Jared W

All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.

Our governor in Virginia, @abigailspanberger.com is putting ICE in its place and protecting the rule of law. Love it.

She is AWESOME! That’s a real leader right there.

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A Christianity that begins to believe authoritarianism is the way is a Christianity that has stopped believing in the way of Jesus.

Excellent.

“The Lord proclaims: Do what is just and right; rescue the oppressed from the power of the oppressor. Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow. Don’t spill the blood of the innocent in this place.” -Jeremiah 22:3

"Almighty God, who called Timothy & Titus to be evangelists & teachers, & made them strong to endure hardship: Strengthen us to stand fast in adversity, & to live godly & righteous lives in this present time..."

Little palette cleanser. My cat texted me tonight.

Cartoon by Adam Zyglis

So I have an idea… why don’t all the freedom loving people from Hungary come here, and all the MAGA people can go there (as immigrants!) and make their dream dumpster fire with their pal Viktor Orban. I would feel bad for the actual land of Hungary but something has to give.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

This is terrific news! May Archbishop Mullally be a prophetic voice for the truth and mercy of Jesus!

@dannyavula.bsky.social this is just wrong. Legal residents kidnapped of our streets! As our mayor, please take a stance on this! @richmonder.bsky.social, will you be keeping an eye on this story? www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

People are rightfully upset about maga, fascism, ICE henchmen, and the like. I am too. I also notice people calling them trash, filth, and worse. Degrading their humanity is exactly what they’re doing. Don’t sink to their level. They’re still people albeit who are making horrific choices.

So with the government shut down, does that mean that DHS agents aren’t getting paid or are furloughed?

While I am no fan of war, we’re clearly in the precursor stage of one. The Russian bear is picking a fight with a NATO hydra, and given their performance in Ukraine they’re in for a real beating.

I get very frustrated when Christians complain that they don’t feel at home in our culture. You’re not supposed to feel at home, in any culture. If you’re doing it right and taking it seriously, you’re 100% supposed to feel like a fish out of water.

One of the most important words we will use in the near future is “complicit.”

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He is totally beyond the reach of any sentiment of justice or compassion. #JaneAusten #Persuasion

I don’t identify as a progressive or conservative Christian, I find Christ compels me to an uncomfortable place between these poles. From my unaffiliated spot it’s clear that the self-identified MAGA conservative wing has so deeply twisted the message of Jesus that they’ve become a heretical cult.

Whelp, I finally did it. Only took me 38 years and some YouTube videos. Why yes, I am impressed with myself, thank you.

Hello new book.

Our only real enemy is the belief that this world is filled with enemies to be conquered rather than filled with neighbors to be loved.

Despicable. There’s are words for actions like that— murder and genocide. I can’t believe I need to say this, but those are both WRONG.

If hate is the only path forward for the West then it deserves to come crashing down. Mercifully Joel is completely and utterly wrong. The path forward for Christians and the West is not hate but love, the love of Christ for our neighbors, the weak, the immigrant, the broken, and our enemies.

Rewriting history is one thing. Folks are trying to rewrite the present now.

My daughter got caught in a lie tonight by my wife. My 4 yr old son’s response to my wife was🔥 “I told sissy you are right because you’re the smartest queen on earth”

Woe to the powerful! Especially those that claim the name of Christ. “Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.” - Galatians 6:7

When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. —Leviticus 19:33

I believe that God cares for the plight of his creation and has called us to pray AND act. After I pray, I trust that God will guide me and then I use my God-given brain, hands, and feet and get to work making the world a better place. Hopes and prayers with no follow though is hollow faith.

Lord Jesus have mercy and may your Spirit be close to the families and kids involved in the shooting in Minneapolis today. Come Lord into our broken world and broken ways , help us end this senseless violence.

@bsky.app I’m not generally one to say follow what Twitter is doing, that being said the community fact checking and context note could be a nice addition here too.

My little guy unknowingly built Skara Brae with dominos today! 🤓 #history #archaeology

Love this. Who can you be a shield wall for today?

Can a blue state governor activate their National Guard to defend the state before they’re federalized?

Preach it!

@abigailspanberger.com what will you do about this if you become Governor of VA? Asking for my foreign-born neighbors and all decent Virginians.

Of course this is where it was headed. Admire totalitarian leaders, inflame a culture war, control the courts, exert control over universities, media, and industry. Thus we arrive at communistic oligarchy. So predictable yet so hard to prevent with so many people willingly blind to it. 😏

Dreamy.

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

So, when red state national guards and blue state national guards face off… I’m deeply disappointed that we live in this timeline.

I refuse to compromise with evil especially evil masquerading as truth and justice.

I’m really surprised, and frankly disappointed, that the join ICE site hasn’t been DDoS’d into oblivion.

“In [our] days few people read, but everyone writes.” - Jules Verne

If you’re a believer or a church in DC, tonight would be a good night to take in a homeless person and care for them as you would welcome Jesus.