#churches and money

[ausetkmt]

Danger, Do NOT Tithe- Is it Wrong to Tithe?

Just give him a moment and understand that HE IS SPEAKING TRUTH, to Devils, who collect their shekels in the name of their false prophets. Stop paying for rolls royces if you are riging in a honda.

[sofipitch]

So we were on vacation visiting some pretty Catholic church not for mass but just to see and there was a spot for vigil candles and at the time they were like 25 cents (they are like one or two dollars now, even prayers get hit by inflation I guess) and my mom paid for both me and my brother (~5 yrs old at the time) to light one. She explained that it's usually for someone who died or you feel needs a prayer. I lit one for a family member who passed, I didn't remember but my mom told me a lot about her and really loved her. My mom was tearing up a little in happiness that that person was on my little kid mind. And my brother, who was obsessed with the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie lit one for Willy Wonka

[rottengurlz]

she’s like if the virgin mary smoked a pack of pall malls every day 🚬

[tony-loon]

Huxloween 2024 - Day 9 - Witch  @huxloween your promptlist really lit my creative spark again- I'm loosing sleep over sketching and writing fanfiction! Thank you so much! <3

[metalgear-f-15e-tfr]

I support small fees for things that should probably be free because it keeps human refuse away. A park near where I live was once free to the public and you couldn't even drive by without seeing litter everywhere, whole park was covered in a haze of weed stick and vague booze smell, always some group of racially ambiguous 19 year olds hanging out in the parking lot scaring off the elderly. About a year ago they started charging $1 (ONE WHOLE DOLLAR) to enter and its like I moved to fucking marthas vineyard. ZERO litter, no more 24/7 skunk stank, I don't even bother locking my car half the time, you can actually see wildlife walking around in the park now, it's wonderful. I don't know what it is about literal pocket change that scares these cretins away but if that's all it takes then I'll happily spend a dollar for a few peaceful minutes at the park.

[mother-lee]

photos i took in woodstock, vt

[sadgirlfor3versblog]

Hideaway by Penelope douglas aesthetic

[thyme-andthyme-again]

How anyone feels God in those megachurches, I will never understand.

[dramoor]

"Much of the modern world sees beauty as a luxury (which it so rarely affords). I grieve deeply when I hear the modern sentiment directed towards a beautiful Church 'that money should have been given to the poor.' These are the words of Judas. And those who say such things rarely give anything themselves. Beauty is not a contradiction of generosity."

~Fr. Stephen Freeman

(Photo © dramoor 2014 Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia)

[notbecauseofvictories]

[ Open House Chicago 2024 — All Saints' Episcopal Church, Dank Haus German Cultural Center, St. Mary of the Lake, Riviera Theater, Wilson Avenue Theater]

[maddie-grove]

I wouldn’t really object to the anti-sewing sentiment in Catherine, Called Birdy, given that:

Karen Cushman is clearly doing something on purpose by making Catherine the medieval equivalent of a teenager who hates doing these bogus chores and just wants to go to the mall. It’s a book for kids and Catherine’s “ugh I’m so mature now why won’t Mom let me go to a public hanging” attitude is supposed to emphasize that people have always been people but also that the past was unimaginably different.

I get why a Silent Gen/Baby Boomer woman would represent part of the heroine’s struggle as “she has to do very gendered chores instead of going out and doing more active, rough-and-tumble activities.” I grew up in a post-Title IX world, where home ec was either not part of the curriculum or part of a gender-neutral “life skills” class. Cushman didn’t.

One of the themes of the novel is that Catherine (while certainly oppressed) is not uniquely unfree, because everyone is part of a rigidly hierarchical society. Catherine goes from thinking she has the rawest deal of anyone to realizing that other people have similar or worse struggles. Of course she initially thinks whatever she has to do is the worst.

It’s a childhood favorite (although probably not my top Cushman) and I like it.

However: every time she describes spinning as “foolish” (not boring or hard or unenjoyable), I do think “girl that is how you get CLOTHES.” It’s only slightly less essential than farming. This would be a little silly in a fantasy novel or Disney movie, but in a historical novel for children that’s meant to be educational about daily medieval life, it’s actually embarrassing.

[freefolkfightorflight]

Signed up for two dating apps a few days ago but like for friends only? Thanks for the advice, hopefully I can find some friends/framily and try to figure out who I am again. Potential meet up with a woman for Wednesday. Fingers crossed.

[renard-dartigue]

@ghxstly-death

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[churchyaoi]

my dad keeps telling me to stop buying halo figures because ill lose interest in half a year like relax bro first of all you underestimate my autism second of all can i not have a little bit of joy in this dull life. and also if i do lose interest i can just sell them again. i know like 5 people who would buy them right now

[isfjmel-phleg]

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[cath-lic]

when are we gonna break it to american conservatives that we already HAVE schools that teach the bible and they are called private christian schools. oh right i forgot they don’t actually care about that and are trying to enforce a state religion