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he/him • Chinese-American • M.A. Theology • evangelical Episcopalian • Jesus says LGBTQ rights, I don't make the rules • Romans 5:8 • trying my best • benofcommonprayer.substack.com • (my handle is absolutely my real name)

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · Aug 7

At Wendy’s you can’t sub the chicken nuggets for an equivalent sandwich in their Biggie Bag combos. That’s Calvinism.

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · Aug 7

yeah it's basically used as a synonym for stern, humorless, inflexible (a cousin is "Puritan"), and then you just attach a bunch more vibes to that and boom you get "Calvinism"

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 1h

big improvement!

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THE COLLECTS ❤️

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The Collects

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 2h

2008 is leaking

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 2h

my gravestone

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a suit and tie in a room .

Alt: GIF of an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Will Smith (young man in an inside-out suit jacket, white shirt and tie) says "He a little confused, but he got the spirit." Smith is next to his cousin Carlton (shorter young man in the same style but with the suit jacket not inside-out).

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 2h

best I can do is Wilmington DE

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 2h

This feels like a sitcom B-plot. I need to know how your husband orders things

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 3h

On a simpler level I was also reflecting on the idea of fire's destructive power. Jesus burned under the cross' penalty, and He truly died, but He was not "consumed" not just in that He rose, but also in that atonement was made through an instrument that was not supposed to ever yield it.

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 3h

The fire of the bush burns but does not consume. It looks like a kind of paradox that manifests the power of God. So I was thinking just now that the cross also looks like a paradox: the scandal of the Messiah being crucified, the Son of God dying, which yet is the "power of God" cf 1 Cor 1.

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 4h

Idea: the Crucifixion as a kind of burning bush

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 5h

Presbyterian / Non-denominational / Pentecostal

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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t mind playing the academic game but in the end I became a scholar out of love for God, and there’s just not any getting around how, for me, the whole reason for being open and irenic and careful and curious and firm is a supernatural reason.

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 6h

Ack. Came to a favorite coffee shop 1.5 hours ago to read but got wrapped up in social media and emails instead. A familiar story.

I work Friday–Sunday 2–9:30 so tomorrow's my last chance of the week for a free afternoon.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 21h

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

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I understand why people *want* the police to intervene--normies are like, 'I thought cops are supposed to arrest people doing crimes, ICE is right there doing crimes, go do your thing'

but police organizations take nearly every opportunity to be like, 'oh you misunderstood what our thing is'

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 14h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 13h

The brain dead “Catholic or Christian?” understanding of Christianity has a stranglehold on American churchgoers.

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 13h

there's so much illiteracy on Christianity and that includes knowing that Protestants can and do wear clericals and vestments

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 13h

there's so much illiteracy on Christianity and that includes knowing that Protestants can and do wear clericals and vestments

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 14h

genuinely insane

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 1d

a 96 year old at my church read the Old Testament reading on Easter Day this year – Isaiah 65 – and did such a SPLENDID, refreshing job that I had to hunt her down to thank her after service

Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 1d

watching some analyses of the Truman Show and thinking about how this is a GOAT movie for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrl-...

A Different Take On The Truman Show...

YouTube video by Christopher Bingham

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Nintendo DS Lewis @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! Dad works in Manhattan. He’d often bring home challah from Zabar

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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1662ie.bsky.social @1662ie.bsky.social · 1d

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Remember, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us and not what we deserve

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✝️ orz