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Jay Mallow
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Marine Former Soldier OEF Veteran MA Biblical Theological Studies BA Religion and Philosophy He/Mr./Dude/Duderino https://venmo.com/u/Jason-Mallow-1
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When you want to make it clear you hate N@zis on Halloween
I’m constantly amazed at how singularly unlikable everyone in this administration is but Bessent is a particular kind of duchbag
Scott Bessent on the $20 billion bailout of Argentina: "It is America First because we are supporting a U.S. ally."
“Almost everything we encounter now, whether it is in church culture or societal politics, should inspire the question, “What does this allow them to do?” I think for those of us that are Christians we need to learn to look past the rhetoric…”
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Searching for a Working Narrative
The No Kings protests have revealed some deeply important and telling things about our current political moment.
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This would be on the news 24/7 with questions about his sanity if this were ANYONE else
Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."
Strong ending for the week
I don’t think I’ve ever immediately felt so bad for a man’s wife before. So toxic
I don’t know if the hair showed she should have known better or if it just completes the character
“I see three areas that have caused me to look at my fellow Evangelicals and say, “It’s not both sides.”- 1. Inability to self-reflect. 2. Tolerance of sin and lack of repentance. 3. A constant need to create division and an inability to live in community”

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Is there a “Third Way” Anymore?
With the death of Charlie Kirk there were many in the Evangelical/”Reformed”/Christian Nationalist space online claiming the death of “Third Way” “Tim Keller” like Christianity.
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Some days you just get it in
People fear what they can’t control and that appears to go doubly in evangelical settings
Just starting off the week with a preview of STL for the next 8 months (it’s just grey). But this is my second run with new ROKA sunglasses and they are hands down the best work out glasses I’ve owned.
“However, in my life there is one basic, unifying, and ever-present impulse that I have experienced in my adult life as a Conservative Evangelical and that is fear. I have been told constantly and consistently that I should be afraid.”

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What Abandoning "Winsomeness" Reveals About Us
(Hello everyone!
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Picked up a bookcase off of Marketplace, did a Costco run, built a coffee table, and finished with a run. It’s been a full day of adulting
It is amazing what 70 degrees and it not being morning does
Beginning the week off strong
“If you’ve been in the military, you’ve met people who love making the lives of others miserable. These are the people who obsess over “standards”, who are looking for an excuse to punish anyone over the smallest infractions…”

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The Roar of Silence
On Tuesday there was a silence that spoke louder than any sort of applause could.
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This is precisely what praying to yourself looks like.
Pete Hegseth posted this with the caption “for Charlie, our warriors, and our nation”
It’s almost like people who believe in their own supremacy and think culture should cater to them have a tell…
Some weeks you do 10 easy. Other weeks 6 feels like your heart is exploding. The difference? 30 frickin degrees!
It’s back to 100+ here in STL
It’s been a while since I did this long a ride.
A light 6 cause I’m still recovering from doing 10 Monday
Didn’t expect I was gonna do 10 but I was feeling good at 4. Not a bad start to the week for an old man