On the Radar Archives

Try Harder

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 1, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, On the Radar, Uncategorized

There’s a lot of stuff out there this morning–my cup runneth over. So, picking randomly out of the hat, here’s a marvelous thread by Beth Allison Barr from Monday explaining why abuse happens in egalitarian “spaces” even though they’ve said they’re doing...

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...

Belshazzar, Chelsea Handler, and the Weight of Glory

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 15, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar

I meant to go on watching “He Gets Us” clips but I had one of those days where…well, it was The Usual Tuesday where I careen from one thing to another trying not to forget my phone and keys. But I’ve been also watching those ‘Day in the...

He Does Get Us

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 14, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus, On the Radar

Ok ok. So I broke down and watched some of those “He Gets Us” videos even though I promised myself for an entire day that I could not possibly find time for the latest thing, I’m just not that sort of person. Turns out I can, no matter how busy I am,...

Speak for Yourself

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 9, 2023 | On the Radar

Oh well, the youngest child is twelve years old today, in case you wanted to find some more reasons to freak out. I think she might be slightly taller than me–I absolutely refuse to find out–and she is certainly much taller than her sisters on either side....

When Nebuchadnezzar Becomes Ubiquitous

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 3, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, LGBTQIetc, On the Radar, Totalitarians

Oh man, so late today. My children have to all go off fora youth thing and everything is in chaos. I can’t come up with five things. I have this one thing that I was reading early this morning before everyone started looking for shoes and snow coats–what...