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Matt Willmott
Matt Willmott

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Jul 24, 2022

*This author has moved to Substack!*

Hi. Thanks for your interest in my posts! In an effort to find the right venue for my writing, I’ve moved over to Substack. You can find all of the published Medium writing and new posts I’ve written on Substack at Agnio https://agnio.substack.com/. Hope to see you there! :) — Matt

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Oct 18, 2020

The National Tragedy of 9/11

On September 11, 2001, America suffered the worst terrorist attacks to have occurred in the modern era. Three thousand people died, thousands more were injured, and thousands more lives were shortened or were damaged in the aftermath. …

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The National Tragedy of 9/11
The National Tragedy of 9/11

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Oct 18, 2020

A Tuning Fork in Armageddon

Things to do instead of a Boogaloo “Has it ever occurred to you,” Evangelical pastor A. W. Tozer asked, in his spiritual classic Pursuit of God, “that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other?” He was talking to Christians about God, and while I think talking about God is…

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A Tuning Fork in Armageddon
A Tuning Fork in Armageddon

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Oct 9, 2020

On the VP Debate, October 6, 2020

One of the things that struck me last night was that Mike Pence is a neoliberal and a conservative Christian in that distinctly American style, but he is not a full Kool-Aid drinking Trump supporter, and that means that: a) when he tries to resort to Trump-like manipulation, it has…

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On the VP Debate, October 6, 2020
On the VP Debate, October 6, 2020

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Sep 23, 2020

Becoming un-propelled

It is vitally important that we learn to create a kind of stillness in ourselves that allows us to see things as they are. I mean, it is not vitally important if we decide we’d like to become enlightened beings. I mean it is vitally important if we want to…

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Becoming un-propelled
Becoming un-propelled

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Sep 19, 2020

America, build institutions.

Every American I know who identifies as a Democrat or who is sympathetic to the Democrats is on a pike right now. So am I. We feel this way because we know what’s about to happen. Mitch McConnell, who four years ago denied President Obama the right to appoint a…

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America, build institutions.
America, build institutions.

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Apr 17, 2020

Where do we go, if not back?

Seven ideas for a meaningful way forward. In the throes of quarantine, I wonder whether we can sense the tectonic forces that have begun to shift around us. Handshakes may be gone for good, and masks may regularly re-appear from now on. Big-ticket political discussions have gained new dimensions. …

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Where do we go, if not back?
Where do we go, if not back?

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Apr 17, 2020

The Core Modern Value

It’s not hard to say that America has transitioned from a society in which the values were primarily determined by religion to a society in which the values are primarily determined by consumerism. …

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The Core Modern Value
The Core Modern Value

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