Jen ⚓️

Finding goodness, truth, & beauty in marriage, mothering, homeschooling, & the liturgical year. Anglo-catholic lover of tea, books, and cats.

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@Forecaster @NickHausenWx @MaxVelocityWX Thank you for the response!! ❤️ That’s such a bummer!!

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@Forecaster @NickHausenWx @MaxVelocityWX How’s it looking for Perseid visibility tonight in Southern IL??

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

I sobbed this whole scene. Flashbacks of the night my mom died came to me while the characters were flashing back, and all I could think of was this:

[kdawg @lolasstuff]

charlie and caleb out acting everyone in their flashbacks i fear

[Jeremiah @OnAncientPaths]

Orthodox philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, on the deathnof his cat: “My beloved cat is dead. Some will say that this is not tragic in the least, because an animal has no personhood. For me, having endured a deep grief, this argument holds no weight for a variety of reasons. An animal, in which are revealed grand qualities of beauty, intellect, tenderness, and charm, has a notable individuality, unique and unrepeatable in its kind. It is not a person in the human sense, but it is a person of another order. What is most important is that my great love for my cat demands, like any other love, immortality and eternity. I cannot conceive of the Kingdom of God without my cat Muri. I am speaking of an entirely personal relation, and it is perhaps particularly tragic to behold the death of a being to whom the philosophers deny all personhood. I was always riled up by the theory of Descartes that an animal is a soulless mechanism; it seemed a downright stupid thing to say. I never liked Descartes because of that theory. But I am likewise offended at the denial of any possibility of immortality for animals. I will go further. Even the death of a tree which I loved and which I beheld could be tragic for me, and any spiritual potential that I have will be directed towards even that tree’s resurrection.”

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Reading classics for pleasure used to be a normal thing that most children did. Now many adults struggle to read those same books. We thought tech was making us smarter when it was really doing the opposite. It's diminished focus, decreased cognition and destroyed literacy.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Traditionally Christmas has long been the season for telling tales of revenants and ghosts. It was believed that during the winter season the veil between worlds became thin and the spirits of the deceased were more easily seen.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

it's an especially good weekend to log off and do soul-nourishing things: board games, gardening, writing, hiking in late summer splendor, picking basil, reciting poems, reading for education, reading for joy, reading for any reason whatsoever.

[Sr. Miriam James @onegroovynun]

As society becomes unmoored,
the reverence for life disintegrates.
We must pray,
fast,
and turn away from sin.
Lord, have mercy on us all.

[Sr. Miriam James @onegroovynun]

Eternal rest grant unto Charlie Kirk, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Amen.

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@JustinPetersMin @gavinortlund https://t.co/RplqSwXG41

This is a good argument for fiction's role in shaping the Christian worldview. It's not exclusive. Fiction, even fairy tales, can shape our worldview while Scripture remains the foundation.

[Devin @imdevcameron]

How someone feels about children is a direct indicator of where they are spiritually.

[Peter Leithart @PLeithart]

The church doesn't transcend politics.

The church practices a transcendent politics, the politeia of the heavenly polis.

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@saramblings @courtneyrsexton It’s either one loud screeching yell, or twenty consecutive convulsions.

[Andrew Snyder @Andrewnsnyder]

Normalize 👏 building 👏 towns 👏 around 👏 large 👏 churches 👏 with 👏 bell 👏 towers 👏 again

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@saramblings I’m SO excited for you guys!!

[Samuel Adams Beer @SamuelAdamsBeer]

1,000 retweets and we bring back Old Fezziwig.

[Katie Prejean McGrady @KatiePMcGrady]

Just a reminder that the line is CAST INTO HELL

Happy Michaelmas!

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@saramblings LOVE these!!! Can’t wait to visit your spots!!! 😍

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@saramblings So glad to hear she’s feeling even a little better!! Hoping with you that she overcomes it quick and it will be behind her soon!

[Jen ⚓️ @anglicanmama]

@saramblings I can totally picture it!! Hahaha, that was my favorite part!!