Brian Ammons
@bdammons.bsky.social
Spiritual Director, Educator, Writer, Queer Appalachian, and Messy Human. theporchcommunity.net
Been thinking about “purpose” vs. “meaning” — particularly in relation to vocation. When I focus on a purposeful life I am more driven and less content, but a meaningful life feels more expansive - there’s room for curiosity, pleasure, and connection without needing to operationalize every choice.
Every time I try and post something here I think about that time at incoming student orientation they told me to announce the hashtag right as I was walking onstage, which I did…and instantly made the internet awkwardly uncool.
Anybody know if Maguire was actually reading Girard, or did he just play that out better than Lucas did Campbell?
Friends, this is exciting. As well as InVerse podcast, St Stephen’s University has approached @steveschallert.bsky.social & I to curate an exploration of who Bayard Rustin called, “angelic troublemakers” for this moment. Want the introductory episode now? Reply “yes” and I’ll DM it to you.
Just spent some time with friends and landed in a conversation about how too often progressive Christianity may have more room for messy life stories, but tends to want those to have been a thing of the past. There’s still a conversion narrative — “I saw the light, and now everything is better.”
Revisiting this article from the last round of the bathroom wars (brought to us by my home state of NC). Public toilets have a long history as sites of cultural anxiety and power plays. www.buzzfeed.com/shannonkeati...
The Past Hundred Years Of Gender-Segregated Public Restrooms
While anti-transgender bathroom bills have only recently gained momentum, gender-segregated public restrooms have been sites of gender inequity for over a century. Cultural anxieties about bodily secr...
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I never really twittered. I found it kinda tiresome even in the supposed glory days. So, I’m still figuring it all out. But srsly, how do y’all manage your nervous systems after encountering the same infuriating/heartbreaking story like 20 times in a row? I’m not being sarcastic…genuinely curious
Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂
Okay, I know this has been long settled in the style guides, but can someone explain to me why we quit using two spaces between sentences? I’m as stubborn about this as I am the Oxford comma. It makes things easier to read. I’ll be over here renewing my AARP membership.
Making some new friends, so here’s the intro post: I split my life between Asheville and just outside Belfast. I work with my husband, Gareth Higgins, on transformative storytelling (defined broadly) through The Porch — because the stories we tell shape the possibilities we can imagine.
“We're here for a short time…We can spend that time in panic or ignorance, by seeking to dominate others or serve the common good, by indulging in fantasies of retribution or transformation, withdrawing into isolation or nurturing a contemplative life…” www.theporchcommunity.net/essays/2024/...
ANNOUNCING THE 2025 PORCH GATHERING - Gareth Higgins — The Porch
Clearly we're experiencing a time of upheaval and uncertainty, and some of us are feeling exhausted or hopeless. Dreams are deferred, fear rises, and there’s a sense of "spiritual homelessness". This...
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Founded to avoid compliance with Brown v. Board, and rewarded with state funding . . . Read ⬇️ and "Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education" by @nrooks.bsky.social #segrenomics
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago20 mostly white private academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from North Carolina in the past three years alone. None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close.
The not saying “Twitter” thing feels like an oblique H⚡️P reference. Creeps me out.
Them: It’s like The Other Place in 2013! Me: You mean when the gays were still on Tumblr?
Friends, my new children's book Winter's Gifts came out one week ago! And it's been featured on the Brightly Storytime YouTube channel! You can watch it below, and please share it with teachers, parents, and caregivers: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
So, I’m working on a writing project about vocation — challenging the traps in the ways it’s often talked about, but still claim what’s particular and valuable in the concept. Linking a talk about it at The Porch Gathering last spring. www.theporchcommunity.net/recent/2024/...
VOCATION AND TRANSFORMATIVE STORYTELLING - Brian Ammons — The Porch
From Gareth Higgins: Hi folks - for years Brian Ammons has been helping me see that the truth about many things we take for granted is often a third option beyond the binaries offered in public. Bri...
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