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27.12.2025 01:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@benjlantz.bsky.social
Erstwhile pastor. Collecting chiasms constantly. Cries while reading Julian of Norwich. DMIN student at Emmanuel Christian Seminary. Aspiring to write (or even read) a book someday. Loves to adventure with my spouse and kids. Etc
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27.12.2025 01:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
In another of my semi-regular posts, for those who have recently gotten reviewer comments on qualitative studies (eg, #cscw2025) & want to know how to respond, check out this document that currently has 13 types of critiques of qual methods and ideas for responding.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Iβm currently watching Conclave and tbh I donβt think this one passes the bechdel test
12.05.2025 00:26 β π 73 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0
Church leaders insisting Lent be the same everywhere
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Parents inventing games and stories with boiled eggs to entertain their kids
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A failed revolution forcing German migration
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American supermarkets grabbing traditions for marketing campaigns
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how we got the Easter bunny
The profound good news of Easter from John 20:
the wounded Lord has risen,
and the risen Lord has wounds.
Hank Hill, from the cartoon show βKing of the Hill,β telling someone βYouβre not making nationalism better! Youβre just making Christianity worse!β
Hank Hill with a word for Christian Nationalists
06.03.2025 22:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Writing is 99% self-loathing and beating yourself up and 1% getting down a good sentence and being like, yeah that one's a banger.
06.03.2025 21:13 β π 1267 π 179 π¬ 46 π 12Thank you for sharing this thread. πππΌ
06.03.2025 21:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The narrative isnβt that βweβre losing democracyβ (though itβs true).
The narrative is βA group of ultra-wealthy men is raiding the government coffers and dismantling organizations charged to serve the people in order to make themselves dizzyingly rich at your expense.β
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05.03.2025 16:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was just thinking about this topic. I really appreciate you sharing this thread!
02.03.2025 17:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0would love to start a thread here of Christians who observe Lent sharing any cool ideas you are planning for a Lent Thingβ’οΈ that supports democracy & progressive values and encourages small daily acts of resistance amidst *gestures wearily* all this
01.03.2025 00:24 β π 434 π 90 π¬ 35 π 17Every woman who fled complementarian evangelical spaces has sat in a room like that. With men like that publicly berating her, scrutinizing what sheβs wearing, and demanding thanks for their mistreatment, calling it protection while siding with abusers and thugs. It wasnβt a shock. It was a memory.+
01.03.2025 04:40 β π 38 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0βGoodnessβ is my word of the year, and bread is such a tangible sign of it. Thank you!
01.03.2025 18:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If you find a friend who thinks about their own mortality as often as you think about yours, does that mean youβre co-morbidities or are you co-morbidibuddies
27.02.2025 23:44 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1Dang thatβs crazy!
23.02.2025 18:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Simultaneously sad and unsurprisingβ¦
19.02.2025 01:37 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Your imposter syndrome should have died laughing at this point. You're doing great. You didn't author a bill to rename Greenland "Red, White, and Blueland." You can do anything.
12.02.2025 02:05 β π 919 π 193 π¬ 18 π 15Ah well Chiefs, three-peat ya later I guess
10.02.2025 17:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0