Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Afternoons are filled with smoke haze here, and rivers are drying up. Strange days for our tropical, rainy nation. 010
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Indonesia so rarely has major wildfires. It’s a tropical nation. Strange times. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I’ve been assigned to read D.A. Carson’s Exegetical Fallacies and I am trying to learn from it but geez, he is out to pounce on any logical fallacy from an egalitarian. It’s his favorite thing to pick on. I could find a bunch of logical fallacies from complementarians to help even things out. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Dear algorithm. Just because I am inhaling World Cup content does not mean I want to see general sports content. I don’t know what sport the Knicks play, and I am not interested in them. Give me all the Olympics and World Cup, and stop there. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Most likely most of our US supporters are complementarians, and there is an assumption among conservatives in the US that theological conservatives are complementarian. I think the categories are not always the same overseas. Where I am, in a small town in eastern Indonesia, the Bible college 1/2 120
Reposted by KacieSight Magazine @sightmagazine.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Church diplomacy?: Trump’s meeting with Orthodox Christian patriarch sows confusion. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #OrthodoxChurch #PatriarchTheophilosIII #GreekOrthodoxPatriarchofJerusalem #DonaldTrump #US #Ukraineconflict #Russia #VladimirPutin sightmagazine.com.au/features/chu...sightmagazine.com.auChurch diplomacy?: Trump’s meeting with Orthodox Christian patriarch sows confusion - Sight MagazineThe Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, met with President Donald Trump last week in the White House. 131
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/bezner/p... Right with you, Steve.open.substack.comWhy Don't We Have White History Month?The Power of Hiddenness Awaiting the American Church 001
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026My daughter listening to the song “Chicken Fried”: “Thousands of people died so you could have fried chicken???” 😂😂 000
Reposted by KacieRussell Moore @drmoore.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The Epstein files reveal many things- but one is that dark and cynical people have an interest in keeping us divided and distracted while they prey on the innocent and plunder the vulnerable. www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/jeff...christianitytoday.comJeffrey Epstein and the Myth of the Culture Wars - Christianity TodaySome leaders of different political stripes teach us to hate each other, but they’re playing for the same team. 48429
Reposted by KacieMichael J. Svigel @svigel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Theology 101: To me, the existence of the cocoa bean and coffee bean in the same world—along with creatures like us with the wisdom and creativity to enjoy both—is evidence enough for the existence of a wise, powerful, benevolent God. 111
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I live in Indonesia. My two countries presidents are a lot alike, so they get along because imho they understand each other. 1 billion is huge for Indonesia, where the economy is struggling, and in my corner of the country education and health are massive issues. 100
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 05/02/2026So wild to be watching the old show What’s in the Bible (made by Phil Vischer) with my kids and hear jokes about Donald Trump as the Apprentice host. If only he was a laughing matter worthy of a kids show these days. 020
Reposted by KacieDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 02/02/2026If you want the trauma survivor to understand that God is a refuge, then be one. 0226
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I actually for real burst out laughing at that headline. So surreal. 100
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Irony. The only illegal immigrant I know in Minneapolis is white. Is there any research on what percentage of deported folks are Caucasian? 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The complaints here may look like they are coming from Brooklyn, but I guarantee he’s not the one who got mad about the wedding dress or dance with his mom. Most of this looks like the resentments of a young and sensitive bride, and Brooklyn has had to take her side to maintain a good marriage. 100
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Strangest list of invitees to this Board of Peace. Vietnam, Pakistan, Paraguay, Argentina? 010
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Psalm 146 opened my day of prayer last week and made me smile. Unsourced it would probably be accused of coming from a modern woke pastor. The word of the Lord, thanks be to God. 020
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dude posted on his socials that he was, “Just literally lynched by an anti white mob.” I felt sorry for him until I read that he stormed the capitol on Jan 6 and beat a police man with a bat and shield. Pardoned by Trump, never regretful. Well. Hard to be sympathetic. Mobs ARE rough, aren’t they🙄 010
Reposted by KacieJosiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.) 5344311520
Reposted by KacieNick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 14/01/2026We Americans like to boast that "we're No. 1." But a careful new study suggests that in quality of life, we rank No. 32. And we're slipping. This study should be a wake-up call. Here's my piece, and I welcome your comments: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Unhappiness 15923
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 11/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/johnblas...open.substack.comI DO NOT LIKE ICEBeyond the Pale is a reader-supported publication. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Fav books, movies, music, and shows from 2025 substack.com/@thewellthou...substack.comKacie M. (@thewellthoughtoutlife)My favs of the year 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 07/12/2025We are watching the Jim Carey Christmas Carol, which in my opinion is underrated. It’s intense but super faithful to the original story and full of the symbolism Dickens puts in it. Dickens sees the spirit that is light and reveals and says, “Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold?” “I am” 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 02/12/2025First photo - Kristi Noem, 2025. 2nd photo - DC Stevenson (KKK Grand Dragon), 1923. Third photo - Donald Trump - 2025. The rhetoric and sentiments are increasingly the same. Read Stevenson’s message: blog.history.in.gov/america-firs... 010
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Candace Owens used to be be annoying and right-wing. Now she might be actually crazy? 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I ❤️ Susan Wise Bauer. See the original on Facebook for the full statement. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I know kids that went to Lane Tech, I know this area. Even if you think a daycare employee that is undocumented should be deported, do you get how horrendous these optics are?? It’s so crazy… 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I just visited Italy and was so uncomfortable with the way Mary was portrayed sometimes. This feels like a big deal. www.usccb.org/news/2025/ma...usccb.orgMary, mother of Jesus and all believers, is not co-redeemer, Vatican saysWith the approval of Pope Leo XIV, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a long document on the titles of love and respect Catholics have for... 000
Reposted by KaciePortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 02/11/2025“The scarcity of people of color…has led those who are not familiar with his entire oeuvre to draw the conclusion that his vision was of a White America, free of immigrants and people of color. But nothing could have been further from the truth.” 1/ apple.news/AGZafmuTmTcK...apple.newsOpinion | We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion — USA TODAYAs Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work. 35427
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Asmr from outside my house at sunset last night. I was out wrestling in prayer for a young mom who teeters between life and death at the hospital in our town. It’s a treatable disease but she only just started medication. Will her body hold out long enough for the medicine to start working? 031
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025I was discouraged by visiting the Vatican. But the next day the Catacombs of Priscilla … open.substack.com/pub/thewellt...open.substack.comThe faithful witness of the church in the Catacombs of PriscillaThe earliest Christian art, a value for women, and wealth used to serve 000
Reposted by KacieJosiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Being a non-sports-person scrolling through my social media feeds right now feels a little like wandering into the middle of a Pentecostal prayer service. Everyone is talking at once and I cannot understand one word of what they are saying, but they are all very excited about whatever it is. (Yay?)media.tenor.coma woman is crying and says she is still speaking in tongues .Alt: a woman is crying and says she is still speaking in tongues . 5633
Reposted by KacieJoey Cochran @jtcochran.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I recently gave my own account of what it’s been like living through Operation Midway Blitz and the terror us Chicagoans have experienced. www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...patheos.comEveryday Evangelical Resistance For My Chicago NeighborsHistorians talk about the danger of presentist history. They rarely talk about what happens when presentist history is unavoidable. 151
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025The DHS using Tolkien to try to legitimize the actions of ICE. There indeed won’t be a Shire if there are orcs making raids and dragging Gandalf from Bilbo’s birthday party because he’s not a hobbit. Sorry, that’s a mess, but so is what they posted! 010
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 28/10/2025My impressions of the Vatican open.substack.com/pub/thewellt...open.substack.comVisiting the Vatican as a ProtestantFacing what happens when the Church is tied to politics and power 010
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Guys. Let Trump renovate the White House and keep your eyes on real issues. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025So much that is externally beautiful during the Renaissance. It all looks externally religious, but I grew sobered as I walked, pondering it all and comparing it to our own day. open.substack.com/pub/thewellt...open.substack.comFlorence: the beauty and corruption of Medici patronagePondering the effects of money and power on religion during the Renaissance 000
Reposted by KacieKaren Swallow Prior @karenswallowprior.bsky.social · 19/10/2025The President of the United States. Unbelievable. 6345
Reposted by KacieBob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New post. I reflect on the use of the gospel at Charlie Kirk’s memorial. open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...open.substack.comThe Gospel of God and CountryListening to Memorial Words to Make Sense of a Cultural Moment 393
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 03/10/2025www.instagram.com/reel/DPUIyol... I continue to feel shocked that the White House posts videos to celebrate men in chains. I showed this video to my daughter and she was shocked. “Why are they doing that to them?! Those guys are just like us here! They are just trying to make a home!”instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Actually laughed out loud today to read online discussion of the wokeness of Tim Keller and David Platt. Never thought I’d see the day. (See Allie Beth Stuckey’s instagram stories and comments) 010
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Allie Beth Stuckey: It’s not cancel culture…. no, you’ve got a character problem. Like, you’re probably possessed by a demon, and if you’re possessed by a demon, I don’t want you to be a pediatric nurse, call me crazy. I don’t want you to be at therapist. 110
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 19/09/2025All these people on the right trying to nuance definitions of free speech to defend what’s happening now, but were up in arms when there were firings from private employers when people didn’t get a covid vaccination, and private social media platforms moderated their conspiracy theories. 000
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 13/09/2025It is my belief that many Christians in America are actually Christian nationalists. Some knowingly so, some without any understanding of the difference. From a Christian nationalist perspective, someone who makes political gains and ties them to faith IS a religious hero. So of course… 110
Kacie @papuakacie.bsky.social · 12/09/2025On Charlie Kirk as a Christian moderate: Watching the outpouring of grief for Charlie Kirk in my circles is like being on the outside of the glass and looking in. People felt like they knew him, they felt connected and he seems to represent how they thought. I’d hardly ever watched him. 110