She Dreams of Perelandra

A high church girl in an evangelical world
Aspiring pseudo-intellectual

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

At my church there are two different young adult groups that meet at different times. There is a SIGNIFICANT difference in attractiveness between the two groups.

(I am not in the attractive group)

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@emorylevine Oh dear! And the comments usually don’t make all that much sense/add much either 🫠

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

Type of guy: boomer who attends an open-to-the-public event held on a university campus and enthusiastically raises their hand during the Q and A part, only to give their opinion of what the speaker said, without asking a question at all

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

Boston is a great place to meet new Types Of Guy. I meet a new one almost every week.

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@HansFiene @InspiringPhilos How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

I was just sat in a lecture delivered by NT Wright on creeds and the early church and the woman next to me is Googling

“What is a creed”
“Why are there so many creeds”
“Creeds mapped to denominations”
“Why do Protestants use the Nicene creed”

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@theobronzor @GODETCHED Friend stick it out. I believe in you.

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@vanjajaja1 @BradBobley2010 @deetvleet @Titi_Suru In general, misusing a technical term (in this case, Old English, a term for a specific period in English’s development), is a sign of ignorance about a topic, yes.

[Catherine Warr @HiddenYorkshire]

N.T. Wright stands for New Testament Wright

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@theobronzor Ok forgive my ignorance but what are you planning on doing there?
I love a walk through a graveyard but is there like a liturgy for praying for the dead?

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@IWantMyOlKyHome Yes! Thats the one I use, usually

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

I work a ministry-adjacent job.
Don’t tempt me!!

[John Dyer ⚡️ @johndyer]

Please enjoy my deep analysis of 100,000s of Christian email sign-offs.

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@theobronzor They missed some of the better unhinged ones:

-In godly fear,
-Come Lord Jesus,
-Until his return,
-a miserable sinner,

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@exceeding_love @hzrdperryghost The reply’s image appears to be AI generated, although the original looks real. I think the replier was trying to satirize the situation

[Thankful Dwight @dwightknoll]

me when the hymn gets a little too high

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[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@TolkienWonder @malcolmguite What a wonderful conference! (And a pleasant surprise to stumble across someone online with whom you have just been in the same room!)

[Armand D'Angour @ArmandDAngour]

The 10 rules simplified.

1Know your argument and stick to it.
2Give each paragraph one main point.
3Put clarity first (even if you repeat yourself).
4Keep sentences short and simple.
5Write from a fixed point in time, using tenses to show what came before or after.
6Use the subjunctive if need be.
7To illustrate a point, state it, then give examples; to prove a point, give the evidence, then state it.
8Picture your metaphors and don't mix them.
9Read your sentences aloud and hear how they sound.
10Cut any passage written just to impress.

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

Boston is a great place to meet new Types Of Guy. I meet a new one almost every week.

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@Noahs_Arc_98 Praise God! What wonderful news

[She Dreams of Perelandra @Profligate_joy]

@ethandrag0n I mostly like Lewis for his sci fi and medieval studies (the Discarded Image is a fantastic intro to medieval and renaissance literature!) . He was the medieval chair at Oxford and is still cited today in.

But maybe I’m biased, what didn’t you like about the screwtape letters?