{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Scott Stilson","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/scottstilson","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1619169","username":"scottstilson","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":7,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"88103141","content_html":"<p>Just finished reading: <a href=\"https://orbisbooks.com/products/the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree?srsltid=AfmBOorg9qBOhkr7Br97MLrHoj6tifu3NtxfUlkbG1aYAEIsaVpCx_cJ\"><em>The Cross and the Lynching Tree</em></a> (2011) by James H. 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These circumstances are mildly destabilizing. 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Jesus purposely reentered Jerusalem and provoked the authorities...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/05/in-progressive-and-evangelical-circles.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/05/in-progressive-and-evangelical-circles.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T21:28:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 21:28","date_timestamp":1775424495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87658641","content_html":"<p>For me, there’s a problem with calling God our “Parent” instead of our “Father.” Besides being distracting, it breaks down the felt relationality of the analogy: No one I know calls either of their parents individually their “parent.” Calling God “Parent” makes Him alien.</p>\n<p>You might say that God is alien, and...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/05/for-me-theres-a-problem.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/05/for-me-theres-a-problem.html","date_published":"2026-04-05T19:36:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-05 19:36","date_timestamp":1775417788,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87544598","content_html":"<p>Fundamentally, the Cross of Christ screams two things:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>We are guilty!</li>\n<li>We are forgiven!</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Ignore either at your moral peril.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/03/fundamentally-the-cross-of-christ.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T18:29:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-03 18:29","date_timestamp":1775240942,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88199182","content_html":"<p>Just finished reading: <em><a href=\"https://bkconnection.com/collections/workplace-culture/products/9798890570956_humble-inquiry-3rd-edition\">Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling</a></em> (2025; originally 2013) by Edgar &amp; Peter Schein. Like so many business books, it would’ve made a much better pamphlet—a virtuous pamphlet, to be clear—than it does a book. But then, you can’t sell a pamphlet for $24.95. 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Not just the evergreen chestnuts <em>The Lark Ascending</em> and <em>Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis</em>, either. If you were to translate the electrical impulses...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/01/when-i-claim-to-be.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/04/01/when-i-claim-to-be.html","date_published":"2026-04-01T11:51:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 11:51","date_timestamp":1775044302,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87158920","content_html":"<p>Had I written a sign for today’s protest, it would’ve born the boringly straightforward “Our president is a capricious, narcissistic incompetent.” I didn’t. But I did initiate a short, catchier chant: “Dump Trump! He’s a chump!” People seemed to like it.</p>\n<p>I feel ambivalent about most display protests,...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/28/had-i-written-a-sign.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/28/had-i-written-a-sign.html","date_published":"2026-03-28T20:20:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 20:20","date_timestamp":1774729245,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86720909","content_html":"<p>Just rewatched (with Sully, who hadn’t seen it yet): <em><a href=\"https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/shawshank-redemption\">The Shawshank Redemption</a></em> (1994), written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on <a href=\"https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Different-Seasons/Stephen-King/9781501143489\">a short story by Stephen King</a>. Excellent, chockablock with virtue (moral, thespian, and filmic) and vice (mostly moral), yet misses being a must-see because it crawls...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/22/just-rewatched-with-sully-who.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/22/just-rewatched-with-sully-who.html","date_published":"2026-03-22T12:19:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 12:19","date_timestamp":1774181987,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86664015","content_html":"<p>“I’m actually not that funny. I’m just misunderstood.”</p>\n<p>— Carla</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/21/im-actually-not-that-funny.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T10:52:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 10:52","date_timestamp":1774090374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86578031","content_html":"<p>If I am to “follow the impulses of [my] heart and the desires of [my] eyes, yet know that God will bring [me] to judgment for all these things” (Ecclesiastes 11:9), how am I to distinguish the impulses and desires that God will judge favorably from those that He will frown upon? If a way already “seems right...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/19/if-i-am-to-follow.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/19/if-i-am-to-follow.html","date_published":"2026-03-20T03:00:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 03:00","date_timestamp":1773975636,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86529505","content_html":"<p>I’m about to do my first ever purposeful deload week in the weight room. The working hypothesis is that a central nervous system kept constantly hot by near-daily high-intensity strength training is the prime suspect for the lightness and shortness of sleep I’ve increasingly been experiencing over the past...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/19/im-about-to-do-my.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/19/im-about-to-do-my.html","date_published":"2026-03-19T13:05:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 13:05","date_timestamp":1773925550,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86527980","content_html":"<p>Genesis is full of weird relational episodes with sometimes inscrutable morality. 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But some (like me) die trying.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/11/man-does-not-live-by.html","date_published":"2026-03-12T01:06:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 01:06","date_timestamp":1773277590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86010761","content_html":"<p>Just listened to: <a href=\"https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr-373-mandy-indiana-urgh?srsltid=AfmBOopCEr-WYpS0vtsPYnRVSqv_A6h0qlKjiPtfb5BHlxXb_NqtMIuD\"><em>URGH</em></a> (2026) by Mandy, Indiana. A jarring, post-industrial noise-techno tour de force straight from the dance floor in the fifth circle of Hell, with punk <em>déclameuse</em> Valentine Caulfield incanting irony and defiance against “<a href=\"https://mandyindiana.bandcamp.com/album/urgh\">assault, systemic indifference, and the omnipresence of pain, while...</a></p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/11/just-listened-to-urgh-by.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/11/just-listened-to-urgh-by.html","date_published":"2026-03-11T23:12:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-11 23:12","date_timestamp":1773270774,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85590524","content_html":"<p>Just listened to: <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=Harmonies+du+soir+nelson+freire\"><em>Harmonies du soir</em></a> (2011), a Liszt recital recorded on Decca by the late Nelson Freire, who trades in neither treacle, nor mud, nor exhibitionism. 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Oh, film development and a root beer float.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/04/carla-what-is-going-on.html","date_published":"2026-03-05T02:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 02:37","date_timestamp":1772678220,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85518744","content_html":"<p>In a discussion of life values in our automobile-centric country, Éa asserted she doesn’t ever want a car and just wants to bike everywhere. But then, she realized this: “But I guess I don’t ever get a car and I just bike everywhere, I’m not part of the solution. I’m just not part of the problem. So what I...</p> <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/04/in-a-discussion-of-life.html\">scottstilson.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/04/in-a-discussion-of-life.html","date_published":"2026-03-04T22:20:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 22:20","date_timestamp":1772662828,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85488095","content_html":"<p>Sola gratia: Yes, and…: <a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/04/sola-gratia-yes-and.html\">scottstilson.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/04/sola-gratia-yes-and.html","date_published":"2026-03-04T14:26:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 14:26","date_timestamp":1772634373,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85487774","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/uploads/2026/film-development-and-a-root-beer-float.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/167112/2026/film-development-and-a-root-beer-float-600-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A cluttered floor features various household items, including slippers, containers, a can, and electronic components on a rug.\" loading=\"lazy\"></a></p>\n<p><strong>Carla:</strong> What is going on <em>here</em>?<br>\n<strong>Sully:</strong> What? Oh, film development and a root beer float.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/03/carla-what-is-going-on.html","date_published":"2026-03-04T02:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-04 02:37","date_timestamp":1772591820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85714704","content_html":"<p>Here’s a snippet of mine that just appeared in <a href=\"https://www.ubbcwelcome.org/\">UBBC</a>’s wilderness-themed Lenten devotional series:</p>\n<p>In October 2014, I stumbled into a wilderness I hadn’t packed for. After decades of secure faith, I was suddenly struck by what I described at the time as “<a href=\"https://scottstilson.blog/2014/10/22/me-do-you-have-a.html\">acute, soul-threatening</a>” doubt. I looked for God, and for the first time, found only silence. I wrestled with the proble...</p>","summary":"","url":"https://scottstilson.blog/2026/03/03/heres-a-snippet-of-mine.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T20:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 20:00","date_timestamp":1772568000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"38398501","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mwerickson\">@mwerickson</a> Does The Lord of the Rings count?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/scottstilson/38398501","date_published":"2024-05-28T15:00:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Scott Stilson","url":"http://scottstilson.blog","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F4348ffd0b35a32df94564787510365c5%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"scottstilson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-28 15:00","date_timestamp":1716908405,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}