Altar’d Thoughts (will.i.jam)

I sure wish Sonya Massey were still alive

‘The books of Kings are being written, but the chroniclers are coming’

- let they that have an ear, hear

Will James (@altardthoughts) I’ve been fighting for that green underlined sentence for a while! Balancing narrative flow and complex religious dogma has been hell. This may mean nothing to most, but damn it feels good to be a gan...

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I know it’s part of it, but after a 15th ‘not for me’ from literary agents, I’m gonna go drink.

Widget Co.: A Satire of Scarcity Math Let’s say the ‘woke left’ has pressured the companies in your field to have diverse hiring policies or face casual social media backlash.

How you can maintain dominance and feel extinct at the same time

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Heidi part 3 (the finale): Writing as Healing Spotify video

Don’t miss this last episode with Heidi!!
(And come back tomorrow morning for my next guest: Luka!!)

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Heidi Part 1: Belief and Blood Recalculating… · Episode

I had a great chat with #EllenGWhite great great great granddaughter about growing up #adventist and what road signs led to leaving.
Plus there are two more parts coming…

Recalculating…

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😂😂fair point. By boy math, our muscle shouldn’t be worth a damn by the age of 14

Behind the Scenes of Editing my book: Greatly Disappointed

I wrote a book abt growing up in Adventism, the paradox of certainty within mystery, my unraveling, & the beauty left in the ruins.
Now I’m editing it😓. If that sounds interesting, there will be a few sneak peaks 👇🏿
#memoir #spiritualwriting #deconstructingadventism

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Fourth on a Friday from an ex-adventist reddit thread regarding when the simple becomes sinful as the sunsets. (plus a snippet from the manuscript!!)

As a Reddit user reminded me, the Fourth of July falls on a Friday. A tension where the simple because sinful at sunset.
I wrote a little about that tension in a chapter called ‘an anointing’ of my manuscript Greatly Disappointed #adventism #sabbath #deconstruction

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Let cooler heads prevail

That Manhunt on Bin Laden doc was well done. Just finished it

I just completed the first draft of my memoir of my journey in Adventism.

It will be edited and revised many times I’m sure.

But whether or not it is ever published or read, it has been written.

I did it.

#deconstruction #afteradventism #exsda #author

Good lord, my kid just skipped the fifth grade! I’m out of elementary kids🥹

BREAKING: “The tariffs on streaming Drake’s Canada based music set to finish the job Kendrick started”

Letting Linda McMahon anywhere near the department of education shows yall don’t watch enough wrestling

If ‘Vladimir, STOP’ doesn’t work, I just don’t know what will🤷🏿

Is Paul Heyman the real championship belt?

Next up: #books #blackauthors

Soccer and Sunsets

#tariffs
Markets to Trump on February 1: “It’s hot on the bottom, don’t touch it.”

Markets to Trump on March 4: “it’s HOT on the bottom. Don’t touch it!”

Markets to Trump on April 4:

I want to use this app for more positive things than I use the other one for…which I guess is largely why I haven’t posted much. I’ll get there

Cautiously optimistic is one thing, but gleefully pleased is wild

Artificially Intelligent Joke: I asked ChatGPT to tell me a joke stylistically similar to #marcmaron about #endtime #anxietyandadventism Then I used other AI software to create this British dude to t... TikTok video by Altar’d Thoughts

Artificially Intelligent Joke for a very small audience😂
#adventism #anxiety #endtimes #afteradventism #recoveringfromadventism

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Re-reads for funsies

Seriously, how many times is too many times? My over/under was way off

The longer it takes me to book a tattoo session, the more elaborate the tattoo idea becomes, and your boy loves to over think a decision.

there is something so incredibly comforting about the sound of a piano.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! Day 17 #bookchallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! Day 16 #bookchallenge