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Last Notes npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar 🙏 npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar 🙏 npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar I'm MountainVicar, a husband, father, and parish priest serving in the North Georgia mountains. "Ancient Faith for Modern Times" is more than a tagline. It's my conviction that the Christian faith does not need to be reinvented. It needs to be faithfully proclaimed and lived in every generation. Here you'll find weekly sermons, thoughtful articles, and reflections rooted in Scripture and the historic Christian faith. My calling is simple: to proclaim Jesus Christ and help people know him more deeply and follow him more faithfully. Whether you've followed Christ for many years, are exploring Christianity for the first time, or simply have questions, let's connect. If you have a question about the Bible, the Christian faith, or would simply like someone to pray for you, don't hesitate to reach out. I'd be honored to help you. Everything I publish is freely available at mountainvicar.com. If these resources have encouraged your faith and you'd like to help me offset the costs of my infrastructure, Lightning zaps are always appreciated, but never expected. #Introductions #GrowNostr #Christianity npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Will be heading to Midday Prayer soon. I’m happy to pray for you if you let me know your requests. #GrowNostr #Plebchain ##Christianity npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Sermon: Five Kingdom parables. The mustard seed, the leaven, the hidden treasure, the pearl, the dragnet. The first two show how the Kingdom works: in hiddenness, from small beginnings. The middle two show what it is worth: everything. The last one shows what happens at the end. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/of-great-price-matthew-ch-13-vv-31-to-33-and-vv-44-to-50/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Sermon on The Feast of James, Apostle: Are You Able? (Matthew 20:20-28) July 25. Jesus asked: are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink? James and John answered: we are able. Jesus said: you will drink my cup. Acts 12:2 records the fulfillment in a subordinate clause. He did not flinch. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/are-you-able-the-feast-of-james-apostle-matthew-ch-20-vv-20-to-28/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Medium rare elk steak medallions from our first @nprofile…p5gx order. Thank you @nprofile…scfy for the recommendation. #Foodstr https://blossom.primal.net/fe50186c2c33f94ffc249b0af78302b3b850ddaaaa8b955bfa8abfaf08f62547.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Just received our first box. Going to grill Elk Steak Medallions tonight. Thanks for providing this service. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Looking forward to this. Hope there will be a video for this that a pleb/non-dev can understand. Managed to set up a start9, cold card, and NAS, but I ascribe 50% of my efforts to luck, lol. Hoping to figure out how to weave this in. Thanks for all you do. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Wisdom👇🏻 #nevent1q…j9g6 npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The wheat and the tares. Let both grow until the harvest. The patience God requires is not indifference to evil; it is the refusal to execute a judgment that belongs to the Son of Man alone. Creation groans. The righteous wait. The harvest is certain. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Christianity https://www.mountainvicar.com/until-the-harvest-matthew-ch-13-vv-24-to-30-and-vv-34-to-43/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Shopster? Have ordered some things from there in the past. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Praise God. 👊🏻 npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Matthew 11:29: take my yoke upon you. The yoke is not effortless but good, kind, well-fitting, shaped for the one who wears it. The burden of Christ is light not because following costs nothing but because he carries it alongside us. #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #Christianity https://www.mountainvicar.com/rest-for-your-souls-matthew-ch-11-vv-25-to-35/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Happy 4th, Frens. https://blossom.primal.net/4844ddbc4bcc152669e3b0b3d9894d4bcf997d14f4a4b7432b8df587f254733b.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar July 4. The BCP appoints Matthew 5:43–48 as the Gospel: love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you, be perfect as your Father is perfect. The collect asks we exercise our liberties in righteousness and peace. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #IndependenceDay https://www.mountainvicar.com/a-better-country-independence-day-matthew-ch-5-v-43-to-48/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar June 29: Peter and Paul. On the shore of Tiberias, Jesus asks Peter three times: do you love me? The same number he denied. Each question overrides a denial. Feed my lambs. Tend my sheep. Feed my sheep. And then: follow me. This is what restoration looks like. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Christianity https://www.mountainvicar.com/do-you-love-me-peter-and-paul-apostles-john-ch-21-vv-15-to-19/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar June 29: Peter and Paul. One who denied and was restored. One who persecuted and was arrested by grace. They argued in Antioch. They were martyred in Rome. The Church has never thought it necessary to choose between them. That is what the joint feast says. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Christianity https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-feast-of-peter-and-paul-apostles-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Proper 8. The cross-bearing of verses 37–39 is our calling as little ones. A cup of water given because a person belongs to Christ will by no means lose its reward. No act of faithful service is forgotten. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #CupOfWater https://www.mountainvicar.com/worthy-of-me-matthew-ch-10-vv-34-to-42/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Sermon: John’s fearlessness was not temperament. It was vocation. A man who knows what he is for can stand before a king and tell the truth, because his life was never about preserving his life. It was about the one coming after him. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Christianity https://www.mountainvicar.com/what-then-will-this-child-be-the-nativity-of-john-the-baptist-luke-1-57-80/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar June 24: Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist. One of only two births celebrated in the Anglican calendar, the other being Christmas. The Church does not observe birthdays generally. That it has kept June 24 since the fourth century says everything about John’s place in salvation history. #ChristIsKing #JohnTheBaptist #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-feast-of-the-nativity-of-john-the-baptist-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Thank you. Praise God! npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Three times in six verses Jesus says do not be afraid, and each fear-not comes with a reason. The truth will be revealed. God alone holds eternity. And the Father who numbers the hairs of your head has not lost track of you. The theology of Christian courage. #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #FearNot https://www.mountainvicar.com/have-no-fear-of-them-matthew-ch-10-vv-16-to-33/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The harvest is plentiful, the laborers are few — so Jesus tells them to pray first. And they were praying for themselves without knowing it. This is how God works: the prayer for laborers equips the people praying to become them. #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #HarvestIsPlentiful https://www.mountainvicar.com/pray-earnestly-to-the-lord-of-the-harvest-matthew-ch-9-vv-35-to-10-vv-15/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Feast of St. Barnabas Sermon: the Son of Encouragement who gave freely, traveled light, and sought not his own renown. He lived Matthew 10 — proclaiming the Kingdom, serving without pay, wise as serpents and innocent as doves. A powerful model for us today. #ChristIsKing #Barnabas #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/not-his-own-renown-barnabas-the-apostle-2026-matthew-ch-10-vv-7-to-16/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Today the Church observes the Feast of Saint Barnabas. He stood before the apostles in Jerusalem and vouched for Saul when no one else would. If he had been wrong, the cost would have been real. He was not wrong. The man he testified for wrote half the New Testament. #ChristIsKing #Barnabas #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/barnabas-the-apostle-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Thanks. Helpful. Followed all I didn’t already have. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar 👋 npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The Pharisees had the sacrifices exactly right. They’d lost the "hesed". Jesus quotes Hosea to the Bible scholars: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ Without the inner reality, the outward form is a morning cloud — gone before noon. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #MeryNotSacrifice https://www.mountainvicar.com/hesed-steadfast-love-matthew-ch-9-vv-9-to-13/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Was in SC for more than a decade before moving here 3.5 yrs ago. Upstate area. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Indeed, a pleasure. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar ACNA, North Georgia Mountains npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Noble mountain dog becoming noble beach dog. #dogstr #beachstr #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/77e501edd2f4da333f7745a3abd29ad0f709121baa265a200aa79a3f66f0cfd4.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The Season after Pentecost runs Trinity Sunday to Christ the King. It opens confessing the Triune God and ends proclaiming Christ’s reign. Everything between is the Church learning to live in the light of both. #ChristIsKing #SeasonAfterPentecost #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-season-after-pentecost-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Isaiah heard it in the temple. John heard it on Patmos. We sing it every Sunday at the Table. Holy, holy, holy — who was and is and is to come. Trinity Sunday is the day we step back and ask: whose song is this, and why are we singing it? #ChristIsKing #TrinitySunday #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/in-the-name-of-the-father-and-of-the-son-and-of-the-holy-spirit-trinity-sunday-2026-matthew-ch-28-vv-16-to-20/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Before Jesus was born, his presence was already causing joy. John leapt in the womb. Elizabeth prophesied. Mary sang the Magnificat. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth is the gospel's first proclamation — and one of the church's most overlooked feasts. #Visitation #ChristIsKing #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-visitation-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The wicked servant’s error was not dramatic apostasy. It was the quiet assumption that the master was delayed — that the urgency had passed, the standards could relax. The coal had cooled. The lips had gone silent. That is how ministry dies. #ChristIsKing #EmberDays #biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/so-doing-saturday-of-summer-embertide-2026-matthew-ch-24-vv-42-to-50/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Trinity Sunday stands alone among the church's great feasts — no event to commemorate, but the eternal mystery of who God is: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. One God in three persons, the foundation of everything we believe. #ChristIsKing #TrinitySunday #Christianity https://www.mountainvicar.com/trinity-sunday-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The prayer Jesus commands in Matthew 9:38 is answered in 10:1 — the disciples who prayed for laborers become the laborers. We cannot pray earnestly for God to send workers into the harvest without finding ourselves moving toward it. #ChristIsKing #EmberDays #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-harvest-is-plentiful-friday-of-summer-embertide-2026-matthew-ch-9-vv-35-to-38/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Gator Ice Cream in Jacksonville Beach, FL accepts Bitcoin. #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/c5e87fdfbabb824eb84a2a993655057f1d327fbb6b398c116230e3753c061b4f.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Gertie’s first day at the beach, 7 months old. Handled it like a pro. #dogstr #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/e2babaa80c03d091f4a93060b54307bd256891df3463cdc16574828322c8acfa.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar This Memorial Day, we explore the heart of the Gospel through John 15: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” We honor those who served and gave their lives while fixing our eyes on Christ, the true Keeper and the Lamb who shepherds the multitude. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #MemorialDay https://www.mountainvicar.com/greater-love-has-no-one-than-this-memorial-day-2026-john-ch-15-vv-12-to-17/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Today is Pentecost Sunday — one of the seven Principal Feasts of the Anglican year. The Spirit comes with wind and fire. Three thousand are baptized. The Church is born. The mission begins. And every year the collect asks: pour out this gift anew. #ChristIsKing #Pentecost #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-day-of-pentecost-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Jesus doesn't pray for his people to escape the world. He prays to keep them in his name and send them into it. The new creation is underway and we are its agents — kept in his name, doing kingdom work while we wait. He is still praying for us. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Eastertide https://www.mountainvicar.com/kept-in-your-name-john-ch-17-vv-1-to-11/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Best dogs ever. Our 7 month old. https://blossom.primal.net/58f8895b91d5c4a75898caa68d5ba71b0f4c3b0e29f92498b25aa52e8d885d4e.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Why do you stand looking into heaven? The angels’ question to the disciples is Ascension Day’s question to the Church. He is coming back — but between now and then there is a city to return to, a commission to live out, and a blessing still in progress over us. #ChristIsKing #AscensionDay #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/he-ascended-into-heaven-luke-ch-24-vv-44-to-53/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The Feast of the Ascension celebrates not the disappearance of Jesus, but his exaltation — and not his distance from us, but the new and greater intimacy of his priestly presence before the Father on our behalf. The Feast Day still presses its claims on us today. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #AscensionDay https://www.mountainvicar.com/ascension-day-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Jesus doesn't say try harder. He says abide. Stay connected. The branch produces fruit not by effort but by remaining on the vine. Apart from him we can do nothing. Abide in him, and your joy will be full. The fruit comes in its season. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Easter https://www.mountainvicar.com/abide-in-me-john-ch-15-vv-1-to-11/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar In a world that hides dependence behind supply chains and packaged goods, Rogation Sunday does something quietly subversive: takes us outside, sets us on our feet, and teaches us to ask — holding out empty hands to the Lord of heaven and earth. Ancient faith for modern times. 🌿 #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #RogationSunday https://www.mountainvicar.com/rogation-sunday-an-anglican-perpective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Thomas asked for directions. Jesus gave him a person. "I am the way, the truth, and the life." One way — exclusive in that there is only one, but wide open to anyone who enters. The way is not a map. The way is Jesus himself. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Easter https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-way-the-truth-and-the-life-john-cv-14-vv-1-to-14/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Now that spring is here, the view out of my home office just keeps getting better. #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/c2e314f9c282a850ace04a5309ef594d9fdcee5ae29750551abebf3180668af7.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Alleluia! He is risen! #ChristIsKing #EasterSunday #Biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/58dd5de458d49f8b75d2101cc4907d1ca8e8b92247698e7f21a7d823cf3db4d0.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM. Happy Easter Nostriches. #ChristIsKing #Easter #Biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/2946529373d8f0425e8d5f0269b6bdefb920c07d227a434db04608df2f9803d2.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Same npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #HolySaturday#Biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/9acd06057066e90c4715fb17e84f83d1ecd427bddd653a4fb2efd168101f5c6c.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar A Good Friday sermon on John 18–19. From the garden to Golgotha, one word reorders everything: "tetelestai" — paid in full. #ChristIsKing #GoodFriday #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/it-is-finished-good-friday-2026-john-ch-18-vs-1-to-ch-19-vs-37/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #GoodFriday #Biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/4f2adc774779f5289a9fcd817fb9fe989c158f6b881d3e22dcf80f6c618510f2.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Good Friday stops everything. No flowers, no music, just a bare altar and silence. In this countercultural observance, the worst day in history is called “good”—the day divine love triumphed on the cross. #ChristIsKing #GoodFriday #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/good-friday-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar On Maundy Thursday, our Lord shares his Last Supper with his disciples, stoops to wash dusty feet and gives us His new commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you.” In the Upper Room, He models humble service before the cross. Will we receive His love and extend it to others? #ChristIsKing #MaundyThursday #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/love-as-he-loved-maundy-thursday-2026-luke-ch-22-vv-14-to-30/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Maundy Thursday blends celebration and sorrow, drawing the faithful into the Upper Room where Jesus shared his Last Supper with his disciples and gave them a new commandment, to love as he loves. #ChristIsKing #MaundyThursday #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/maundy-thursday-an-anglican-perspective/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #HolyWeek #Biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/3c778768f67c6bce04fa3966fbe4c286e76a16c1d7f6141bcd8d3eb57a253c2f.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #HolyWeek #Biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/1ce305523eaa4333113985caad01be0872ab9ed69e0488a9a53c06f0dd564e37.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #HolyWeek https://blossom.primal.net/e74db6ce9126ab7d0c527c70decb09fab86a73401002493dae6b9e22ac2c744b.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar That’s a great ministry. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #HolyWeek https://blossom.primal.net/7b4aef843f843b68efab0780fd9aa7bddeb712ee1b89e16d227d736c6f006b5e.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #Biblestr #ChrisIsKing #HolyWeek https://blossom.primal.net/56855ce57337d5d474d4c133c1114d345dea4135ea1d41ade1781a2b963806ff.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Palm Sunday: “Hosanna” to “Crucify”—our hearts mirror the crowd's fickleness. Yet the humble King rides to die for us anyway. Follow Him through Holy Week. #ChristIsKing #PalmSunday #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/hosanna-to-crucify-palm-sunday-2026-matthew-ch-21-vv-1-to-11/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar “Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.” #PalmSunday #ChristIsKing #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/eb2281728445e9448b7164b8f67395a16b77febc427115b192f4a11420b6903d.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Most churches are bursting at the seams on Christmas and Easter. Filled with people we haven’t seen 4-8 months, many we’ve never seen before and won’t see again. Something about these two Holy Days that draws a crowd. We’ve come to affectionately call such people the “Chreasters”. I encourage you not to be a “Chreaster”. Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, followed by Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, The Great Vigil, and Easter Sunday. Try attending all services this week and be drawn into the weight of your sin and the utter relief of grace on Easter Sunday. #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/450b253b45f65996f528fdf280cf937dd292921ffff061690d61bb0309524290.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #Biblestr #ChristIsKing #Christianity https://blossom.primal.net/b833008cf724679b50f38047df7e89413e104f7276bd20eeb3a0f354df777efe.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Latest addition to the swarm, Nerdaxe Q++, consistently operating at 4.7 Th/s. Beautiful device. #grownostr #mining #BTC https://blossom.primal.net/8bed24f9754e84e8c280c9ec9232d6769ecf717ba930dd7a1becd3f9dbca924a.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM, Nostriches. #grownostr #ChristIsKing https://blossom.primal.net/5c99099651327a59ef56155862e79e8aba3bb69fbdafa2eae724fd31a66e010c.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Finally got around to repasting this Bitaxe. Kept overheating. Runner like a champ again. C’mon block! #PlebMining #HomeMining #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/59afb1d4c475dec7ae7ef8d5166a668afa17cd5fdebf2756db16caf588c0f6fc.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar What did your pastor preach on this morning? I preached on John 11, Lazarus and tied in Ezekiel’s dry bones and Psalm 130. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #GrowNostr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Fifth Sunday in Lent (Passion Sunday): A sealed tomb, dry bones, the long ache of unanswered prayer. The God who delayed for Lazarus, who spoke life into a graveyard, weeps at the grave — and still acts. The stone will not stay in place. #ChristIsKing #Lent #Biblestr https://www.mountainvicar.com/hope-in-the-wilderness-passion-sunday-2026-john-ch-11-vv-1-to-44/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM, may your groupings be tight. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Robert Earle Keen live. #AshevilleNC #Tunestr #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/1acd98feb5a74a1e851fc808bdf5bf4714a38e9327f7c8b4df9535d3bec7424a.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Welcome to Nostr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar But of course. Sick. #GrowNostr #nevent1q…l8mh npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar @nprofile…z8am, I don’t think you are too far from here. A must eat place, even though they don’t take BTC yet. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The menu. https://blossom.primal.net/7b28f27e9230696a3d6a0881574d42936b668eb28f6014e9d64ec2cd48876b35.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar If you’re ever in #Asheville, NC, you must try Cúrate, a Spanish tapas restaurant. A favorite of ours for more than a decade. You don’t just thank God for food, and I’m not minimizing that, you praise God for the experience…a real blessing. You will need reservations weeks in advance. My photos don’t do it justice. #Foodstr #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/61326a4dd18bd92fb73e8a18622ca102bbc82943e3decac2bc9e633d5c090dac.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/24937659150285b14141f300eb142205a495a9d641d20628815135d838a1bbfb.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/4c77b89c4255b666e3fee24afef6788a8187cf94f63191ea0909a5674f6bcef6.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/ace451d00920c9272f19eeaf3271c8bd7f8e494a665509907271dd28d1231a74.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/942c68b11f393fc47241e5f4b5e8ae2d81beba09b8c6bd7197162a9d663af8df.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/77becc69b60ecdc0bdf64930669a3f9369ecc3cc396d8c2447df5816298258cf.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/61326a4dd18bd92fb73e8a18622ca102bbc82943e3decac2bc9e633d5c090dac.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/4aacc422d8a8b2d2b97d62995aa503da0ea7e7bd9d5eaa9f0ab53800737dee7f.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/175fe398b5130b8856cf47f62573ec5b9bbcb089f4320c3fb75919d5c06d98e5.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/fa5518db615122e678f387568aa419e9d43fba49dea2f80edabc5b719ee96cc1.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Good letter. On target. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Looks great. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Fantastic news. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM Nostriches, Let us remember to start the day by orienting toward Jesus. He’s easy to forget if we jump right in to the to-do list. A lukewarm nod is not enough and its fruit unhealthy. #Biblestr #Christianity #Jesus https://blossom.primal.net/e530613d81a5d03c02ce99c9de43a9031ba23fe9ccb45bd51be96bb2dec7dcd6.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar 🙏 npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The corruption is deep here in GA, and not limited to either party. In particular I’m thinking of our WEF governor and compromised Secretary of State. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Fourth Sunday in Lent: Seven sons passed over. A healed beggar thrown out. Both found by the one who sees what no one else sees. Jesus still walks into the forgotten places and asks: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" This changes everything. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Lent https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-lenten-question-do-you-believe-in-the-son-of-man-john-ch-9-vv-1-to-41/ npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Thank you. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Thanks. I’m wondering if hosting my own site on the Start9 makes the whole device more apt to hacking. There is a lot of other data on there besides running a node. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #memestr #grownostr #biblestr https://blossom.primal.net/bff0098c2be3a4718a30eae78025c8fee64d28cbf2a7bc3f12393d9b159bde32.jpg npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar 👋 Gm Evening, Nostriches! #introductions New npub, same MountainVicar — fresh start on Primal. If we’ve crossed paths before, come find me again. I’m Charlie: Anglican priest in the North Georgia Mountains. Older Gen X — old enough to remember when both the church and the dollar meant something. Husband, father, lover of freedom, gardens, and dogs. In that order, mostly. Later-in-life tech student: running a Start9 node and two S21s. The hash rate calls; the pulpit calls louder. I preach through the lectionary — the cycle of Scripture readings that has shaped Christian worship for centuries. I hold to the ancient faith of the Apostles and the creeds — rooted in Scripture and passed down faithfully. Sermons as Reads here every Sunday and on mountainvicar.com. Why Nostr? Why Bitcoin? God made us in His image (Genesis 1:26–27) — the image of the One who spoke creation into being. Speech is a divine gift: we are designed to seek, receive, and proclaim truth, reflecting the One who is Truth itself. To silence a person is to suppress something sacred. Honest money is a moral issue too. Fiat is designed to be debased — inflated, manipulated, and controlled by the powerful at the expense of the weak. Turns out the money changers never really left the temple. Scripture calls unjust measures an abomination (Proverbs 11:1). Bitcoin is the opposite: fixed, transparent, and decentralized. Just weights and measures, encoded in math. The powers of this age are never neutral. The Church has known this forever. We’ve had some practice with empires. Nostr and Bitcoin offer infrastructure for truth without permission — aligning deeply with living under God rather than corrupted man, and with the freedom we are called to stand firm in. If you’ve read this far, we likely share something: sats and sermons, a love of freedom, a soft spot for gardens and dogs, solid memes, or just fatigue with the noise and a pull toward bigger questions. The Ancient Faith has been speaking into moments like this one for two thousand years. Come find me. Reply, zap, follow. I’m glad you’re here. #Christianity #GrowNostr