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I So Long For A Piece of Cake

by Anne Kennedy | Nov 7, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Eschatology, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

Well, the government appears to have given me back the hour it took away so long ago. Which didn’t really change anything because the cat still came at the usual time and sat on my head and batted my face until I woke up. Then she went away to fortify herself with...

The Land of the Living

by Anne Kennedy | Oct 17, 2021 | Anglicans, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

Over the last decade of being both in the church in a real sense (like actually going there and worshiping God and stuff) and being online, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that is bothersome and upsetting, and which, strangely enough, the lections this morning answered for...

As The Lord Said

by Anne Kennedy | Oct 3, 2021 | Apostasy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus

For the first time since the time of covid when we were all allowed to go to church, I’m not because some of us have come down with the awful common cold which is truly a misery. So I’m wandering into a blog post late and trying to think my way out of a...

It’s What God Wants

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 28, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, Coronavirus, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, Totalitarians

Jesus wondering who on earth Governor Hochul is listening to. Sorry about there being no podcast and links yesterday. We meant to, but then we just didn’t. Here is the sermon that I would have linked….and speaking of sermons, I’m sure a lot of you...

Three Things on Thursday

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 23, 2021 | Baptists, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise

The First Thing I am so so close to being done with The Lord of the Rings. I swear, if I could clear my schedule I would be done with it by noon. It is so so tempting, but tragically, I can’t just blow up my morning, and so, like Sam, I am handing over the book...

If You Have to Make a Promise

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 19, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Prosperity Gospel, The Gospel, Woke Church

I had a whole bunch of important things to do yesterday so of course I settled down on my sofa with my device and googled, as I do every few weeks, “Rachel Hollis.” The first thing that came up was—and I can’t believe I missed this, I must be slipping—the important...