Dan Griswold
@violalogian.bsky.social
Theologian, violist, knower of things and spinner of plates. I strive against chaos. Trying to overcome false dichotomies: heart and head, Baroque and Romantic, Schleiermacher and Barth. More Bach please, and Brahms. And DSCH too.
Felt Beard Taped To Child’s Face Hanging On For Dear Life With Entire Christmas Pageant To Go
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
He's unfit to serve. What makes someone so cruel?
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
He's unfit to serve. What makes someone so cruel?
🧊, worst of the worst 😡
This is a moral stain we will carry for decades.
This is a moral stain we will carry for decades.
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🧊, worst of the worst 😡
This is a moral stain we will carry for decades.
This is a moral stain we will carry for decades.
I had #burnout real bad when I went on my short sabbatical. I'm glad that I'm not in such a state now. But it seems that the conditions of my work that led to my burnout have not changed. That concerns me.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I had #burnout real bad when I went on my short sabbatical. I'm glad that I'm not in such a state now. But it seems that the conditions of my work that led to my burnout have not changed. That concerns me.
Today I am yelling-at-my-tv years old
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today I am yelling-at-my-tv years old
I'm in my last few hours of my 7 week sabbatical. Grateful, wistful, ready, yet not ready. Tomorrow will be very busy. I can do this. But do I want to?
August 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I'm in my last few hours of my 7 week sabbatical. Grateful, wistful, ready, yet not ready. Tomorrow will be very busy. I can do this. But do I want to?
There will *always* be a market for prejudice. Even in churches. They may lose some members who can't any longer abide the hypocrisy and thinly veiled hate, but anti-gay churches will be fine. (Or "fine.") They'll continue, or even increase.
July 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There will *always* be a market for prejudice. Even in churches. They may lose some members who can't any longer abide the hypocrisy and thinly veiled hate, but anti-gay churches will be fine. (Or "fine.") They'll continue, or even increase.
I needed this rn
If you're feeling lost in life and uncertain of the way forward, this prayer is for you.
("Prayers for the Pilgrimage" via @ivpress.bsky.social)
("Prayers for the Pilgrimage" via @ivpress.bsky.social)
July 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I needed this rn
Just (re-)watched Rogue One.
Seems appropriate.
Seems appropriate.
June 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Just (re-)watched Rogue One.
Seems appropriate.
Seems appropriate.
Happy Modalism Sunday to all who celebrate.
June 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy Modalism Sunday to all who celebrate.
I really wanted to go to the #HollandMI #NoKings protest today, but I've got a bad cold. Fie! Saw on the Zuck-space that several friends (and -ish) of mine went. Yay! One acquaintance said that thousands were there. In little Holland!
June 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I really wanted to go to the #HollandMI #NoKings protest today, but I've got a bad cold. Fie! Saw on the Zuck-space that several friends (and -ish) of mine went. Yay! One acquaintance said that thousands were there. In little Holland!
Today I got my viola back from the shop, just a cleaning. It's gorgeous! I hadn't played in a week (unusual because I've played 109 days this year so far). Scales, Dounis, Bach, Clarke, Hindemith. Such joy! #violist #classicalmusic
June 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Today I got my viola back from the shop, just a cleaning. It's gorgeous! I hadn't played in a week (unusual because I've played 109 days this year so far). Scales, Dounis, Bach, Clarke, Hindemith. Such joy! #violist #classicalmusic
I'm not typically an anniversary person (except for wedding, obvs). But I was reminded (by FB) that today is the 15th anniv. of my Ph. D. graduation. Such a mix of feelings in all this: pride, regret, loss, gratitude. And just 10 days ago a colleague was like "Oh, I didn't know you had that!" 🙄
May 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I'm not typically an anniversary person (except for wedding, obvs). But I was reminded (by FB) that today is the 15th anniv. of my Ph. D. graduation. Such a mix of feelings in all this: pride, regret, loss, gratitude. And just 10 days ago a colleague was like "Oh, I didn't know you had that!" 🙄
"So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn." John 21:11.
I'm a net. And I'm about to tear.
I'm a net. And I'm about to tear.
May 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn." John 21:11.
I'm a net. And I'm about to tear.
I'm a net. And I'm about to tear.
I didn't blow my top during a meeting today. Do I get a prize?
May 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I didn't blow my top during a meeting today. Do I get a prize?
Sometimes it's something slid into a report for an upcoming meeting that feels like a gut punch.
April 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sometimes it's something slid into a report for an upcoming meeting that feels like a gut punch.
Fellow dudes need to get therapy and spiritual direction. Ugh.
Sometimes I think it was super weird that Berlioz married Harriet Smithson after seeing her perform one (1) time on stage, and then I remember that on two separate occasions after performing I received 100% sincere offers of marriage to strange men, so I guess that has just always been a thing
April 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Fellow dudes need to get therapy and spiritual direction. Ugh.
Thrilling concert tonight with Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark, & Joshua Roman! I've been following Meyer for at least 13 years. It was (partly?) through him that I became aware of Lark. Such amazing musicians. I am sure that @smarcorodriguez.bsky.social and @emjayveeem.bsky.social would've loved it.
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Thrilling concert tonight with Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark, & Joshua Roman! I've been following Meyer for at least 13 years. It was (partly?) through him that I became aware of Lark. Such amazing musicians. I am sure that @smarcorodriguez.bsky.social and @emjayveeem.bsky.social would've loved it.
Great, another email asking for detailed information. I expect it will likewise take almost an hour to answer and that, again, I will never receive acknowledgement of my response (much less thanks).
March 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Great, another email asking for detailed information. I expect it will likewise take almost an hour to answer and that, again, I will never receive acknowledgement of my response (much less thanks).
Reposted by Dan Griswold
"Trans people dont deserve rights because I was a pervert as a kid"
March 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"Trans people dont deserve rights because I was a pervert as a kid"
Sierra Hull - "Spitfire" (Official Video)
YouTube video by sierrahullmusic
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February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pre-concert chilling
February 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Pre-concert chilling
Another concert in the books, to be repeated tomorrow night. Bloch Concerto Grosso no. 1, and a world premiere symphony by a local composer. Glad to be section principal, as it gives me the opportunity to hone skills. Grateful for my fellow violists.
February 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Another concert in the books, to be repeated tomorrow night. Bloch Concerto Grosso no. 1, and a world premiere symphony by a local composer. Glad to be section principal, as it gives me the opportunity to hone skills. Grateful for my fellow violists.
Reposted by Dan Griswold
The degree to which mainline clergy have internalized "thou shalt not be partisan from the pulpit" as a THEOLOGICAL maxim (as opposed to a legal or pastoral one) is really excessive.
January 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The degree to which mainline clergy have internalized "thou shalt not be partisan from the pulpit" as a THEOLOGICAL maxim (as opposed to a legal or pastoral one) is really excessive.