Matt Stout

I’ve never wanted to frame a meme and hang it on my wall before. This is perfect.

This is the one. Shut it all down now.

It’s the happiest day of Elon Musk’s life because he finally posted something people actually want to read

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

My 9-year-old son is already part of the resistance, but when he finds out that we won’t be able to preorder a Switch 2 because of Trump, he’s gonna take to the streets.

“The Taco of God”

I could ABSOLUTELY beat Serena Williams are you kidding me?? Come on.

Oh at TENNIS? Oh no I meant star trek trivia. No she would destroy me at anything resembling athletics let alone the one she's a genius at lmao I'm sorry this has all been one big misunderstanding

Just like Star Trek TNG s05e02

Thank you!!!! I’m so thrilled.

Does Back After This take place in the Evvie Drake cinematic universe? I’m so excited to read it either way.

I’m making it a spiritual practice to read a little Oscar Romero and listen to a little Pete Seeger every day, and it’s been incredibly good for my soul.

I'm working on a series of breakout sessions for conference about incorporating #TTRPG s and spiritual community. I'd like to incorporate dice rolling into some of our group conversations. Other than rolling on a table for a conversation starter, what are some other ways I could incorporate dice?

So did I!

The boomers on my Facebook complaining about the halftime show are giving me so much life right now.

Preaching the lectionary this week, and I realized something for the first time. Jesus said “I will make you fishers of men.” I’ve always accepted that as a call to evangelism and discipleship. But when you go fishing, it kills the fish! From the fish’s perspective, it’s not great.

I don't WANT to preach this morning -- JD Vance is not a serious person, he lacks the intellectual chops to do this kind of work, so rewarding his thirst with response is undignified -- but the Spirit demands at least a brief bit of sermonizing

That's a good call. Last time, I got hypervigilant with the news and it was super unhealthy. I need to figure out some micro resistances I can do without having to be glued to current events. I don't want to be ignorant, but I can't take another four years of constant anxiety.

Y'all, my mental health has taken a real nose dive today. Yesterday I was ready to fight and resist and all that. Today I feel hopeless and sad and that's about it. Is this the roller coaster I'm destined to stay on for the next four years?

I know we’re not supposed to like Firefly any more because Joss Wheaton sucks, but I DO aim to misbehave.

Bishop Mariann Budde did what those who are called into ministry are tasked to do: guide, serve, teach, correct. A plea to an emperor for compassion and a reflection of Jesus' vision of justice.

#faithfullylgbtq #lgbtq

There's a mainline protestant church with a woke lady pastor within walking distance of your house. Everyone there will be thrilled to see someone under 50 at service. There's free donuts too.

I tried to avoid social media today because I just knew some Trump supporter was going to quote the I have a dream speech and I don’t have the patience to deal with that today. But I opened Facebook anyway so now I’m angry and sad.

I sort of wish I had the courage of conviction to be donezo anyway, but I’ve sunk cost fallacied my whole life away. Most times I’m OK, but every once in a while…

Yes that’s right. I’ve spent so many years believing that I “had” to believe things I was never convinced of. Some of it was about institutions, some of it was social pressure, some of it was fear of asking hard questions.

There’s a lot of beauty in historic Christianity. There’s a lot I want to learn from the Black church in America. I still think the hope of resurrection is essential. So I’m finding ways outside of the White Evangelical theology I’ve been raised on to connect spiritually.

Between a church split, the nonsense American Christians have been up to the past few years, and an increasing sense of doubt, I have almost walked away a number of times. If I hadn’t been a pastor, I would have given up on church by now. But I am, so I haven’t.

I made a commitment a few years ago not to bullshit myself when it comes to my spirituality. I decided I wasn’t going to pretend to believe in things any more that I don’t actually believe. I had been bullshitting myself for my whole life. It’s been refreshing, but also incredibly challenging.

We began Confirmation class tonight at church. It’s so great hearing adults and kids have deep spiritual conversations together. It’s been a rough couple of years for us spiritually. Honestly, I’ve been hanging on by a thread. Leading confirmation class helps.

I kind of want to both of these in moderation. So I'm committing in 2025 to use my bluesky to do both of those things more. I am going to walk through my spiritual journey, as well as get more into what I'm doing as a DM with my #dnd group and try and be in the #startrek space.