Jimmy Kimmel is back, and this is a very important monologue. I love that people cancelling Disney Plus got him back on the air; it’s a triumph for the protection of the freedom of speech through people voting with their dollars.
Politics, Religion
cognitive dissonance
(disclaimer that I actually am deeply obsessed with this album and adore it and it was formational for me, and I listen to certain songs from it all the time. this song just made me think) I was listening to “This is Your Life” on The Beautiful Letdown and thinking about how Switchfoot was singing …
this week
(Photo from earlier this week. The roses opened up) This past week held a mixture of things. One of our extended family members unfortunately passed away, which was difficult. Her family is on our hearts. Alex took a trip. I had some time alone with the kids, which was special. They had to miss a …
my current strategy for doing what I can to resist/ suggestions for how to start contacting reps
I’ve tried writing this a few times. It feels scary because… well. I’m just sharing what’s helped me; that doesn’t mean it’s “good” or “best” or “enough” or anything. Things are so bad right now… I don’t even know where to start, even writing about it, is the truth. Attacks on basic human rights everywhere …
reflection on the separation between church and state
I was reading in the news yesterday about the way that the current administration is leaning into a lot of “Christianny” things in the White House itself. Here is the NYTimes article- “Christianity in the White House,” by Ruth Graham. There’s also a video down at the end of it. It’s really quite interesting. The …
being real
Do you remember the book The Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams) ? I remember being touched by it when I was a kid. A stuffed animal rabbit becomes a living rabbit, because of being loved. The problem with being real is that the world is not safe. It would be really nice if the world …
the need to protect each other as culture shifts under new presidency
Image: my computer, Platformer I was reading about the new lack-of-rules for Meta about essentially allowing hate speech against people based on gender/sex, to align more with incoming Mr. T administration, and I hate what it means, symbolically- another sign of the “hate era” I’m sure he’d like the next few years to be. What …
life decisions (the harm of being taught to wait)
(This is part of a series. See Disclaimer). Life Decisions This should be a relatively short post, but here is the gist of what I want to say. Christian teachings about God’s sovereignty over all things (“If it’s meant to happen, it will happen”) lead to disempowerment of people who think that, ultimately, since they …
the harm of being taught to wait
(This is part of a series. See Disclaimer). The Bible was written at a time when people, in general did not have nearly as much power as people in the US have today. I’m not an expert on the specifics of that, but I do know there has never been a time in history where …
survival guide for nov 5-7
step 1: scream. mentally or into a pillow also work. step 2: if aloud, tell everyone it was just because i told you to, it’s my fault, it’s fine, everything is fine. otherwise, proceed to step 3. step 3: if you need to do that again, really, it’s ok Additional Survival Plan Steps: Remember that… …
