#Others sermons

[wolfythewitch]

isaac

[moved-to-new-blog]

A pastor with a horrible cold, having to preach through three services.

The first one wasn't so bad. It was Saturday night, and he was just a little sniffly. Other than a few nose blows throughout the sermon, he was feeling fine. Those listening didn't seem to notice much.

then came Sunday morning. He drags himself out of bed, head heavy with thick congestion that makes it impossible to breathe through his nose without a bubbling, snotty sound effect. He's tired, the early morning feeling ten times worse than normal, but he wasn't going to call in sick and make the small number of church staff scramble to find someone who can step in.

throughout the entire second service, he was pausing to cough, or let out a series of loud, stuffy sneezes. the chorus of 'bless you's' by the congregation becomes almost regular.

but the third and final service, he's sweated through his preaching jacket, having developed a fever. His voice is gone, only a gravely, strained rasp as he delivers the message, words not even understandable as he snorts and sniffles. The Bible stand ends up being dusted with mucus as he starts sneezing without time to cover. The entire first row was a casualty, but they didn't comment since the man looked ready to die with his chapped red nose and red rimmed eyes

nobody understood what the message was about that day, the only take away being to wash their hands

[disease]

“For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.”

—ALDOUS HUXLEY | “SERMONS IN CATS” >> MUSIC AT NIGHT AND OTHER ESSAYS [1931]

[amygdalae]

thinking back on it midnight mass was visually and conceptually very cool and that priest guy was very fun in his role but all in all I found the show overall incredibly tedious. to be honest

[axewchao]

I'll never stop turning Dalex & Dallie into things, will I? =w=""

Blame some comic dubs I suddenly felt like watching and fanfics I suddenly felt like reading. Now there's Dal as a goat while Dallie remains a lamb. Except this time she's the lamb... you get the idea-

[swan2swan]

Reflecting on the Animorphs book and the fact that "progressive" does not mean "morally flawless" but "designed to shepherd the world into a better place by addressing the issues of the time and offering possible solutions and/or an outlet for emotion".

Because that book was all about a gay couple hiding their relationship while one of them was dying of AIDS.

I had some bitterness as I read it, a sense of indignation that this would be their story, but I quickly quelled that (righteous) fury with the simple realization that this was reality back then. It wasn't meant to be ideal. It's not the template around which every queer story should be told, and is, in fact, made up of a lot of things that can be frustrating today (metaphors, calling it "friendship", they never really interact, distrust, a terminal disease leading to Bury Your Gays), but this story wasn't for me, today, in the year 2025: it's an expression of life from the 90s.

It's a time capsule just like the mall and shows of the day. Your neighbors? The people you see in the grocery store? In the hospital waiting room? The library? That's who was alive in the nineties. Wives and partners of veterans and stricken people, doing whatever they could to help their partners through a world that continues to paint them in a derogatory light. Mixed right in with the teens at the mall and the movie stars and the computer nerds were people who had been condemned and scorned for their very existence less than two decades prior.

This book was their story.

Romantic. Rage-inducing. Hopeful. Damning. That book was RAW. A dose of reality that should not be forgotten, because it reminds us that goodness doesn't have to shine solely in an idealized world. Sometimes, reality can suck. Sometimes, you're only fighting for a few more months of time. Sometimes, your friends are rude and prejudiced, and you will have to call them out (and it may even be your responsibility to do so!).

That's what reality was. That's the world KA Applegate saw around her, and that was the letter she penned to try and tell the people around her how to make it better.

Look at the world around you now, and think about where the step you can take today will lead.

[just-null]

I hope we can get more yandere hantengu clones art with their loved one. Just here to remind you that I will (or we will) always support you null!! Take your time drawing and having a break, we may send you a little too much requests 🙏

uwagg you must be like a mind reader or something.... your leader is still new to this whole thing, and trying to rotate between drawing and rambling so as not to burn out. I'm so very grateful for your patience and understanding!

there are other kind words and compliments in my inbox, but your leader is a shy man who can't answer them without getting embarrassed. to those cult members, I thank you as well! I read everything you all say in this cult and keep them dear to my heart.

as you may know, your leader is slow, but also scatter brained! there are times when I think of something but get distracted with a new question in my inbox that can't really be answered with a drawing. this is nowhere near any of your faults, but may explain the slow answers. for that, I'm extremely sorry!

I continue to ask you to be patient with your leader and his blender shake of a brain. Thank you so very much for liking my art and being here with me. It makes me very happy!

OH, and I do have some more art in the works, yes!! Just need to pick away at it.

[lilgreeneyes71]

Do not allow other people's actions to determine your happiness

Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

John 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

Let the joy of the Lord be your strength

Nemamiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; (for the joy of the LORD is your strength).

Our Joy comes from the Lord

Psalm 126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Psalm 100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

[crimsonpeak-d]

just watched conclave ohhhhh my godd what a movie

[desperatecheesecubes]

Whenever I see someone with a wildly unsupported fandom take I hear my childhood church pastor yelling ‘And is this correct? LET US RETURN TO THE TEXT!’

[lizmitches]

‘suddenly every love song was about you’ but barbara-fied to be ‘suddenly every bible verse was about you’ shshdhhsdhk

[appallinnballin]

U ever think abt how much ruv loves his wife? Bc I do, I do all the time

I DOOO I DOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DO WAY TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK

[deservedgrace]

i took sermons of self-sacrifice and putting god and others above yourself and not being "selfish" really seriously and when that burned me out and i learned it's not sustainable to pour from an empty cup all the time i brought it up to this highly respected xtian couple in the church and the first (and pretty much only) response i got was "the verse is 'love your neighbor AS YOURSELF'" as if it was my fault for not "reading the verse properly" when the reason i was like this in the first place is because the church puts so much fucking emphasis on not being "selfish" and viewing others as above you and taking care of others above yourself and glorification of self-sacrifice while never having a single sermon that even says "it's okay to take care of yourself too" and the people who told me that don't know it but their response (and noticing how others respond the same) helped me realize how much this is all just bullshit and is one of the reasons i left

[spacestation-l7]

Canon worsties!! 🙏

Guess who just got into Midnight Mass :D

[adelaidedrubman]

“does eden’s gate do anything to recognize pride month” has been stumping me all day btw

[penisbilt]

one of my only surviving memories of one of the churches my parents tried when i was a teenager, the pastor spent like half the sermon ranting and raving and yelling about the blasphemic lady gaga and how she had recently sang "god bless the u.s.GAY" during her performance of the national anthem at like the superbowl or whatever and they unfurled a gay flag instead of an american flag or something and about how it was SO DISRESPECTFUL to GOD and our TROOPS and that gay people should be ASHAMED for this and how lady gaga must be the devil's attempt to influence OUR INNOCENT CHILDREN into doing EVIL. like turning them gay i guess. or something