Joseph P-M

@josephpmathews

Gay priest, gay married, gay dad. 🏳️‍🌈 He/him. Seattle. Late 30s. Lots of reposts.

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Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· 7d

To @keegandahl.bsky.social !

Two fingers of rye on a rock in a rocks glass with an etched bow tie

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· 13d

So my friend John is still a bit of a mini me 20 years later. Saturday he and his husband started fostering three kiddos in Oklahoma! 1, 3, and 5. DM me if you’d like to throw them some money to help during this transition

Me at 15/16 and my friend John at 9/10. He was my mini me in the fourth grade.

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· 22d

Having preached Christ’s gospel and celebrated the sacrament of his new covenant of reconciliation I declare today a success 📕 I guess I’ll go pray matins now

A text exchange wherein the sender says, ”[she is a] regular at my Tuesday 6 am Mass but said she’s Lutheran.”

The recipient replies, “I’m sorry. A what Mass?”

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· 28d

New weekly prayer service just dropped 📕

A sign saying “litany and supplication in chapel” in stylized text

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Jun 27

lol this is funny britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

Your results

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42% Techbro 58% Neo-Luddite
53% Hopepilled 47% Doomer
81% Davis 19% Dubai

Your closest match: Zohran Mamdani

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Jun 24

😮‍💨 🏁

Push notification from Rate.com’s app. Loan Status Update: Your loan is clear to close

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· May 30

Go blue I guess @revlucymeg.bsky.social

A hand knit scarf alternating thinner yellow stripes with thicker navy stripes. There is vertical piping to add texture

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· May 30

You want them?

A pile of yellow and blue yarn clippings on a messy coffee table

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· May 29

"We're going to try that again and /like we mean it/! It is still Easter! Alleluia! Christ is risen!" 📕

Me in a pulpit preaching the above skeeted line, pounding the pulpit, with meme text saying "Me getting left behind by AI"

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· May 23

YOUR CLOSEST NEIGHBORHOOD: United Church of Christ
merged 1957 • national

THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MAINLINE TRADITION

Your taste lives in what is generally the most progressive mainline Christian neighborhood in America. The UCC ordained the first openly gay minister in 1972, the first lesbian minister in 1977, was the first major denomination to officially endorse marriage equality in 2005. The cultural inheritance runs from the Pilgrims and the New England Congregationalists through the Social Gospel through twentieth-century liberal theology. The cultural neighbors are people for whom social witness is central, the church is a community of conscience, and theology serves the work of justice.

A grid of next closest neighbors. The Episcopal Church — 47% resonance; Unitarian Universality Association — 45%; Presbyterian Church (USA) — 44% resonance; Roman Catholic — 44% resonance

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· May 5

[Episcopal] Clergy who've taken an oath of conformity when asked to conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of The Episcopal Church [or their respective tradition] 📕

A man in a hot dog costume says "We're all trying to find the guy who did this"

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· May 2

Highway robery at gymnastics! #dietcoke

A soda machine with cans of coke, Diet Coke, and sprite in the foreground. They are $5 each

A meme. Lucille Bluth from ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is saying “it’s one can of Diet Coke, Michael. What could it cost, five dollars?”

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Apr 13

Happy Still Easter y’all

“Death is the last weapon of the tyrant, and the point of the resurrection, despite much misunderstanding, is that death has been defeated. Resurrection is not the redescription of death; it is its overthrow and, with that, the overthrow of those whose power depends on it.”

—N. T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Apr 12

For those not on Facebook

Screenshot saying: It has been a year since we got the news. After the excitement and joy-filled tears of a positive pregnancy test, representing the successful transfer of our last embryo, things changed. The first ultrasounds, a heartbeat that was difficult to detect and then slow, unexpected spotting, then silence. It meant the end of our journey building our family.

It was not the plan. A page was turned. It has been a year of moving on, growth and wonder, and great expectation.

We are excited for what is to come. We are an Easter people.

[photo of an ultrasound]

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Apr 6

A lemon pound cake from a Bundt pan, glazed. And with “yes” cut from lemon peel

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Apr 4

But I went to the enemy’s camp and I took back what he stole from me. He’s under my feet.

A golden brown lemon pound cake that needs to be glazed

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Apr 4

The Crisco was rancid and I learned the hard way what my Bundt pan’s volume is. The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy

A collapsing lemon pound cake that has overflowed and not actually baked

Baked and burnt drippings on the racks and a baking pan from the overflowing pound cake

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Apr 3

Love the guest is on the way or something

Bouquets of tulips and daffodils buckled into a three year old’s car seat

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 30

I do actually try really hard to not swear #onhere (but I have no problem splitting infinitives), but really fuck this noise. Trying to offer resources to a 19 year old finding his way out of the closet — and this is bullshit. #gay

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 27

Hey @kingcountymetro.bsky.social this is horseshit

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 26

Looking forward to reading “preach the ding dang gospel” in essay form this evening. 📕

A screen shot of the essay title ‘"He Must Increase, and I Must Decrease" Jesus Christ as the Center of Proclamation’ by Kara N. Slade in the book WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND FAITH

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 17

Spotify served me this on Sunday after the @soundersfc.com win. NAILED IT open.spotify.com/playlist/799...

Screen shot of the daylist called “folk revival working class Sunday evening”

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 10

Spending an hour practicing handwriting and writing a thank you note and working out how to decoratively address it? 10/10 do recommend more than (doom) scrolling.

Grace and Taylor written with flourishes

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 10

I also bought Volume I of /Every Moment Holy/ and have found some great prayers for me to use during the authorized intercessions portion of the Office. The way some people pray novenas for others, the Morning Coffee prayer is something I gladly pray for others

A framed print of Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee from Every Moment Holy by Doug Mckelvey.

On the left is woodcut of a coffee cup surrounded by coffee beans. Inside the cup is latte art of a phoenix. The prayer of the liturgy is to the right:

Meet me, O Christ
in this stillness of morning.
Move me, O Spirit,
to quiet my heart.
Mend me, O Father,
from yesterday’s harms.
From the discords of yesterday,
resurrect my peace.
From the discouragement of yesterday,
resurrect my hope.
From the weariness of yesterday,
resurrect my strength.
From the doubts of yesterday,
resurrect my faith.
From the wounds of yesterday,
resurrect my love.
Let me enter this new day,
aware of my need and awake to your grace,
O Lord.

Amen

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Mar 7

I made myself a hat this week to coordinate with the comically large scarf I made a friend a few weeks ago. The lighter blue glows under black light! (And a club beanie is more practical than a club scarf

Me with a light blue knit hat with a navy lip to it. There’s a big gay pompom on the top

A light blue scarf with a navy trim on the left

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Feb 5

Repost with current read (Don’t tell the Calvinists)

The cover of GOOD INSIDE by Becky Kennedy

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Feb 4

Since @bensteele.bsky.social assumed I would be blocking this I did and hahaha 😳

An 8.5” wide scarf folded on itself floating on water in a sink. ~2.5” at the bottom are navy blue while the upper ~6” are a teal turquoise color

The scarf has been submerged and is enjoying its soak. It’s rotated 90° clockwise. Its 8.5”. ~2.5” on the left are navy blue while the right ~6” are a teal turquoise color

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Jan 30

Diagonal yellow and red stripe flag captioned “I am dragging my anchor”

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Jan 27

Or just…muddled 🙃 What I’ve learned and love about hand crafted gifts is that despite my perfectionism recipients neither notice nor care.

Joseph P-M@josephpmathews· Jan 23

T (6) knit a few stitches today. He doesn't want to do more than one or two at a time, but he's getting the hang of the pattern and how to hold both needles for making stitches.