Cole Van Der Velden

Western University. Honorary millennial aka dinosaur. Late bloomer. Figure skater, writer, creative.

[Cole Van Der Velden @Cole_Van_Canada]

I completed the December challenge faster than 86.6% of all learners on Duolingo!

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Are you safe from Duo this year? #Duolingo365

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@umyaznemo To steal stolen land? 🧐

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Can confirm… the bathrooms at #DEN have smelled EXACTLY the same for the past 10 years. #RestroomReview

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@LoganMDavis According to the student code of conduct, at least when I was a student, it was not permitted for students to carry weapons fk any sort.

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@LoganMDavis Here we go! 🍿😎

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

DON’T 👏🏼 CALL 👏🏼 YOURSELF 👏🏼 A 👏🏼 CHRISTIAN 👏🏼 IF 👏🏼 YOU 👏🏼 DON’T 👏🏼 KNOW 👏🏼 WHO 👏🏼 RELIENT K👏🏼 IS 👏🏼

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I wanna say that #Beyonce had no business releasing a #country bop like #TEXASHOLDEM, but #Mother has EVERY DAMNED RIGHT to blow our minds once again!!! #BEYONCEISCOUNTRY 🤯🤩🤠 #CrossGenreQueen

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So if she wins an Oscar and a Tony, she becomes a SEGOT winner? #TaylorSwift #SuperBowl

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Sibelius. That’s all. Just #Sibelius

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“What , then, is truth?” - Nietzsche #Truth #Nietzsche

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@adamdtomblin You’re JUST finding this out now‽

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As long as I *get* 5 digits of Pi, I’ll be happy. 6 or 7 is ideal. 8 will be a stretch. 9 or more is probably too much… unless I’m really hungry… 😉 #IYKYK #Pi #NotEveryoneWillGetThis

[Cole Van Der Velden @Cole_Van_Canada]

Anyone else notice that #ldnont smells a bit more like cow today than normal? Or just me and my nose that’s been away for two weeks? #ThanksForComingToMyTedTalk

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You know you’re #emotionallyexhausted when you hear a group of #Dutch diners at the table next to you at a #Brussels airport hotel and you begin to #tearup because it reminds you of hearing your grandparents and other relatives speaking Dutch at family gatherings…😪

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Wordle 700 2/6

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Ummm… This basically counts as a first try guess, right‽ #Wordle #2ndGuess

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

the church i went to today sang “unforeseen kiss” instead of “sloppy wet kiss” so i’m in the market for a new church

[Dr. Kevin M. Young @kevinmyoung]

All due respect, I've spent nearly two decades in the original languages on this one, trying NOT to be affirming for most of those years.

I failed. Because I was wrong in my unaffirming stance.

I have sat at the feet of Rabbis. I have spoken to Doctors, Psychologists, Parents, and people in the Transgender & LGBQ+ community. I have listened to their stories; I know these people and their faith intimately. I have seen the deep wounds caused by the "Truth"=Love Crowd.

Could I yet be wrong? Yes.
Unequivocally, yes.

But as God is my witness, I will be wrong having loved with every fiber of my being. I will be wrong having supped and laughed across a dinner table with the LGBTQ community as often as I could. I will be wrong having invested my heart and my future into the oppressed and marginalized. I will be wrong having sacrificed every ounce of my white privilege to be wrong.

And I won't regret a second of it.

Not. One. Second.

But do not pretend to play your smarter-and-holier-than-thou schtick with me on this topic.

You're not.

And no, I'm not praying about my opinion on this one. My thoughts and prayers are now words and deeds. I'm sorry that makes you uncomfortable.

But, I am still praying. I'm praying for those who think hate is love and those who think saying things like "you are not a Christian" to a pastor is at all acceptable on any day... let alone the first day of Holy Week.

I'm praying people stop writing unacceptable tripe like this to people they disagree with so I can stop responding to bigotry and get back to loving the very people Jesus told me (and you) to protect.

[Cole Van Der Velden @Cole_Van_Canada]

If I don’t get #Hamilton tickets for my birthday this summer… I’mma challenge someone to a duel. 😤🔫 #IAmNotThrowingAwayMyShot