Knothead, Feral Lutheran Pastor

This whole thread from @riotgrlerin.bsky.social is brilliant, as usual. You should be following her.

BRILLIANT finale!

"I hate inflatable yard deco-"

"Perhaps I've been too hasty."

Regional medical system: "We value the role of chaplains as members of the hospice care team, and we appreciate your grad degree, board certification, and 21 yrs of experience. Therefore, we're offering you a position that pays less than your denomination mandates for someone fresh from seminary."

I'm fairly confident in my ability to find a tiara on demand. I have daughters who went ALL IN on princess culture back in the day.

Yup. They get a tax deduction, while your contribution funds pseudoevangelical Christofascist grifters.

As a proud native of rFlorida, I'm certain that Neskalia is to blame. DEATH TO NESKALIA!

Not crazy at all. Since World War II, Republicans have traditionally favored free trade. Trumpism ≠ Republicanism.

Plot twist: Insoluble crisis threatening annihilation of the Enterprise and its crew and failure of their mission.

Plot twist resolution: Geordi finds brilliant engineering fix involving tachyon beams and <something something insert techno babble here>. Data and Wesley probably help.

"Castellio eventually took up residence in Basel, where the city and church authorities were rapidly developing the principle that no one who hated Calvin could be all bad." -Diarmid MacCullough

I've never been prouder of my tenuous Swiss roots.

Evening prayer by the fire pit. Come join us!
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Also, just because an organization claims to help veterans and is well-known doesn't mean it's worth supporting. Do your homework. The Wounded Warrior Project is NOT the best choice.

Watch closely when a cash register asks if you want to round up for charity. Lowe's recently invited me to round up for hurricane relief, which I'm all in favor of. One of the orgs, though, was Samaritan's Purse, run by Franklin Graham. I declined and sent $ to an organization I trust instead.

"What about them? They're fresh!"

Scripture is often misapplied to America but this one fits like a glove

The 'Dangerous Oddness' of Walter Brueggemann The late theologian saw the direction the country was headed, and he knew the key to fighting it was to start dreaming bigger.

"As Brueggemann repeatedly pointed out, one of empire’s key projects is to shrink our imagination until the future we imagine doesn’t threaten its agenda."

I have never done cosplay, but now I have an overwhelming urge to dress up like a Disney princess and go give ICE agents big wet sloppy kisses.

Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names.

This is silly and childish, and a complete waste of money by an administration that claims to be rooting out waste. All because Trump's tiny self-esteem needs to erase anything Biden did. Pathetic.

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And if you had the audacity to question that, let alone change it, I'll bet my next paycheck you got punished for it.

Just passed a big banner reading

ORGAN COOKOUT
SUNDAY 2 PM

Then I realized it was in front of a church and is actually advertising an organ *concert*.

I need a vacation.

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Full disclosure: I didn't even ask for a boldly inclusive sign. I just asked for one that could be seen from across the street and wasn't blocked any time somebody parked at the curb. Apparently that's an impossibly heavy lift.

The Episcopal and UCC churches in Lancaster, PA have Pride flags and Black Lives Matter banners. The Lutherans don't.

Easier to do when you have the moral courage to take a public stand.

Two and a half years ago, I asked my church council to put up signs so that we could let our neighborhood know when we're offering community events. They immediately agreed and formed a task force to get signs up.

We still have no signs.

We have a statement like that, too. Lots of Lutheran churches have statements; we excel at statements. But very, very few Lutheran churches have *signs* that clear, succinct, and unequivocal.

Bill goes to the hospital with an impacted bowel. His friends hurry to help. Joe brings a dozen bran muffins. Mike brings a gallon of prune juice. Ted brings a batch of freshly baked oatmeal bars. Seeing this, Bill's nurse smiles with wonder and says, "With friends like these, who needs enemas?"

Well, if you take too much, it *is* a streaming service...

That's gorgeous. A Lutheran congregation would have a collective heart attack at the mere suggestion of a sign like that.

I used to say that about a lot of things, but I've seen too much in this church. Lots of things that I would have declared unbelievable 21 years ago barely even raise my eyebrows these days.

Regardless of what the Churchwide Assembly does in response to that memorial, the actual Churchwide organization is free to look at it and say, "Okay. As soon as there is ELCA-required training, we'll be sure to standardize the timing of it."

And we wonder why nothing substantive ever gets done.