Christian Bell 🇺🇦
@cshbell.com
Would like to be John Ames.
More often is Jack Boughton.
@GileadSociety.com and https://gileadsociety.com
More often is Jack Boughton.
@GileadSociety.com and https://gileadsociety.com
Reposted by Christian Bell 🇺🇦
“Bethlehem today is surrounded by walls and checkpoints built by an occupier. Its residents live under a system of apartheid and fragmentation.”
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Christmas is not a Western story – it is a Palestinian one
Christmas is a story of empire, injustice and the vulnerability of ordinary people caught in its path.
www.aljazeera.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“Bethlehem today is surrounded by walls and checkpoints built by an occupier. Its residents live under a system of apartheid and fragmentation.”
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
The GIF of Willem Dafoe looking up into the sky with fright is how I picture the shepherds in Luke 2.
December 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The GIF of Willem Dafoe looking up into the sky with fright is how I picture the shepherds in Luke 2.
Whatever to make of this strange season, in this quiet morning I have time to myself with a coffee and a Ukrainian babka and dad’s Bible, and even through tears as I read the familiar passage, it is well with me.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Whatever to make of this strange season, in this quiet morning I have time to myself with a coffee and a Ukrainian babka and dad’s Bible, and even through tears as I read the familiar passage, it is well with me.
Repeat the sounding joy! 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Repeat the sounding joy! 🎄
“I treasure the tears. They are the memories and the knowledge that I carry of Tyler. I will cry those tears into a lake that I can look into and see him looking back at me.”
A masterpiece by my friend @adamfpetty.bsky.social: verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
A masterpiece by my friend @adamfpetty.bsky.social: verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
The Best of 2025: Oops, All Superlatives!
Don't make me choose
verydistantlands.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“I treasure the tears. They are the memories and the knowledge that I carry of Tyler. I will cry those tears into a lake that I can look into and see him looking back at me.”
A masterpiece by my friend @adamfpetty.bsky.social: verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
A masterpiece by my friend @adamfpetty.bsky.social: verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-best-o...
“At least the days will start getting a little brighter from now on,” he whispered to himself hopefully.
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“At least the days will start getting a little brighter from now on,” he whispered to himself hopefully.
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The Gospel plain and simple.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Gospel plain and simple.
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Yesterday would have been my brother's 41st birthday.
Still hurts. Always will. verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
Still hurts. Always will. verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
The phantom train
Tyler Joseph Petty 1984-2025
verydistantlands.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Yesterday would have been my brother's 41st birthday.
Still hurts. Always will. verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
Still hurts. Always will. verydistantlands.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
Main reason I have rarely referred to the current person in the White House by their official title is that it is not earned exclusively through election, but also requires propriety and wisdom equivalent to the stature of that office. Lacking that, I do not accord him the title.
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Main reason I have rarely referred to the current person in the White House by their official title is that it is not earned exclusively through election, but also requires propriety and wisdom equivalent to the stature of that office. Lacking that, I do not accord him the title.
Reposted by Christian Bell 🇺🇦
Robert Hamilton Bell, 1933–2025.
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert Hamilton Bell, 1933–2025.
Drawing on an idea from @philipchristman.bsky.social this week (open.substack.com/pub/philipch...), and though losing my father is the center of the story, a year in images:
• Underworld × Chicago
• Best friends
• Norway
• One of my final visits with mom and dad, with the fire of eternity in the sky
• Underworld × Chicago
• Best friends
• Norway
• One of my final visits with mom and dad, with the fire of eternity in the sky
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Drawing on an idea from @philipchristman.bsky.social this week (open.substack.com/pub/philipch...), and though losing my father is the center of the story, a year in images:
• Underworld × Chicago
• Best friends
• Norway
• One of my final visits with mom and dad, with the fire of eternity in the sky
• Underworld × Chicago
• Best friends
• Norway
• One of my final visits with mom and dad, with the fire of eternity in the sky
Dishwasher broke, so it’s a full afternoon of washing dishes. Better in the winter, at least, when I’m not missing a beautiful summer day or a nice afternoon for flying.
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Dishwasher broke, so it’s a full afternoon of washing dishes. Better in the winter, at least, when I’m not missing a beautiful summer day or a nice afternoon for flying.
I did the best I could to honor one of the most important people in my life ❤️🩹
www.horancares.com/obituaries/r...
www.horancares.com/obituaries/r...
Robert Hamilton Bell Obituary November 24, 2025 - Horan & McConaty Funeral Service and Cremation
View Robert Hamilton Bell's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
www.horancares.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I did the best I could to honor one of the most important people in my life ❤️🩹
www.horancares.com/obituaries/r...
www.horancares.com/obituaries/r...
Writing my father’s obituary is one of the harder things I’ve had to do in life.
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Writing my father’s obituary is one of the harder things I’ve had to do in life.
Nobody tell the Italians but I’m drinking a cappuccino after noon and it is *fabulous*.
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nobody tell the Italians but I’m drinking a cappuccino after noon and it is *fabulous*.
An under-discussed aspect of grief is how exhausting it is. I am tired *all the time* now.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
An under-discussed aspect of grief is how exhausting it is. I am tired *all the time* now.
Dad died this evening. My mother, brother, and sister-in-law were with him. He died peacefully.
Thanks be to God for his life.
Thanks be to God for his life.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Dad died this evening. My mother, brother, and sister-in-law were with him. He died peacefully.
Thanks be to God for his life.
Thanks be to God for his life.
Dad is in hospice now. We’d surely appreciate your prayers.
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Dad is in hospice now. We’d surely appreciate your prayers.
Something Evangelical churches do so well is invite people to pray for their salvation, to desire it, to cherish it, and celebrate it. A woman in front of us this morning leaned over to her friend and whispered, “I prayed,” and the friend gave her the biggest, most joyful hug. Thanks be to God.
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Something Evangelical churches do so well is invite people to pray for their salvation, to desire it, to cherish it, and celebrate it. A woman in front of us this morning leaned over to her friend and whispered, “I prayed,” and the friend gave her the biggest, most joyful hug. Thanks be to God.
My dad is in the hospital and I’d surely appreciate your prayers for his recovery.
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My dad is in the hospital and I’d surely appreciate your prayers for his recovery.
No kings, but also 👑 👑
Tarik Skubal claims his second straight AL Cy Young award. www.blessyouboys.com/detroit-tige...
Tarik Skubal claims his second consecutive AL Cy Young award
Skubal becomes the 12th pitcher and fourth southpaw to take home back-to-back Cy Young awards.
www.blessyouboys.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
No kings, but also 👑 👑
How genuinely embarrassing that most congressional Democrats are unaware the Pax Obama ended eight years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How genuinely embarrassing that most congressional Democrats are unaware the Pax Obama ended eight years ago.