Audio of my sermon this morning on the Parable of the Sower, Deification, and Christ's Indwelling api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…

If you’re Catholic and you’re tempted to critically quote-tweet the Vicar of Christ, you might instead ask what papal dictum x or y might offer for your spiritual nourishment. But this would require a fundamentally non-anxious relationship to the Church, and therefore to God.

There’s a certain type of Christian that simply can’t tolerate hearing about Jesus meekness, humility or love without shrieking a reminder that people need to repent. There’s a deep brokenness there & an astounding lack of knowledge of the gospels. It breaks my heart.

JimmyJoe Brad Gerstner I’m sure a lot of it is just that. But the key difference is that in standard time noon (midday) is when the Sun is at its highest point in the sky. DST calls this “1 PM” instead. So DST skews both sunrise and sunset to “feel” later by setting the clocks an hour earlier There’s

This kind of thing is so bad. If you go into Menards and look at color options available for carpet or whatever, it is all just 60 shades of beige. We need to bring color and warmth back - and that begins with our light bulbs

I've been enjoying the sunlight in my house the last few mornings since we went back to standard time. There's a sweetness to early morning sunshine, especially in the winter. It reminds me of quiet Christmastide mornings with the sun shining on the Christmas tree and my mother

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