Justin Rhorer
@justinrhorer.bsky.social
Pastor in the Bluegrass State | Musician | Sports fan (#BBN) | Love helping people find their faith in and after their world stops making sense.
Hard. Here’s the most meaningful ones to me as time has passed.
One By One - Foo Fighters
Joshua Tree - U2
Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot
Takk… - Sigur Ros
The Medicine - John Mark McMillan
The Lone Bellow
World Music Radio - Jon Batiste
Rushmere - Mumford & Sons
Impossible Dream - Patty Griffin
One By One - Foo Fighters
Joshua Tree - U2
Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot
Takk… - Sigur Ros
The Medicine - John Mark McMillan
The Lone Bellow
World Music Radio - Jon Batiste
Rushmere - Mumford & Sons
Impossible Dream - Patty Griffin
This is impossible and I will miss some regrettable ones, but off the top of my head:
Stankonia-OutKast
Voodoo-D’Angelo
Metamodern-Sturgill
To Pimp a Butterfly-Kendrick
MBDTW-Kanye
Tree of Forgiveness-John Prine
Bon Iver
The Nashville Sound-Isbell
Heartbreaker-Ryan Adams
Toxicity-System of a Down
Stankonia-OutKast
Voodoo-D’Angelo
Metamodern-Sturgill
To Pimp a Butterfly-Kendrick
MBDTW-Kanye
Tree of Forgiveness-John Prine
Bon Iver
The Nashville Sound-Isbell
Heartbreaker-Ryan Adams
Toxicity-System of a Down
Okay you gave the Times your ten best movies of the century, but what about your ten best ALBUMS, hmm? Hit me with that shit.
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Hard. Here’s the most meaningful ones to me as time has passed.
One By One - Foo Fighters
Joshua Tree - U2
Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot
Takk… - Sigur Ros
The Medicine - John Mark McMillan
The Lone Bellow
World Music Radio - Jon Batiste
Rushmere - Mumford & Sons
Impossible Dream - Patty Griffin
One By One - Foo Fighters
Joshua Tree - U2
Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot
Takk… - Sigur Ros
The Medicine - John Mark McMillan
The Lone Bellow
World Music Radio - Jon Batiste
Rushmere - Mumford & Sons
Impossible Dream - Patty Griffin
Christian nationalism requires a conversion from Paul back to Saul.
April 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Christian nationalism requires a conversion from Paul back to Saul.
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In all our winning, we have lost Jesus. In all our self-congratulations, we have lost our souls.
March 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In all our winning, we have lost Jesus. In all our self-congratulations, we have lost our souls.
Downright giddy reading Bonhoeffer talk about how bad the sermons are that he’s hearing while in America.
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Downright giddy reading Bonhoeffer talk about how bad the sermons are that he’s hearing while in America.
“The house is on fire!”
Facebook comment: “You know the gutter wasn’t draining properly. Something to think about.”
Facebook comment: “You know the gutter wasn’t draining properly. Something to think about.”
March 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“The house is on fire!”
Facebook comment: “You know the gutter wasn’t draining properly. Something to think about.”
Facebook comment: “You know the gutter wasn’t draining properly. Something to think about.”
I’m gathering with the Church today not to ignore or distract myself from the world, but to *see it clearly.* It is resistance - an intentional stand against both nihilistic hopelessness and cheap, religious optimism.
February 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m gathering with the Church today not to ignore or distract myself from the world, but to *see it clearly.* It is resistance - an intentional stand against both nihilistic hopelessness and cheap, religious optimism.
The chaos is intentional. It’s designed to make you afraid. Why? When you are afraid, your neighbor becomes your enemy. When you are afraid, you trust in secondhand saviors. *They are banking on your fear.* Don’t budge, kingdom people. Perfect love drives out fear. Stand firm.
January 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The chaos is intentional. It’s designed to make you afraid. Why? When you are afraid, your neighbor becomes your enemy. When you are afraid, you trust in secondhand saviors. *They are banking on your fear.* Don’t budge, kingdom people. Perfect love drives out fear. Stand firm.
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The original Psalt Bae
January 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The original Psalt Bae
You can’t reason with people who measure truth by whether it helps them. Their only orthodoxy is allegiance.
January 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You can’t reason with people who measure truth by whether it helps them. Their only orthodoxy is allegiance.
A word for today, from 1963. Feels like he’s speaking about this very moment.
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A word for today, from 1963. Feels like he’s speaking about this very moment.
A capitol rotunda Full of the world’s richest men and celebrities is a microcosm of what we’ve allowed - and what we’ve become.
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A capitol rotunda Full of the world’s richest men and celebrities is a microcosm of what we’ve allowed - and what we’ve become.
4 years ago today ; I was in bed, struggling to breathe with COVID, watching in horror as the insurrection took place in DC.
Today me and the fam are sitting at home without power while a new band of snow falls on 6 inches of snow and a layer of ice.
January 6th needs to chill.
Today me and the fam are sitting at home without power while a new band of snow falls on 6 inches of snow and a layer of ice.
January 6th needs to chill.
January 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
4 years ago today ; I was in bed, struggling to breathe with COVID, watching in horror as the insurrection took place in DC.
Today me and the fam are sitting at home without power while a new band of snow falls on 6 inches of snow and a layer of ice.
January 6th needs to chill.
Today me and the fam are sitting at home without power while a new band of snow falls on 6 inches of snow and a layer of ice.
January 6th needs to chill.
Preached 91 years ago today: “For those who are great and powerful in this world, there are two places where their courage fails them, which terrify them to the very depths of their souls, and which they dearly avoid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ… 1/2
December 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Preached 91 years ago today: “For those who are great and powerful in this world, there are two places where their courage fails them, which terrify them to the very depths of their souls, and which they dearly avoid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ… 1/2
Bart to Ralph TD pass is my new favorite sports moment
December 10, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Bart to Ralph TD pass is my new favorite sports moment
I will never understand how baseball’s revenue and popularity allow it to have such insane contracts compared to other, more popular sports.
December 9, 2024 at 11:53 PM
I will never understand how baseball’s revenue and popularity allow it to have such insane contracts compared to other, more popular sports.
Snow games are the best!
December 2, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Snow games are the best!
It’s Sufjan Christmas season.
November 26, 2024 at 11:09 PM
It’s Sufjan Christmas season.
This is so good. Looking forward to going through this with folks in our church. Thanks @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 11:38 PM
This is so good. Looking forward to going through this with folks in our church. Thanks @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social
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Don’t mistake “both-side-ism” with distinctly Christian conviction that no human soul is irredeemable.
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Don’t mistake “both-side-ism” with distinctly Christian conviction that no human soul is irredeemable.
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opening twitter vs. opening bluesky
November 16, 2024 at 11:04 PM
opening twitter vs. opening bluesky
Tomorrow I will preach and then our church will crown the third annual Chili Cook-Off Champion.
These little normal, ground-level things in the church absolutely delight me.
These little normal, ground-level things in the church absolutely delight me.
November 17, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Tomorrow I will preach and then our church will crown the third annual Chili Cook-Off Champion.
These little normal, ground-level things in the church absolutely delight me.
These little normal, ground-level things in the church absolutely delight me.
Well hello Bluesky. I’m hopeful that this platform can be a little less of a Dumpster fire than the alternative. So far, so good.
November 17, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Well hello Bluesky. I’m hopeful that this platform can be a little less of a Dumpster fire than the alternative. So far, so good.