Re: This has been a banner year for my wife and I's charitable

Posting this in /pol because mine has more to do with it than elsewhere...but you lunger guys feel free to get in.

My new years resolution is to draw down my time on the politics bored. It's part of a larger reset of my overall social media use, backing away from national politics to focus more on local issues, and specifically with what I see as a crisis of faith within the modern evangelical church because of national politics. TNET in particular over the last year has caused me far too often to violate my standing rule of no arguing on the internet. Debate of any kind is stupid in general, and actually arguing over the same issue day in and day out is even worse. No mas.

I'll still be dropping articles I find interesting and provide some interesting perspectives (probably heavy on The Atlantic or David French), but not engaging nearly as much.

What about you guys?

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This has been a banner year for my wife and I's charitable

Dec 26, 2022, 9:29 PM

giving; not just the planned monthly gifts, but listening to our hearts and responding to the call when we feel we're being moved by an opportunity. When I was briefly in the E.D. last month, I found out through talking to my nurse that her son (16) was diagnosed with cancer, and her insurance was not covering the specific (and expensive) therapy he really needed. Those stories are hard enough, but with a 3-year-old at home, it hits hard. A few days later, we dropped off a card and a check to her. It didn't come close to what she needed, obviously, but we just hoped it could cover some meals or travel expenses -- all the other stuff that just starts burying you. All of this is to say the thank you note we got from her brought me infinitely more joy than anything I got from TNET, Twitter, extracurriculars, etc. It just really helped cement this growing perspective for me that, especially for Christians who are called as a matter of faith to good works, a fulfilled and Godly life is not fighting in political trenches, but serving others and bettering the world around us. It really reinforced the need to cut things that don't truly spark joy, and focus on stuff that does.

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Early NY Resolutions

I've got a generic resolution to read more

Agree and Colbert needs to go back to his

Did old school late night used to be so political?

Yes, they’ve ruined late nite***

I don't watch it, but from the clips that go viral,

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This has been a banner year for my wife and I's charitable