Ryan Higginbottom
@rhigginbottom.bsky.social
Jesus, math, sweet potato fries—these are a few of my favorite things. Also pie.
I've recently enjoyed dipping into Will Parker Anderson's podcast Writers Circle. This episode with Andy Crouch is great.
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Andy Crouch: Writing As An Act of Love: Writers Circle | Podcast Episode on Podbay
Listen to this episode of Writers Circle: 'Andy Crouch: Writing As An Act of Love' released on May 28, 2025. Stream this episode and discover all the new episodes from your favorite podcasts on Podbay...
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May 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I've recently enjoyed dipping into Will Parker Anderson's podcast Writers Circle. This episode with Andy Crouch is great.
podbay.fm/p/the-writer...
podbay.fm/p/the-writer...
My younger daughter and her friends have just discovered Rick rolling, and they're trying to "get" each other using email. So innocent and adorable.
February 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My younger daughter and her friends have just discovered Rick rolling, and they're trying to "get" each other using email. So innocent and adorable.
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Sorrow gives us a chance to see just how far we are from the fulfillment of God's promises. This is a great opportunity to grow in hope.
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Sorrow: An Engine of Christian Hope
Sadness in our lives shows us how far we are away from what God has promised. Yet this can help us long for those promises.
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January 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Sorrow gives us a chance to see just how far we are from the fulfillment of God's promises. This is a great opportunity to grow in hope.
asmallwork.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/s...
asmallwork.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/s...
Sorrow gives us a chance to see just how far we are from the fulfillment of God's promises. This is a great opportunity to grow in hope.
asmallwork.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/s...
asmallwork.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/s...
Sorrow: An Engine of Christian Hope
Sadness in our lives shows us how far we are away from what God has promised. Yet this can help us long for those promises.
asmallwork.wordpress.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Sorrow gives us a chance to see just how far we are from the fulfillment of God's promises. This is a great opportunity to grow in hope.
asmallwork.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/s...
asmallwork.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/s...
The fact that limousines still exist is kind of crazy to me.
"Let's make cars, but much much longer. And let's really focus on high school proms."
"Let's make cars, but much much longer. And let's really focus on high school proms."
January 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The fact that limousines still exist is kind of crazy to me.
"Let's make cars, but much much longer. And let's really focus on high school proms."
"Let's make cars, but much much longer. And let's really focus on high school proms."
Have you noticed? Two Christian virtues are conspicuous in their absence from the list of the fruit of the Spirit.
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Why Isn’t Hope a Fruit of the Spirit?
Hope is a gift of the Spirit, but there are good reasons it is not listed as a fruit of the Spirit.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Have you noticed? Two Christian virtues are conspicuous in their absence from the list of the fruit of the Spirit.
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Hope is a gift of the Holy Spirit but is not listed as a fruit of the Spirit. Why is that?
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January 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hope is a gift of the Holy Spirit but is not listed as a fruit of the Spirit. Why is that?
Happy most active week of the year on Goodreads to all who celebrate.
December 30, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Happy most active week of the year on Goodreads to all who celebrate.
Twas the day after Christmas
and all through the den
It looked like a hurricane
dismantled Big Ben.
and all through the den
It looked like a hurricane
dismantled Big Ben.
December 26, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Twas the day after Christmas
and all through the den
It looked like a hurricane
dismantled Big Ben.
and all through the den
It looked like a hurricane
dismantled Big Ben.
Hope is for the time between the making and keeping of a promise. In other words, Advent is the perfect time for us to grow in hope.
Advent is the Perfect Time to Grow in Hope
Hope is for the time between the making and keeping of a promise.
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December 24, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Hope is for the time between the making and keeping of a promise. In other words, Advent is the perfect time for us to grow in hope.
I love all of the lyrics to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, but especially these from the "Dayspring" verse:
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
December 24, 2024 at 12:45 AM
I love all of the lyrics to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, but especially these from the "Dayspring" verse:
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Our cat has long hair, including on her paws, so she has trouble stopping on hard wood floors and oh how I wish we'd named her Kramer.
December 23, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Our cat has long hair, including on her paws, so she has trouble stopping on hard wood floors and oh how I wish we'd named her Kramer.
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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
The difference between the Brussels sprouts of my youth (steamed to absolute death) and the Brussels sprouts of my adulthood (oven roasted to perfection) makes it feel like I'm eating two different vegetables.
December 19, 2024 at 3:27 AM
The difference between the Brussels sprouts of my youth (steamed to absolute death) and the Brussels sprouts of my adulthood (oven roasted to perfection) makes it feel like I'm eating two different vegetables.
My instinct to do some late-autumn yard work is high today, which can only mean my grades are due soon. (Wednesday!)
December 16, 2024 at 7:19 PM
My instinct to do some late-autumn yard work is high today, which can only mean my grades are due soon. (Wednesday!)
I'm listening to @nancyfrench.bsky.social's memoir Ghosted, and the David Lee Roth story is amazing.
December 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I'm listening to @nancyfrench.bsky.social's memoir Ghosted, and the David Lee Roth story is amazing.
Reluctantly crouched
Without using any words from the name of the song, say three words or less that will make a song play in everyone’s head:
It’s been
It’s been
Without using any words from the name of the song, say three words or less that will make a song play in everyone’s head.
I’ll start: Hey! Teachers!
I’ll start: Hey! Teachers!
December 9, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Reluctantly crouched
People I saw at my daughter's middle/high school band/chorus concert last night:
- chorus director in a VERY sparkly shirt
- dozens of children singing (or lip synching) only by force
- chorus director in a VERY sparkly shirt
- dozens of children singing (or lip synching) only by force
December 7, 2024 at 2:05 PM
People I saw at my daughter's middle/high school band/chorus concert last night:
- chorus director in a VERY sparkly shirt
- dozens of children singing (or lip synching) only by force
- chorus director in a VERY sparkly shirt
- dozens of children singing (or lip synching) only by force
I have a love/hate relationship with my Google Photos app. It sends me annoying notifications every 2-3 days, but the notifications are for "memories through the years" pictures of my daughters, so I am physically incapable of turning them off. 🤷♂️
December 6, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I have a love/hate relationship with my Google Photos app. It sends me annoying notifications every 2-3 days, but the notifications are for "memories through the years" pictures of my daughters, so I am physically incapable of turning them off. 🤷♂️
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on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things
December 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM
on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things
Regarding work and life outside work, most digital problems have analog solutions. (Light paraphrase of Cal Newport.)
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Regarding work and life outside work, most digital problems have analog solutions. (Light paraphrase of Cal Newport.)
It seems a good deal of project management is just . . . nagging people? (Sorry, I mean following up, circling back, checking in, etc.)
December 4, 2024 at 12:49 AM
It seems a good deal of project management is just . . . nagging people? (Sorry, I mean following up, circling back, checking in, etc.)
Okay, what's your essential Christmas movie? Not your FAVORITE necessarily, not the BEST, but what movie is critical to your holiday season?
December 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Okay, what's your essential Christmas movie? Not your FAVORITE necessarily, not the BEST, but what movie is critical to your holiday season?
The audience for a punctuation-conscious Christmas song is probably narrow, but it includes me.
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Where Is The Comma In "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Supposed To Go?
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December 2, 2024 at 12:56 AM
The audience for a punctuation-conscious Christmas song is probably narrow, but it includes me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxfx...
I was in a Chipotle bathroom yesterday and the soap dispenser said "healthy soap," and I thought that's a lot better than the alternative.
November 28, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I was in a Chipotle bathroom yesterday and the soap dispenser said "healthy soap," and I thought that's a lot better than the alternative.