Dalton Rushing
@daltonrushing.com
“Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest” (Mark Twain). United Methodist Christian. Senior Pastor, http://decaturfirst.org.
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Discourse commence. 📕
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Discourse commence. 📕
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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Irony is dead.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Irony is dead.
Hi. It’s me.
Man Has Never Given Single Definitive Yes To Any Invitation He's Ever Received https://theonion.com/man-has-never-given-single-definitive-yes-to-any-invita-1819575360/
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hi. It’s me.
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young lady I believe I’ve been very clear about how much diggity is allowed around here
September 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
young lady I believe I’ve been very clear about how much diggity is allowed around here
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
A remastered EIGHT PART Beatles documentary with a NEW NINTH episode is coming out this week, so I’m rewatching the Abbey Road Studios doc tonight and it feels like CHRISTMAS EVE
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A remastered EIGHT PART Beatles documentary with a NEW NINTH episode is coming out this week, so I’m rewatching the Abbey Road Studios doc tonight and it feels like CHRISTMAS EVE
Do I have to work tomorrow? Yes. But are my kids out of school this week, is there a new episode of Make Some Noise on @dropout.tv, did I for some reason buy a box of generic nilla wafers from aldi yesterday? Also YES YES YES MIDDLE AGE IS THE BEST Y’ALL
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Do I have to work tomorrow? Yes. But are my kids out of school this week, is there a new episode of Make Some Noise on @dropout.tv, did I for some reason buy a box of generic nilla wafers from aldi yesterday? Also YES YES YES MIDDLE AGE IS THE BEST Y’ALL
Well, this was a pretty lovely thread to discover.
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Well, this was a pretty lovely thread to discover.
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The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The US Coast Guard issues a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika, just hours after The Washington Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under new guidelines. wapo.st/4rdDQew
I recently re-listened to the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I don't reread books; I certainly don't re-listen. But this one may deserve a third hearing. It's THAT good.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I recently re-listened to the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I don't reread books; I certainly don't re-listen. But this one may deserve a third hearing. It's THAT good.
Y'all I just learned Craigslist still exists, and I thought you should know
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Y'all I just learned Craigslist still exists, and I thought you should know
⬇️ I wish this surprised me but based on what I know it’s accurate. And this kind of harassment happens even now, even today, in all spheres of life.
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
⬇️ I wish this surprised me but based on what I know it’s accurate. And this kind of harassment happens even now, even today, in all spheres of life.
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
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New Gallup data shows a historic shift: only 49% of Americans now say religion is important in their daily lives, down from 66% in 2015.
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World
The 17-percentage-point drop in U.S. religiosity over the past decade is among the largest declines measured in the Gallup World Poll.
news.gallup.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New Gallup data shows a historic shift: only 49% of Americans now say religion is important in their daily lives, down from 66% in 2015.
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
Fewer Americans identify with religion, fewer attend church, and more embrace secular values every year.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...
A pastor, somewhere: "I would never use the lectionary. Nobody's going to tell me what to preach."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A pastor, somewhere: "I would never use the lectionary. Nobody's going to tell me what to preach."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
That same pastor: "Hey ChatGPT, write a sermon based on..."
Here's something I didn't learn as a kid but plan to pass on to my own kids:
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Here's something I didn't learn as a kid but plan to pass on to my own kids:
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
Don't invest in individual stocks unless it's your full-time job to trade or to build companies. Buy the index, every time.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
Why do Premium saltines come in full sleeves and Lance saltines come only in packets of two? Is there some sort of ancient curse involved?
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Why do Premium saltines come in full sleeves and Lance saltines come only in packets of two? Is there some sort of ancient curse involved?
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sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
I’m as Protestant as they come—I mean, I’m a pastor who is happily married to a clergywoman, for goodness sake-but I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that the pope is an American
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m as Protestant as they come—I mean, I’m a pastor who is happily married to a clergywoman, for goodness sake-but I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that the pope is an American