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"I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead." (Leslie Newbigin) Minister of Word/Sacrament @crcna. Teacher at a theological school in Kenya.

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Maybe... I think I would melt in Alabama though.

20.06.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

15.04.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 31568    πŸ” 11742    πŸ’¬ 709    πŸ“Œ 882

'What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab?
Are they not both saying Hello?'
--Annie Dillard

#FaithAndScience

05.04.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the #Palestinian theologian Munther Isaac in his book From Land to Lands, From Eden to the Renewed Earth (highly recommend).

#HolyLand
#NewCreation
#MatterMatters

Summing up:

16.03.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot have understood it.'

--Niels Bohr

13.03.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the #Palestinian theologian Munther Isaac in his book From Land to Lands, From Eden to the Renewed Earth (highly recommend).

#HolyLand
#NewCreation
#MatterMatters

09.03.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a trench coat is drinking a cup of coffee with a skull mask on ALT: a man in a trench coat is drinking a cup of coffee with a skull mask on

I gave up coffee + sweets for #Lent. Turns out #TotalDepravity is real.

07.03.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2006. This book started a journey for me that is still going. So thankful.

#NTWright

05.03.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#RageAgainstTheMachine

01.03.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also nice people and the best food on the planet.

21.02.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had the opportunity to go to #Thailand. These are my people. Either they are just discovering the grunge era + hard rock of the 90's or they have been rightly celebrating it ever since.

I go to a restaurant: #Nirvana and #Evanescence. At the hardware store: #StoneTemplePilots and #LinkinPark πŸ‘

21.02.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

'What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace, but a Christian prophet within earshot.'

--Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia

#ChristTheKing
#Prophetic

08.02.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@matthewkaemingk.bsky.social

07.02.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.

03.02.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 11922    πŸ” 3589    πŸ’¬ 473    πŸ“Œ 314

Did... the *free* #Evernote program just hold my years' worth of notes hostage unless I agree to a paid subscription?πŸ€ͺ

02.02.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He would also make fun of them with cleverness and probably a significant degree of vulgarity.

I was already a Hauerwas fan, but in my one encounter with the man (asking him to sign a book), he lightly remarked that many in my tradition (Dutch Reformed) were assholes πŸ˜‚.

28.01.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These points by Hauerwas are not even that controversial...

Sorry you had to endure this. I am sure I quoted Hauerwas in my sem experience (schools that were not in the Hauerwasian strain), but I never got a reaction like this.

28.01.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. This is so... anti-academic.

Since all truth is God's truth, even those with whom we disagree with ideologically may well have things to teach us.

28.01.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'There is Mary and there is Martha, but do they have license to live within the same skin?'

--Virginia Stem Owens

23.01.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#StFrancis
#Birds

18.01.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BigFoot
#Sasquatch

16.01.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out of respect for the legacy of Jimmy Carter, I think it only appropriate that the Trump Presidency be canceled.

01.01.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Religious Leaders Praise Frmr Prez Jimmy Carter's 'Shining Example' From the pope to many evangelicals, faith leaders from across the religious spectrum are lauding Jimmy Carter following news of his death.

From the Pope to various Jewish groups to several Protestant faith figures, leaders across the religious spectrum are lauding Jimmy Carter.

One Baptist leader praised how Carter urged believers to "join Jesus in bringing good news (and) freedom for the oppressed."
julieroys.com/religious-le...

31.12.2024 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My 4th grade teacher *made me* read it. I was only interested in non fiction books at the time. It is no exaggeration to say that this fascinating book opened up worlds to me and deeply influenced the trajectory of my life (I am a Bible teacher and the Bible demands a healthy imagination).

30.12.2024 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are certainly right. I suspect some things in this book would make me more than uncomfortable if I read it today.

30.12.2024 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My 4th grade teacher *made me* read it. I was only interested in non fiction books at the time. It is no exaggeration to say that this fascinating book opened up worlds to me and deeply influenced the trajectory of my life (I am a Bible teacher and the Bible demands a healthy imagination).

30.12.2024 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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#booksky
#books

28.12.2024 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 7
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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
19 πŸ’™πŸ“š
#booksky
#books

27.12.2024 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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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
18 πŸ’™πŸ“š
#booksky
#books

23.12.2024 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

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