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Chris Lantz

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Dad to 3 Husband to Andrea United Methodist pastor High school sports official

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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It is just incredible the contempt this guy has for his supporters. However much you hate them, you can never hate Trump supporters as much as Trump does.
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“The urgent question is no longer just whether we can resolve our differences. It is whether we still recognize the basic humanity in ourselves and in one another.” - Kelly Brown Douglas
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
JD Vance is gonna do a 95 Theses but they’ll be AI generated and by about the 6th one it’ll be about crypto
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban achieved a level of authoritarian consolidation unthinkable here and they still successfully got rid of him. Never let the doomers have the final say.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Let’s be real. Geno Auriemma and UConn got straight up embarrassed and dominated by South Carolina and he lashed out at Dawn Staley and the referees because he wasn’t man enough to admit it.
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Mike Golic Jr @mikegolicjr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Having Nebraska, Iowa, and Purdue all playing in the same window is breaking the Caucasity meter
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“I was hungry and you…” …spent a billion dollars on lobster tail, king crab, and ice cream machines for yourselves, and millions on bombs, all while cutting food assistance for me and millions of others. “…whatever you do for the least of these, you do unto me.” -Jesus
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Point of fact.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Imagine saying, “they have to obey the law“ when it comes to immigrants but not when it comes to the people holding the highest positions of power in the country yet still somehow expecting everyone to believe you take the law seriously.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Will Jon be watching the Bad Bunny halftime show or Kid Rock?
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The office staff at a place I worked at 20 years ago who were huge John McCain fans are now posting general strike stuff on Facebook in case you wondered how things are going
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
you: please act normal you need these people to like you people: hello Ed nice to meet you me: The German practice of leaving cities to circumvent rationing by bartering for food with farmers during WWII was called "Hamstering" and the Nazi propaganda poster against it somehow turned out cute.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It was “protect the children” until it came to immigrant children. It was “protect the children” until it came to gun violence. It was “protect the children” until it came to food assistance. It was “protect the children” until it came to healthcare. It was never about protecting children.
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I dislike the way the NFL officiates roughing the passer
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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An Immigrant Nativity Litany
A Prayer of Solidarity and Hope
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
If an adult has sex with a 15 year old, it is rape and that adult should go to jail. End of story. No further nuance needed. The fact that there are some out there that want to debate that point is maddening…
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Long live baseball
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Bob ROOOOOHRMAN
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I am almost always supportive of the officials but I loathe the way this game has been officiated tonight. #bears #commanders
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Respect the Authorities
A Reflection on Romans 13:1-8
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Jonathon Vilma is much more optimistic about the Bears than I am right now…
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Why can’t my favorite football teams win anything this season?
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
It doesn't. have. to. be. this. way. It doesn't. have. to. be. this. way. It doesn't. have. to. be. this. way. It doesn't. have. to. be. this. way. It doesn't. have. to. be. this. way. It doesn't. have. to. be. this. way. ... Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Onion continues to blur the line between satire and reality!
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The Onion is, once again, cutting it awfully close!
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Lewis Center for Church Leadership @churchleadership.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The percentage of U.S. churches with attendance of 100 or fewer increased from 45% in 2000 to 70% in 2020. Lovett Weems discusses relevant data, the distinctive calling of very small congregations, and ways they can embrace a more positive future.
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5 Ways Forward for Very Small Congregations - Lewis Center for Church Leadership
The percentage of U.S. churches with attendance of 100 or fewer increased from 45 percent in 2000 to 70 percent in 2020. Lovett H. Weems Jr. shares relevant data while also considering the distinctive calling of very small congregations and ways they can embrace a more positive future. The Religious Workforce Project of the
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I co-sign on this
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Salvation without salvation for the poor and vulnerable means nothing. Justice without justice for the poor and vulnerable is hollow and meaningless. As our government abandons the poor and vulnerable, we must speak up and actively resist evil, injustice, and oppression wherever it presents.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 03/07/2025
Nothing wrong with expecting people to pick themselves up by their bootstraps, until you realize that some people have no boots.
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
“It is easy to hear Christ, east to praise the gospel, easy to applaud the preacher; but to endure unto the end is peculiar to the sheep who hear the Shepherd’s voice.” -St. Augustine of Hippo
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Whenever a politician claims that God is on their side, all they are doing is reducing God to a mere tool of manipulation in order to get people on their side. It is blasphemy. It is using God’s name in vain. Christians should be the loudest ones opposing such behavior rather than cheering it on.
Trump tweeting a meme of himself that says: “He’s on a mission from God and nothing can stop what’s happening.”
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The planet keeps fighting back…
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Jon Heyman @jonheyman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
AL Central is suddenly a very serious division. 3 teams have a .600-plus winning percentage, another has the Pope’s blessing
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The fine stitching in his papal vestments spells out the entire starting lineup of the 1985 bears
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Chicago Pope is the novelty social media account the world just realized it needs
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I don’t watch the NBA a lot but I don’t like that they can go to replay to call a foul.
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Some post Easter reflections open.substack.com/pub/revchris...
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An Addendum to the Easter Sermon
There's always more to say...
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Hear me out… What if everyone simply ignored the EOs?
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Cutting it close again, @theonion.com!!
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Chris Lantz @umpirechris65.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those blasted penguins must pay!
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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 01/04/2025
Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
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