by Anne Kennedy | Sep 16, 2022 | Anglicans, Garden-Variety Malaise, LGBTQIetc, U.S. Politics
I couldn’t blog yesterday because I was so distracted watching the BBC Livestream of people going past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin that I couldn’t tear myself away to put any words on a page. The first thing that surprises me about the events of this past week is that...
by Anne Kennedy | Sep 14, 2022 | Garden-Variety Malaise, History, Jesus, Oppression
Upsetness about the existence of the monarchy in Great Britain manifested as a certain kind of rejoicing over the death of Queen Elizabeth II, continues apace over on Twitter. I was scrolling in the desultory way that I generally do in the late afternoon, waiting for...
by Anne Kennedy | Sep 13, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Episcopalians, Garden-Variety Malaise, History
I didn’t make any progress down my enormous stack of books over the last three months….by which I mean that I binged mystery novels and only did bite-sized amounts of Reading For Information, which is not what I had intended. I did slowly make my way through this long...
by Anne Kennedy | Sep 11, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Go to Church
Well, I’ve missed you all, but here I am, trying to Blog Again. All this time away has been very nice, but now I am pretty rusty. Not sure I can remember how to even find the keys on my keyboard. I hope you will apply lashings of grace and kindness and not judge my...
by Anne Kennedy | Jul 17, 2022 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus
After reading so many brilliant reviews of the new horrible Persuasion—the best one suggested the writer and director be put in jail for a short time so they can think about what they’ve done—my girls and I decided to give it a try. Indulging in a terrible movie is...
