Josh Retterer
@claridon.bsky.social
Regular contributor to Mockingbird.
Privileged to be a part of this great conversation with Jason Micheli and Ken Sundet Jones. open.substack.com/pub/jasonmic...
Hitmen and Midwives: Thesis #9
Talking Preaching with Ken Sundet Jones and Joshua Retterer
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Privileged to be a part of this great conversation with Jason Micheli and Ken Sundet Jones. open.substack.com/pub/jasonmic...
Reposted by Josh Retterer
We’re living in the “plots of
mediocre movies are proving prophetic” future.
mediocre movies are proving prophetic” future.
February 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We’re living in the “plots of
mediocre movies are proving prophetic” future.
mediocre movies are proving prophetic” future.
Had a great conversation with Jason Thompson, fellow Mbird writer. Make sure to check out his SubStack.
December 31, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Had a great conversation with Jason Thompson, fellow Mbird writer. Make sure to check out his SubStack.
Remnants Of A Feast - Mockingbird
Does God's Grace fit in Tupperware?
mbird.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:53 PM
“We are created creatures being creative with previously created elements.” Exploring the creative act with James Burke, Wendell Berry and Auden. faithlead.org/blog/the-gre...
The Greatest Shot in Television : Faith+Lead
The curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient
faithlead.org
November 24, 2024 at 11:43 PM
“We are created creatures being creative with previously created elements.” Exploring the creative act with James Burke, Wendell Berry and Auden. faithlead.org/blog/the-gre...
AI and creativity. What and who it costs, with Nick Cave and Mandy Smith. mbird.com/theologyreli...
Nick Cave Fights the Machine - Mockingbird
A.I. and the Struggle of Living
mbird.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:31 PM
AI and creativity. What and who it costs, with Nick Cave and Mandy Smith. mbird.com/theologyreli...
Gosh, Bluesky is great! They have a science feed, with folks who actually believe in…science!
November 24, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Gosh, Bluesky is great! They have a science feed, with folks who actually believe in…science!
Reposted by Josh Retterer
We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
November 24, 2024 at 3:07 AM
We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
Reposted by Josh Retterer
A good icebreaker for Thanksgiving dinner, especially if you have a mixed group of friends and extended relatives with different beliefs and backgrounds:
Who did you vote for and why?
Who did you vote for and why?
November 21, 2024 at 6:43 PM
A good icebreaker for Thanksgiving dinner, especially if you have a mixed group of friends and extended relatives with different beliefs and backgrounds:
Who did you vote for and why?
Who did you vote for and why?
Still recovering? My discussions with pastors this side of COVID. mbird.com/religion/chu...
Pandemic Pastors and What Remains - Mockingbird
After a few years of devastating blows or tiny, constant cuts, what remains at the bottom of your well?
mbird.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Still recovering? My discussions with pastors this side of COVID. mbird.com/religion/chu...
My connection to the Cuban missile crises, and Charo. mbird.com/philosophy/m...
Misapprehending Reality with Joan Didion - Mockingbird
“We all distort what we see. We all have to struggle to see what's really going on."
mbird.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 AM
My connection to the Cuban missile crises, and Charo. mbird.com/philosophy/m...
A piece I wrote for Luther Seminary’s Faith+Lead blog.
“If there is better news, I don’t know what it is. If you have better news, I don’t believe it. If there is something else you think you should be saying … my advice is, don’t.”
faithlead.org/blog/say-the...
“If there is better news, I don’t know what it is. If you have better news, I don’t believe it. If there is something else you think you should be saying … my advice is, don’t.”
faithlead.org/blog/say-the...
Say The Thing, Not Anything : Faith+Lead
A lay member of a church staff thinks about vocation and describes what makes some ministry efforts flourish (the centrality of Christ).
faithlead.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:50 AM
A piece I wrote for Luther Seminary’s Faith+Lead blog.
“If there is better news, I don’t know what it is. If you have better news, I don’t believe it. If there is something else you think you should be saying … my advice is, don’t.”
faithlead.org/blog/say-the...
“If there is better news, I don’t know what it is. If you have better news, I don’t believe it. If there is something else you think you should be saying … my advice is, don’t.”
faithlead.org/blog/say-the...
A bit of writing I did for a class on @frutledge.bsky.social book Epiphany. Her words seem even more timely today. “The strangers seem to understand that Herod is of no importance to them as far as universal rule is concerned.”
open.substack.com/pub/jasonmic...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonmic...
“The Unseen But Ever-Present God”
On Fleming’s Epiphany: The Season of Glory
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 AM
A bit of writing I did for a class on @frutledge.bsky.social book Epiphany. Her words seem even more timely today. “The strangers seem to understand that Herod is of no importance to them as far as universal rule is concerned.”
open.substack.com/pub/jasonmic...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonmic...
Sister Wendy on vocation for Luther Seminary’s Faith +Lead blog. faithlead.org/blog/wendy-m...
Wendy Made it Her Job : Faith+Lead
How an Oxford educated amateur art historian and religious hermit found herself in the hearts and homes of millions.
faithlead.org
November 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Sister Wendy on vocation for Luther Seminary’s Faith +Lead blog. faithlead.org/blog/wendy-m...
Pelagianism, deconstruction, and cheetah skin grafts. mbird.com/religion/chu...
Running From a Terrifying God - Mockingbird
The Cheetahs of Pelagia
mbird.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Pelagianism, deconstruction, and cheetah skin grafts. mbird.com/religion/chu...
I write for Mockingbird Ministries. Here is my most recent piece, on counting the cost. mbird.com/religion/chu...
Eccentrics for Jesus - Mockingbird
Running on Broken Glass for the Gospel
mbird.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
I write for Mockingbird Ministries. Here is my most recent piece, on counting the cost. mbird.com/religion/chu...