I didn’t think I would live past 30 years old (if that) so the fact that I turned 35 today is undeniable proof that you can literally just wing it. 😅

13/? | The Autistic’s Guide to Self-Discovery: Flourishing as a Neurodivergent Adult by Sol Smith

*deep sigh* Couldn’t put this one down. Gonna read it a second time for sure.

Officially middle aged (35)

The Akedah of God

From Mt. Moriah to Golgotha's summit.

We assume the price is blood.

"What kind of God is this?"

Does it matter? We do not listen.

A God caught in thorns and thicket.

A God bound and given.

A God that provides.

A God trying to teach us;

"I desire mercy, not sacrifice."

Is this what it’s like for people all the time?

I don't think I, or my brain have ever been this quiet.

Actually I was wrong, they say that full effects often take 4–8 weeks. Either way, I am taking it as a good sign.

One week of Zoloft = My stomach is very unhappy, I have little appetite, but all in all I think it's working. I know they say SRRI's need 3+ weeks to really settle into your system, but I most certainly can already tell the difference.

"The mind is an ecology."

—Tim Farrington

Screenshot of the cover of the document: Integral Ecology A Sacramental Vision The cover features the painting "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden" by Wenzel Peter. Floral embellishments frame the cover.

The Catholic bishops of Indiana have released a remarkable document localizing integral ecology. It situates the dioceses in the state according to natural regions and examines the watersheds in the state. A great example other bishops ought to follow!

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“I lost myself. Forgot myself. I lay my face against the Beloved's face. Everything fell away and I left myself behind, Abandoning my cares Among the lilies, forgotten.”

—John of the Cross

[as translated by Mirabai Starr]

Alabama Power customers aren’t giving up yet. On Monday, around two dozen of them marched to the HQ of the company to make that much clear. “Public utilities should be for the public,” one protestor’s sign said. My latest for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0704202...

Ecologies of Ecstasy | Columbia University Press What might religious practice learn from plants? Recent years have seen the emergence of critical plant studies, and philosophers have found a radical mode o... | CUP

My birthday is in two days.... just saying. In case you know...
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The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

“The truth is, indeed, that love is the threshold of another universe.”

—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Really liking how this is coming together.

“Resurrection means the worst thing is never the last thing.”
-Frederick Buechner

Hell took a body, and discovered God.
It took earth, and encountered Heaven.
It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see.

O death, where is thy sting?
O Hell, where is thy victory?

The doors to Hell are locked from the inside Jesus, from inside: *grins*

“In our best times everything turns into religion, all the world seems a church and the mountains altars.”

— John Muir

“Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”

– Paul Harvey

The Feast of Creation — an Eastern Orthodox gift — is crossing confessional boundaries. #FeastOfCreation

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The Way of the Cross Today is Good Friday, and if you know me then you know it is the absurdity, horror, and wonder of this day on which the majority of my life hinges.

The practice of “walking” the stations of the cross on Good Friday became very important to me almost a decade ago and I have been writing and refining mediations on the “Way of The Cross” for this day basically ever sense.

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Our 10 year old is currently explaining to me why the “Roblox General Strike” he participated in was a total flop because of bots, new players, and “investors” who undermined the effort.

😆

My wife got me the most amazing birthday present (I don’t turn 35 until the 9th but she has never been one to hold onto gifts.)

My heart is so full.

#MaundyThursday

I am so bad at this. This is why I am straight edge.

FUCK I forgot... The Doc told me to take it in the mornings because it might keep me up. I am an idiot.

Just took my first dose of Zoloft. AMA

(Just kidding, please don't I am terrified of medicine and am joking my way through this.)

If your doctors office don’t have a bottle tree out front to catch haints and capture evil spirits then I ain’t gonna listen to a word you got to say about any illness or treatment.