Charles Meeks
@charlesmeeks.com
Ecumenical chaplain @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social by day, historical theologian by night. PhD in theology from St Mike’s, Toronto. History of exegesis, ecclesiology, sacraments, etc. Anglican priest.
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Charles Meeks
@charlesmeeks.com
· Nov 10
For the new folks, some info beyond the bio!
In real life, I’ve been dealing with cancer treatments the last year. So my “popular” writing tends to be about that.
In my academic life, I write on a mix of patristics (mainly 4th c.) and modern theology (mainly on Robert W. Jenson).
In real life, I’ve been dealing with cancer treatments the last year. So my “popular” writing tends to be about that.
In my academic life, I write on a mix of patristics (mainly 4th c.) and modern theology (mainly on Robert W. Jenson).
Finally got in my copy of @anachronistben.bsky.social's new book for review! Excited to dig in.
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Finally got in my copy of @anachronistben.bsky.social's new book for review! Excited to dig in.
I'm currently preparing a guest lecture on Divine Providence for a systematics course, and this is a real test of my causation/correlation senses
I think I'm officially the speedrun champion of gaining citizenship of another nation. Should I retire or go for another?
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I'm currently preparing a guest lecture on Divine Providence for a systematics course, and this is a real test of my causation/correlation senses
I think I'm officially the speedrun champion of gaining citizenship of another nation. Should I retire or go for another?
January 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I think I'm officially the speedrun champion of gaining citizenship of another nation. Should I retire or go for another?
I'll never understand why people do drugs when you can instead work thousands of hours of unpaid labour to discover that you've been cited in a dissertation and two journal articles
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I'll never understand why people do drugs when you can instead work thousands of hours of unpaid labour to discover that you've been cited in a dissertation and two journal articles
Has anyone ever seen such a disclaimer made on a church’s website? What on earth happened in the past that made this necessary???
January 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Has anyone ever seen such a disclaimer made on a church’s website? What on earth happened in the past that made this necessary???
Matt’s out here just casually teasing the articles he’s writing that will be on all your syllabi for the next 30 years
We've just finished marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Is it too early to start thinking about the upcoming 1600th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus? Here's a start.
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A Battle by Night? A Revisionist Account of the Early Stages of the Nestorian Controversy
The present study sets forth a revisionist account of the origins of the Nestorian controversy that seeks to overturn several long-standing scholarly assumptions related to 1) the relative importance ...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Matt’s out here just casually teasing the articles he’s writing that will be on all your syllabi for the next 30 years
Please note that this is FREEEEEEEEEEE. Very limited tickets for community members, but many more tickets available for students!
Super stoked that our first event of the year in the chaplaincy centre at McMaster is a fireside chat with SHAD about music and spirituality! www.eventbrite.ca/e/spirituali...
Spirituality and...Music! With Special Guest, Shad!
"Spirituality and...” is a speaker series for university students to explore how one’s spiritual life intersects with other areas of life!
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January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Please note that this is FREEEEEEEEEEE. Very limited tickets for community members, but many more tickets available for students!
Super stoked that our first event of the year in the chaplaincy centre at McMaster is a fireside chat with SHAD about music and spirituality! www.eventbrite.ca/e/spirituali...
Spirituality and...Music! With Special Guest, Shad!
"Spirituality and...” is a speaker series for university students to explore how one’s spiritual life intersects with other areas of life!
www.eventbrite.ca
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Super stoked that our first event of the year in the chaplaincy centre at McMaster is a fireside chat with SHAD about music and spirituality! www.eventbrite.ca/e/spirituali...
No one my age ever listened to the whole Marcy Playground album, but “A Cloak of Elvenkind” was a less-abrasive nerd anthem than a lot of the Weezer tracks we were also listening to.
The Billboard Modern Rock tracks from 30 years ago
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
No one my age ever listened to the whole Marcy Playground album, but “A Cloak of Elvenkind” was a less-abrasive nerd anthem than a lot of the Weezer tracks we were also listening to.
Forest will lose this match, but to go to the second half scoreless is what I’ll call a little win. I’m sure there’s a good German word for that.
December 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Forest will lose this match, but to go to the second half scoreless is what I’ll call a little win. I’m sure there’s a good German word for that.
I have an identical twin brother, but every once in a while he'll send me a link to something on Threads
So when we say "identical" know that there's definitely a nature vs. nurture thing happening there
So when we say "identical" know that there's definitely a nature vs. nurture thing happening there
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have an identical twin brother, but every once in a while he'll send me a link to something on Threads
So when we say "identical" know that there's definitely a nature vs. nurture thing happening there
So when we say "identical" know that there's definitely a nature vs. nurture thing happening there
My secret American takeover psyop of Canada is nearing the final stage
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My secret American takeover psyop of Canada is nearing the final stage
Couldn't care less about your Spotify Wrapped, show me your LinkedIn Year in Review. How many connections did you make? What was your top skill you worked on? Who did you obsessively stalk all year? Whose posts did you show to friends because you couldn't believe the hog manure they were shovelling?
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Couldn't care less about your Spotify Wrapped, show me your LinkedIn Year in Review. How many connections did you make? What was your top skill you worked on? Who did you obsessively stalk all year? Whose posts did you show to friends because you couldn't believe the hog manure they were shovelling?
I asked my tailor if it’s possible to let out a few pairs of denim that I foolishly had taken in right after cancer shrunk me, and before the steroids made me gain all the weight back. In his English sweetened with an Iranian accent, he simply replied, “lose weight.”
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I asked my tailor if it’s possible to let out a few pairs of denim that I foolishly had taken in right after cancer shrunk me, and before the steroids made me gain all the weight back. In his English sweetened with an Iranian accent, he simply replied, “lose weight.”
Fixing your hair in the rear view mirror is the 1950s version of fixing your hair in the reflection of a puddle on the muddy ground
Fixing your hair in the zoom camera is the 2020's version of fixing your hair in the rear view mirror.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fixing your hair in the rear view mirror is the 1950s version of fixing your hair in the reflection of a puddle on the muddy ground
It's hilarious to me that very few Americans know anything about the War of 1812 and that Canadians burned down the White House, but Canada includes this as a potential question on the citizenship test.
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's hilarious to me that very few Americans know anything about the War of 1812 and that Canadians burned down the White House, but Canada includes this as a potential question on the citizenship test.
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This is literally how people rationalized nazism, and the church needs to oppose it with internal preaching and public theology that learned its lesson
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is literally how people rationalized nazism, and the church needs to oppose it with internal preaching and public theology that learned its lesson
Well. This is some welcome news!
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Well. This is some welcome news!
Spent my American Thanksgiving in Canada doing Normal Thursday Things while the Europa League scores danced across my phone’s lock screen, oblivious to my inability to watch any of the matches 🥴
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Spent my American Thanksgiving in Canada doing Normal Thursday Things while the Europa League scores danced across my phone’s lock screen, oblivious to my inability to watch any of the matches 🥴
I know I’m a white millennial academic-type, but I promise I won’t make any references to The Wire in my Christ the King homily ⚓️
a door with the words `` you come at the king , you best not miss '' written on it
ALT: a door with the words `` you come at the king , you best not miss '' written on it
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November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I know I’m a white millennial academic-type, but I promise I won’t make any references to The Wire in my Christ the King homily ⚓️
I wrote a little thing for our diocesan news about jumping back into ministry after trying not to be dead for a couple years: niagaraanglican.news/learning-to-...
Learning to be a Conduit: Returning Well Into Ministry - Niagara Anglican
I’ll admit that my time as a curate has been rather abnormal to this point. In an ideal world, if you’re headed toward the priesthood, you’re first ordained to the diaconate, serve in a parish for p...
niagaraanglican.news
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote a little thing for our diocesan news about jumping back into ministry after trying not to be dead for a couple years: niagaraanglican.news/learning-to-...
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Guys I finally found the Venn crossover between Joel Webbon and @keeganosinski.bsky.social
watching these two Christian Nationalists have a conversation and see if you can spot the part where I spit coffee all over my screen.
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Guys I finally found the Venn crossover between Joel Webbon and @keeganosinski.bsky.social
Yesterday after my homily (a bit longer, bit more nerdy one than usual), a parishioner tapped at her head and said "there's something a bit different going on there eh?" I said "Yeah, I guess I think differently about some issues than some Anglicans." And she said "no, your hair is gone." 🫠
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yesterday after my homily (a bit longer, bit more nerdy one than usual), a parishioner tapped at her head and said "there's something a bit different going on there eh?" I said "Yeah, I guess I think differently about some issues than some Anglicans." And she said "no, your hair is gone." 🫠