Noah Livingston
@noahlivingston
Minister of Word and Sacrament; former pastor. Christian Humanist. Weird Coffee Person. Also gin and beer. Local food. Graphic design, music production, video. Politics, because policy matters. Practicing memory, attention, and hope. Ann Arbor, Michigan
I don't care if everybody else is into it I don't care if it's a popular refrain I don't wanna be a puppet in a theater I don't wanna play your video game “Video Game” by Sufjan Stevens
For those thinking the Democrat running for Senate is a Christian… …this confirms it.
In the 1950s, an eyesight study showed participants four lines: a benchmark, and then three others of different lengths. The question was simple: which of the three lines was closest in length to the benchmark?
NPR: it’s the 26th and Christmas is over Me: behold the real War on Christmas
Fleming Rutledge writes, “of all the seasons of the church year, Advent most closely mirrors the daily lives of Christians.” I think this is true: Advent is unflinchingly honest about the real disappointment and pain of this world, and it holds tenaciously to the hope of the world made well.
Seven years in, and I finally went to my first game at the big house. A lot of reasons for that; maybe I’ll say more sometime. But for now? It’s enough to say that it’s good to be home.
Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.
This book by @hannareichel.bsky.social is such a gift. So many layers and quotes. Here is the one I can’t stop thinking about: “The lost sheep is not the person who hasn’t had their come-to-Jesus moment. The lost sheep is the one who, unprotected by the group, will be torn up by the wolves.“
Steve Guthrie, Sandra McCracken, and Josh Rodriguez, talking about music-writing and theology at DITA. Fantastic.
This is a massive misunderstanding and misapplication of the word “covenant”
A bad picture of just a portion of the folks at #HandsOff in Ann Arbor, Michigan