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Progressive pastor in the American Baptist tradition. MDiv from Berkeley School of Theology. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQ+ advocate. Contemplative. Cat lover. Indigo Girls superfan. Married to @jasonwoodz.bsky.social
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I grew up loving the sweet sound of Peter, Paul, and Mary. Rest in peace, Peter Yarrow. “The Peter, Paul and Mary sound was never raw or unplanned. It was intricate and decorous, usually with just three voices, two guitars and the discreetly jazzy underpinning of a bass fiddle.” (Gift article ⬇️)

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Today, Dear Creator, this bluesky lauds you. I too, Abba, praise you, with all these my siblings. We are all one silence, and a diversity of voices. You have made us together you have made us one and many you have placed me here in the midst… as witness as awareness and as joy. Here I am.

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So many reason to love the legacy of President Carter, but his commitment to proper religious freedom is perhaps my favorite. “The United States’ most religious president in recent memory was also the most committed to the separation of church and state.” -Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee

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Occurs to me every time I fly: “I also think it’s important to really take just a second to contemplate the magic of the fact that we get to where we’re going by being propelled through the air, and that we get to see the clouds from the other side.” -Pete Buttigieg (Gift article ⬇️)

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Let us hope that what we will see in the next few years will surprise us by being less bad than we fear that God may show Her face and His truth in our history in spite of the pride of humankind that we may reach a period of peaceful development if it be possible ~ from The Courage for Truth

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Our neighbors are enjoying the new Christmas lights!

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This is what it means to seek God perfectly: To have a will that is always ready… to fold back within itself and draw all the powers of the soul down from its deepest center to rest in silent expectancy for the coming of God.

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The wonder of seeing snow for the first time ever 🙀😻

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This turned out to be a *surprisingly* good feed! If you want to sample the firehose of denominational mentions on the Skyline, this is more than interesting. (Maybe especially because today is a Sunday).

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“Oh human, the fire needs tending…”

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In the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion A point of pure truth a point or spark which belongs entirely to God This little point of nothingness and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of God in us. ~ from Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

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Current mood: cozy.

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We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire. We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship. So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our own acts. ~ from No Man Is an Island, Thomas Merton

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baptists: “the bible says homosexuality is a sin” also baptists: “jesus meant grape juice”

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Show me your pet and what they're named after 💖 George - So huggable and pettable and squeezable!

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“We sing to the same God, even if our approach to the Lord’s Supper, baptism and leadership, among other things, differs wildly.” Love this 💗 Excellent essay on the ecumenical experience. Thanks @carameredithwrites.bsky.social and @baptistnews.bsky.social #ABC-USA #Episcopal

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One of my favorites…

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We've gone mainline! Okay Presbyterians do your follow and amplification thing. Welcome @pcusa.bsky.social #pcusa

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Rest in peace, Tony Campolo. An American Baptist minister who was a powerful influence on me before I was American Baptist. What a beautiful example of Christian leadership.

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Okay everyone. Take a deep, slow, breath. Breathe in life. Breathe out weariness. Breathe in peace. Breathe out heaviness. Repeat. 🌱

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Let there be a place somewhere in which you can breathe naturally quietly and not have to take your breath in continuous short gasps. A place where your mind can be idle forget its concerns descend into silence and worship God in secret. There can be no contemplation where there is no secret.

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Ongoing congratulations to @jay.bsky.team, @pfrazee.com and the entire Bluesky team for managing this surge of growth so amazingly!! Great press, huge user engagement, minimal growing pains. You guys rock. (Gift article ⬇️)

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If you know you know!

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