Wally Brath

@JenniferEValent Maranatha!

We shall sing on that beautiful shore the melodious songs of the blest; and our spirits shall sorrow no more- not a sigh for the blessing of rest. In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

Helpful prayer prompts adapted from Pastor Tim Boucher: Look back - thankful for something yesterday. Look up - encounter Christ the Living Word. Look in - what is stealing my joy? Look around - encourage someone. Look ahead - hope in God’s faithfulness and His promises to come.

@juliet_turner6 🙌

Exciting news!

@sciencegirl Fish and chips

You wake up in London, what’s your next move

@ShangguanJiewen Once they can put on a fitted sheet, I’m in!

It's getting very close to the time when everyone living in the world will buy a robot to take care of their home... These will be as essential in the next generation as cars are now. These are made in China: The Unitree G1.

@sciencegirl That is super cool!

The fountain that shows date and time. Czech Republic.

@AnnaFromUA_YT 🙌

🚁🔥 As I record this video, Ukrainian drones control the skies over Moscow. Four airports shut down — Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Zhukovsky — and Sobyanin admits it now happens every week. Imagine this in 2022? 🇺🇦 💥 Ukrainian long-range strikes destroyed combat helicopters deep in Russia’s rear and hit key missile production 1,500 km away. Lives saved. Ukraine grows stronger. Russia grows poorer and weaker — and it will collapse. #RussiaIsCollapsing #RussiaEconomyCollapsing #MakeRussiaSmallAgain #StandWithUkraine #DemilitarizeRussia ✈️💣🇺🇦

@AnnaFromUA_YT Thank you for your updates! 🙏🏼

🪙 The collapsing Russian Federation now sees protests—not for war crimes, but for unpaid salaries! Bus drivers in Tuva stopped work, doctors and teachers in Komi left unpaid. Regional budgets are empty. 2026 will bring more protests across this vast “Frankenstein.” #RussiaIsCollapsing #MakeRussiaSmallAgain #StandWithUkraine 🚀

@JeremyTate41 That is a very insightful observation…AI is the industrialization of the mind.

Unpopular take - AI will make us more medieval, and very quickly. AI is the new Industrial Revolution. If anything, it’s under-hyped (trust me), but instead of automating muscles, it’s automating minds. When AI can write, analyze, or even mimic judgment, truth itself feels like it’s dissolving. The question becomes: who, or what, can you trust when everything can be faked? This could push us toward a “neo-medieval” future. Not primitive, but rooted. When trust in mass systems crumbles, deep community and lived relationships become the only anchors of reality. Like in the Middle Ages, it’s not broad systems but trusted, smaller circles (family, parish, local community) that filter truth. In a world full of AI-fabricated noise, the things that will matter are the bonds that can’t be faked. We’ll rediscover that real formation, not just information, happens in embodied community. The future certainly won’t be less advanced, but I actually believe it will be more human.

Hope in dystopian times… “When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? The Lord is in his holy temple…his gaze examines everyone…the upright will see his face.” Psalm 11

@IuliiaMendel Are there NGOs that you know of who are delivering direct aid to the Ukrainian people?

Under the guise of lofty talk about peace, democracy, and “European values,” world politicians and their followers are effectively condemning an entire nation to deterioration. Forty million Ukrainians — or whatever remains of them after years of war, emigration, and loss — are being plunged into darkness, cold, and poverty. Despite the endless stream of “experts,” patriotic bloggers, and official spokespeople who keep telling the world about Ukraine’s “unbreakable spirit,” the myth collapses the moment you speak with ordinary Ukrainians. The facts are brutal. Ukraine has around 11 million pensioners — roughly one-third, and by some estimates nearly half, of the population that remains in the country (official statistics are unreliable; the real population is far below the pre-war 40 million). Many receive tiny payments. The average pension hovers around 105 dollars, but a third of pensioners live on around 75$. How are these people supposed to survive the winter without stable electricity, heating, or adequate food? The humanitarian crisis is total. One of the recent stories caused a shock wave around the media and movie community: a Ukrainian film director died at home from cold and hunger. How many more such cases are there? My own parents, aunt, uncle, and grandmother are all pensioners. Their pensions vary, but none provide any real sense of security. When you hear yet another statement about the “resilience of the Ukrainian people” — it is a complete lie. Ukrainians have long been asking: how much longer must we endure? And they are enduring with their last strength. Think of the 11 million elderly people barely making ends meet. Imagine they are your relatives. Many of them no longer even fully understand what this war is being fought for. More and more people of working age are losing trust. The demographic crisis is accelerating: the National Bank forecasts another outflow of 200,000 people this year alone — real numbers are always higher. Public debt has crossed 98–100% of GDP. The IMF deal hangs by a thread. New laws risk inflating the shadow economy and pushing even more people to leave. The government is in despair — there is almost no money for anything except the army. The only thing that reliably works is corruption. It has become virtually the only stable “business” in the country. This war is inhuman in every respect. Yet do we hear about it in the media? Today the main topic is whether elections can or cannot be held in Ukraine. Politics that has lost all contact with the people. Analysis of statements, intrigues, and sources — instead of real human suffering. The world has become inhuman not because people are evil, but because we have allowed high-sounding words to replace simple humanity. Ukrainians do not want to be “resilient.” They want to live. It is time to stop admiring people’s endurance and start helping to end this nightmare — honestly, realistically, and without illusions.

Here’s a piece I wrote to accompany a poem by John Poch entitled “Belief at Cherry Creek.” Come Feb. 27 to our faculty recital to hear it with the poem.

@IuliiaMendel I am so sorry! 🙏🏼

Ukrainian ministry of energy showed how the energy infrastructure looks like after Russian shelling. Millions of Ukrainians are freezing, it will take years without shelling to renew the infrastructure. #StopWar

Thankful for the One who, "Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay." (Milton) Merry Christmas!

@HootenWilson Amen! We would be led through lament if we engaged more with the Psalms.

I wish more churches would lead us corporately through lament. My heart is broken over things happening all over the world, and I wish I could profess my faith by sharing the grief!

Even our thoughts are experiencing inflation.

@JenniferEValent Come Lord Jesus!

I feel this sentiment in my bones.

@AlaskanKate LOL!

The unimaginable has occurred - I brought visitors to church and nothing weird happened

@mayahiga YES!!!

ALL I WANT IS TO BECOME AN NBA FAN BUT EVERY TIME I WANT TO WATCH A GAME IT’S ON A DIFFERENT DAMN STREAMING SERVICE I AM SICK OF U GREEDY LOSERS U ARE KILLING THE JOY AND BEAUTY OF BASKETBALL FOR EVERYONE I HOPE U FEEL ASHAMED