Irenic Bro

Thinking about how this guy tells JD what to think. Smiling.

Excited to hear about how the arsonists were "doing politics the right way"

I think if you told me they showed the president this video that would explain everything

"We do not have 'God on our side', and this
is not because God is neutral but because we are compromised. We have to see that there is no other God to be known except the God of the oppressed"

McCabe, Holy Thursday

The point of Jonah is not Nineveh’s repentance but Jonah’s fury at God’s mercy. It is a scathing parody of nationalistic religion that wants God on 'our side' and cannot stomach the possibility that God’s love extends beyond our religious and political borders, especially those considered 'enemies'.

Remembering Richard Spencer becoming a Biden supporter because republicans make the white race look bad

There's probably a short story in the vision of Hell this thought generates

I do kinda wonder what pre-dementia Trump would say about current Trump

Lots of people searching "evangelic*ls" I have found

I am at least a little hopeful that "it is illegal and in fact terrorism to disagree with Trump and Miller" isn't going to play even with a chunk of the base

This has begun to result in approaching Sundays with dread and I could use a prayer

going to start using the trad buzzword of "false ecumenism" but to describe reactionary Catholics who make common cause with Evangelicals over their mutual bigotries devoid of any theological substance

"Black people aren't grateful enough" is seething stupid racist opinion #1

I found William Cavanaugh's critique in "The Uses of Idolatry" (which is well worth a read in any case) compelling but ymmv

I have found that the habit of reading that comment section, among other spaces, is something I absolutely have to stop doing if I'm going to seriously pursue charity in thought and word

Steady she goes, folks. The Church rides the waves the Savior walked on. Think and speak charitably; don’t hold a grudge. Christ reigns, life is short, eternity long.

This world we must leave

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"The truth will make you strange" only if I am willing to strip away the facade of independence and self-containment. If I don't actively identify with the leper/marginal/scapegoat I may be well-meaning but I am certainly not converted and definitely not a threat.

happy transitus

the Taylor swift one. listened out of curiosity and will never get that time back

this is a pretty bad album

Wow

this is where I tend to land. To do otherwise I think would be an under-realization of one's own sinfulness

come over

certainly not saying that this is behind every situation, of course, just that all the "solutions" offered are treating a symptom and washing our hands

constantly trying to not remember that this polls incredibly well among the people we see every Sunday and those I have taught the faith

My only contribution to annulment discourse is that the characteristic fault of America as a people is that our sworn word is worthless. I have no comment on the rest of the world as I haven't had to deal with it

@dragoman.bsky.social read to die instantly

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