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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 20h

Who’s going to let Green Day know?

A black-and-white photograph of a calendar with the last day of September circled

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Blackberry preserves on sale on Michaelmas night. I’m not falling for THAT trap, Satan. 🕯️

A bonne maman jar of blackberry preserves red with a sale sign of $5.99

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was doing some outlining this afternoon for a novel that I'm (seemingly perpetually) writing and found myself getting stuck. On a whim, I closed my laptop and picked up my EDC notebook. WHOOSH! The gates opened! Six solid pages of outline/background. Sometimes you just gotta put down the computer!

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Even an antipope deserves a day at the ballet! Pope Radislav (aka Rutherford Johnson) is a lecturer in business at the University of Minnesota at Crookston and is my favorite living antipope. 🕯️

A Facebook screenshot of a man wearing a funny pope outfit with red shoes and hat.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I went from hearing confessions at church to the college involvement fair to celebrating Sukkot with the campus Jewish community. What a full and wonderful afternoon/evening! 🕯️

A Jewish Sukkot (booth) on the shadow of a lot gothic cathedral-style chapel at dusk

A table with a which reads Canterbury episcopal students. I am standing there wearing a cassock and holding a freeze pop and my student worker is standing next to me. There is a bunch of stuff on the table.

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Fr Kurt Huber 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱 ☮️ @revkurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Nothing is more shameful to a civilized nation than to allow itself to be ‘governed’ by an irresponsible clique of sovereigns who have given themselves over to dark urges – and that without resisting.” – Leaflets of the White Rose, Leaflet 1 (1942) This could have been written today.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’m not usually much a necktie person, but I saw this extremely cute birds and flowers tie at a thrift store yesterday for $2 and decided it was perfect for my friends Molly and Maryclare’s wedding today!

Two neck ties draped over a light blue
blazer. The tie on the left has flowers and birds and the tie on the right is patterned.

Me wearing the blazer and the flower/bird tie with a gold bee brooch.

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Micah 😌 @micahcc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

just a reminder to episcopalians that we have a rite of reconciliation (confession), it’s awesome, i do it, you can too 🕯️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There’s something almost transcendental about the ‘holy huddle’ at priestly ordinations. Just an unbroken chain of screwballs who heard a whispered call in the soul’s night and couldn’t resist answering. 🕯️

A huddle of vested priests laying their hands on one another’s shoulders at an ordination mass

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

EWR ➡️ MSP 🕯️ Me, when the plane touches down at 8:15 and Mass in Northfield is at 10:30am:

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Cat Driving a Car

Alt: Cat Driving a Car

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It feels very surreal to be flying into the NYC metropolitan area on this significant anniversary of September 11th.

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Jarek Pachocki OMI @jarekpach.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Honouring all those lost on 9/11 25 years ago, including Fr. Mychal Judge, FDNY chaplain, the first recorded victim, who gave his life offering hope and prayers amid the tragedy. His courage and compassion remind us to serve others selflessly, even in the darkest moments. #NeverForget

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

MSP ➡️ EWR to celebrate @kingasa.bsky.social being instituted as 12th Rector of Grace Church, Nutley, NJ and then to NYC to join the Lord Bishop of New York in laying hands on @ancientspeak.bsky.social and @danielbentley.bsky.social and making them priests. A truly terrible weekend for Ol’ Scratch! 🕯️

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TransEpiscopal @transepiscopal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“The way that trans people are being treated in this world, in this culture, in this country, it is one of the many things that keeps me up at night. It’s contrary to the gospel. It’s a scandal to the heart of God.” —Episcopal Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe ⚓️ episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/09/08/f...

Queer Episcopal clergy gathered for a photo with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe following the closing Eucharist at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Minneapolis, following the Full & Equal conference celebrating 50 years of the journey toward full inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in the Episcopal Church.
Photo credit: Cynthia Black

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Leaving my non-church choir rehearsal tonight and somebody said “Nice to meet you, see you in church!” My heart was strangely warmed. 🕯️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The last time my grandma stayed at my apartment, she surreptitiously turned the thermostat to 78°F. I think I was subtle in my messaging this time around.

A thermostat covered in blue tape with a post it note that says “don’t even think about it” and has a hastily drawn skull and crossbones.

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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I take 5 psychic damage every time I say the contemporary Our Father.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My parish hosted the local Jewish community (mostly from the two colleges) tonight for Shabbat services in our fireside room and a potluck afterward in the parish hall. The campus rabbi grew up in an interfaith home (her dad is an Episcopalian) and so this kind of thing comes naturally to her. 🕯️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Elizabeth is a college friend of mine! I’m extremely proud of her and profoundly disappointed (as ever) to live in a country which would arrest a pregnant minister for standing up for the marginalized. 🕯️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Indianapolis has dispensed the Sunday mass obligation for those afraid of detention or intimidation by ICE. What a profoundly messed up world we live in! 🕯️

A letter on official letterhead

CHRIST THE CORNERSTONE
GENERAL DECREE
Dispensation from the Obligation to Participate in Mass
On Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
Whereas recent days have seen an increase in immigration enforcement in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, causing a significant rise in fear and anxiety amongst our immigrant communities, and
Whereas the Christian faithful have an obligation to participate in Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation (c. 1246§1, 1247), and the fear and anxiety caused by the recent immigration enforcement activity may deter some of the Christian faithful from fulfilling their obligation to attend Mass, which would be detrimental to their spiritual welfare, and
Whereas the Archdiocesan bishop is able to dispense the faithful from disciplinary laws, both universal and particular, when it contributes to their spiritual welfare (c. 87 §1).
I hereby dispense from the obligation to participate in Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation all those persons living within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis who reasonably fear being detained, separated from their families, or experience intimidation due to the increased immigration enforcement. This applies even to those with proper legal documentation.
This dispensation will last through September 30th, 2026, unless further extended by decree.
The Christian faithful who discern they must make use of this dispensation are encouraged to supplement spiritual practices on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation with practices such as praying with the Sunday readings of the Lectionary, praying the rosary or other sacramentals, and/or watching a livestreamed Mass on television or the internet.
Pastors and all those who minister to the faithful within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis are encouraged to attend to the spiritual care of those who must make use of this dispensation to the best of their ability, especially regarding the Sacraments Penance and Anointing of the Sick, or the distribu…

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 09/11/2023

bank account-wise, it sucks for me that the best and most satisfying breakfast food is just Eggs Someone Else Cooked

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Teddy Focaccia @kmaustinyoung.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I really wish people didn’t have such easy access to guns in this country.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Free flu shots at the Minnesota State Fair is a true victory for public health.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The church dining halls are the best—and most underrated—part of the Minnesota State Fair. There’s nothing like ham loaf, roasted spuds, and fluff salad being served by very friendly Methodists.

A plate with a piece of ham loaf, roasted spuds, and Minnesota salad.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Three of my favorite poems by Wendell Berry from the POETRY journal (January 2001, June 1967, and November 1971 respectively.) 🕯️

HOW TO BE A POET
(to remind myself

I
Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet.
You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill-more of each than you have-inspiration, work, growing older, patience, for patience joins time to eternity. Any readers who like your poems, doubt their judgment.

II
Breathe with unconditional breath the unconditioned air.
Shun electric wire.
Communicate slowly. Live a three-dimensioned life; stay away from screens.
Stay away from anything that obscures the place it is in.
There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.

III
Accept what comes from silence.
Make the best you can of it.
Of the little words that come out of the silence, like prayers prayed back to the one who prays, make a poem that does not disturb the silence from which it came.

THE BURIAL OF THE OLD
The old, whose bodies encrust their lives, die, and that is well.
They unhinder what has struggled in them.
The light, painfully loved, that narrowed nd darkened in their minds becomes again the sky.
The young, who have looked on dying, turn back to the world, grown strangely alert to each other's bodies.

A HOMECOMING
One faith is bondage. Two are free. In the trust of old love, cultivation shows a dark graceful wilderness at its heart. Wild in that wilderness, we roam the distances of our faith, safe beyond the bounds of what we know. O love, open. Show me
my country. Take me home.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Dolly and Wendell in the same week? Ouch. 🕯️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today’s thrift store haul: three pairs of Callaway golf shorts with the tags still on! $86 a piece from the Callaway website, $8, $8, and $6 at the thrift store.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/08/2026

oh is prince harry returning to england? the same year we've got a tyrant beefing with the Pope? STOP MAKING MEDIEVALISTS RELEVANT

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today in Priestcraft: a teen from the parish left for college first thing this morning (for my alma mater, go CSB+SJU!), so the youth group threw her a doughnut-and-coffee farewell party in her driveway. Yours truly was up at 0-dark-thirty to fetch the goods from KwikTrip and Caribou. 🕯️

A bag of doughnuts and a big carafe of coffeee

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I sent this bit from Mother Julian’s Shewings to a parishioner and thought you all could stand to see it as well. 🕯️

Screenshot that reads: [God] did not say: You will not be assailed, you will not be belabored, you will not be disquieted, but he said:
You will not be overcome. God wants us to pay attention to his words and always to be strong in our certainty, in well-being and in woe, for he loves us and delights in us, and so he wishes us to love him and delight in him and trust greatly in him, and all will be well.

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Elizabeth @elizcall.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Absolutely cannot stand interpretations of this week's Gospel that say Jesus calling the Canaanite woman a dog is an example of his "human side" bc he's so exhausted/irritated/overwhelmed that he cannot help but be racist to her. If Jesus is indeed without sin, that should include the sin of racism!

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I dreamt last night that the Rt Rev’d the Bishop of Washington and I went to see a MUNA house concert. Everybody was sitting in arm chairs and couches (except for Her Lordship, who was obviously sitting in her cathedra.) It was a wild dream! 🕯️

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Pro tip: people who have efficient means of killing large numbers of people in a hurry are never the good guys

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Honestly, if you want intergenerational community, public service, ritual, morality, a framework to make sense of evil, injustice, suffering and mortality, a place where people visit each other in the hospital — you could do a lot worse than walking into a church, synagogue, mosque or temple.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There’s just about nothing better than the crunch of a very crisp green grape.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I just sent an email to a colleague that was no body, only a single sentence in the subject line. Am I becoming somebody's great-uncle?!

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Yikes! David Rose's Cringeworthy Moment

Alt: Yikes! David Rose's Cringeworthy Moment

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Beckett the Delicate Ecopouf @delicateecopouf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

One of my most niche traits is that I'm a huge fan of literally any handbell choir. They delight me to no end. ⚓🕯️

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Neil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As an Episcopal priest, this describes my life. ⚓️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I think it is possible that the cup of decaf coffee I had this afternoon was not in fact decaf.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ve been back in the United States since Monday, but have been hosting people ever since. My dad and grandma picked me up from the airport and stayed the night and then some friends came and stayed three nights. Everybody has gone home and now the hospitality adrenaline has worn off. 😴 💀

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I just rode my first ever ferris wheel. I am very brave.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hello from the mountains of Australia!

Me in the misty mountains with a wild cockatoo on my shoulder.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You might think this magpie is very cute, but you did not see the wee pied villain snatch the last bit of scone from my plate, fly a couple meters away to eat the scone before flying back, walking inside the retreat centre through a door left open, and pooping in the hallway before I chased it out.

An Australian magpie sitting on the back of a chair.

The scone (with jam and clotted cream) before the darn bird snatched it away

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Australian KitKats are SO much better than US KitKats. Like…to a degree of magnitude that they might as well be completely separate things.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In the style of @scottagunn.bsky.social, MSP ✈️ LAX ✈️ SYD

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

An actual text I just sent:

Screenshot of a text that reads: I'll also be a few minutes late-I'm sitting in my car listening to Aaron Carter's 2000 remake of the Strangelove's 1965 hit "I
Want Candy" on the radio.

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