by Anne Kennedy | Dec 29, 2022 | Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar
The new year is almost upon us and boy am I delighted that the old one is almost over. 2022 hasn’t been, by any means, a thoroughly bad year, not like 2020 or anything. But, like all of them, it is well nigh full up to the brim of trouble and anxiety. It is time to...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 28, 2022 | Coronavirus, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar
I’ve never gotten on the bandwagon of praying and asking God for a “word” for the forthcoming year—like Peace or Joy or Resilience or something. That kind of activity doesn’t really fall within my preferred brand of Christianity. But in the midst of all my Hallmark...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 27, 2022 | Eschatology, Garden-Variety Malaise, Prosperity Gospel, Spirituality
It’s going to take me all day to write this because I’m so full of cheese and sugar, but, as I said on Twitter, I’ve been watching a lot of Walmart Walmark Hallmark movies with my girls, such that we’ve basically evolved into connoisseurs of the genre. I should...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 18, 2022 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel
I have had so many things to write about this week but they all passed me by. Today, however, is Sunday again, and the last gasp of Advent, my favorite time of year (except for Lent). The lectionary arrangers have appointed the Gospel according to Matthew, the bit...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 7, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Christmas, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel
In the course of 2022, which is mercifully wending its way to its demise, two people who my older children have looked up to in the latter parts of their teenage years became publicly discredited. In the first case, many months ago, the shaming that took place and...
