🥤Grapico soda, Stephen Colbert + trickle down yapanomics: Lil Treasures #312

We're talking defying gravity, ponytail holders and jimmy eat world

Hey, it’s Friday! We made it!

For those who care about football, Super Bowl weekend is here, which really means we’re all just busy planning out what exquisite snacks and treats to prepare and readying our hearts to get down to some Bad Bunny. What’s on your menu for the big game?

My heart’s Super Bowl (the Winter Olympics) is also here, and for that I rejoice. If you have a sport you’re going all in on during these games, I want to hear about it! I specifically like curling (there are multiple couples competing together!) and am newly invested in hockey (who isn’t?), but it’s all fun to me. I like to have a little nationalism, as a treat.

Enjoy these treasures, beloveds! 🫶

🥤As a transplant Alabamian, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this lovely man from Fiji try his first-ever sips of Grapico soda and Milo’s sweet tea.

🐑 I love reading Ben Cremer’s thoughts on things, and really appreciated his post and perspective on the passage regarding the mark of the beast in Revelation 13. If you’re not on IG or if you prefer to read it essay-style, it’s also here on Substack!

🎤 Listen, I am absolutely obsessed with this STUNNING cover of Defying Gravity. Trust me when I say you gotta listen to the whole thing! The key change!

🔎 Jo Saxton has a lot of really wonderful things to say over in her newsletter at A Cup of Jo, aaaand I have a few fun subs to give away if you want a peek behind ‘ye old paywall. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll get you sorted! I especially thought her recent essay, This isn’t normal, is a must read.

🤼‍♂️ We’re headed back to the Thunderdome, baby! This week’s Faith Adjacent episode aka Thunderdome III is all about crowdsourced chaos, with contenders like Christian artistic expressions, nepo babies versus reality show contestants, and an ultimate showdown between purity culture and the prosperity gospel. Listen to the episode here!

📣This is such an excellent piece by Kat Armas that she wrote following the church service disruption in Minneapolis.

👱‍♀️ I love to complain about being a lady sometimes, and it’s precisely for annoying reasons like this that I do.

⚰️ These precious angels held a funeral for one of their Barbies, and the attention to detail is just so perfect. I cackled at the shoe coffin.

🥊 Our current Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, tried to challenge Pope Leo VIX’s Scripture reference (🙄) (I mean, kind of not really, he just spewed some talking points but whatever) this past week and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was not having it.

🧴Last week I shared about this fundraiser for Minneapolis families, and I would still love to point you in that direction if you’re looking for ways to give to our friends in MN! Another huge way you can help that community right now is by purchasing items from this hygiene wish list on Amazon. Many of these families have been stuck inside for an extended period of time, unable to work or buy necessities like groceries or even toiletries. So if you’re looking for tangible ways of helping meet those immediate needs, I would recommend either of the ones above.

That is all for this week’s newsletter, my lovelies. Can’t wait to read your treasures from the week, make sure to drop them in the comments before you go. See you next week! Miss you already.