@OldHollowTree You're my favorite follow over the last year. I appreciate your perspective, thank you for sharing it. I am awaiting the day when my wife and I can return to the soil we blossomed upon after our youngest finishes her school years. Father of 3, lover of the richness in ritual.
It is sometimes said that the Tom Bombadil chapters do not fit with the rest of the book, but this is all wrong.
It is the rest of the book, filled with tales of shadow and sorrow, that do not fit with Tom, who shows us what things are by nature.
Only a day left to do this while he's still off this site for Lent, but may I commend to you the sermons of my co-pastor @EricJDirksen. He's such a gifted preacher. An encouragement to me as I witness someone who has very much found his stride. https://t.co/lU0iarpQYK
@RealDutchsinse Standing with you guys, I renounce Satan, his forces, the evil in the world, and the evil speaking in my own heart. I ask for mercy and grace and declare Christ Jesus is King.
@haymes_joshua Dark roast. Grew up the child of a community bible church pastor (EV free). Helped plant a CRCNA church 13 years ago and have leaned into the rhythms, documents, and traditions.