David Rowe
@mrdavidrowe.bsky.social
School Chaplain, Anglican priest, immigrant to the US, panoramic Trinitarian. I wrote 'The Proverbs of Middle-earth' and like to paraphrase the Psalms.
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Holiday sale ads making you frantic? Retreat with me to the leisurely Southfarthing with new prints today of this rarely-glimpsed and very special region of the Shire. More links in comments! #Tolkien #TolkienArt #OldWinyards #OldToby #Hobbits www.miriamellis.com/product-page...
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Holiday sale ads making you frantic? Retreat with me to the leisurely Southfarthing with new prints today of this rarely-glimpsed and very special region of the Shire. More links in comments! #Tolkien #TolkienArt #OldWinyards #OldToby #Hobbits www.miriamellis.com/product-page...
There is approximately 300% too much food here. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There is approximately 300% too much food here. Happy Thanksgiving!
Couldn’t put this in our salad. Too alive!
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Couldn’t put this in our salad. Too alive!
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The Christian ought to “know your enemy” so that they might better love them.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Christian ought to “know your enemy” so that they might better love them.
10 years ago, an old friend told me she wanted to find her faith again but didn’t know how. We met online weekly for 3 months, by which time she’d started praying again; 6 months later she’d joined a church and was writing worship songs.
Don’t give up on your "ex-Christian" friends.
Don’t give up on your "ex-Christian" friends.
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
10 years ago, an old friend told me she wanted to find her faith again but didn’t know how. We met online weekly for 3 months, by which time she’d started praying again; 6 months later she’d joined a church and was writing worship songs.
Don’t give up on your "ex-Christian" friends.
Don’t give up on your "ex-Christian" friends.
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Locations of Lord of the Rings places. 🏔️
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Locations of Lord of the Rings places. 🏔️
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Was talking to a friend this week and she said her timeline is all church controversies and I said mine is all birds and I think mine wins.
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Was talking to a friend this week and she said her timeline is all church controversies and I said mine is all birds and I think mine wins.
Before ordination, you go through a long 'discernment process' wherein your brothers and sisters prayerfully work through your calling with you.
I wish we (the Church) did something like this for all believers, not just clergy vocations. Knowing your calling is for everyone!
I wish we (the Church) did something like this for all believers, not just clergy vocations. Knowing your calling is for everyone!
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Before ordination, you go through a long 'discernment process' wherein your brothers and sisters prayerfully work through your calling with you.
I wish we (the Church) did something like this for all believers, not just clergy vocations. Knowing your calling is for everyone!
I wish we (the Church) did something like this for all believers, not just clergy vocations. Knowing your calling is for everyone!
Been thinking about the times in my life when I had most adventures and from which I have the most stories to tell. The common factors? I was out of my comfort zone following God, and almost penniless.
It's almost as if safety, ease, and affluence breeds bland, tepid dullness.
It's almost as if safety, ease, and affluence breeds bland, tepid dullness.
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Been thinking about the times in my life when I had most adventures and from which I have the most stories to tell. The common factors? I was out of my comfort zone following God, and almost penniless.
It's almost as if safety, ease, and affluence breeds bland, tepid dullness.
It's almost as if safety, ease, and affluence breeds bland, tepid dullness.
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Today, November 1st, is All Saints’ Day. All Saints is the second most common church dedication in England, after St Mary. In rural Derbyshire, we care for a church with this very common dedication: All Saints', Ballidon.
📷© CB Newham
📷© CB Newham
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today, November 1st, is All Saints’ Day. All Saints is the second most common church dedication in England, after St Mary. In rural Derbyshire, we care for a church with this very common dedication: All Saints', Ballidon.
📷© CB Newham
📷© CB Newham
One of my favourite things about the US is that I have never heard of most of these.
October 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
One of my favourite things about the US is that I have never heard of most of these.
'Gafcon has re-ordered the Anglican Communion by restoring its original structure as a fellowship of autonomous provinces bound together by the Formularies of the Reformation... we are now the Global Anglican Communion.'
Quite a big deal. Time to pray.
gafcon.org/communique-u...
Quite a big deal. Time to pray.
gafcon.org/communique-u...
The Future Has Arrived - GAFCON: Global Anglicans
To our dear Anglican brothers and sisters in Christ. Grace and peace to you in the name of our risen Lord Jesus Christ, on the Commemoration of the martyrdom of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. The f...
gafcon.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
'Gafcon has re-ordered the Anglican Communion by restoring its original structure as a fellowship of autonomous provinces bound together by the Formularies of the Reformation... we are now the Global Anglican Communion.'
Quite a big deal. Time to pray.
gafcon.org/communique-u...
Quite a big deal. Time to pray.
gafcon.org/communique-u...
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A Brief History of Let’s Bring Back The Good Old Days
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October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A Brief History of Let’s Bring Back The Good Old Days
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Curry < Leftover curry the next day
October 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Curry < Leftover curry the next day
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I think we should call it 2 Civil 2 War
ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Texas National Guard troops have arrived at an Army Reserve center south of Chicago ahead of expected deployment.
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I think we should call it 2 Civil 2 War
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The "Department of Homeland Security" which is living up to its Orwellian name has posted a video on Facebook of agents arresting (alleged) illegal aliens and titled the video "Bag it. Tag it. Take it down."
This is grotesque. Even assuming every person in the video committed some criminal act,
This is grotesque. Even assuming every person in the video committed some criminal act,
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The "Department of Homeland Security" which is living up to its Orwellian name has posted a video on Facebook of agents arresting (alleged) illegal aliens and titled the video "Bag it. Tag it. Take it down."
This is grotesque. Even assuming every person in the video committed some criminal act,
This is grotesque. Even assuming every person in the video committed some criminal act,
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I've been thinking about Patricia Routledge; wondering why she stands out to me from other theatrical greats. I think it is at least in part because she came to prominence (in the TV world at least) in middle age: A Woman of No Importance, Kitty, Mrs Bucket, Hetty Wainthrop, etc.
October 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I've been thinking about Patricia Routledge; wondering why she stands out to me from other theatrical greats. I think it is at least in part because she came to prominence (in the TV world at least) in middle age: A Woman of No Importance, Kitty, Mrs Bucket, Hetty Wainthrop, etc.
*Any new LOTR thing is announced*
Me: *braces himself, expects the worst*
Me: *braces himself, expects the worst*
*Any new LOTR thing is announced*
Me: Ok but what part of the Silmarillion is it based on? Is it canonical with the Lost Tales?
Me: Ok but what part of the Silmarillion is it based on? Is it canonical with the Lost Tales?
*Any new LOTR thing is announced*
Me: Ok but does it involve dragons
Me: Ok but does it involve dragons
September 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
*Any new LOTR thing is announced*
Me: *braces himself, expects the worst*
Me: *braces himself, expects the worst*
A school anecdote from this morning.
"Wow, what's that?"
"I made it on our 3D printer. It's for the play."
"What is it?"
"Testicles!"
"I beg your pardon? What did you say?"
"Testicles!"
"For the play?"
"Yes, for the octopus!"
These conversations actually do happen :)
"Wow, what's that?"
"I made it on our 3D printer. It's for the play."
"What is it?"
"Testicles!"
"I beg your pardon? What did you say?"
"Testicles!"
"For the play?"
"Yes, for the octopus!"
These conversations actually do happen :)
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A school anecdote from this morning.
"Wow, what's that?"
"I made it on our 3D printer. It's for the play."
"What is it?"
"Testicles!"
"I beg your pardon? What did you say?"
"Testicles!"
"For the play?"
"Yes, for the octopus!"
These conversations actually do happen :)
"Wow, what's that?"
"I made it on our 3D printer. It's for the play."
"What is it?"
"Testicles!"
"I beg your pardon? What did you say?"
"Testicles!"
"For the play?"
"Yes, for the octopus!"
These conversations actually do happen :)
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In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich."
A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."
A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich."
A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."
A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."
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Arise, Arise, Riders of Théoden! 🥰
September 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Arise, Arise, Riders of Théoden! 🥰
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Social media amplifies our worst tendencies: bloodlust, baseless speculation, the hunger for vengeance. We were not made to see people repeatedly murdered on camera. We were not meant to read every person's unfiltered opinions. It is corrosive to the soul.
September 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Social media amplifies our worst tendencies: bloodlust, baseless speculation, the hunger for vengeance. We were not made to see people repeatedly murdered on camera. We were not meant to read every person's unfiltered opinions. It is corrosive to the soul.
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The iconic voice behind this scene!
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The iconic voice behind this scene!
