(sadly probably not all states, but I suspect a good chunk of them at least, including most of the heavy hitters - CA, IL, NY)

*whistles in "Things Various State Labor/Equal Rights Departments would Probably Love to Hear More About"*

Grew up WELS, left for evangelical, then left again for 20 years of no church at all. Came to the Episcopalian church this year and bawled my way through the whole service. After being told for year after year that people like me weren't welcome in the church, it felt like finally coming home.

Also Baptists vs Methodists

Made family gatherings...exciting.

Hell...even as early as the 90s, when I was actively a Lutheran, the WI Evengelical Lutheran and Missouri synods, both famously conservative even at the time, weren't in communion with *each other*.

I was literally told that I could not take communition at the MO synod church or I would go to hell.

Had to run and check and make sure I already had my preorder in - and yes I did!

“There’s little enough that can’t be done with hard work, dedication, and the secret name of God.”

Absolutely my favorite of the Easton books so far. Read it while on a trip to visit my partner, then went and reread the whole series. <3

Love it. Have read it twice already.

I read the part where Anja is considering how you could possibly use [spoiler] to increase the supply of medicines, and all I could think was "my dear Healer, you are going to be *fascinated* when you encounter molecular chirality"

One of the things I love about Tumblr is the Northerners providing hints on surviving the cold/snow to Southerners, who turn around and providing tips on dealing with heat/humidity to the North. There's a couple of great posts that circulate on the regular every winter + summer.

Even though I know so many wonderful people of faith, who share things that resonate so strongly with me, and who really follow in Jesus' footsteps. Even though I know that not all churches are like that.

I can't forget that our church drew a line and left me on the outside, and her on the inside

Fred's message has not changed in 15 years.

Her party, her faith, her heart? That's what's changed.

And that's what I can never forgive our church for. That's why, in my heart of hearts, I don't think I can ever go back.

A decade ago, I remember sharing it with my mother, a devout Republican. She agreed it was beautiful, but didn't understand why it meant so much to me, when I wasn't a church-goer anymore.

If I shared it with her now, she'd find it unbearably political. It would anger her.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Yeah, very much got a "demons don't have gender, but I personally find male bodies much more awkward and honestly would just rather not"

Love Wisdom. Excited for the possibility of an asexual Wisdom/Judith??? relationship

One of my favorite bits of Paladin's Faith :)

And it's a new year, so time for a reread of that series!

I moved July of 2023, and I'm down to two unpacked boxes, a handful of hampers of chaos, and the aspirational pile of unsorted supplies on the table in the craft room/library.

Not sure it would really feel like my place if I unpacked everything finally...

Have hit the stage of trying to negotiate with the wailing cat. “Sweetie, I know. You think if you yell loud enough, the world will change. I’ve been trying that for forty-seven years and it hasn’t worked for me either.”