These Are The Days Of Miracles And Wonders

And I worked with a man called Squidward. And he was a Protestant man, but we were the best of friends. But by God, he was crabid as a bag of cats. He was an auld grump. And he'd be big into the flutes and the Oboes and things like that. He lived in a big stone head.

Reading the JMac pamphlet on gifts of the spirit, a little surreal when he says there's no evidence that healing miracles (recall my previous distinction between miracle and providence) happen today. Like okay even within all of the guidelines given, you dont see it because you are just not looking. Like yes, it's rare, but also not that rare

oh man. radar getting jesus to bless his teddy bear?? radar is just an 18 year old sent as far away from home as a guy can go, looking for anything to keep him safe. his teddy bear keeps him safe in those long nights of bombs falling. of course he wants it blessed for extra safety.

when brandon sanderson talks about villains in his famous free youtube writing class video lectures he'll say 'what's the difference between gollum and sauron' and of course he means the villain that's present in the narrative and characterized in a way the audience can potentially relate to or sympathize with vs. the looming threatening anonymous far-off force (among other things). but every time he asks that i think 'well one of those guys tracked down frodo and got his ring back'

eleven year olds need book series filled to the brim with violence and crime. it's like enrichment for them

if your childhood favourite books don't make you look back and go "man i should not have been reading that, what the fuck" then you're doing it wrong

Everyone go look up the song nasa banned from space

im not saying we shouldn't be calling out hypocrisy but i do think it's important to be aware of what i call the Two Different Guys Fallacy. and that's that whenever you're thinking to yourself, oh how come X group claim they want this thing but also support that other incompatible thing. take a moment to stop and consider whether it could just be Two Different Guys that think each thing

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