Analyzing Christianity
The Cargo Cult World of Evangelical Marriage Counseling
Today, let me show you how good advice goes bad in the cargo cult of evangelical marriage counseling.
Analyzing Christianity
Beach Reach Training: Properly Deploying Small Talk
Today, let’s see how earnest SBC evangelists learn to use transactional small talk to open the door to a sale, at least in theory.
The Games We Play
Labor of Love: How Social Media Lets Passions Connect (LSP #192)
Last night, I was just thinking about how social media has made it so much easier and simpler for those with passions to connect with each other and share what they’re doing. It wasn’t like that when I was younger, that’s for sure. Today, Lord Snow Presides over one of the very best aspects of modern life: how the internet allows a labor of love to be shared so much more easily and widely than ever before.
Analyzing Christianity
The night my fear of Hell died
Today, I’ll tell you what happened the night I finally lost my fear of Hell.
The Games We Play
The Evolving Appeal of Cinderella (LSP #189)
As narratives go, Cinderella has alternated between capturing American women’s imaginations to repelling them, then back again to charming them. Today, Lord Snow Presides over a fairy tale that speaks to how we feel, ultimately, about relationships — and people are examining this age-old love narrative from a modern perspective.
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The Land of Lords and Ladies (LSP #188)
I ran into this story this past week and it made me smile. I hope it has the same effect on you! It’s just one more example of how people try to announce to the world, I was here! This was me! Today, Lord Snow Presides over the land of lords and ladies, and what they say about the human condition.
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Matt Gaetz: Nobody’s Even Surprised
Today, let me show you the scandals swirling around Matt Gaetz — and just how unsurprised anybody really is about any of it.
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Sovereign Citizens Ideology Has Infested New Zealand (LSP #179)
Hi and welcome back! Well, I suppose it was inevitable that wackadoodles in New Zealand would eventually happen upon the sovereign citizens movement. Indeed, this story might just be yet another so-called gift we can thank COVID-19 for. Today, Lord Snow Presides over yet another woo conspiracy theory that just won’t go Read more
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The Schadenfreude Files: Mar-a-Lago Mood is ‘Dispirited’ Lately, Y’all (LSP #176)
Today, Lord Snow Presides over the ‘dispirited’ feel at the Mar-a-Lago resort, leading to its recent hemorrhage of paying members.
The Games We Play
Narcissistic Rage: Of Game Admins and Presidents (LSP #175)
To borrow a phrase and wreck its meter: ‘the time has come,’ the walrus said, ‘to speak of many things: Of shoes and ships…’ And narcissistic rage, of dysfunctional game admins and extremely seditious presidents. In the case of those last two items, these two groups have some very important traits in common: their narcissistic desire for attention, the mind-boggling extremes to which they are both willing to go in order to get it, and their catastrophic rage when it is denied. Today, Lord Snow Presides over how I learned to spot narcissists in a game I once loved.