TheCynicalSaint

Ideally, I'm looking for an Android or LineageOS device with at least 6GB of RAM, compact enough for portability, and capable of running without Google Apps (GAPPS). I'm open to a tablet or flip phone design as well. Since my phone serves as my primary tool for browsing, mobile computing, and communication throughout the day, reserving my laptop and desktop for evening or specialized tasks, performance is key. USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode would be a valuable bonus, though not a strict requirement.

I picked it up at Value Village a few months back and only just now got around to playing with it. The only thing that is wrong with it is someone broke off the HDD cover and it's lacking the actual HDD sled.

Visited Cathedral Day at St. Mark’s in Seattle today, it turned out to be a truly memorable and uplifting experience. The cathedral itself had a post-modernist vibe on the outside with a more traditionalist inside.

The main attraction seemed to be their massive organ, "The Mighty Flentrop." It was an extraordinary accomplishment when it was installed in 1965. Designed, built, and installed by the Dutch firm of D.A. Flentrop, it contains over 3,944 pipes, ranging in size from 32 feet to less than one inch.

The Church itself has amazing acoustics, as demonstrated by the combined voices of everyone there somehow managing to not sound like a hoard of dying geese. The antiphons were also beautifully chanted.

I ran into several Priests I've met in the past and even a few I used to follow on TikTok, even got a selfie with The Rev. Elizabeth Riley of St Dunstan’s Parish, Shoreline, Washington.

I posted a video of the Procession Of The Banners on Loops.

All in all, it was an amazing experience. Though next year I will be packing my own lunch.

I have an Amazon Echo Show (1st Generation) that I've installed LineageOS onto and am using it as a desk clock. I'd love to be able to have basic stats displayed on it, such as Masto stats and word count for my writing.

Are there any apps that match that description?

As the title suggests. I generally class myself as a medium, I've seen spirits and even have personal bonds to a few.

Exactly as the title says. Growing up Appalachian made it nigh impossible to avoid Baptist and Pentecostal culture, thankfully I was able to take the experience and leave the bigotry behind. My Aunt was very folksy with both her faith and practice, leading to my own blend of Appalachian flavored faith.

I come here today to bring news of my new Episcopalian community.

https://lemmy.ml/c/Episcopalian

Bears no relation to the Reddit of the same name.

Someone told me I should make the communities I want to see, so I did.

The Diocese of Olympia has a beautiful piece on what this Lenten season means and how to enter it with intention. Worth a read as we head into Ash Wednesday.

"Hello, dear friends in the Diocese of Olympia.

We’re about to embark on the holy season of Lent, and on Ash Wednesday, clergy will invite us to the observance of a holy Lent in the name of the church, calling us to self-examination and repentance, prayer, fasting, and self-denial, then by reading and meditating on God’s holy word.

One of the things that’s always been interesting to me is how people talk about fasting. We often give up something like chocolate or maybe meat, and yet when I started going deeper into interreligious relationships with Muslim and Jewish neighbors, I’ve realized that we were the only of the Abrahamic faiths that didn’t really engage in a fast during our holy season like they did. This year, Ramadan will begin actually on Ash Wednesday, and our Muslim neighbors will be fasting from sunrise to sunset each day throughout that season, that 28 days, including giving up water.

I often wonder why it is that we don’t fast as much together as Christians, and so this year I’m especially calling us to do that fast. Not because it’s an opportunity for us to say how great we are, but rather to engage in this practice that was seen throughout holy scripture, especially at times of political turmoil, for needing to make lament and for prayer. Jesus himself reminds us again and again that we are to fast, especially during those times that are difficult.

So this year for Lent, I’m gonna be giving up a lunch every day through those 40 days, and then when instead of gathering together for that meal, I’m gonna be going and taking some time to pray the Jesus prayer, using this prayer bracelet, just going through and praying again and again, “Jesus, son of God have mercy on me, a sinner.” Because we all know that that’s where we begin, right? That it’s the self-reflection and our need to make amends with God and with each other. Well, that’s the work of Lent in order that we might be prepared for Easter.

I encourage you to join me in this fast of engaging in that work together. There are some carve-outs, of course, those who might be needing to eat because of medical reasons or they’re elderly or maybe a past experience with an eating disorder, and so fasting in this way is not helpful. But together we can engage in this spiritual practice. We can do it in a way that brings us and draws us closer to God.

So I hope you’ll join me on the Lenten fast, that whatever you choose to do, it will be reflective of your desire to draw closer to God so that when we do get to Easter, we may celebrate with one another of Christ’s overcoming of the grave."

A Message from Bishop LaBelle

I'm curious as to whether any other Episcopalians also use Rosaries for prayer or meditation or whatever else, if so what kind? I've taken to a lovely Rosary from RuggedRosaries, it's their Momento Mori one.