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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...

Some People Need To Get Out More

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 16, 2021 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Justice, Oppression

Jesus wishing more TikTokers would travel a little bit. I’m still trying to get this school year off the ground, like an overloaded airplane with chickens and goats strapped to the top and everyone sitting on everyone else’s laps. It’s kind of a chaotic mess, but...

Exactly What I Have Come to Expect

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 14, 2021 | Garden-Variety Malaise, LGBTQIetc, Social Justice

Well, I survived “the first day of school” which is so so so different than it was what, 20 years ago? How long have I been doing this? I guess more like 13. The thing that’s always been hard for me in my vague efforts at “homeschooling”—those are scare quotes in case...