This is undergrad I am assuming?

So, I’m a minister and I have been needing some dental work done. It’s for Easter.

Liberal philosophers created and released it, it trickled down, and neo-cons weaponized it. Once again academic ideals struggle to take into account human nature and the law of unintended consequences.

Quakers file suit to stop ICE raids at churches like what happened Sunday One day after federal immigration agents arrested a man at a church in Georgia, a coalition of Quaker meetings filed suit in federal court to block the Department of Homeland Security raids at houses ...

baptistnews.com/article/quak...

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.

Smashed records.

Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

So last week we had our social/missional enterprise students doing analysis of the best electric rechargeable mowers on the market to see if you business model can sustain the costs. Love watching high school students work on real world problems through church based ministry.

That’s courage.

Today we had young adults researching the best models of rechargeable mowers. They did great work comparing features and cost. We are trying to reduce our footprint. Mowtown Teen Lawn Care for the win.

12 miles on the Columbia River. 2025 here I come!

Merry Christmas from the Jingle Hound! Hope all is well!

I figured you were more of a Thistlehair the Christmas Bear kind of guy.

For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump The set of beliefs has overtaken traditional theologies centered on the poor. Some experts say that helps explain a shift among Latino Christians to Trump.

Not only did Latinos shift to Trump, but Latino Christians did moreso. Part of it has to do with a theology that's boomed across Latin America that says God rewards the faithful with health and wealth. Trump for some is clearly blessed

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

It’s almost time. Almost.

Nice job foregrounding Santa and G-Dubyah with Jesus at the back. An all time American Christian tradition.

Facts.

Habitat restoration. Mowtown Teen Lawn strikes again. Keeps me going. Social Enterprise. Ministry. Creation Care. Thankful.

“Not so with you.” This is my #1 favorite phrase in the Bible.

When I get frustrated I focus on my church work. Today: Covering rent for an electrician recovering from knee surgery, connecting a young adult in crisis and a foster kid with social enterprise work, and watching 3 generations of students gather around Charlie Brown. Advent joy!

My uncle is a real conversational danger.

Couldn’t agree more. 111%

Give strong drink to one who is perishing and wine to those in bitter distress let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. -Proverbs 31:6-8

$4M Connecticut mansion burns down after residents fry turkey in garage on Thanksgiving Although nearly 40 people were home at the time of the blaze, Weston firefighters said no injuries were reported. The $4M+ home is a total loss.

Somewhere out there is a husband who is going to make a joke too soon. Way too soon.

In 1972, 90% of all Americans claimed a Christian affiliation.

In 2022, it was 64%.

73% of Americans were white Christians.
Now, it's 47%

16% were non-white Christians.
Now, it's 17%.

All the drop in Christianity is a decline in white Christianity.

I literally yelled this in my house when my wife mentioned it. All I could think of was Michael Scott.

If they are listening to Dave Ramsey they paid cash.

I think that would mean that “we would like to advertise to you that we are projecting a moral high ground that will make us feel self-justified about whatever we do next.” Or, it could just be pretending a recent loss was only because we were behaving so righteously in the political arena?

“Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.” -Leslie Newbigin

The BBQ Bird Society.

Pacific Northwest Bird. Southern Smoker.

Thanksgiving is always a great reminder that nobody knows more about the world than a college freshman a few months into their first semester.