Batch Batchelder
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Batch Batchelder
Truth trumps narrative. You can temporarily rally people around what sounds good, but reality eventually imposes its verdict.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be love... See more
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be love... See more
Prayer and Value-Truth
But the resurrection wasn’t just for the “respectable.” It was for criminals, too. It was for the condemned.
On the cross, Jesus was considered a criminal by the state and the religious authorities.
The first person Jesus promised paradise to was a man dying on a cross beside him—labeled a criminal by the state.
The resurrection doesn’t ignore injusti... See more
On the cross, Jesus was considered a criminal by the state and the religious authorities.
The first person Jesus promised paradise to was a man dying on a cross beside him—labeled a criminal by the state.
The resurrection doesn’t ignore injusti... See more
“He’s Gone” by Paul Zach.
After the cross has been carried,
after the weight is laid down,
after the body is buried,
down where the darkness surrounds,
after the end of the violence,
after the sky has gone dark,
now there is nothing but silence,
broken by the beat of our heart.
He’s gone. (×4)
After the last words are spoken,
we lay him down in the grave.
Afte... See more
After the cross has been carried,
after the weight is laid down,
after the body is buried,
down where the darkness surrounds,
after the end of the violence,
after the sky has gone dark,
now there is nothing but silence,
broken by the beat of our heart.
He’s gone. (×4)
After the last words are spoken,
we lay him down in the grave.
Afte... See more
Value-Truth and
Saturday - Sunday’s coming…
Should we expect to be forsaken—by God or the world or both?
Yes, perhaps by the world—and we will feel forsaken by God. But in Christ, we never actually are. The pattern of the faithful is not to avoid the pit, but to find God there—even when it seems He’s gone. That’s the paradox of Psalm 88 and the passion of Jesus: the dark is not the end. It is... See more
Yes, perhaps by the world—and we will feel forsaken by God. But in Christ, we never actually are. The pattern of the faithful is not to avoid the pit, but to find God there—even when it seems He’s gone. That’s the paradox of Psalm 88 and the passion of Jesus: the dark is not the end. It is... See more
questions and
The Way of the Cross Is Not a Detour—it’s the Road
• Jesus didn’t say “avoid suffering and follow me”, but “take up your cross” (Luke 9:23)
• The path includes loneliness, unanswered prayer, and downward mobility—but it ends in resurrection
“The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning ... See more
• Jesus didn’t say “avoid suffering and follow me”, but “take up your cross” (Luke 9:23)
• The path includes loneliness, unanswered prayer, and downward mobility—but it ends in resurrection
“The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning ... See more
Value-Truth and Prayer
If—Play AudioBy Rudyard KiplingShare thisShare(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies... See more
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies... See more
The Poetry Foundation • If—
I can feel that diminishment returning to everyday life. Everyone’s wrung out from the news and the terror inflicted by clown oligarchs and mad leaders and the general enshittification that is ensuing.
Austin Kleon • The Subtle Art of Showing Up
"Don't let the hope of finding a better way prevent you from starting down the best path you know of right now. This day won't come again."