Paul Burkhart

Felix Culpa (Fortunate Fall) | A Lent Negroni Recipe 1 oz Mezcal 1.25 oz Spiced Apple Wine (or 1 oz rich Sweet Vermouth) .75 oz Cardamoro Garnish: Apple Slice and Smoked Rosemary Add all spirits to a mixing glass. Stir with ice until chilled a…

On this final day of #Lent, here's a Negroni riff to help you reflect. Cheers. Recipe card 👇🏻
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Man, Handmaid's Tale is a different show now that I am father of a baby. It hits so different now.

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A Sixers move to Camden lurked until the new South Philly arena deal was struck, as more details emerge The Sixers’ 2031 deadline also mattered, as did TV money the Sixers will indirectly receive from Comcast Spectacor.

Just a reminder that teams don't actually care about their cities (though some players do). They are businesses first and foremost. All you super fans are in an abusive relationship & are just being played.

With my many cares within me,
Your consolations delighted me
— Ps94.19

For all gods of the peoples are ungods,
but the L ORD has made the heavens
- Ps96.5

The LORD’s lamp is the life-breath of man,
laying bare all the inward chambers
— Prov20.27

Alter's translation just hits different. I love it.

newborn sitting by an airplane window.

Are we crazy for flying with a four month old? Maybe.

Two important caveats: 1. In the world of streaming, every play actively promotes this person in the algorithm. 2. My playlists are public so is this a public endorsement?

So that's more my issue, not necessarily personal conscience or "polluting" my soul or something.

It really feels like having a baby has aged my body 10 to 15 years. Is this a normal experience for people, or am I just really inattentive to caring for my body?

Let me ask the mob: I make a lot of Spotify playlists. I just found out that one of the artists whose songs I've added to my fav playlists lives out & articulates life & faith in ways antithetical to myself. What to do? Remove his songs? Separate art from artist? Discuss.

Paul Burkhart's review of Writing the Bible 5/5: Whoa, this was an incredibly unexpected joy. I didn't think this brief of a book would be this robust, scholarly, and clear. Seriously, the effectiveness of Halvorson-Taylor's economy of…

A little review of an unexpected delight of a book — "Writing the Bible: Origins of the Old Testament" by Martien Halvorson-Taylor

Reading Exodus tonight, struck by 3:11-12. What's God's proof that He is with Moses & is the one behind all this?

Not the mystical voice.
Not the miracles.

But only AFTER deliverance & wilderness, having returned to where he started, utterly transformed.

Ain't that the truth.

A family portrait of a man and a woman holding a baby in front of a fall background.

Hello, Bluesky! I'm a family therapist, director of youth ministry, and writer based in Philly. I'm also a new father. Give me a follow for posts on religion, politics, books, culture, and cocktails. Find more at prodigalpaul.com