Paul W Johnson

Youth Ministry Director & Music Minister in the Episcopal Church.
Postulant for Holy Orders, Studying at Nashotah House
Also Photography/Darkroom

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

Put not your trust in social media platforms.

[Dave Langille @cdnusboy]

It was our largest in-person service since last Easter. Something bigger does seem to be going on.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

I see many young adults and teens looking for a biblically based faith rooted in tradition. We've got that!
We have to stop convincing ourselves that people don't want the treasure we have.

[The Living Church @Livng_Church]

#CovenantTLC: The #EpiscopalChurch is unlikely to experience renewal because of immigration or procreation. What we need is a new breed of courageous missionaries willing to be a #gospel presence.

https://t.co/e5HDUnzFX1

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

@turtology @iamepiscopalian @EpiscopalRenew @episcopal_news Count me in!

[Wesley Hill @wesleyhill]

If anybody tells you Episcopalians don’t do Bible conferences, don’t believe them. I’ve just left the Twin Cities after a rich weekend at two parishes, reflecting with them on how Scripture speaks to our fraught political climate.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

Just finished rehearsing a ton of worship music for this event. You should come if you're in the area!

[Dave Langille @cdnusboy]

Rather rich weekend ahead, with Wes Hill. Twin Cities friends I'd love to see you there tomorrow night. Now signing off this here website for a bit.

[Taylor Loy ❤️‍🔥 ⚓️ @TaylorLoy]

Whenever I’m around Conservative Anglicans I feel very Progressive, and when I’m around Progressive Anglicans I feel very Conservative.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

@TaylorLoy @theodramatist There's this https://t.co/PJfNx9udpf
But I feel like it's still incumbent on local churches to update relevant info.
I get it. I don't update my church website often, but as a visitor all I want to know are:
1 Do you exist?
2 What time is Eucharist?
3 General vibe

[Dave Langille @cdnusboy]

Join us for a very timely fall conference:

Reading America Biblically: A Guide to Reading Difficult Biblical Texts with The Rev. Dr. Wes Hill.

Oct. 25 at Messiah Episcopal Church; Oct. 26 at St. Martin's by-the-Lake; Oct. 27th at Messiah Episcopal Church.

More to come!

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

@PotentiaEtActus It's an amazing space!
Of course having a restricted section makes it even better.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

Reading an AP article in order to understand a TikTok trend is the most old-person thing I've done today.

[The Associated Press @AP]

The internet's love for 'very demure' content spotlights what a viral trend can mean for creators https://t.co/Q8WdpTKkvK

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

"Maybe to be set apart is to be weird and peculiar. However, many people have auctioned off their weirdness to cultural lobbyists for relevance and power."
I love a good gospel-based cultural critique that can hit in all directions.

[Sho Baraka @AmIshoBaraka]

My first article!! Here is what I hope to bring to @CTmagazine!

“I do not sit in some compromised middle, but I am centered in a gospel that is actively revolutionary and traditional.”

https://t.co/pa75MrdFHE

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

It was fun being the campus photographer at my seminary (Nashotah House) this week.

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Today let us pray for the USA, give thanks that President Trump was not seriously hurt, and pray for all those affected by this shocking political violence. Let peace and reconciliation prevail.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

@lindsayfickas One of my elementary teachers tried to teach me the L-with-the-hands-trick once to which I replied "they're both L's"

Years later recounting this story to my dyslexic son he said, "Dad... I think you might be dyslexic too."

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

@barukalas My fav was one VBS Sunday with lots of kids and visiting kids and families and the OT was from Hosea. The word "whoredom" just kept being said again and again...

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

This was awesome!

So exciting to be present for the new birth of this guy.

[Dave Langille @cdnusboy]

From Sunday's River Baptism. The Mississippi had flooded; lots of water: Grant, O Lord, that all who are baptized into the death of Jesus Christ your Son may live in the power of his resurrection and look for him to come again in glory; who lives and reigns now and forever. Amen.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this but:

What happens when enough of the internet is AI generated to the point that AI, which is trained on the Internet, is simply inbreeding its own AI generated content and becoming more and more distorted and disconnected from reality?

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

Rarely is a bot's reply so appropriate.

[Paul W Johnson @thefullcup]

Requiring food storage in BWCA to be hung from trees makes no sense. Don't they know bees can fly?