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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 17h

👉 I have often said that headlines shape our imaginations before we even read the story. In the rush of today’s 24/7 news cycle, those few bolded words at the top of the page can frame entire communities in ways that linger for years.📰

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Headlines Of Faith: When Media Gets It Wrong (and Right)

Media headlines shape how faith is seen—for better or worse. Here's why telling the full story matters for communities of belief and the public good.

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Mary Pezzulo @marypezzulo.bsky.social · 17h

The boilerplate. In the middle of the month is the best time to visit the tip jar or get a paid substack subscription, because it's when all the bills are due! Thank you to my readers, more writing is coming soon!

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Blogkeeping Notes For Fall 2025

Hi friends, This isn't a real post. This is just my every-few-months blogkeeping post, to help you keep track of what I've been up to and how to

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 18h

👉"Empathy, compassion and self-control – these are probably some of the most important things we want to teach our children. We want to raise a generation that knows how to love and to be loved. A generation with their hearts set in the right place so that they..."

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Are Digital Devices Corrupting Children’s Hearts?

How do we protect our children’s hearts in this digital age? Should technology be avoided to develop empathy, compassion and self-control?

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Thumper Forge @fivefoldlaw.bsky.social · 18h

LOOK WHAT OFFICIALLY EXISTS. Splattering onto shelves November 8, currently available for pre-order. (Link in the comments.) 🎉 #TheChaosApple #DiscordianWitchcraft

A bearded person wearing a black kufi with thin gold stripes and a blue-and-white checkered button-down shirt holds up a copy of the book THE CHAOS APPLE: MAGIC AND DISCORDIANISM FOR THE POSTMODERN WITCH.

Patheos.com @patheos.com · 19h

"Interfaith marriage remains a complex and sensitive topic in contemporary and postmodern societies. In the modern globalised world, Interfaith marriages are not just a symbol for liberalism but also inevitable. While ideals of equality and mutual respect in such..."✍️
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Interfaith Harmony Through A Dharmic Lens: Katrina & Vicky - Hindu Indigeneity

A Dharmic analysis of Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal’s interfaith marriage, highlighting Hindu inclusivity, spiritual freedom, and interfaith harmony in India. %

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 1d

👉"Today, the word leprosy indicates what is also called Hansen’s disease (after Gerhard Hansen, who in 1873 discovered Mycobacterium lepræ, one of two microörganisms which can cause the disease—the other is M. lepromatosis). It typically causes sufferers an..."

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The Cleansing Of The Ten Lepers

Scratch 'n' Sniff I've touched on the topic of leprosy before, back when I was doing the Gospel of Mark. (Please be aware, there are one or two

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 1d

"There is a lot to be said for Iceland. It is, as an example, considered one of the happiest nations on earth. It enjoys an enviably high level of gender equality. The volcano that Arne Saknussemm went down to journey to the center of the earth is visible from..."
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Comments On A Zen Koan

Found in Blake’s grain of sand, a grain sacred to those tiny gods, the gods of this very moment, of this very place.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 1d

"After a period of silence, particularly here at Cloistered Corridors, the quiet of my practice has been shattered. No, not by distraction, but by a moral imperative too loud for me to ignore. The life of a contemplative is not an escape from the world, but a..."🍊🍺

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Sacred Anger: Resisting Tyranny

After a period of silence, particularly here at Cloistered Corridors, the quiet of my practice has been shattered. No, not by...

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 1d

"Okay, I know I usually talk about creative arts ministry, but today I would like to talk about the band that changed something for me, a little three-piece from Toronto known as Rush. Now I know they are not a Christian band, but that’s not what hit the younger..."
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Rush Is Back! A Tale Of Inspiration

Rush is the band that helped me to decide not to give up on my dream of making art and telling stories. Who will you inspire?

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 2d

"October 7th: The Day My Everything Changed⏰

Two years ago, on October 7th, my world changed—and so did I.
It is a date that will forever define how my soul sees life: everything is either before or after October 7th.

Loss and the longing to live anew breathe..."

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Fear And Hope: Reflections Two Years Post Oct 7th

October 7th: The Day My Everything Changed Two years ago, on October 7th, my world changed—and so did I. It is a date that will forever define how my soul Two years after Oct 7 in Israel, my reflectio...

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 2d

👉"Moral outrage has its place—don’t get me wrong. 📖Biblical prophets and modern social justice ⚖️ advocates share a justifiable outrage over the exploitation of the poor and marginalization of the oppressed.👀 Just as there was a time for Jesus to flip the tables..."

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How To Retune Your Algorithm For Spiritual Peace

In these political times, it seems like everybody is outraged on social media. It’s time to retune your algorithm for spiritual peace.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 2d

"Time is a funny thing. When examining past events, a year can seem like worlds away, yet when you really think about it, a year is really not that long ago. When you look at time through the lens of eternity…
Four years ago, Kristin and I signed the papers that..."
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Almost A 1000 Years Ago Christianity Split In Half - Catholic Bard

Nearly a millennium ago, the Great Schism reshaped Christianity—dividing East and West over theology, authority, and culture in ways that still echo through faith and history today.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 2d

"Did you know that the first recorded person in human history to die was a man named Abel?☠️

He was the second-born son of Adam and Eve.

He was murdered by his older brother, Cain.

Genesis 4 records this story.📖

Genesis 4:3 In the course of time, Cain brought..."
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Charlie Kirk, A Modern Day Abel

Charlie Kirk’s life on earth was measured in thirty-one short years and leaves behind a grieving wife, Erika, and two young children, but his faith and words live on, like Abel.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 2d

🏀"Jonathan Isaac is the latest National Basketball Association (NBA) player I’ve chosen to highlight for Patheos. One reason is that the 2025-2026 NBA season begins on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. As a huge basketball fan, I’m excited to see how Jonathan and other..."
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Jonathan Isaac, Magic Foward, Stands Through The Gospel

Jonathan Isaac finds the courage to stand by his beliefs through the Gospel. He believes this helps believers fulfill God's plan for them.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 4d

If you or someone close to you has a chronic illness, defined as “a health condition lasting a year or more, limiting daily activities and requiring ongoing medical attention,” you know what I mean by a secret life. If you don’t know, well, it’s because it’s a secret.
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The Secret Life Of Chronic Illness

The secret life of chronic illness. Chronic illness is often endured in secret and requires a great deal of strength and creativity.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 5d

"There’s a lot to be angry about on the antisocial social media. Keyboard warriors posting things they would never say to your face. I’ll be honest, In many ways I have had enough. If I had a dollar for every time I have written a comment and immediately deleted..."
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Combatting Negativity: Overcoming Antisocial Media

Combatting Negativity: Overcoming Antisocial Media The best way to overcome negativity is to flood the world with positivity.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 5d

🤔 As I’ve really pondered how I define “enduring to the end,” I realized that I’ve often felt it was a passive phrase. I was wrong.

While studying the Doctrine and Covenants recently, “endure to the end” suddenly became much more active to me.

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Enduring To The End At The Chapel In Grand Blanc, Michigan

Enduring to the end, the Welcome Visitors plaque remained, it lasted, & its message, surrounded by charred scars, depicts suffering patiently.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 5d

"If you’re a preacher who’s addressed a contemporary social issue in a sermon, you may have received negative pushback. In a survey my team and I conducted this year about ministry, preaching, and social issues, clergy who experienced backlash to their sermons..."

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How To Handle Sermon Pushback On Social Justice Issues

Here are tips and suggestions for responding to sermon pushback when addressing social issues in your preaching.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 6d

🌿🐒 The world mourns the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall — scientist, conservationist, messenger of peace. Her life taught us that every creature matters and every choice makes a difference.

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Jane Goodall Memorial | A Life of Science, Spirit, and Compassion

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Jeff McLain @jeffmclain.bsky.social · 7d

“Once you recognize that church was never meant to be a spectator event, you’ll never be satisfied with less.”

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A Dangerous Reminder: Synagogues & The Shape Of Shared Faith

Exploring a first-century synagogue reminds us that early worship was participatory, communal, and shaped by shared faith in Christ.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 8d

"Christians are hardly strangers to persecution. From the visit of the Wise Men to King Herod, down to modern times, people outside of the faith have perceived believers in Jesus as either a threat to “the establishment,” or as somehow “less than” because of their..."
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Latter-day Saint Persecution And The Call To Healing

The Michigan church shooting against Latter-day Saints echoes a long history of persecution—and reveals why healing begins with understanding, not hate.

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 8d

"Which Bible should you read?❓ What is the key to selecting a good Bible version? If you are new at Bible reading, you might be wondering such questions. As a Bible translator, here are my suggestions."📚

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Which Bible Should I Read? Selecting A Good Bible Version

Which Bible should you read? What is the key to selecting a good Bible version? If you are new at Bible reading, you might be wondering

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elisi @tsitsilagi.bsky.social · 8d

Trump sends troops to our cities and America becomes a military dictatorship. His excuse is that there is something called "Antifa," a supposed terrorist organization. Trump says this and MAGA believes is even though there is NO such organization as "Antifa." It does not exist. He made it up.

Trump To Generals: Use America's Cities For Training Grounds

Trump just showed all of us two black swans. In a speech to America's generals, he told them that he wanted the military to use America's cities as

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 9d

"Recently, influencer Carlos Whittaker posted on Instagram that rage is a drug, and your phone is the needle. If that’s so, what is the cure? Of course, Whittaker doesn’t mean just your phone, but whatever device you use to consume media, and especially social media."
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Carlos Whittaker: Rage Is The Drug—Your Phone Is The Needle

Recently, influencer Carlos Whittaker posted on Instagram that rage is a drug, and your phone is the needle. If that’s so, what is the cure?

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Patheos.com @patheos.com · 9d

“We must all condemn political violence,” everyone said.

And thus, because the verb “condemn” is a speech-act, a “performative utterance,” everyone did as they said. The deed was performed in utterance, and “political violence” was, in fact, condemned by everyone.

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Good For Us All For Saying That Murder Is Bad

The unanimous condemnation of murder is encouraging. Our inability to recognize that this condemnation is unanimous is not.

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