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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · Jan 29

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 2d

Was just saying to my wife the other day, “how did conservatives watch this even in the 60s?”

The themes of Trek have always been progressive for their time, even when the aesthetics haven’t.

Earl Grey: 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 @earlgreymemes.club · 3d

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two Giant Freakin' Robot articles side by side; left side is titled "Most Trekkies Are Republicans, Star Trek Can Embrace It Or Die" by Joshua Tyler, updated 2 days ago, with an image of the Enterprise and DS9 crews undergoing inspection in DS9 "Trials and Tribble-ations" with excerpt: "Star Trek has always had a specific audience, and it has never had much appeal outside that group. Now it's a group the franchise seems to hate, and it's doing everything it can to drive them away. To understand this problem, first, you have to understand the demographics of Star..."; right side is titled "Walk Away From Media That No Longer Serves You" by Robert Scucci, published 26 minutes ago, with image of a woman turning her face and holding a hand to a bright screen, with excerpt: "There's nothing more frustrating than watching someone refuse to walk away from media that no longer serves them. Grey's Anatomy is in its 23rd season. My wife has been hanging on since Season 16, tuning in each week, hoping it will 'get good again.'"

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 3d

Fully support this

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 3d

All churches should be required to have church cats.

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 3d

Made up book. I only read the 66 in King James English, like Jesus.

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 3d

Glad I made the cut

tom from the cartoon tom and jerry is sitting on the floor with his mouth open .

ALT: tom from the cartoon tom and jerry is sitting on the floor with his mouth open .

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 3d

No that's totally fine! I assumed that's what you meant. I was just going to say that I prefer the UMC's confession within Communion over the Catholic (or TEC) because the presider ends with "In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven" and the people say it back. I like the equality of that.

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you 🙏

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

If the Pope came to my church, I would serve him communion and I wouldn't even check to see if he was baptized first.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 4d

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

do you mean prior to the Eucharist or the actual sacrament of confession?

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

schumer says there will be no compromise on the government shutdown until the White House issues a land acknowledgement for its east wing renovations.

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

Loving Creatxr, we confess that we have let ourselves down most of all.
We have not loved ourselves like you love us,
We have not been a fully self-actualized church,,,

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

Perfect!

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I wasn't thinking of ECUSA's prayers, I'm talking like the stuff you find on blogs and things like that.

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 5d

Literally had this thought while I was looking through the prayers of confession in the Book of Worship lol

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 5d

😂

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 5d

progressive Christian prayers of confession:

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 6d

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 6d

I like the first one. For better or worse, it's the one that is going to attract spiritually curious people imo. We're all looking for purpose.

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 6d

Discover your neighbor. Serve your calling.

ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely nothing wrong with that

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Micah @rincewind.run · 9d

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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ryan @rywig.bsky.social · 11d

RIP to Thomas Cranmer, the first Methodist,

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Erin Jean Warde @erinjeanwarde.bsky.social · 18d

It’s so extremely Southern that Dolly basically got put on a prayer list and days later had to do an “I’m not dead yet!” to let the international news know that she was not on death’s door

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