In the Catholic tradition, the month of May is dedicated to Mary. I have this statue of her on my office window sill with an African violet next to it. The violet has been bloom-less for almost an entire year. This morning on the first of May it finally bloomed. Nice. 💜

Just dropped Mr. Scruffy off at a new dog sitter for the day. We’re testing him out to see how Chester does with a group of dogs. The look of abandonment when he realized I was leaving him. (Of course he will have forgotten me completely in about 2 min) 💔 #DailyChester

Pierre Poilievre called Prime Minister Trudeau a “wacko”. Any journalist who pretends that’s within the rules of the House of Commons is incompetent or lying.

“But let’s make him PM.”😞😫

I’m actually getting a lot out of this all-day online diocesan policy training workshop.

Chester…not so much.
#DailyChester

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Water bottle and laptop ready for a day of online diocesan policy training!!!

The exclamation marks may be slightly hyperbolic and sarcastic.

Still…important stuff.

I went into the “Lists I’m On” list in my profile settings and blocked all the conservative right wing evangelical trolls (it’s the only way to remove yourself from their list) and suddenly I’m not getting nearly as many porn bots.

Funny how that works.

Yes because cell phones are the big problem with our education system.

Not lack of teachers, school buildings falling apart and overall lack of funding.

Cell phone distraction.

One of the highlights of my week! TNBS! (Tues Night Bible Study)!

'Can't we all just get along?'

Sure. But we don't. And we won't if we just ignore the reasons why we don't all get along and what it would take to get along.

Did you mean 'Can't we all just agree to ignore anything that makes me uncomfortable or holds me accountable'?

'C'mon dude. Watch the comments. What if she was your sister or girlfriend or wife?'

Yeah but...what if she isn't anyone's? What if she wasn't defined or valued based on her relationship to you or to any other man?

What if we respected her simply because she was a human being?

Looking for recommendations: books that helped you reconnect with your Christian spirituality after a time of spiritual dryness or even loss of faith.

Not for me. I’m doing fine thanks.

*Specifically looking for Christian sources*

Our cemetery literally sold land to a developer with this argument.

Saving this for when we get to Jacob in St. John's Dixie Bible Study of Genesis: Leah and Rachel as Kardashians. 😂 instagram.com/reel/C6NCMHLtB…

Toxic masculine MAGA evangelical Trump-supporting misogynists always out themselves in the first sentence, don’t they? I mean, you don’t even have to read the bio.

When James goes away for a week he leaves out a piece of clothing with his scent on it to comfort Chester.

I got out of the shower and found Chester on the bed, snuggling with James’ hoodie.
🥹❤️ #DailyChester