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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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 · 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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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You sang at my first mass. You should sing at my last!

Screenshot from my funeral plans

MusIcIanS
The Revd Kira Austin-Young, cantor
Ms. Heidi Schleif, Ms. Jena Thurow-Mountin, Mr. Andrew Mountin, Mx. Sabe Dunlap,

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

This was the profile that called me to my current parish!

We are seeking a priest steeped in the practices and values of the Episcopal Church, as expressed in The Book of Common Prayer, with history, tradition, and reason as a foundation for the church today and for the future.
We seek a priest with a centered prayer life grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a deep love of liturgy and music. We hope for a priest who loves to teach and preach, connecting the word of scripture to the concerns of God's people today, inspiring us to be disciples doing the work that God has given us to do.
We seek a priest with outstanding communication skills, listening, speaking with clarity and concision, showing engagement and interest verbally and nonverbally with people from all walks of life.
We seek a priest whose character demonstrates gentleness, kindness, and friendliness; a priest who acts with intelligence, positivity, confidence, and empathy, while operating with respect, an open mind, and an ability to meet people where they are on their journey.
We seek a priest who is committed to providing pastoral care for all, for those who request it and for those who need it.
We seek a priest who will be present with us in the wider community, serving alongside us and representing us in Northfield and with our college ministries.
Last but not least, All Saints seeks a priest with a creative imagination, an appreciation for the gift of joy and wonder in all God's works, and with a Spirit-led commitment to helping the parish plan for those who are yet to come while modeling a collaborative and visionary presence today.
If you are ready to sow seeds of faith for future generations, while connecting with the faithful parishioners of All Saints, and to reach out to our wider community for growth, then we are ready to welcome you home. We pray for you in your discernment.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 · 19/08/2026

Amen, amen! She preached on Sunday and I baptized her brother’s girlfriend who almost literally walked off the street and asked to be baptized.

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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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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The process is to talk with your parish priest who would decide if it’s appropriate to go to the bishop for permission/further steps. See below for TEC’s teaching. In the meantime, remember that you are baptized and that your baptism is the greatest defense against anything spiritually malicious.

Concerning Exorcism
The practice of expelling evil spirits by means of prayer and ritual derives its authority from Christ Jesus, who understood power over these forces as a sign of Messianic identity. The Church in succeeding centuries recognized this power of Christ in their shared life but reserved the rites of exorcism to its bishops. Later still the bishops began to delegate this authority to select presbyters and others deemed competent.
In accordance with this established tradition, someone in need of such a ministry, and anyone desiring to exercise it, makes the matter known to a presbyter, who in turn consults with the bishop. The bishop then determines whether exorcism is needed, who is to officiate at the rite, and what prayers or other formularies are to be used.
The rituals of exorcism, while weighty and never to be undertaken lightly, are not by nature esoteric. The Celebration of the Eucharist, especially in a place that has been disturbed, and the prayer of the Great Litany, for example, are ordinary practices. As Christ has said and as scripture counsels, any rites of exorcism include preparatory prayer and fasting.
Concerning Exorcism
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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Good morning from this cleric’s Jack Russell!

A jack Russell dog looking down at the camera

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

General Convention 2018, Resolution A070. As you can see, there was quite a lengthy process involved, including in congregations and with consultation by experts and native speakers.

Screenshot from Episcopal Archives:

Resolution Number:
Title:
Legislative Action Taken:
Final Text:
2018-A070
Concurred
Create New Translations of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention authorize the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to create new translations of the Book of Common Prayer 1979 into Spanish, French, and Haitian Creole, following the Guidelines for the Translation of Liturgical Materials adopted by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music. In addition, the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music will develop additional liturgical resources which are borne out of the above linguistic communities; and be it further
Resolved, That in this process the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music establish, within its auspices, an SCLM Task Force for Translations; and be it further
Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music's Task Force for Translations will: create three subcommittees of three persons each, two of whom shall be native speakers of Spanish, French, and Haitian Creole; identify and hire translators in each language to draft translations in consultation with the subcommittee; send the translators' drafts to: a) congregations chosen for experimental use of the draft to give feedback, b) professional, preferably published writers and poets to comment on the literary quality of the translators' drafts and make suggestions, c) professional liturgical theologians to comment on the theology of the draft; direct the subcommittees to review feedback, and working with the translator, issue a final draft for approval by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and certification; and report monthly on progress to the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music; and be it further
Resolved, That the sum of $201,000 be budgeted to the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to carry out this work.

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

I think you’re mistaken. The bulletin for the ordination of the Bishop of Los Angeles matches the Ordinal in the Spanish translation of the Book of Common Prayer. The BCP on the left and the Ordination Bulletin on the right.

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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 · 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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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I baptized a college student this morning in a little gathering before mass so that her mom in Shanghai could join by WhatsApp video. It was darling! Hsin Yue translated my homily into Mandarin for her mom and we all had a little two-way-translated visit afterward. 🕯️

A photo of me in vestments standing before a baptismal font next to a young college student.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I finished the biography of Rachel Hosmer, OSH, an Episcopal nun, General Seminary professor, and among the first generation of women ordained ti the priesthood. During WWII, her Order sponsored a child whose parents were sent to a concentration camp. 🕯️ Because of this advocacy, this happened:

Screenshot of a book:

. During this time somebody said to me, "Do you know that you've been reported to the FBI?" When I answered no, she replied,
"You'd be surprised if you knew who did it." I did not ask her because I did not want to know, but I am happy and proud and consider it a great honor to be listed as "a premature anti-Fascist."

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Happy birthday to my bestie @ancientspeak.bsky.social ! An extraordinary friend, a gifted preacher, a skilled liturgist, a Tumblrer of the days of yore, a compassionate activist, a committed practitioner of prayer, a theologian after God’s own heart, and the best iced coffee buddy in the world!

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Super love for a random guy to remind me that my orders are invalid on my anniversary. The sheer and utter arrogance of people like this astounds me. 🕯️ (Also I want to acknowledge that women who are priests deal with this garbage all the time and I am extremely angry on their behalf.)

Screenshot of a Facebook post by Fr Ron Rolheiser, OMI which says “I try to celebrate Eucharist every day because l am a priest and part of the covenant a priest makes with the church at his ordination is to pray the priestly prayer of Jesus, the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours, regularly for the world. But more personally, the older get, the less confident, in some ways, I am becoming. I don't always know whether I'm following Christ properly or even know exactly what it means to follow Christ, and so I stake my faith on an invitation that Jesus left us on the night before he died: To break bread and drink wine in his memory and to trust that this, if all else is uncertain, is what we should be doing while we wait for him to return.” I commented how it was my six ordination anniversary today and thanked him for the post. Some random guy commented, saying that my orders are invalid.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I love having college students in my parish for lots of reasons, but being included in their tea is definitely among the top ten. 🕯️

A screenshot of a text thread where somebody says “I’m bringing ______ (my boyfriend) to church tomorrow!” And the name has a redacted sticker on it.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

“In God’s economy, the spear that the soldier used to pierce Christ’s side should never be used for violence again.” - @revrachelmann.bsky.social Really excellent essay on war from the Revd Dr Rachel Mann in June’s edition of @christiancentury.bsky.social 🕯️

Like the early Christians, I want to say wat has no mythological meaning. Ultimately, it sip-nals humanity's failure to embrace what God reveals in the cross and resurrection: the emptiness of violence. The Easter event inaugurates? clear revelation of the shape and nature of God's kingdom. Rather than swearing revenge and renewing the cycle of hate and violence, the risen Christ comes forth offering reconciliation and forgiveness. In Gods economy, the spear that the soldier used to pierce Christ's side should never be used for violence again. War is what happens when we fail to lay it down.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

printing this off and framing it 🥰😭 🕯️

A screenshot of a text exchange between my student and me. She took a picture of her computer and wrote “your sermon from today is helping me with my Christology paper.”

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Northfield has a very robust system of curbside rehoming. Yesterday’s score while walking the hound was this very sleek older model De’Longhi Nespresso Inissia machine. Descaled this morning and working perfectly!

Screenshot of this link https://www.delonghi.com/en-us/p/inissia-nespresso-inissia-espresso-machine-by-de-longhi--black/EN80B.html?pid=0132191985

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Snow Removal Guild at my parish had an end-of-season dinner at a parishioner’s out door brick pizza oven. My contribution was to make an orange polenta cake with whipped crème frâiche frosting. 🕯️

People sitting at a couple of tables outside with the remnants of a dinner party on the table

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Late to the game tonight, but I wrote the collects for today’s feast of Juana Inés de la Cruz during a late night collect writing frenzy at General Convention in 2018. I just went back to look at the original submission and it’s wordier on the one hand, but also flows better at the end. 🕯️

A screenshot from this website: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/juana-ines-de-la-cruz/

A screenshot of a Google doc with mostly the same text as the previous page

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

To be fair…this Jack Russel terrier is just as chaotic as ChatGPT 😂

A Jack Russell terrier bearing her teeth

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

sadly, this collect I wrote circa 2018 is evergreen 🕯️

Prayer for an unjust ruler: liberating God, he wants to delivered the children of Israel from the tyrannical rule of pharaoh, and guided them to the promised land of justice and abundance: so deliver your people today from all unjust rulers [especially, but not limited to, Donald J Trump] so that, free from all bondage and every oppression, we might follow our only lord: Jesus Christ, who with you and the Holy Spirit, live lives in Rains forever and ever. Amen.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We baptized our youth minister @jackgronholz.bsky.social last night (by immersion) and the teens presented him and carried him around to the congregation immediately afterward. I keep looking at this picture and getting so misty-eyed at the obvious joy! 🕯️

A person in a white robe being carried around by teens as a crowd watches on.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I thought that gospel was next week! ;)

Picture of me wearing a kilt and holding a dog

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

Everything is ready for the Great Vigil. Fizzy apple cider and sparkling wine is chilling for the post-Vigil party. Parsonage is clean enough for limited familial guests. Wee hound is snoozing. Tomorrow’s homily is percolating. Time for a little JCSS listening! (The all female cast is amazing!) 🕯️

Album cover for the all female cast of Jesus Christ Superstar

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It is my custom to invite the clergy of the parish to join me in washing the stripped altar and anointing it with all of last year’s Sacred Chrism. This year, more than most, I was very cognizant that we were (and are) the myrrh-bearing women washing the Lord’s body and preparing it for burial. 🕯️

A group of clergy vested in robes standing around a bare altar washing and anointing it.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Two of my parishioners and I were there! 🕯️

Three people holding palms and standing in front of the MN Capitol. One is vested as a priest.

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If they think I’m going to miss my twice-a-year opportunity to wear rose vestments at mass, they’re wrong. 🕯️

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My bestie @ancientspeak.bsky.social is now a deacon in Christ's holy catholic Church. What an monumentally bad day for the evil powers of this world which corrupt and destroy the creatures of God! 🕯️

The Lord Bishop of New York and the Bishop Assisting of New York laying hands on Elis's head, making her a deacon

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Rhubarb decided we were both going to wake up at 5:30 this morning. The weather was mild and the sunrise was lovely, so we went for a walk around our little town. I think I’m a morning person now?

Scenes from our walk: sunrise in a mostly empty downtown

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Cody⁺ @cebmplus.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

51 students at our Ash Wednesday Mass at Carleton, which is great considering it was snowing hard; I stayed after teaching students how to do thurible tricks; a group of Muslim students passed me on the way out of the chapel and wished me a good Lent and I wished them a gentle fast. All is gift. 🕯️

College chapel scene with candles, an altar, and a priest

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