silence when thousands of little children in Gaza are bombed and starved to death.
They are precious in Jesus’ sight too.
They are precious in Jesus’ sight too.
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Apparently lots and lots and lots and lots and lots!
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Apparently lots and lots and lots and lots and lots!
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“I never wrote a picture in my life” ok www.bbc.com/news/world-u... also lol, “wrote a picture”
Drawing by President Trump sells for nearly $30,000
It depicts the Manhattan skyline, and got five times more interest than normal for the auctioneers.
www.bbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“I never wrote a picture in my life” ok www.bbc.com/news/world-u... also lol, “wrote a picture”
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Jeffries: We believe that when you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to afford to live the good life.. That’s the American Dream.
And no one has done more to deliver that American Dream to the American people than organized labor.
And no one has done more to deliver that American Dream to the American people than organized labor.
July 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jeffries: We believe that when you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to afford to live the good life.. That’s the American Dream.
And no one has done more to deliver that American Dream to the American people than organized labor.
And no one has done more to deliver that American Dream to the American people than organized labor.
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“.. filings by four big banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions — including thousands of wire transfers for the purchase and sale of artwork for rich friends, fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women,
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“.. filings by four big banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions — including thousands of wire transfers for the purchase and sale of artwork for rich friends, fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women,
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
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Instead of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah we get the guys that bowed down to Nebuchadnezzar
Mike Johnson: "God miraculously saved the president's life -- I think it's undeniable -- and he did it for an obvious purpose. His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence. He points that out all the time and he's right to do so."
July 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Instead of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah we get the guys that bowed down to Nebuchadnezzar
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A good word:
"How is it that such a cozy image can invoke such vicious and polarized responses? The problem is, at least in part, the problem inherent in sentimentality and its concentrated form, sentimentalism...Sentimentalism easily becomes manipulation. At its worst, it is propaganda."
"How is it that such a cozy image can invoke such vicious and polarized responses? The problem is, at least in part, the problem inherent in sentimentality and its concentrated form, sentimentalism...Sentimentalism easily becomes manipulation. At its worst, it is propaganda."
Homeland Security meme nudges 'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade into dark territory—my newest post at @rns.org:
religionnews.com/2025/07/10/h...
religionnews.com/2025/07/10/h...
Homeland Security meme nudges 'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade into dark territory
(RNS) — A Department of Homeland Security social media post leaned on the sentimentalism of the Kinkade painting.
religionnews.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A good word:
"How is it that such a cozy image can invoke such vicious and polarized responses? The problem is, at least in part, the problem inherent in sentimentality and its concentrated form, sentimentalism...Sentimentalism easily becomes manipulation. At its worst, it is propaganda."
"How is it that such a cozy image can invoke such vicious and polarized responses? The problem is, at least in part, the problem inherent in sentimentality and its concentrated form, sentimentalism...Sentimentalism easily becomes manipulation. At its worst, it is propaganda."
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Admittedly I went to law school partly to avoid math but nevertheless I do feel obligated to try to clear up the President's ceasefire proposal. Hang on tight y'all.
He posted at 6:02 p.m. so that is our starting point.
In approximately six hours from "now" (i.e., 6:02 p.m.) when Israel and Iran
He posted at 6:02 p.m. so that is our starting point.
In approximately six hours from "now" (i.e., 6:02 p.m.) when Israel and Iran
June 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Admittedly I went to law school partly to avoid math but nevertheless I do feel obligated to try to clear up the President's ceasefire proposal. Hang on tight y'all.
He posted at 6:02 p.m. so that is our starting point.
In approximately six hours from "now" (i.e., 6:02 p.m.) when Israel and Iran
He posted at 6:02 p.m. so that is our starting point.
In approximately six hours from "now" (i.e., 6:02 p.m.) when Israel and Iran
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“God hasn’t forgotten about you”
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners … to set the oppressed free”
Jesus of Nazareth, quoting the prophet Isaiah. Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners … to set the oppressed free”
Jesus of Nazareth, quoting the prophet Isaiah. Luke 4:18
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“God hasn’t forgotten about you”
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners … to set the oppressed free”
Jesus of Nazareth, quoting the prophet Isaiah. Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners … to set the oppressed free”
Jesus of Nazareth, quoting the prophet Isaiah. Luke 4:18
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According to myth, The Times sent out an inquiry to authors, asking, "What's wrong with the world today?" And G.K. Chesterton wrote back simply “Dear Sir, I am.”
My wife and I should write to RFK Jr. something like
“Re: What’s causing this epidemic of autistic and ADHD kids?
“Dear sir, We are.”
My wife and I should write to RFK Jr. something like
“Re: What’s causing this epidemic of autistic and ADHD kids?
“Dear sir, We are.”
April 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
According to myth, The Times sent out an inquiry to authors, asking, "What's wrong with the world today?" And G.K. Chesterton wrote back simply “Dear Sir, I am.”
My wife and I should write to RFK Jr. something like
“Re: What’s causing this epidemic of autistic and ADHD kids?
“Dear sir, We are.”
My wife and I should write to RFK Jr. something like
“Re: What’s causing this epidemic of autistic and ADHD kids?
“Dear sir, We are.”
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If you haven’t seen it, this is one of the most extraordinary conversations I’ve ever seen. Start at the 10:30 mark and listen to George talk about what the law means. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-can-yo...
“How Can You Look at Yourself in the Mirror?”
George is furious.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you haven’t seen it, this is one of the most extraordinary conversations I’ve ever seen. Start at the 10:30 mark and listen to George talk about what the law means. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-can-yo...
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I sure hope he can. Strom was sowing ugliness. I want goodness to have the record
April 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I sure hope he can. Strom was sowing ugliness. I want goodness to have the record
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pastor in our presbytery is being forced to leave the country. he has set up a gofundme for his family. www.gofundme.com/f/support-pa...
Donate to Support Pastor Eduardo's Urgent Move to Italy, organized by Eduardo Martorano
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March 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
pastor in our presbytery is being forced to leave the country. he has set up a gofundme for his family. www.gofundme.com/f/support-pa...