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Charles Meeks
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Ecumenical chaplain @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social by day, historical theologian by night. PhD in theology from St Mike’s, Toronto. History of exegesis, ecclesiology, sacraments, etc. Anglican priest.

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In real life, I’ve been dealing with cancer treatments the last year. So my “popular” writing tends to be about that.

In my academic life, I write on a mix of patristics (mainly 4th c.) and modern theology (mainly on Robert W. Jenson).
Spent my American Thanksgiving in Canada doing Normal Thursday Things while the Europa League scores danced across my phone’s lock screen, oblivious to my inability to watch any of the matches 🥴
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I know I’m a white millennial academic-type, but I promise I won’t make any references to The Wire in my Christ the King homily ⚓️
a door with the words `` you come at the king , you best not miss '' written on it
ALT: a door with the words `` you come at the king , you best not miss '' written on it
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Guys he’s headed to #aarsbl
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I wrote a little thing for our diocesan news about jumping back into ministry after trying not to be dead for a couple years: niagaraanglican.news/learning-to-...
Learning to be a Conduit: Returning Well Into Ministry - Niagara Anglican
I’ll admit that my time as a curate has been rather abnormal to this point.   In an ideal world, if you’re headed toward the priesthood, you’re first ordained to the diaconate, serve in a parish for p...
niagaraanglican.news
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Guys I finally found the Venn crossover between Joel Webbon and @keeganosinski.bsky.social
watching these two Christian Nationalists have a conversation and see if you can spot the part where I spit coffee all over my screen.
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yesterday after my homily (a bit longer, bit more nerdy one than usual), a parishioner tapped at her head and said "there's something a bit different going on there eh?" I said "Yeah, I guess I think differently about some issues than some Anglicans." And she said "no, your hair is gone." 🫠
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mixing brown and black this morning for Clicks and Views and Engagement ⚓️
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Uh guys my app has access to Enoch, should I chat with him?

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Every day is a new horror.
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted by Charles Meeks
I love that Veterans Day is also the Feast of St. Martin of Tours, which is a helpful (imo) corrective to the uncritical worship of war and violence. ⚓️
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Haven’t had a good, embarrassing think-someone-is-waving-at-you-when-really-they’re-waving-at-someone-else-right-behind-you situation in a long time, glad I could knock that off the bucket list this morning before I got too proud
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
None of you are watching the Canadian Premiere League final, but they’ve delayed the extra time after 90’ because there are trucks snowploughing the pitch and I’m PRAYING for a shootout
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We’re watching The Celebrity Traitors (UK) and more than ever I’m convinced I was meant to be Stephen Fry’s son
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I was reading this piece in the Anglican Journal about the GAFCON split, and besides agreeing with Radner (on some things! which may shock some of you, but he was my advisor, after all), I was struck by Zink's comments about Rwandan students coming to Montreal. anglicanjournal.com/scholars-pon...
Scholars ponder denomination’s future after GAFCON pledge to ‘reorder’ Anglican Communion - Anglican Journal
In the wake of the declaration by a coalition of conservative Anglican provinces of its intention to reorder the Anglican Communion around itself rather than Canterbury, two Canadian scholars with yea...
anglicanjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Charles Meeks
Next year I’m dressing up as the essay “How the World Lost Its Story” by Robert Jenson
I swear I saw a kid dressed as Frei on Halloween
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Literally me, three times.
i just hope everyone has fun
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Daylight Saving has apparently wrecked all Parents With Small Children in this city, because at this diner they’ve sat three Dads With Small Children all in a row.
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Designing an ecumenical advent service to be held here by the chaplaincy office, including a reading that’s a poem by Malcolm Guite. Will the cool Anglicans on here now accept me as one of them???
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Charles Meeks
Stop listening to pastors who embody the opposite of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control.

Our lives & actions will tell the truth about what we believe.

Christian Nationalism is the way of Satan, & it is fully anti-Christ.
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Now that I'm safely back in Canada after being in the US for the last few days, I can confidently ask my fellow Americans who are here on Bluesky:

Hey, WTF?
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is probably a millennial-academic thing, but I'm always shocked when I am perceived as an adult by other adults. This dinner with our international students was excellent, and I can't believe there's a public photo of me looking like I know what I'm doing. news.mcmaster.ca/in-photos-ha...
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There's a sort of fuzzy line between "still young" and "getting older" that potentially terminal illness blurs further, but I'll say this: I think you know when you're old because you really appreciate your local pharmacist.
October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As usual, helpful and sound reflection by McGowan here
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reposted by Charles Meeks
eating tacos on a Thursday instead of a Tuesday and now I understand what it’s like to be Eastern Orthodox
October 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM