Matthew 🌹
@emjayveeem.bsky.social
“A whimsical mix of deep thoughts and delightful absurdity, like a snowflake made of existential dread." - blueskyroast
Pastor, therapist, faithful lefty.
http://matthewvanm.com
https://matthewvanm.substack.com
Pastor, therapist, faithful lefty.
http://matthewvanm.com
https://matthewvanm.substack.com
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"No room at the inn tells us that this Christ is going to be the one for all for whom there is no room".
If you enjoy my #LectionaryPrayers- a bonus #Christmas sermon! Ideas for Christmas preachers, and an insight for anyone who wonders why Christians bother with those odd Christmas stories!
If you enjoy my #LectionaryPrayers- a bonus #Christmas sermon! Ideas for Christmas preachers, and an insight for anyone who wonders why Christians bother with those odd Christmas stories!
No room at the inn- a sermon for a Christmas Eve Watchnight service
This is a sermon I preached on Christmas Eve 2022- the last Watchnight sermon I preached before Long Covid forced my retirement. It would need a little updating to use today, yet I think it still holds up in 2025. It reflects my conviction that the incarnation is not a fairy story for children, but the ground of Christian hope in a God of love who acts for justice their world.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"No room at the inn tells us that this Christ is going to be the one for all for whom there is no room".
If you enjoy my #LectionaryPrayers- a bonus #Christmas sermon! Ideas for Christmas preachers, and an insight for anyone who wonders why Christians bother with those odd Christmas stories!
If you enjoy my #LectionaryPrayers- a bonus #Christmas sermon! Ideas for Christmas preachers, and an insight for anyone who wonders why Christians bother with those odd Christmas stories!
I had to change a battery and it was one of those button cells that despite having loads of them you never have the specific one you need. But, reader, today I had the right one!!
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I had to change a battery and it was one of those button cells that despite having loads of them you never have the specific one you need. But, reader, today I had the right one!!
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Strengths: works well under pressure
Weaknesses: doesn’t work otherwise
Weaknesses: doesn’t work otherwise
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Strengths: works well under pressure
Weaknesses: doesn’t work otherwise
Weaknesses: doesn’t work otherwise
Our son would have starved to death if we continued to try to breastfeed. Formula saved his life.
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Our son would have starved to death if we continued to try to breastfeed. Formula saved his life.
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Happy St Nick’s Day
Where my kids get chocolate
And perhaps something to prepare for Xmas that they need (movie, puzzle, craft)
Wayyy better than elf on the shelf if you are looking for a tradition
Where my kids get chocolate
And perhaps something to prepare for Xmas that they need (movie, puzzle, craft)
Wayyy better than elf on the shelf if you are looking for a tradition
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy St Nick’s Day
Where my kids get chocolate
And perhaps something to prepare for Xmas that they need (movie, puzzle, craft)
Wayyy better than elf on the shelf if you are looking for a tradition
Where my kids get chocolate
And perhaps something to prepare for Xmas that they need (movie, puzzle, craft)
Wayyy better than elf on the shelf if you are looking for a tradition
A few years ago I almost moved to Europe. The fact that I didn’t was a great disappointment to me. And now the fact that we are governed by a moronic malignant narcissist has made it exponentially worse.
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A few years ago I almost moved to Europe. The fact that I didn’t was a great disappointment to me. And now the fact that we are governed by a moronic malignant narcissist has made it exponentially worse.
I think more boomers should thank us for supporting them since we’ll be lucky to get half of what we should have gotten from social security.
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I think more boomers should thank us for supporting them since we’ll be lucky to get half of what we should have gotten from social security.
Whaaaaaaat? Pete Hegseth is a war criminal? Who could have seen this coming? I mean, anyone from 500 miles away who also has severe myopia.
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Whaaaaaaat? Pete Hegseth is a war criminal? Who could have seen this coming? I mean, anyone from 500 miles away who also has severe myopia.
Over on threads there’s someone with a bachelor’s degree who had taken at least a class or two in psychology trying to argue with me to make a point. And he gives the evidence of a Wikipedia article.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Over on threads there’s someone with a bachelor’s degree who had taken at least a class or two in psychology trying to argue with me to make a point. And he gives the evidence of a Wikipedia article.
I really miss the 90s
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I really miss the 90s
did COVID accelerate burnout for anyone else or is it just me?
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
did COVID accelerate burnout for anyone else or is it just me?
I’ve found that if I don’t stop, I don’t have time to feel dead inside. So, as long as I keep working nonstop, things will be okay, right?
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ve found that if I don’t stop, I don’t have time to feel dead inside. So, as long as I keep working nonstop, things will be okay, right?
Today’s hot take: I think the MBTI is worthwhile and does not deserve all the hate it gets.
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today’s hot take: I think the MBTI is worthwhile and does not deserve all the hate it gets.
I often wish my predecessors didn’t have such great executive functioning.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I often wish my predecessors didn’t have such great executive functioning.
I’ve thought that I have hit the depths of burnout but just when you think you hit the bottom, you near a knock from below you.
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I’ve thought that I have hit the depths of burnout but just when you think you hit the bottom, you near a knock from below you.
Totally forgot it’s ADHD awareness month. Somehow that seems like it checks out.
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Totally forgot it’s ADHD awareness month. Somehow that seems like it checks out.
I was opposed to ABS in MLB, but after watching this umpire who is clearly a cubs fan, I’m warming to the idea
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I was opposed to ABS in MLB, but after watching this umpire who is clearly a cubs fan, I’m warming to the idea
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Pacifism’s a very difficult concept in the Gospels
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Pacifism’s a very difficult concept in the Gospels
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts
Hegseth has some real SDE
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hegseth has some real SDE
I love the news that Canadians are avoiding American goods. Keep it up. Crash our economy. I’m being serious. This is the only way we will learn anything.
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I love the news that Canadians are avoiding American goods. Keep it up. Crash our economy. I’m being serious. This is the only way we will learn anything.
I got an email advertising an ADHD Certification. My friend, I have it naturally. I don't need a certification to get ADHD.
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I got an email advertising an ADHD Certification. My friend, I have it naturally. I don't need a certification to get ADHD.
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My friend’s autistic friend said: “'I'd like to let you all know that I now consider autistic a slur, and I want to be known as a Tylenol-American.’”
September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My friend’s autistic friend said: “'I'd like to let you all know that I now consider autistic a slur, and I want to be known as a Tylenol-American.’”
I was really REALLY hoping we’d be free of the evangelicals by now.
September 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was really REALLY hoping we’d be free of the evangelicals by now.
Someone really needs to share who discovered time travel to give pregnant mothers Tylenol decades before it was invented. The low key time travel is real is the ACTUAL news.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Someone really needs to share who discovered time travel to give pregnant mothers Tylenol decades before it was invented. The low key time travel is real is the ACTUAL news.
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(Autism existed before Tylenol)
September 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
(Autism existed before Tylenol)