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Aaron Saufley

@soflywrites.bsky.social

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Husband. Dad. Exvangelical Pastor. Hospice Chaplain. Short Fiction Writer. Theology Nerd. Cinephile. There are too many books to read before I die. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈 ally. Postulant with the Appalachian Order.

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Nov 24

Hey BluSky! If you happen on my page, here’s what I’ll talk about:

*Faith and religion
*Deconstruction/Reconstruction
*Writing
*Movies (especially horror)
*Whatever else my cold dead heart desires

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · 26d

57° with a slight breeze. Took the legs awhile to get right. Pushed hard. Second mile was tough with two short walks, but stepped on the gas at the end. Fastest 2 miler this year.

Hell yeah. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
22:27
Mile 1: 11:24
Mile 2: 11:03

#SoFlyMiles2025 110.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · 28d

Woke up to 70° and 100% humidity, sinuses being a jerk, and weird foot discomfort. A recipe for a not great run. I walked half the last mile. So what? A bad run beats no run.

I did it. Sort of. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
26:26
Mile 1: 12:34
Mile 2: 13:52

#SoFlyMiles2025 108.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Oct 6

A nice, steady, get-up-and-get-the-week started jog. Just wanted to find a rhythm and stick to it, and I did. Lots left in the tank at this pace.

Happy Monday. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
24:55
Mile 1: 12:38
Mile 2: 12:17

#SoFlyMiles2025 107.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Oct 2

Perfect 55° morning. Legs were tight. Allergies kicked in hard yesterday so mile two was a struggle. Still managed a <23:00 2 miler *COUGH COUGH*

Oh well. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
22:51
Mile 1: 11:07
Mile 2: 11:44

#SoFlyMiles2025 105.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 29

“Why have I been shoveling snow since mid-July?” #SnowassNorth

That made zero sense. 🤣

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hip is fine. Knees are fine. Sinuses behaved. It’s hot. My head wasn’t into it.

Go away, Summer. Me and Autumn got shit to do. 🥵

Oh well. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
23:59
Mile 1: 11:44
Mile 2: 12:15

#SoFlyMiles2025 103.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 26

I just started “The Exorcist.” Holy crap, Blatty could write!

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 26

Sounds like a church where I am that does a “Beef & Bullets” event. They grill and shoot guns. They held one less than a week after a school shooting. I texted their pastor and let him have it for how tone deaf it was. His response? *crickets*

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 25

Wait… summer is MAKING its last stand. I made it sound like it’s testifying before Congress. It’s early and I haven’t had coffee yet.

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 25

Summer is taking its last stand for three more days. It’s so swampy out here. 🥵

Slow one mile recovery jog to test that sore hip. It’s not quite ready yet.

Oh well. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

1.0
13:34

#SoFlyMiles2025 101.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 22

A sore hip and drippy sinuses didn’t keep me from hitting 100 miles for the year. That isn’t much, but it’s way more than I thought I would do.

Heck yeah. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

3.0
36:59
Mile 1: 12:45
Mile 2: 12:20
Mile 3: 11:54

#SoFlyMiles2025 100.0 🥳
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 17

A lot of pastors (some who are friends) have “felt the need to speak out about Charlie Kirk.” That’s fine. Pray for his family in their time of loss.

But for those threatened and harmed by his rhetoric? Not one damn word.

Christ stood with the oppressed, not the oppressors. Do better, pastors.

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 17

Off for a week after a beach trip and nursing a heel crack. Didn’t think I had a <23:00 2 miler in me.

Ended up with my first one since 2/20/19. 🤯

Hell yeah. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
22:50
Mile 1: 11:38
Mile 2: 11:12

#SoFlyMiles2025 97.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 14

Pastors who called Charlie Kirk a martyr from their pulpits today were right. He was a martyr.

But not for Christ.

He was a martyr for empire and its evil minions: violence, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and white supremacy.

His Jesus looked way more like Caesar than the Christ of Scripture.

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 8

I knew a <23:00 2 miler would be a helluva stretch, but I tried anyway. First mile was good but I couldn’t keep it up. I’m close, though…

Oh well. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
23:33
Mile 1: 11:36
Mile 2: 11:57

#SoFlyMiles2025 95.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 6

Brooke Rollins didn’t exactly draw rave reviews for being tapped to head the USDA. Lee Zeldin seems intent on pushing us to climate disaster at the EPA.

Somewhere, I hear Ric Flair hollering “WOOOOO!”

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sore IT band. Sore hip. No breeze. Sinuses acting up. Great day to up the miles, right?

Yep.

First two were great. Third was a struggle as the hip acted up. I told it to hush.

So, yeah. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

3.0
37:57
Mile 1: 12:56
Mile 2: 12:34
Mile 3: 12:27

#SoFlyMiles2025 93.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 1

Stay the course! Your work is definitely needed!

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Sep 1

Every year from 9/1-10/31, we watch a horror movie every night. This year, we’re starting with an absolute banger. Half a century later, this classic still holds up.

Best opening sequence of any horror movie ever.

#horror
#horrormovies
#scarymovies
#halloween

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Aug 29

This cold is going to linger for a while, so I decided to take advantage of 62° and low humidity. It went surprisingly well. The sinuses loosened up and I didn’t choke. That’s a win.

Heck yeah. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
24:24
Mile 1: 12:35
Mile 2: 11:49

#SoFlyMiles2025 90.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fighting a mild cold. Since few things are more miserable than jogging with a cold, I walk. It’s actually a nice morning for a walk as it’s not blazing hot or humid.

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

I remember watching that interview. In Sunday School. As a kid. 😳

Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some run to clear their minds. Mine has to be clear to have a good run. It’s pretty cluttered today, so I slowly trudged around the ‘hood. It’s also hot and I have bubble guts and sore legs.

😖

Oh well. I did it. 🏃‍♂️

2.0
28:19
Mile 1: 14:05
Mile 2: 14:14

#SoFlyMiles2025 88.0
#running
#jogging

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Aaron Saufley @soflywrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

Can we put a giant one of Philip Sheridan next to the new Buc-ees in Harrisonburg VA to commemorate his burning of the Shenandoah Valley in the late summer of ‘64?