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A.W. Regets

@alexregets.bsky.social
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Trying to be good/kind/faithful/etc. PC(USA) pastor Mostly quoting other people New book now available: www.amazon.com/Abandon-Orderly-Hous…

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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Grateful to everyone who took the time to read this book. I really poured myself into it, and whether it was kind comments, written reviews, or the occasional best seller tag, I was blown away by the response. Sharing anything with the world is scary, but I’m glad I was pushed to see it through.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful." —Mary Oliver (Upstream)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Thanks for the kind words, I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it (and that it found its way to Westminster).
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Abandon the Orderly House is on a Kindle Countdown Deal through the end of the week! The ebook is only $0.99 instead of the usual $9.99.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“None of us is yet whole in Christ. All of us are in the process of becoming. We are not finished products. He has pruning and shaping to do in us. And he has promised that he will continue what he has begun.” —Eugene Peterson (Lights a Lovely Mile)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“We do not live in an ironclad universe of cause and effect. In the presence of the God of Jacob, there is life that is beyond prediction.” —Eugene Peterson (As Kingfishers Catch Fire)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
“I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self.” —Henri Nouwen (In the Name of Jesus)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Because there were plenty of moments where it seemed like it was all over for Moses, but it wasn’t. He was still growing, he was still changing, and he was still becoming who he needed to be in order to answer God’s call.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
It may seem like those things have already taken control of your days, or they’ve already stamped your destiny. But when you walk with the God of Moses your story is always capable of making another turn.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
And the same God that was present in the story of Moses is working in your life too. So your start in poverty doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Your father’s addiction doesn’t have to become your own. And the decisions you made when you were just trying to survive do not have to define your life.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The boy that was abandoned in the river will one day walk through the sea. The young man who fled to the wilderness will return home again. And God will use everything he experienced along the way to achieve freedom, not just for Moses, but for all of his people.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
And no matter what happens next, that should be an encouragement to us all. Because we are reminded that the way our story begins does not decide how it ends.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Moses is not just a child who survived against all odds or a young man who threw it all away. He is an individual called by God for a tremendous purpose. Because God will not waste his unique identity, his righteous anger, or the pain he had to endure just to become a shepherd in the wilderness.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
This is real courage. And it’s possible because Shiphrah and Puah love the God of Jacob more than they fear this thin skinned tyrant who imagines himself mighty while targeting immigrants and children.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
But because the midwives fear God, we’re told they refuse to obey the king’s orders. And they allow the boys to live, despite all the ways that decision could come back to haunt them.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
If the midwives settle for “just following orders”, putting the king of their nation above the King of creation, this will be the end. So we get this agonizing moment of tension that could end the line of Jesus 1400 years before he’s ever born.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Israelites were set apart by God and they were blessed to be a blessing, but as Pharaoh gives this order, the end of God’s people is no longer unthinkable.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Pharaoh, who is perhaps the most wicked character our Scriptures have presented so far, orders the Hebrew midwives to kill a generation of Israelite sons. And suddenly the promise God made to Abraham and his descendants seems like it’s falling to pieces.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Entire groups can be stripped of their dignity and eventually their humanity as evil rhetoric turns into scapegoating which slides into genocide. And that’s exactly what happens here.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A (perhaps timely) sermon preview 🧵 as we begin the story of Moses: When scared people allow themselves to be steered by leaders who do not fear the Lord, history tells us that all kinds of evil are possible.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"Only save me from myself. Save me from my own, private, poisonous urge to change everything, to act without reason, to move for movement’s sake, to unsettle everything You have ordained. Let me rest in your will and be silent." —Thomas Merton (A Book of Hours)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"I give myself to Your love and mean to keep giving myself to Your love—rejecting neither the hard things nor the pleasant things You have arranged for me. It is enough for me that You have glory. Everything You have planned is good. It is all love…"
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"My actions prove that the one I trust is myself—and that I am still afraid of You. Take my life into Your hands, at last, and do whatever You want with it."
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This prayer from Thomas Merton has been stuck in my mind for months as both an encouragement and a conviction. Perhaps you need to hear it too.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“There is nothing that I may decently hope for that I cannot reach by patience as well as by anxiety.” —Wendell Berry (The World-Ending Fire)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers
Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers [Regets, A. W., DeGroat, Chuck] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
“None of us can dialogue with others until we can calmly and confidently hold our own identity.” —Richard Rohr (Falling Upward) So many leaders operate from a deep insecurity (hidden by false confidence, antagonism & pseudo-intellectualism). Is it any wonder we’re divided?
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
If you have a Kindle, the ebook version of Abandon the Orderly House is 90% off for the next few days—just $0.99! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DT...
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Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers
Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers - Kindle edition by Regets, A.W. , DeGroat, Chuck. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“Prayer does not lead us to shame, guilt, or despair, but rather to the joyful discovery that we are only human and that God is truly God.” —Henri Nouwen (With Open Hands)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"No matter what others say about us, we are not so bad that we cannot experience love, and no matter how awful we feel about ourselves, God doesn't share that low opinion." —Eugene Peterson (Lights a Lovely Mile)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
One thing my favorite spiritual writers have in common is a genuine lack of pretense. That's why I appreciated this note from @chuckdegroat.bsky.social in the foreword to Abandon the Orderly House. If this is the kind of writing you enjoy, I'd love for you to check out the link in my bio.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company with those who say ‘Look!’ and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.” —Mary Oliver (Mysteries, Yes)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"As we are able to discover the unique potential of our way of being in the world, we can move beyond our protest, put the cup of our life to our lips and drink it, slowly, carefully, but fully." —Henri Nouwen (Can You Drink the Cup)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
"Change is part of the gospel. The Christian life is not something we are handed already complete." —Eugene Peterson (Lights a Lovely Mile)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“Mostly, I want to be kind. And nobody, of course, is kind, or mean, for a simple reason.” —Mary Oliver (Dream Work)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I'm preaching on the parable of Lazarus and the rich man and it seems overly simple to warn against striving for wealth and power. But when I consider all the places that encourage us to chase after those things, I think that simple warning might be exactly what's needed.
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Shout out to @pcusa.bsky.social!
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“Presbyterian” and “Christian Sermons” are not the broadest categories in the world, but it’s still pretty cool to reach the #1 Bestseller spot on Kindle. Thank you to everyone who’s bought the book! And if you don’t have a copy already, the Kindle version is 70% off this week!
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The kindle version of “Abandon the Orderly House” is on an Amazon Countdown Deal this week— it’s only $2.99 instead of its usual $9.99! So if you’re an ebook reader make sure to grab a copy while it’s still 70% off!
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
www.amazon.com/Abandon-Orde...
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Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers
Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers [Regets, A. W., DeGroat, Chuck] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Abandon the Orderly House: Good News for Skeptics and Burned Out Believers
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The kindle version of “Abandon the Orderly House” is on an Amazon Countdown Deal this week— it’s only $2.99 instead of its usual $9.99! So if you’re an ebook reader make sure to grab a copy while it’s still 70% off!
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
"I should know by this time that just because I feel that everything is useless and going to pieces and badly done and futile, it is not really that way at all. Everything is all right. It is in the hands of God." —Dorothy Day (The Reckless Way of Love)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
One of my parishioners loaned out her copy of the book and here's the response she received. When you release something you never know how it'll go over, but it's still worth doing. Because someone may need what you have to give. So if you're writing now, this is your encouragement to keep going!
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"Ministry is witness. It's nothing else but saying, 'I've seen something, I've experienced something, and I'm not afraid to share it with you if you ask me to.'" —Henri Nouwen (Parting Words)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“God does not wait for perfection before he begins to work in us. And if God is not waiting for perfection, you had better not wait for it either.” —Eugene Peterson (Lights a Lovely Mile)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"It seems to me inescapable that before a man can usefully promote an idea, the idea must be implemented in his own life. If he is for peace he must have a life in which peace is possible." —Wendell Berry (The World-Ending Fire)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
My goal for month 2 was to get my book in the hands of 200 people and to get 20 of those readers to give honest reviews… and we just made it for both goals! If you haven’t read it yet, but you’re interested, here’s the link to read a sample/buy a copy today: www.amazon.com/Abandon-Orde...
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
"This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without any conditions or limits." —Henri Nouwen (In the Name of Jesus)
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I’m not sure how many of you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, but the book is now available through KU as well. So if you have a subscription check it out! www.amazon.com/Abandon-Orde...
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A.W. Regets @alexregets.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Also, if you already read and appreciated the book it would mean a lot if you'd repost the post above so others can find it too!
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