Tag: faith

• “Six Days on the Bottom of the Ocean”

  One of my favorite bands is an Austin-based group called Explosions in the Sky. I first saw them at Austin City Limits back in 2006, and their music has been a part of my study playlists ever since. Explosions in the Sky has a song called “Six Days on the Bottom of the Ocean.” It…

  matthewcgillum

  May 22, 2026

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  austin city limits, bible, explosions in the sky, faith, god, jesus, jonah, metamodernism, ocean

• Bolting from the Kids’ Choir

  A few weeks ago, the Kids’ Choir sang at our church. As usual it was a wonderful group of sweet kids singing their hearts out. Those days in church are always good ones! But this time was a bit different. At a point in the song, one of the children up at the front bolted…

  matthewcgillum

  May 20, 2026

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  beauty, bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, worship

• Dark Ages

  Imagine living in a time where: Nation states are weakened and radically divided along tribal lines. There are many new works of engineering that boggle the mind, but the understanding of their workings grows less and less. There are diseases that seem unstoppable, changing borders and devastating communities. The world is in the grip of…

  matthewcgillum

  May 17, 2026

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  bible, christianity, faith, god, history, jesus, medieval, metamodernism, middle-ages

• Icon

  I’ve been asked a few times lately about the apparent growth in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. This topic is growing in the vision of the current generation as it longs to discover authenticity in all things, but especially in faith. In a metamodern world that creates “truths” and then inflicts them upon others,…

  matthewcgillum

  May 12, 2026

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  bible, catholic, christianity, discipleship, evangeliical, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, orthodox

• They move in the quiet

  If you’ve been present and active in a church, you’ve probably that experience that comes at the end of the service after the pastor has finished preaching and the choir or band is preparing to lead a last song. There is a quiet shuffling as dozens of people move to and fro in the worship…

  matthewcgillum

  May 6, 2026

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  bible, christianity, communion, faith, jesus, worship

• We ruined deliveries

  I remember as a kid the thrill when we would get a delivery to the house. It didn’t happen often, so when there was a box on our porch we were filled with wonder. We wondered that someone would take the effort to send us something! Today as I was driving up to our house,…

  matthewcgillum

  May 2, 2026

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  ai, bible, faith, god, jesus, life, metamodernism, trust, wonder

• No Kings

  [The above photo is Santa Anna’s sword in the new museum at the Alamo. Super cool.] Recently King Charles III came and spoke in Washington DC. At this engagement, the result of his speech was standing ovation in bi-partisan solidarity. Republicans, Democrats, etc., they were standing and applauding a literal monarch. I’m not the first…

  matthewcgillum

  April 29, 2026

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  authority, bible, charity, christianity, discipleship, faith, god, jesus, love, metamodernism, no kings

• Free Cars on Facebook Marketplace

  Not sure if you’ve seen it, but on Facebook Marketplace there are often cars that are listed for free. It cracks me up, because they are clearly a scam. And yet the phishers and the scammers keep it up. (Note: the car in above picture is not one of those…it was a very nice car!)…

  matthewcgillum

  April 28, 2026

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  bible, cars, christianity, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, scams, truth

• One Bulb Left

  Sometimes you’re just one bulb away from being completely burned out. The above picture is a series of hanging bulbs that have been in a room for several years. Over time, the bulbs have burned out one-by-one, til now this lone bulb is left. Why hasn’t the bulb been changed? Ignorance of the issue? Disinterest…

  matthewcgillum

  April 23, 2026

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  burnout, change, confession, faith, fixing, jesus, life, love, mental-health, metamodernism, writing

• An Unfortunate Name

  If you want to give your child an unfortunate name, I’d go with “Sylvia Pamela Risk.” That way every time she’d call someone on the phone, they’d not answer due to being called by S.Pam Risk. [You may now chuckle.] This gets me thinking on the reality of names. Throughout time there have been unfortunate…

  matthewcgillum

  April 21, 2026

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  bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, names, unfortunate-names