Red Shoe Pastor

Writings of Rev. Robert Glen Brown (Robby)

A space for compassion and love.

Category: Oddities

  • Robby’s Rules of the Internet

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    I read an article today about race and “white evangelicals need(ing) to repent” for racism, and I got all hot under the collar and ready to fight and ready to write another long tirade about being tired of trying to be moderate just to be told I’m evil by everyone and tired of the co-opting Read more

  • Matches and Gasoline

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    Note: The featured image comes from here.  I know I can use it how I like because of the Creative Commons license but I want to support the people whose work I steal.  I posted a great conversation between Pete Holmes and Richard Rohr on Twitter the other day (HERE) and in part of it, Read more

  • I did something pretty

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    One day I got distracted by Illustrator.  I had this concept in my head for about a week and I wanted to realize it in a real way. It started with this first one: I liked it, but I guess I decided he was a bit exclusive.  Not only boys have broken hearts.  Thus:And I was Read more

  • Brother’s Gaga

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    I had a roommate in seminary whose name was Joe Obermeyer.  We called him Jober.  He was a good friend. We used to go on guy dates all the time.  Subway was an occasional spot but we found ourselves eating tacos and drinking margaritas as Los Aztecas quite a bit.  On weeks that Nora worked Read more

  • Lost Art of Freedom

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    I’m a tech person.  I love tech.  I’ve argued for tech.  I’ve seen the social media revolution as a great thing for humanity.  I’ve watched the internet destroy barriers and connect people in a way that science fiction writers could not dream up.  I won’t go so far as to say the entirety of human Read more

  • Coffee

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    Every morning that Nora doesn’t have to open, we sit and drink coffee.  It isn’t a ritual thing, or even really an activity that we do together – right now she’s enjoying her coffee and I’m writing while we occasionally say something to each other.  Nora drinks coffee every morning.  Sunday morning rolls around and, Read more

  • Do No Harm

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    Writer’s block, you are just a horrible, horrible thing.  Not only do you prevent me from actually be productive but you also force me to play 2048 in hopes that something in my creative brain will spring a leak and I’ll finally get the ambition to either get up and leave or just write something.  And Read more

  • Jerks

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    I’ve looked them up twice in the last 72 hours and they’re stuck in my craw so anyone who reads this page is just going to have to deal with me complaining about them. The Westboro Baptist Church makes me mad and it isn’t even because they picket funerals and sue people who even get Read more

  • Surviving Long-Distance

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    I saw this post today on Reddit and I knew, from the start, what caused this and why it didn’t work.  I know because Nora and I had similar things blow up on us.  I know it’s going to cause them to question if their relationship – and engagement as the case is in that Read more