by Anne Kennedy | Sep 27, 2022 | Freedom of Speech, Garden-Variety Malaise
Well, I really hate that this is apparently a thing: It’s ironic. Texting was meant to make communication easier, but it can be much harder to discern someone’s tone over text, especially with inflections as subtle as sarcasm. It’s not as straightforward as...
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 Greg Griffith | Aug 17, 2022 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, Garden-Variety Malaise
This article by Stand Firm’s founder, Greg Griffith was first published in 2005, just two years after the consecration of Gene Robinson. In it, Greg describes how those often branded “extremists” or “fundamentalists” today have simply...
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...
