A friend on another site brought this to my attention: Everyone who is 45 or will be turning 45, this is our year! 2025 is 45 squared! It feels like I am in an elite portion of humanity 🙂. (The next one is 2116, when I will no longer be with us!)

I do think that we need to be careful about how we pray and talk about our leaders, especially as it relates to speaking confidently about God's will. My latest for The Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Some news 😍:

Excited to read this new book by my friend Rev. Malcolm Foley, PhD!

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I hardly ever share these but it was crazy that this was possible! Wordle 1,374 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

PSA: The Residence on Netflix was AWESOME. A pitch perfect comedy murder mystery set in the White House, with an ultimately hopeful vision of the nation.

Overcome with joy watching students enjoying Baylor's springtime campus. Reminded of Gerard Manley Hopkins' line "There lives the dearest freshness deep down things"--about not just the trees but also each new crop of students. In the words of Lady Julian, "All Shall Be Well."

I second this assessment! So proud of Dr. Lopez!

Peter Brown advised my BA thesis. I didn't know who he was: just chose him because he wrote on ancient mental disorder & religion. Told him during advising "Augustine just thought that because he was a sex addict" and he responded "I think there was a bit more *to* it than that."

Eternal rest grant unto Donald, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. whbfamily.com/obituaries/dr-…

I have started this and I am loving it!

Congratulations! Well deserved!

Here's mine from my February 2023 Brazos Fellows Talk "Can We Create a Perfect World? Lessons from American Utopias" :-) Paul J. Gutacker

I've enjoyed being part of the Brazos Fellows teaching team and I look forward to reading this!

I'll be presenting on Methodist preacher Madeline Southard's Christian "difference feminism." If you're in Waco, come on out!