I wrote From Bullet to Blessing for my daughter. I wanted her to know where I stood, what I believed, & why I made the choices I did. Leaving violence came at a cost. I never wanted her to grow up outside a home with both parents, but some responsibilities leave no honest alternative.
If you’d like to read it, it’s available here: https://t.co/n0QiEXmAnm
@fr_faulkner Sometimes “never married” is a red flag. Sometimes your marriage is annulled, your ex shoots you, & you become a full-time father with your time dedicated to your little one. Life isn’t one-size-fits-all.
Jesus isn’t the nice hippie who wore sandals and told everyone to share, and He isn’t the wise teacher who taught good lessons and an upright way of living.
Jesus Christ is God:
The Way, Truth, and Life.
Caution didn't win women the vote, or equal pay, or fair sport, or the right to single-sex spaces. Sophie Cunningham is standing up for women and girls everywhere and it's glorious. Fuck caution.
A pantomine horse isn’t a horse.
An open secret isn’t a secret.
A hot dog isn’t a dog.
A shrinking violet isn’t a violet.
Crow’s feet aren’t feet.
Fair game’s not a game.
Trans women aren’t women.
@Patrick18654277 A blogpost of mine from a dozen years ago.
Theres an irony that 20y ago Harry Potter/@jk_rowling was the bogeyman for the right, and now they have (somewhat) embraced her, simply because she says biologic women is something a feminist should stand up for
https://t.co/WWFdsbQ64C
The Shiloh Hendrix case isn't even a close call or a grey area. She was charged and convicted of a crime for saying a word. If that's not a violation of the First Amendment, nothing is. This is one of the most straight forward free speech issues we've seen in a long time.
The white pill of The Odyssey is that Zeus’ law was never about endless tolerance. Hospitality came with obligations.
The suitors abused xenia. They consumed another man’s resources, dishonored his household, violated every sacred duty of a guest, & refused to leave.
The lesson isn’t “never welcome strangers.” It’s that hospitality ceases to be hospitality when it’s exploited.
Odysseus didn’t negotiate. He reclaimed his home. Now it’s time for us to reclaim ours. #Remigration
On Reddit for about two seconds & this cesspool delivers: A woman is more upset that her ex brought his new girlfriend around her dog than she is about the fact she had her own child killed. We’ve built a culture that instinctively mourns pets more deeply than unborn children. Absolute moral collapse.
Hot take: Recreational weed makes you a degenerate.
We’re living in a culture obsessed with escaping reality. High, drunk, endlessly entertained— anything but sitting with suffering.
But suffering isn’t the enemy. It’s one of the ways God sanctifies us.
As St. Paul says: “If we suffer with Him, we may also be glorified with Him.” (Rom. 8:17)
The goal of life isn’t to feel good. It’s to become holy.
At the end of your life, the only thing you’ll take into eternity is the souls you helped lead to Christ.
Start with your children.
Then your family.
Then the corner of the world God has entrusted to you.
Don’t bury what God has entrusted to you. The Master will ask what you did with it.
“For to everyone who has, more will be given… but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” — Matthew 25:29