Jonathan Grieser
@djgrieser.bsky.social
“Crypto-liberal Laudian.”
Episcopal priest, cat feeder, ballroom dancer. Spent 15 years toiling in the fields of academe: teaching religious studies and researching early modern religious history.
Episcopal priest, cat feeder, ballroom dancer. Spent 15 years toiling in the fields of academe: teaching religious studies and researching early modern religious history.
My dad was a contractor and finish carpenter. I worked for him every summer from the time I hit jr high until graduating from college. 40 odd years later, I approach every home improvement project with fear and trembling. Imagine my delight that I installed a light fixture today. It took an hour.
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My dad was a contractor and finish carpenter. I worked for him every summer from the time I hit jr high until graduating from college. 40 odd years later, I approach every home improvement project with fear and trembling. Imagine my delight that I installed a light fixture today. It took an hour.
I don’t post about sportsball but I couldn’t resist this article about the Ohio State Michigan rivalry that features my hometown of Archbold., OH. My childhood dream as a tuba player was to dot the I on script Ohio. I didn’t even apply to OSU. www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Life in the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry borderlands, from beatosu to goblu
There's little room for ambiguity in Ohio State-Michigan. But I ventured toward the state line, where lines can suddenly start to blur.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I don’t post about sportsball but I couldn’t resist this article about the Ohio State Michigan rivalry that features my hometown of Archbold., OH. My childhood dream as a tuba player was to dot the I on script Ohio. I didn’t even apply to OSU. www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Meanwhile in Wisconsin our legislators are protecting us from margarine:
madison.com/news/state-r...
madison.com/news/state-r...
Bipartisan group of legislators wants to tighten Wisconsin’s margarine laws
The effort is a reminder of a centuries-old squabble between the butter substitute and the state’s ensconced dairy industry.
madison.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Meanwhile in Wisconsin our legislators are protecting us from margarine:
madison.com/news/state-r...
madison.com/news/state-r...
I dreamt about the Furman Religion department last night. Not quite a nightmare, but.... Must be all the #AARSBL in my timeline over the weekend
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I dreamt about the Furman Religion department last night. Not quite a nightmare, but.... Must be all the #AARSBL in my timeline over the weekend
Apparently the Badgers are going to win tonight. I wonder whether the revelers will still be out when I drive to church at 6 tomorrow morning
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Apparently the Badgers are going to win tonight. I wonder whether the revelers will still be out when I drive to church at 6 tomorrow morning
While strozzapretti is my favorite shape, I often struggle swallowing them for some mysterious reason (I’m a priest 😏)
What’s the worst pasta shape and why is it wagon wheels
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
While strozzapretti is my favorite shape, I often struggle swallowing them for some mysterious reason (I’m a priest 😏)
I don’t recommend having a Vestry meeting on the Wednesday after Annual Meeting ⚓️
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I don’t recommend having a Vestry meeting on the Wednesday after Annual Meeting ⚓️
Reposted by Jonathan Grieser
Crimson reporting gets it done. Thank goodness.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Crimson reporting gets it done. Thank goodness.
Reposted by Jonathan Grieser
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”
Sunday was our annual meeting. The staff and I could use a bit of a break but with 1 Advent on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the bishop’s visitation on 2 Advent, and our Lessons and Carols on 3 Advent, there’s no rest for the weary. At least I’m not preaching this Sunday.
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sunday was our annual meeting. The staff and I could use a bit of a break but with 1 Advent on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the bishop’s visitation on 2 Advent, and our Lessons and Carols on 3 Advent, there’s no rest for the weary. At least I’m not preaching this Sunday.
Reposted by Jonathan Grieser
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Reposted by Jonathan Grieser
everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
everlasting shame on all these people
Not just the Ivies. When we were teaching at Sewanee in the 90s, after studying atHarvard Div, we were aghast at the number of male faculty married to former students and the continued tolerance of faculty-student relationships.
One of the most perverse things in the scholarly world is how men in *any* academic position at the ivies think they have a right to the bodies of students.
Not even well placed academic men, though them especially.
Not even well placed academic men, though them especially.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Not just the Ivies. When we were teaching at Sewanee in the 90s, after studying atHarvard Div, we were aghast at the number of male faculty married to former students and the continued tolerance of faculty-student relationships.
Reposted by Jonathan Grieser
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Watching Eugene Levy eating Cajun boiled peanuts #reluctanttraveler. I probably made the same face when I first tasted regular boiled peanuts
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Watching Eugene Levy eating Cajun boiled peanuts #reluctanttraveler. I probably made the same face when I first tasted regular boiled peanuts
I love the irony that in two of the three years of the lectionary cycle, we hold our Annual Meeting on the Sunday when we hear Jesus predict the destruction of the temple: "Not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down." Did we spend $1.5 million on building repairs this year? ⚓
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I love the irony that in two of the three years of the lectionary cycle, we hold our Annual Meeting on the Sunday when we hear Jesus predict the destruction of the temple: "Not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down." Did we spend $1.5 million on building repairs this year? ⚓
Not to be pedantic, but there were no potatoes in 12th century Europe
We are really going back to the 12th century, huh
Brb gotta throw this hair clipping of my enemy over my shoulder at midnight during the full moon
Brb gotta throw this hair clipping of my enemy over my shoulder at midnight during the full moon
Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their — and their children’s — socks before bed. The theory is that the potato draws out toxins.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Not to be pedantic, but there were no potatoes in 12th century Europe
Describe jour cat’s personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Describe jour cat’s personality with one photo
Had a lovely conversation this evening with a group doing “100 Days of Dante.” Revisiting a text I taught every year for 15 years and seeing it through the eyes of young people who’ve never read it before is energizing:
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Had a lovely conversation this evening with a group doing “100 Days of Dante.” Revisiting a text I taught every year for 15 years and seeing it through the eyes of young people who’ve never read it before is energizing:
Reposted by Jonathan Grieser
mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
I rather like “Crypto-liberal Laudian”
I faltered on the vestment question. None of the options fit. I took the Anglican Spectrum Test and I'm a "A Crypto-Liberal Laudian"! Find out your theological alignment: anglican-quiz.vercel.app
Based (I got Newman as my relate to) anglican-quiz.vercel.app
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I rather like “Crypto-liberal Laudian”
I faltered on the vestment question. None of the options fit. I took the Anglican Spectrum Test and I'm a "A Crypto-Liberal Laudian"! Find out your theological alignment: anglican-quiz.vercel.app
Based (I got Newman as my relate to) anglican-quiz.vercel.app
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I faltered on the vestment question. None of the options fit. I took the Anglican Spectrum Test and I'm a "A Crypto-Liberal Laudian"! Find out your theological alignment: anglican-quiz.vercel.app
My annual social media Halloween photo. Junia (the tuxedo) and Macrina, her daughter. Probably taken in 2008. Junia died in 2021; Macrina is 18 now and nearing the end of her life #catpics
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My annual social media Halloween photo. Junia (the tuxedo) and Macrina, her daughter. Probably taken in 2008. Junia died in 2021; Macrina is 18 now and nearing the end of her life #catpics