Where's the Good Stuff this week?
Friday 5/29/26 roundup of what I've discovered on Substack
‘Good Stuff’ = articles I’ve read this week that inspired, educated, entertained, or moved me.
Which for a Free Range Priest, means reading more amazing, inspiring things about God, the church, the universe, and running.
Here’s this week’s roundup:
God stuff
‘Leading causes of life’ by Laura Stephens-Reed. ‘How can we - as individuals and as spiritual leaders - partner with God in taking tiny steps toward more connection, coherence, agency, hope, and blessing?’
‘Searching for God in Silicon Valley’ by Avital Balwit . ‘I pray. So far no one has answered, or at least not so clearly that my agnostic ears can undeniably hear it. But I am still listening. If there is a God, I hope he is watching San Francisco in the year of our Lord 2026.’
Church stuff
‘Can evangelicals become more sacramental as sacramentalists become more evangelical?’ by Chris Nye. ‘what are the limits for us evangelical, low-church Protestants in developing a sacramental theology? Can we see all creation as sacramental without the sacramental accoutrements of Rome or Greece (altars, vestments, icons, etc.)?’
‘Is the Mainline Holding Together Two Different Faiths?’ by Loren Richmond Jr. ‘once Christianity becomes about living like Jesus without believing in Jesus and his work through the church, then the church becomes an “unnecessary overhead.’
Other stuff
‘What Has Changed’ by Kanaan Trotter. ‘You must be willing to actually let go of those days, because you cannot cling to what was and expect to be able to simultaneously hold today. You are incapable of being in two places at once.’
‘Kissing Cement at Full Speed’ by Backwardpastor. ‘Divorce has an added layer in the grief process that comes before denial: Disillusionment.’
What I wrote this week:
‘The Pope said ‘use AI for Love’. ‘It’s not just about how they are using AI (tech companies, governments, etc).It’s also how we are.We have power we have never had before to share the Gospel to the ends of the earth.’
From St. Paul’s, Salisbury:‘What if we didn’t grow - and that was the point?’ ‘We have definitely added members over the last few years - and we hope to continue adding members. But the mission of the church is to share the Gospel, and we have everything we need to do that already, no matter our size.’
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