#deconstruction

(The complete audio to this rant is posted at 4:20 EST on Substack. Here’s a preview. You can get the full length LP on the stack, or on Hive.) Who’s the cockroach? For those who actually believe that

Men read the Book of 1 Chronicles and their eyes glaze over. They see nine chapters of tedious genealogies and then a sanitized history of King David. The religious scholar sees it as a post-exilic attempt

Men read the Book of 2 Kings and they see a depressing historical record. They see it as a long, bloody, and ultimately futile chronicle of bad kings, political failure, and divine judgment. They are reading

Men read the Book of 1 Kings and think it's a political soap opera, a history of a golden age that crumbles into civil war. They get fascinated by the wisdom of Solomon, marvel at the Temple, and then

Men read the Book of 2 Samuel and they see a political thriller, the biography of a great king. They get fascinated by David's rise to power, then fixate on his great "sin" with Bathsheba. They

Men read the Book of 1 Samuel and see it as a political history, the origin story of the Israelite monarchy. They get lost in the battles, the intrigue, and the rise and fall of kings. They are reading

Men read the Book of Ruth and see a heartwarming romance, a sentimental tale of loyalty and kindness that stands out from the brutality of Judges. They mistake a profound spiritual alchemy for a Hallmark

Men read the Book of Judges and think it's a collection of ancient superhero stories. They get caught up in the gore of Ehud, the strategy of Deborah, the fleece of Gideon, and the drama of Samson. They

Men read the Book of Joshua and see a spiritual bloodbath. They see a history of genocide, a divine command for ethnic cleansing, and they either recoil in horror or try to justify it with convoluted

Men read the Book of Deuteronomy and think they're listening to a long, sentimental farewell speech. They see it as Moses giving a final pep talk, a "greatest hits" of the law before a new generation

Men read the Book of Numbers and see a divine ledger book. They get bored by the census, disgusted by the constant complaining, and confused by the seemingly random laws. They treat it as the dull, dusty

Men see the Book of Leviticus and their eyes glaze over. They skip it entirely or treat it as a dead relic, a bizarre and irrelevant collection of ancient laws about blood, mildew, and skin rashes. The

Men read the story of Exodus and think it's a historical adventure story about a tribe of slaves escaping a tyrant. They watch the movie, get caught up in the drama of the plagues and the parting of the

Let's be clear so there is no confusion. Men who get into intellectual brawls over a literal six-day creation versus the theory of evolution are completely lost. They are fighting over the menu while starving

NEMESIS. Today's word and adversary. What used to be a 120+ft tall Fir tree which I dropped in a precision felling was a stump 4ft tall. It is now reduced to a fraction but holy shit is root wood tough.

After the MIRACLE #ManUtd win over Liverpool this morning I got some misc tasks done around the farm and opened the #greenhouse to vent. This afternoon I tore down more of the old chimney on studio A.

The amount of time it takes to build a decent construction like a building. Dig a hole first, create a decent concrete foundation. Let dry for a couple of days. Add some crawlspace in there. Set up the

... all the incompatible demands put on me as a "Christian young woman" #poem #poetry #cwh #writing #christian #sunrise #deconstruction #exvangelical #christianity #God #Jesus #anxiety #depression

”…Having unlawfully converted and subverted the proper functioning of Government from Public Law to Public Policy, having deliberately misrepresented and hidden the conversion of our Courts into Admiralty

Dear DIY friends, Here are some snaps of this particularly messy process to remove a large work surface, which I began spontaneously this afternoon. I'm cleaning up all the disfunctional corners of the