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Old Souls in a New World

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 20, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, History, Jesus, The Gospel

Photo by Jacob Bentzinger on Unsplash This is turning out to be the unexpected blogging era of musical commentary. Even as I was trashing “Oceans” last Sunday (if you love it, I’m so sorry, I totally listened to it all week out of penance), Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men...

Yeah Yeah Yeah

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 13, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

Photo by Nick Moore on Unsplash You may have come across a song in the last few days that has been downloaded an exceptionally high number of times. I was listening to it myself when I happened to click over to the lections for today, at which point I sighed heavily...

#163: Girls Rule Boys Drool? Barbies, Boys, and Future Men

by Matt Kennedy | Aug 11, 2023 | Go to Church, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Sexuality, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Jady talk about the Barbie movie, gay Boy Scouts, masculinity, trail life, and Matt and Anne’s workouts. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on iTunes. Want to join the conversation or suggest a topic...

He Will Make It Make Sense

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 6, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, LGBTQIetc

Photo by Gadiel Lazcano on Unsplash I’m still not on TikTok. I think about trying it out occasionally, but then invariably I come across a clip of a particular person so disturbing that I change my mind and figure I have better things to do. This person is a...

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...

#159: How to Read the Bible: The Unknown God Made Known

by Matt Kennedy | Jul 14, 2023 | Bible Study, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, the hosts take a vacation! In their place, enjoy a lecture given by our own Jady Koch on how to read the Bible. It’s actually the first session of a class he taught in October of 2020 for his former parish—Christ Church...