#boo church

[whatthemelmel]

Yesssss girl get that nap

My First Sermon, 1863 and My Second Sermon, 1864 by John Everett Millais (English, 1829–1896)

[vlindervin7]

realised yesterday just how often hozier actually used to sing about being not quite alive, not feeling like a person, about loving someone in a way that defies death and made him more alive, about suffering death for love. it's like he was constantly being buried underground and unearthed by love, over and over, which, while romantic in a way, is also incredibly sad. but i think it's interesting how his latest album (literally called 'unreal unearth') takes this idea and makes it its central theme. that's what this album is, one man's descent into the underworld. except, crucially, he makes it to the other side, and ends the album saying the darkness will come again, but this time he is "never going back [to hell] again." it feels like such a full-circle moment considering the rest of his discography and i'm so very excited to see what comes after this

[hardmeaty]

I know I’m probably not the first person to think of this but I hope Kelvin becomes just as annoying as Gay Mac

[smytherines]

writing gay smut in church just like the good lord intended

[joltning]

consider… wash gets church’s memories during implantation due to a sort of mind meld. would that mean…church had some of wash’s memories too?

[doueverwonder]

Ik we’re not supposed to be vain or prideful but I don’t think God blames me when I run errands right after church for the express purpose of people seeing my outfit

[momentsbeforemass]

“Your boos mean nothing”

Not everyone is going to like you.

That’s not news. Experience tells us that.

It shouldn’t bother us when it happens. It’s so common that we should be expecting it.

Even so, it still hurts.

Whether it’s a divorce or the end of a friendship. Maybe it’s a job hunt that never seems to pay off. Someone at work who second-guesses you. Or being treated like a thing instead of a human being.

Rejection cuts deep.

And no matter how we try to deal with our feelings rationally. No matter how many times we tell ourselves it doesn’t matter. It still hurts.

Because – no matter who we are – there’s something in us that desperately wants to be accepted.

So how do we deal with that?

We can’t turn it off, not completely. It’s just how we’re made.

But what we can do is choose. You and I can choose whose acceptance matters to us.

This is what Jesus is talking about (in today’s Gospel) when He says to His critics, “I do not accept human praise.”

Jesus doesn’t waste time looking for approval from His critics. And Jesus tells us why,

“I know that you do not have the love of God in you.”

Jesus knows that their rejection has nothing to do with Him. And everything to do with what’s going badly inside of them.

(It’s a dynamic that’s reflected in Rick Sanchez’s classic line, “Your boos mean nothing, I’ve seen what makes you cheer.”)

That’s great, but there’s still something missing. Because even if we’re not chasing the approval of people, there’s still part of us that desperately wants to be accepted.

What do you and I do about that?

We follow Jesus’ example, and “seek the praise that only comes from God.”

Look for approval from the only opinion that matters in the end.

Find your acceptance in the One who has always loved you. The One who will never reject you.

Today’s Readings

[aphverse-confessions]

Honestly this ask blog is like a Church of Irene and you’re the one manning the confessional booth, hearing about all of the Aarmau/Aaron complaints (the matrons sent her strongest warrior)

Love that in this church I have a billboard with everyone's confessions to broadcast

[invisiblerambler]

Mumford and sons having a revival in 2025 makes sense because everything feels like it's 2015 all over again anyway

[woodox-earthtaurus]

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[sweetashoneyhoney]

*harmonising with the opening garage door* aaaaah 🎶 i don't wanna gooooo 🎶 wanna stay hooooooome🎶

[mysticaltora8276]

Is not because….reasons.

[meetmeinthesandbox]

In 1992, Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of the Pope on live television, in protest of the rampant child sexual abuse the Catholic Church was actively covering up.

Ten days later, she was scheduled to perform at Madison Square Gardens, as part of a celebration of Bob Dylan. As soon as she got to the microphone, the audience began loudly booing her, seemingly in unison.

The organizers tasked Kris Kristofferson with removing O'Connor from the stage. He instead went out and put his arm around her and checked in on her and stayed until she'd steadied herself and was ready to perform. When she came off stage, he wrapped her in a bear hug.

"Sinead had just recently on Saturday Night Live torn up a picture of the Pope, in a gesture that I thought was very misunderstood. And she came out and got booed. They told me to go get her off the stage and I said 'I'm not about to do that'

I went out and I said 'Don't let the bastards get you down'. She said 'I'm not down' and she sang. It was very courageous. It just seemed wrong to me, booing that little girl out there. But she's always had courage."

[fkitwebhaal]

Anyway, here are my thoughts about what each of the companions would present on if they had to give the rest of the party a PowerPoint presentation:

Gale: A completely accurate and detailed lecture regarding the theories of teleportation magic, how it works, and the differences between it and plane shift. There are multiple charts and graphs.

Wyll: “Choosing your hero name: an adventurer’s guide” He does have suggestions for the entire party.

Karlach: “Ranking bars in the gate based on how much they remind me of Avernus.” She has provided illustrations that she made herself. Anything in the Upper City is ranked “like Avernus” because “occupied entirely by pricks.”

Shadowheart: “So I was wrong about Shar: a reluctant apology.” It’s mostly a debunk of Shar’s lies but the entire time it does look like she is pulling teeth. However, she cheers up considerably when she presents on some of the church’s secrets, including the weird ass code names for things that she always thought were a little silly.

Lae’zel: a very educational and complete history of her people’s war against the mind flayers. It’s all rather academic until the last slide which says “AND THIS IS WHY WE DON’T EAT THE WORMS” in all caps.

Astarion: “Ranking you by whose blood I’d want to drink most.” In order, it is as follows Gale (rancid), Karlach (spicy), Minthara (probably is poisonous after all the poison she’s been exposed to), Jaheria (that story about what she did to one of the spawn was memorable), Shadowheart (does cleric blood taste radiant?), Lae’zel (curious how Gith taste, doesn’t want to die), Minsc (large and has extra blood to spare), Halsin (can turn into a bear, think of all that real estate), Wyll (canon verified snack)

Halsin: “Foraging: what’s edible and what isn’t” Gale takes very dutiful notes given someone gave him a mushroom two ten days ago that gave the entire camp food poisoning. Astarion, the only one who did not get food poisoning, who has completely forgotten what he foraged was the culprit, takes 0 notes.

Minthara: Battle orders and tactics. All of these fools need to get whipped into shape.

Jaheria: “Get it Fucking Together: Stop Doing this Shit.” What follows is a callout of everyone’s worst habits and decisions. One slide just says “stop snitching.”

Minsc: it’s just pictures of Boo.

[a-punchline-on-duct-tape]

things i noticed on my re-read:

- ponyboy has “almost—red hair.”

- johnny can’t say “boo to a goose.”

- ponyboy owes johnny 150$ from poker while they were in the church

- just a HILARIOUS quote “sent from heaven? had he gotten a good look at dallas?” ponyboy micheal curtis is hilarious and i don’t wanna hear anything else

- ponyboy isn’t like his parents, but his brothers are

- the curtis and shepard gang have a weird whistle that means “who’s there?” and people don’t talk about it enough

- dally called ponyboy “sleeping beauty.”

- soda’s letter to ponyboy had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes.

- dally had stubble when he went to get ponyboy and johnny “a stubble of colorless beard.”

- johnny’s crazy about drag races.

- dally thinks everything was cherry’s fault.

- dally has a cousin that lives in the area of the church, and told him it’d make a good hiding spot.

- johnny has a “deathly fear of cops.”

- jerry was too fat to climb through the church’s window.

- johnny was having fun in the church.

- soda wouldn’t quit messing with the reporters, he stole their hats and cameras, and even grabbed a cops gun.

- if johnny survived, he would’ve been crippled.

- two-bit’s mom said they should lock the door because of burglars, but darry just flexed his arms in response.

- two-bit was cleaning eggs off the floor after he knocked them off ponyboy’s pan.

- johnny would’ve been charged with manslaughter.

- soda went into darry’s closet to grab his jeans, and steve followed him in. apparently, “in a second, there was the general racket of a pillow fight.”

- two-bit’s mom is just like two-bit, except she isn’t lazy.

- randy’s thinking of leaving town.

- johnny and his mom look exactly the same, with black hair and big black eyes.

- the only difference is johnny has “fearful and sensitive” eyes, while her’s are “cheap and hard.”

- dallas looked out the window instead of at two-bit and ponyboy when he asked about johnny

- cherry had her hair up and she was wearing a ski jacket when she went to go meet the greasers.

- tim shepard has curly black hair and “smoldering” dark-blue eyes. he also has a scar from temple to chin because a “tramp” hit him with a broken soda bottle.

- tim accidentally stepped on ponyboy during the rumble.

- all johnny had ever wanted was for dallas to be proud of him.

- bob had the same smile as soda.

- greasers don’t eat in the school cafeteria.

- curly fell off from a telephone poll and he broke his arm. the face curly made was the same as sodapop’s when darry and ponyboy were fighting.

- when ponyboy wrote his theme, it didn’t hurt to think about johnny and dally.

[fantasticwolfpenguin]

I disagree your interpretation of spirituality is narrow and very backed by the Christian idea of spirituality. One believing that there is a life force that is as valuable as your own in every living animal, plant, even some times western traditional “not alive” things like waterways and rocks. That is also spirituality and I think you need some of it to feel fulfilled in the aspect that you are never alone. And you are an spirit on a complex web of other spiritual journeys.

The thing is. Cultural Christianity is a real problem but 9 out of 10 times someone brings it up in this website it's to complain about gays who don't believe in astrology or some shit like that.