looking desperately for love (God) in any form

up at all hours of the night contemplating metaphysics

[forsakenbythenarrative]

(this is a sideblog btw. i follow from @cheapbananas)

I am trying to process through my own reality; that is all.

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Joey (he/they) | 21 | episcopalian | animist and commie in christ | psalmist | lover of stories | mystic | serial doubter but also the surest man alive | florida-man

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English, Philosophy, and Writing Student with a goal of becoming a priest and/or writer

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My DM's are always open! Reach out if you so desire for any reason and I do love questions on my theological and metaphysical beliefs and postulations, so feel free to ask away. :))

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I've been inactive lately because university has been quite overwhelming but I plan to go through my asks inbox imminently and answer them! <33

[nn-ee-zz]

The first depiction of Mary and Jesus

[proseandpsalms]

God doesn't need you to fight for Him btw. He needs you to fight for the marginalised and oppressed.

[389]

The Vision of Saint Hubert. Franz von Stuck, 1890

[blood-is-the-life]

Get weirder about God

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

The wilderness is lonely but you are not alone. Do not turn back to Egypt. You have robbed your enslavers; they will not be merciful.

[orthodoxadventure]

Orthodox Church decorations during the feast of Pentecost

[forsakenbythenarrative]

happy pentecost, my friends. reminder that you may be just as queer today as you were yesterday and will be tomorrow. the holy spirit dwells in your queerness as well. do not be sorry for being yourself today. do you not think it would hurt your Creator that you are sorry for being the person He made you as?

feel the breath of the universe today breathing into your unique body and fueling your unique self on your unique journey through this complicated and beautiful world.

[no1knowz]

[awed-frog]

Monument to Stranger and Refugees, by Nigerian-American artist Olu Oguibe. Currently in Kassel, Germany. The quote, translated in four languages (English, German, Arabic and Turkish) is from the Gospel of Matthew - 25:35.

[forsakenbythenarrative]

saying something is an act of love does not make it grand. acts of love can and should be simple too. and we should do them more. we should do them constantly

[queerprayers]

people are saying many poignant things about pope francis' legacy but all I thought today was what a beautiful time easter is to die. I'm glad he had one last earthly one and that he is now resting in eternal easter.

lord grant us a pope who hopes that hell is empty.

[sweatermuppet]

thank u earth for leather & fur & sex & pottery & laughter & rain & the lilac bush & hay in a field & cows to eat the hay & thank u earth for a perfect view of the moon

[forsakenbythenarrative]

hope is often a meal you have to eat one. single. bite. at. a. time.

you have to remember that the tomb opens. you have to choose to check on it. no matter how heavy the stone.

[forsakenbythenarrative]

today is a quiet day.

today the mystery is still and the ringing sound of bells from the void ceases. the veil is torn and the wind speaks but we cannot tell if it says words. today, we call out, 'WHY' just as mary and simon did — because simon is not peter yet. today there is no rock, no solid ground just a man listening, listening and nothing echoing back. today is searching, wondering of wonder, today is the horror of clinging desperately onto God and for a second thinking he might have let go, feeling your feet slip beneath the the crest of the waves. it is the quiet hours of the night, 4am in the universe. everything is waiting and we can't figure out how to read a clock in the darkness. tomorrow the little flowering shoot comes springing from the dirt; today we watch the ground and water it and pray and pray and pray and pray and pr

[guerrillatech]

[utah-mountain-drifter-deactivat]

[poorghost]

no one follows the trees warning

[rapidashrider]

You know the parable about how the foolish man built his house upon sand and the wise man built his house upon rock and it’s always about having a sturdy foundation well there is also the fact of location which is that the sand probably used to be rock except it’s been eroded to sediment because it’s a FUCKING FLOODPLAIN

[bestest-goblin]

I feel like a dumbass, but @rapidashmascot just revolutionised my understanding of that parable.

[periwinkledragons-deactivated20]

Radical empathy and love is incredibly hard and I will fail over and over again but I also think it's the most important thing you can do

[transfaguette]

they hate me for my ardent refusal to accept cruelty as the status quo