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Champagne and Pearls

by Anne Kennedy | Jul 30, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

Photo by Rob Mulally on Unsplash I wasn’t going to blog, because I couldn’t think of anything, but then I glanced at the lections, and then remembered that Chelsey Handler made another short, defensive video about how great her life is: This Barbie is...

The Word You’re Looking For Is…

by Anne Kennedy | Jun 18, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church

I’ve been bemused over the last year to watch Christians arguing with each other over whether or not it would be a good thing to live in or have or build a “Christian” nation. What sort of country would you like to live in? What kinds of morals would help everyone...

When God Puts The Boundary Marker Back

by Anne Kennedy | Jun 11, 2023 | Anglicans, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, The Gospel

It’s already been a long weekend and I’m only halfway through it. I was trying to hobble my way over to the lections last night, past Rick Warren’s poorly reasoned “My Apology to Christian Women,” on past this tweet: Listen carefully to the music of your heart. Find...

Pentecost and Other Strange Times

by Anne Kennedy | May 29, 2023 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, LGBTQIetc

Last week the BBC published what someone on Twitter called a “comprehensive, light-heartedly warm guide to Satanism.” The Tweeter—mercifully—was upset that the BBC would do such a thing. Other people, rightly, wanted to know where all the good reporting has gone. Why...

For You Were Straying Like Sheep

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 30, 2023 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel

It is the gracious providence of God, for me, to be staggering back home just in time for Good Shepherd Sunday, which happens every year after Easter and before Mother’s Day Pentecost. I attempted to read the whole internet in the middle of the night when I was awake...

What Do You Have To Lose?

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 2, 2023 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

The central question of the day. in case you hadn’t noticed, is what even is a person? What does it mean to be human? What are the characteristics and contours of personhood? How do you know who you are? When you are talking to someone else, how do you know who they...