Thomas Horrocks
@thomaslhorrocks.bsky.social
Religion, politics, and dad jokes. Opinions mine, but I’ll share them with you.
The republicans in Congress have once again proven to us that they are willing to sell out the most vulnerable among us to give a break to billionaires. Hard to think of anything less Christlike from the party that so loudly claims to represent Christian values.
July 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The republicans in Congress have once again proven to us that they are willing to sell out the most vulnerable among us to give a break to billionaires. Hard to think of anything less Christlike from the party that so loudly claims to represent Christian values.
When the question at trivia is “what are the last 5 letters of the Greek alphabet?”
a woman in a blue shirt is crawling on the floor in a store and says this is what i trained for
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is crawling on the floor in a store and says this is what i trained for
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
When the question at trivia is “what are the last 5 letters of the Greek alphabet?”
“If being kind is cringe then we are going to be cringe.”
Parenting in 2025
Parenting in 2025
February 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“If being kind is cringe then we are going to be cringe.”
Parenting in 2025
Parenting in 2025
MAGA in two pictures:
1. Elon Musk, who donated millions to Trump’s campaign, is being allowed to dismantle agencies designed to protect people, agencies that just so happened to be investigating wrongdoing in his companies. Do you think that’s a coincidence?
1. Elon Musk, who donated millions to Trump’s campaign, is being allowed to dismantle agencies designed to protect people, agencies that just so happened to be investigating wrongdoing in his companies. Do you think that’s a coincidence?
February 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
MAGA in two pictures:
1. Elon Musk, who donated millions to Trump’s campaign, is being allowed to dismantle agencies designed to protect people, agencies that just so happened to be investigating wrongdoing in his companies. Do you think that’s a coincidence?
1. Elon Musk, who donated millions to Trump’s campaign, is being allowed to dismantle agencies designed to protect people, agencies that just so happened to be investigating wrongdoing in his companies. Do you think that’s a coincidence?
Our 15 year old is keeping track of possible Taylor Swift references from the Super Bowl announcers. So far she’s heard, “Let the players play,” and “death by a thousand cuts.”
Anybody else?
Anybody else?
February 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Our 15 year old is keeping track of possible Taylor Swift references from the Super Bowl announcers. So far she’s heard, “Let the players play,” and “death by a thousand cuts.”
Anybody else?
Anybody else?
The Trump admin has reinstated an individual who posted nakedly racist comments on social media. Explicitly racist people are deeply involved in this admin. I’m not saying that everyone who supports Trump is nakedly racist, but I am saying that naked racism is not a dealbreaker.
February 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Trump admin has reinstated an individual who posted nakedly racist comments on social media. Explicitly racist people are deeply involved in this admin. I’m not saying that everyone who supports Trump is nakedly racist, but I am saying that naked racism is not a dealbreaker.
One of the most heartbreaking things about *gestures to everything* is that we are actually capable of so much better. We could choose to embrace compassion over fear, shared humanity over manufactured division, but we’ve chosen not to.
February 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
One of the most heartbreaking things about *gestures to everything* is that we are actually capable of so much better. We could choose to embrace compassion over fear, shared humanity over manufactured division, but we’ve chosen not to.
Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate in the late 4th century, complaining about Christians.
“For it is disgraceful that…the impious Galileans support not only their own poor but ours as well, all men see our people lack aid from us.”
“For it is disgraceful that…the impious Galileans support not only their own poor but ours as well, all men see our people lack aid from us.”
January 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate in the late 4th century, complaining about Christians.
“For it is disgraceful that…the impious Galileans support not only their own poor but ours as well, all men see our people lack aid from us.”
“For it is disgraceful that…the impious Galileans support not only their own poor but ours as well, all men see our people lack aid from us.”
One reason I’m so frustrated with our current political reality is that it doesn’t have to be this way. We don’t have to let the billionaire class distract and divide us by scapegoating immigrants, trans people and DEI programs while they pass tax cuts for themselves and pad their profit margins.
January 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One reason I’m so frustrated with our current political reality is that it doesn’t have to be this way. We don’t have to let the billionaire class distract and divide us by scapegoating immigrants, trans people and DEI programs while they pass tax cuts for themselves and pad their profit margins.
So in the last few days we’ve seen
“Law and order” for immigrants.
“Mercy and forgiveness” for American citizens who stormed the capitol and violently attacked police officers.
You see the double standard, right?
“Law and order” for immigrants.
“Mercy and forgiveness” for American citizens who stormed the capitol and violently attacked police officers.
You see the double standard, right?
January 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
So in the last few days we’ve seen
“Law and order” for immigrants.
“Mercy and forgiveness” for American citizens who stormed the capitol and violently attacked police officers.
You see the double standard, right?
“Law and order” for immigrants.
“Mercy and forgiveness” for American citizens who stormed the capitol and violently attacked police officers.
You see the double standard, right?
The unhinged responses to Bishop Budde’s very reasonable and biblical sermon are just further evidence that so-called Christian nationalism is just plain ole nationalism with a thin Christian veneer. It has little use for Jesus beyond a mascot in its quest for self-serving power.
January 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The unhinged responses to Bishop Budde’s very reasonable and biblical sermon are just further evidence that so-called Christian nationalism is just plain ole nationalism with a thin Christian veneer. It has little use for Jesus beyond a mascot in its quest for self-serving power.
Feel like posting this again today for no reason at all.
January 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Feel like posting this again today for no reason at all.
I think an interesting an interesting thesis would be to consider the impact of the creeds (which are quite silent about ethics, love, and the actual life and teachings of Jesus) on Christian Nationalism, which is also conspicuously lacking Jesus.
January 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I think an interesting an interesting thesis would be to consider the impact of the creeds (which are quite silent about ethics, love, and the actual life and teachings of Jesus) on Christian Nationalism, which is also conspicuously lacking Jesus.
When I was a kid I liked to study magic tricks. I learned that one of the keys to pulling off a sleight of hand is distraction. All this talk of taking over Greenland and Canada and changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico makes me think about that. And maybe this is the move it’s hiding?
January 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When I was a kid I liked to study magic tricks. I learned that one of the keys to pulling off a sleight of hand is distraction. All this talk of taking over Greenland and Canada and changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico makes me think about that. And maybe this is the move it’s hiding?
Generally speaking, billionaires and corporate executives don’t have our best interests at heart, but they do have a vested interest in keeping us divided over culture wars. I fear that until we realize this, we’ll have trouble escaping this mess.
December 28, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Generally speaking, billionaires and corporate executives don’t have our best interests at heart, but they do have a vested interest in keeping us divided over culture wars. I fear that until we realize this, we’ll have trouble escaping this mess.
Health insurance companies exist to make a profit. To do this, they must bring in more than they pay out. They have a vested financial interest in denying claims. These are the same companies who decide what is “medically necessary.” Tell me how that’s not an egregious conflict of interest.
December 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Health insurance companies exist to make a profit. To do this, they must bring in more than they pay out. They have a vested financial interest in denying claims. These are the same companies who decide what is “medically necessary.” Tell me how that’s not an egregious conflict of interest.
Maybe it has always been this way and I’m just noticing it more, but there seems to be a growing tendency to overlook, minimize, or even justify bad behavior when “our side” does it, and I’m afraid of how that worsens the already alarming loss of any kind of shared reality.
December 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Maybe it has always been this way and I’m just noticing it more, but there seems to be a growing tendency to overlook, minimize, or even justify bad behavior when “our side” does it, and I’m afraid of how that worsens the already alarming loss of any kind of shared reality.
So here’s the thing…even IF there wasn’t a parable *explicitly* undermining this narrow idea of neighbor, Jesus also said “love your enemies.” There’s simply no escaping the fact that Jesus calls us to radically expand our concepts of love and hospitality.
November 30, 2024 at 4:36 PM
So here’s the thing…even IF there wasn’t a parable *explicitly* undermining this narrow idea of neighbor, Jesus also said “love your enemies.” There’s simply no escaping the fact that Jesus calls us to radically expand our concepts of love and hospitality.
Really wild over on that other place watching as Doug Wilson and James White and company scrambling as they are getting devoured by the monsters they created.
November 25, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Really wild over on that other place watching as Doug Wilson and James White and company scrambling as they are getting devoured by the monsters they created.
These charts are occupying my headspace. So many people voting against their own values due to misinformation.
November 24, 2024 at 9:04 PM
These charts are occupying my headspace. So many people voting against their own values due to misinformation.
The degree to which Twitter may have desensitized us and normalized toxicity…
I suspect that some annoyed pundits are insistent in claiming Bluesky is a progressive bubble not because, as they believe, it’s hyper-partisan, but because for them, subconsciously, the remarkably civil tone of the platform feels coded as progressive. And that says quite a lot about their outlook.
November 24, 2024 at 1:25 AM
The degree to which Twitter may have desensitized us and normalized toxicity…
Sermon notes: unity doesn’t erase diversity, it erases inequality.
November 24, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Sermon notes: unity doesn’t erase diversity, it erases inequality.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see that there are two movies engaging in complex discussions about faith and religion in theatres right now. I highly recommend both Conclave and Heretic, though, be warned, Heretic is a bit of a thriller/horror.
November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see that there are two movies engaging in complex discussions about faith and religion in theatres right now. I highly recommend both Conclave and Heretic, though, be warned, Heretic is a bit of a thriller/horror.
I hear this is where the cool kids are hanging out now.
November 19, 2024 at 11:58 PM
I hear this is where the cool kids are hanging out now.