Thank You (for Your Service… and Your Patience)
A Cult of Brighter Days reflection for Veteran’s Day (and government shutdowns everywhere) Every November, the calendar hands us a peculiar juxtaposition: a day to honor service and sacrifice — and, some years, a government so temporarily “paused” that even the coffee filters are furloughed. Here at the Cult of Brighter Days, we like to think […]
🎃 The Sacred Art of Spook and Snack:
Why We Need Halloween (and the Switch Witch) Once a year, society gives us permission to be absolutely ridiculous — and somehow, it’s part silly, and part holy. We call it Halloween, but what it really is, dear bright ones, is collective therapy through sugar and fear. For one night, we shrug off the weight of being […]
Thank You (Inflatable Nation)
A Pastoral Rant in Five Bounce-Filled Movements The world is on fire, and someone showed up dressed like a giant inflatable penis.Good.Not because it’s funny (though it is, deeply). Because when oppression becomes a theater of cruelty, resistance must become a circus of the surreal. When the powers-that-be put on pageants of brutality, we respond […]
Holy Soles: Finding Grace in Ugly Shoes
Let us take a moment to talk about the new saints of the modern age: ugly but comfortable shoes. Hey Dudes. Crocs. Birkenstocks. The ghost of Uggs past. Once, these were the shoes we mocked. Now, they have become our chosen vestments of mercy. We used to say, “beauty is pain.” But somewhere between the pandemic, […]
Tech Support for the Soul: Coping in the Digital Age
By: Bishop Sara of Impudence and Sunshine There’s a special kind of shame that comes from realizing you’ve been doomscrolling for three hours and are now an expert on both 14th-century eel mating rituals and the latest congressional shutdown. We tell ourselves, “I’m just staying informed.” Lies. Doomscrolling is emotional junk food: it doesn’t fill […]
Holy Mischief:
Coping Like a Chaotic Good Goblin Sure, you could cope with despair by binge-watching twelve seasons of emotionally vacant chefs yelling at each other while your eyeballs quietly turn to soup and your soul hibernates. But sometimes, the best therapy isn’t on a couch — it’s in setting fire to despair by delivering soup in […]
🛸 Found Family:
How to Build Your Own Holy Chaos Crew (Without a Blood Oath or Matching Tattoos… Unless You Want Those) Let’s be real, darling: some of us were born into Hallmark holiday movies, and others into Lifetime originals starring passive-aggressive casserole moms and conspiracy dads who think garlic cures depression. And listen—we bless them, we release […]
🦝✨ Drinking Milk Causes Pyromania:
Correlation ≠ Causation (Even If the Raccoons Say So) Humans are walking myth machines. We are wired to seek story, to make meaning, to connect the cosmic dots into something—anything—that explains why our cat vomited at 3:17 a.m. the same day Mercury went retrograde. We crave order. But the universe? She’s more of a free-range […]
Sacred Laughter:
Finding Joy in the Absurd Editor’s Note from the Glitter-Stained Desk of Bishop Sara: I wrote this before the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco detonated across the internet like a clown car on fire. You know, the one where he got yanked off air for daring to say out loud what most of us have been whisper-yelling […]
Coping Without Going Full Goblin Mode
AKA All Things in Moderation Let’s be honest: life right now feels like a dumpster fire sponsored by chaos. Coping mechanisms? Absolutely necessary. They’re what keep us from stress-eating an entire box of Pop-Tarts in one sitting. But here’s the catch: psychology says coping only helps when it’s balanced. Too much, and you slide from […]