A tiny, coffee dependant girl in a heavy world ☕ Anglican ✝️ BA English alumna from Ambrose University 🎓 Married to a gentle giant flautist ❤️ Mostly sarcastic I write things: https://shondatilitzky.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3m5cinns5xc22Every time I get the Tiber itch I visit a Catholic church and hear some mid to awful homily. Yesterday it was a priest who equated Jesus flipping over tables to our suffering as God cleansing us, & said things like cancer are for our benefit bc suffering makes us better 😬10 Nov 2025 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5cinns5xc22https://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3m44jsh27sc24It is truly wild to come from evangelical circles that told me Catholics blindly listen to/worship the Pope to see modern rad trad Catholics continue to foam at the mouth over Pope Francis and now Pope Leo say very Christian things like "hey guys you should care about the poor and the earth" 🙃26 Oct 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44jsh27sc24https://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lrerjht2mc2qFinding things in the packing process, as one does, and I happily came upon my notebook from 1st year uni, which I thought I'd lost. These are sparse notes from my 1st class with the estimable @darrendyck.bsky.social. Just two quotes made the cut, apparently. Still true though, I think.12 Jun 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrerjht2mc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lpsccgpnlk2bMy latest post is here! This is based on a research paper I presented at the Ambrose Research Conference back in March. It’s all about prayer apps: the pros and cons, praises and criticisms, and whether or not they actually help our spiritual lives. I hope you give it a read! 🙏📱 https://open.substack.com/pub/shondatilitzky/p/one-mediator-the-effect-of-prayer?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=slvb622 May 2025 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsccgpnlk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lpmsfa3yuc2oMy husband according to others: *resting grumpy face, quiet, intimidating, needs structure* My husband last night: "Bill the Pony is the best character in Lord of the Rings. Do you want me to read LOTR to you?" (bc I still haven't finished it... mea maxima culpa!)20 May 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmsfa3yuc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lnqs2hc5wk2u*Me, walking behind my husband with a hot cup of tea*: Tea behind you Husband: Tea above me Me: ...Tea before me, tea beneath me, tea within me? Husband: The breastplate of tea26 Apr 2025 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqs2hc5wk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lniidkv5vs2nOverheard some early 20 something Christians complaining about how the Pope's funeral will be "boring" because it's going to be stripped back and simple... Idk, something something, like Jesus? Something about humility?23 Apr 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lniidkv5vs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lm3vqgxnjs2dAmen! Say it louder for the people in the back pews! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm3vqgxnjs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lli2wgktz22gWhenever I start questioning if my ADHD meds are still working all I have to do is go a day without them and I'm like "oh, yup, this sucks. How did I live my entire life like this?" My refill can't come fast enough.29 Mar 2025 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lli2wgktz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3li3wkbwaek2yI just tried to make a dinner reservation over the phone but I accidentally said "dinner renovation" 🙃😂 Then the guy on the phone accidentally swore so apparently we're both struggling today lol14 Feb 2025 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3wkbwaek2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lhmaaerwvs23Yesterday I found a well known "spicy" romantasy book in a children's (!) little free library, and because I'm petty (and think it's trash), I took it and threw it in the recycling. My Sister's Keeper was also there, and while it is darker, it at least has better writing.07 Feb 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmaaerwvs23https://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lglmgazh4c2vI was sick last week, so I didn't go to church. I asked my priest to bring communion to me at home. It was my first priestly home visit. Idk what I expected; a drive by? But instead he came in, sat down, and pulled out the TINIEST chalice I've ever seen! 🥺 And we did a whole prayer service!25 Jan 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglmgazh4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lbazkyfvrs2m"It is snowing outside, and the tree is lit." - My husband this morning before he left for work. A wonderful way to wake up 😊18 Nov 2024 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbazkyfvrs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3lbakahy3cc2tAh yes, now I can return to drafting posts, overthinking said posts, and then never posting them. How I have missed this.18 Nov 2024 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbakahy3cc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shondawanda.bsky.social/post/3l6r6sbgwod2q"Teach our algorithm what you like" *Likes about 8/10 posts with cat pictures*18 Oct 2024 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:fzttphi33wmld2tsenegphfe/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6r6sbgwod2q