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The Greatest Love of All

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 19, 2023 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

It’s been a long exhausting week and I thought it would be fun to check in on Glennon to see what she is up to. Or rather, what she was up to last year. YouTube offered up this interview of Ellen chatting with her about the journal (or whatever) she made to go with...

Aspirational Possibilities

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 12, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus

I, for reasons of my own, listened to Trueman’s entire Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self in two days this past week, by speeding it up to 1.6 and vigorously cleaning my house in, as it were, a sort of a frenzy. It’s been almost a year and a half since I first read...

#138: Let’s (Not) Talk About Sex: Bridal Mysticism and the Limits of Metaphor

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 10, 2023 | Bible Study, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, Justice, Podcast, Sexuality

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Jady talk about the recent uproar over Josh Butler’s book “Beautiful Union,” wonder why all the same people get upset about the same things all the time, and discuss the value of cancel-proof spaces...

What’s that Word?

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 5, 2023 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

First of all, I didn’t know there was a Twitter account for such a time as this—it’s called Lectionary Memes for Liturgical Dreams. I like this one best for this week: Genesis 12:1–9 pic.twitter.com/nUio5d9I9z — Lectionary Memes for Liturgical Dreams...

A Mountain Top Experience

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 19, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

I have been deeply committed all week to not saying anything about the Asbury Revival, as it is best known on Twitter. It’s still going on, and last night I saw a picture of a long stream of cars inching through what appears to be a very small town. Multitudes are...

The Friends You Make Along The Way

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 16, 2023 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar

I love this so much. It’s short and very much what we all need. It starts out this way: Parents (and especially moms) everywhere sighed in relief when they learned that even the “queen of clean” could not quite pull off her own advice. In January, self-help star...