I love Dieter F. Uchtdorf, and I'm so grateful for his reminder about the importance of spiritual gifts. There are few topics closer to my heart!

This is also the message of the Book of Mormon. I'm so grateful for @pontifex and his spiritual leadership.

Come and see! There won't be any black smoke, but the Spirit will be present in abundance.

God shows a preference for the poor: the Lord’s words of hope and liberation are addressed first of all to them. Therefore, even in their poverty or weakness, no one should feel abandoned. And if the Church wants to be Christ's Church, it must be a Church in which the poor have a

It's hard to think of an action more purely corrupt than a a president ordering the executive branch to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars. I cannot wait to read the MAGA defenses of this (and there will be many). They'll display Soviet levels of sycophancy.

Couple of months old but still worth celebrating: thechurchnews.com/members/2025/0…

“The Devil has no body, and herein is his punishment. . . . All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not. The devil has no power over us only as we permit him" by, for example, prioritizing digital experience, severed from our own bodies and the body of Christ.

Evergreen academic problems:

No--the latter we must love, doing good to those that hate us and despitefully use us.

Bad news: getting stranded in Nashville thx to the shutdown. Good news: I had your pal gnome chompsky to entertain and provoke me. It's worth your $.

I mean, if you're listening, Orson Scott Card, I think it's a ripping good story. Plus, I'd argue Corsair has some parallels to The Worthing Saga and that you'd be interested in your pal gnome chompsky's representations of agency and consciousness. Give it a try!

1. Raise tariff 2. Collect bribes 3. Reduce tariff It's really that simple. The challenge with describing the economic strategy of the Trump admin is that it's not an "economic" "strategy," it's a "create pain -> collect payoff" mafia formula run over and over again, and admin

I'm proud to share a (figurative) pew with Toni!

And let me just say that GODWIN 🪔's illustrations are worth the purchase price on their own! I'm so grateful for his willingness to collaborate on this project.