Thoughts and prayers on thoughts and prayers One of my group chats began blowing up yesterday afternoon at 3:15 as I was wrapping up at work. When I hit a lull about 15 minutes later, I scrolled down my notifications to find the first text that started it all. “Charlie Kirk was just shot in … More Me and God and Charlie Kirk
Off-the-cuff and prompted by Hank and John Green via their weekly newsletter (an utter delight and much-needed bright spot in my inbox these days). I don’t usually try for poetry that rhymes or follows a specific meter pattern, but my love for the season and the particular seasonal gorgeousness of this particular day made me … More A wee poem to welcome autumn
I both love and fear public speaking, so I jump at any opportunity to do so. When I was asked by my former campus pastor to do a 10-minute Bible study at this year’s Delaware-Maryland Synod Assembly, I jumped at it. The Assembly theme this year was Centered in Christ: Church in Perilous Times, and … More I led a Bible Study, but not before coming out to about 300 people.
Read the full text here (opens in a new tab). Summary: Adam and Eve double the human population and then several years later they’re down by 25% because SOMEONE got salty about God liking his brother’s sacrifice over his and decided to commit the first ever capital crime about it. Eve births a Replacement Son™ … More Day 2: Genesis 4-7
Read the full text here (opens in a new tab). Summary: God creates the world in six days and declares it all very good. God then creates humans to rule over the animals. He then tells them to eat from any tree except this specific one or you’ll die. A serpent says “nah” and they … More Day 1: Genesis 1-3
Hi, hello, how are ya? Still trying to stay afloat during an ongoing pandemic while also contending with *checks notes* the biggest European land invasion since WWII by a tyrannical despot who could nuke us to kingdom come at the drop of a hat? Cool, coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcool. Right, so…it’s been a minute. My last post is … More And Now, For Something Completely Different
Greetings, folx! I know, I know — it’s been forever. I’ve been going through an egregious writer’s block since…2016? Suffice to say, long-form posts have just been a no-go. Rather than continuing to hate myself for not even trying anymore, I decided to allow myself the freedom of shorter form writing. I have also missed … More I Created a Newsletter!
Alright, look. Making movies is haaaaard. I know this first hand. Whether it’s film 1 or 100, every movie brings challenges unique to its production. BvS is no different and it’s hard to criticize it whenAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god, I’m fully kidding. FUCK that. Every single person with any weight on this production should … More Review: Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Note: as I was writing the notebook version, this became more about Facebook than social media in general; which says quite a lot, I think. Facebook is basically ubiquitous. It IS social media. Period. It’s hard to remember a time before the social media boom. Before smartphones solved the issue of having to carry … More 5 Problems With Social Media
Generally, this is where the writer inserts a preamble that sneakily tries to hide the fact that this article is more style than substance. Here, have a GIF! 1. Is this list contributing in some way? The blogosphere is so saturated with thinkpieces and lists of forgotten 90s toys that a quick Google search … More 4 Things To Consider Before Writing Your Clickbait Listicle
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