brethren priestess online

by me and my PSR buddies

• Chances are you’ll find someone who shares similar values and/or worldviews with you—especially fellow church geeks.
• He knows a lot. In the Biblical sense.
• She’ll have a friend who can do your wedding for free.
• He probably won’t make enough money to raise your tax bracket.
• The laying on of hands takes on a whole new meaning.
• After all that theological pondering, she can make a stronger argument for atheism than anyone else.
• He’s so glad to get off campus that he’s a cheap date.
• Special moments will be enhanced by recitations from the Song of Songs. “As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.” (Song of Songs 2:3)
• You just might be the partner of the next famous televangelist.
• You get a free ticket to heaven.
• You get a free ticket to D’Autremont.
• She can really greet people with the Holy Kiss. (Romans 16:16)
• Confessing sins of the flesh takes on new appeal.
• As Paul writes, “it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion” (I Corinthians 7:9b).
• You just might be enticed into seminary studies yourself.

Him to me:

I am very glad and relieved to share with you the news that I have been granted political asylum today. I was interviewed July 18, and today I picked up the results at the San Francisco Asylum Office. Thank you so much for your support and prayers. Please keep the Philippines in your thoughts, prayers, and continue to help advocate the resolution of human rights cases in my home country.

Admittedly, I feel I am in a very conflicted space – getting the protection of the conquistador. However, I resolve to make use of the benefits granted to me as a political refugee in the United States to continue struggling for justice alongside the rising class of the oppressed, and seek a stop to the killings in the Philippines.

Again, thanks so much for your support.

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Me to him:

Hooray! Congratulations! Thank goodness!

Yes, I can understand feeling conflicted about it, that there is some privilege implicit in your position of sanctuary here, but for goodness’ sake, physical and emotional safety is something EVERYONE should have. It should not be parceled out sparingly; it should not be something people compete for or feel bad about having. The only injustice is that so few have this fundamental right, not that you are one of the few.

You are very important in the PSR community, for all you do for us. Your openness about the issues you and your fellow citizens are facing in the Philippines is only one of the ways we are blessed to have you. I am grateful that you will get to spend your next year with us with the pressure of asylum-seeking lifted from your shoulders.

So, I am so happy for you. Congratulations! Much love to you!

Dear BART people;

I know this sounds weird, but I’m not writing to complain, and I’m not being sarcastic. I just wanted to let you know that I think the system you have of charging $1 for a day of parking your car at the BART stop lots is GENIUS. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a prize. It is so efficient in that it only allows BART customers to park there (because you have to buy the ticket inside the station), it only costs the reasonable fee of $1, and it’s free at other times of the day when there isn’t a rush. SO SMART.

Thanks be to God and you BART folks that the Bay Area is such a great place to live.