Jonathan Grieser

Lucky you! One of mine jumps on the bed as soon as I start changing sheets and obstructs me at every step. Often his brother piles on. It’s great fun.

I don’t recommend having a Vestry meeting on the Wednesday after Annual Meeting ⚓️

Crimson reporting gets it done. Thank goodness.

No. Most do it in January which is problematic both because of the possibility of bad weather and the chance the Packers make the playoffs

every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”

Sunday was our annual meeting. The staff and I could use a bit of a break but with 1 Advent on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the bishop’s visitation on 2 Advent, and our Lessons and Carols on 3 Advent, there’s no rest for the weary. At least I’m not preaching this Sunday.

So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.

Got it.

everlasting shame on all these people

We had several people create an oral history project in the late 80s and 90s that will be fascinating for future historians of the parish

I think there are several reasons for this. 1) the readily available sources; 2) they are usually written by passionate laypeople and amateur historians who want to record what they think was most important; 3) parish records record numbers; parish vitality and ministry is harder to access

Not just the Ivies. When we were teaching at Sewanee in the 90s, after studying atHarvard Div, we were aghast at the number of male faculty married to former students and the continued tolerance of faculty-student relationships.

Annual meeting Sunday. In my sermon I pointed out the irony of having annual meeting on the Sunday when in 2 of the 3 years of the lectionary cycle we hear Jesus’ prediction of the destruction of the temple. Spent over $1 million on a new roof this year

Same here. Perfect fit for my sermon

As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Or: “Please, Isaac Chotiner, interview me!”

Season 3. He meets Prince William, dances at the Vienna New Year’s ball, and drives an RV through Louisiana

Watching Eugene Levy eating Cajun boiled peanuts #reluctanttraveler. I probably made the same face when I first tasted regular boiled peanuts

Are we looking to spend $300,000 next year on building repairs?

I love the irony that in two of the three years of the lectionary cycle, we hold our Annual Meeting on the Sunday when we hear Jesus predict the destruction of the temple: "Not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down." Did we spend $1.5 million on building repairs this year? ⚓

Not to be pedantic, but there were no potatoes in 12th century Europe

There is justice in the world #DWTS

I’ve long thought that we don’t think deeply enough that the New Jerusalem is a city and what that implies about Christian theology, ethics, and spirituality

I actually remember when it happened. I grew up in the Great Lakes region and it was big news for days. And then of course the song fixed it in our memories.

Describe jour cat’s personality with one photo

Had a lovely conversation this evening with a group doing “100 Days of Dante.” Revisiting a text I taught every year for 15 years and seeing it through the eyes of young people who’ve never read it before is energizing:

There were elections tonight? I know I was watching intently. I think the fix is in for Andy Richter. #DWTS

mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.

I rather like “Crypto-liberal Laudian”

I faltered on the vestment question. None of the options fit. I took the Anglican Spectrum Test and I'm a "A Crypto-Liberal Laudian"! Find out your theological alignment: anglican-quiz.vercel.app

Two buff cats and one black cat

Their addition to our family wasn’t planned. When they came to us, we already had 4. We discovered Junia with her kittens in our backyard. By the time we realized we had to take responsibility for them, only one of them was still living. In addition to Macrina, we now have Dami and Cosmo from 2020