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Artist, dog-lover and avid reader Who also loves cats, but not ketchup Jesus (he/him) is Lord
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The cruelty of this administration’s policies ripples through entire communities. Our focus must be on connection and compassion — not division. What the administration is doing is not making us safer, it is eroding our shared values of decency and honor.   op: justsayuhatebasketball (via TikTok)

Dear American Resisters, Keep your cell phones out, friends. Record everything.

Anyone feeling this after last night? 👑🙋‍♀️ Feels more relevant than ever—especially with what’s going on. But, also it’s a reminder of the strength and resilience of the American spirit. Stay strong everyone! #NoKings

When asked for a comment, polio said, "yippee!" apnews.com/article/kenn...

Watching the right now oppose the part of the second amendment that guarantees a well regulated militia under state control is… something.

Everyone should say it: The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that's not what's interesting about Miller. It's not brains. It's bile.

"When I deconstructed my evangelical faith, I felt isolated, disillusioned, and hopeless. Now, as I experience a resurgence of those same emotions, I realize: I’m not just a deconstructing Christian, I’m a deconstructing American." @laurencibene.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/dec...

Fitting for today’s cat fight.

In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.

Love seein all the Pride posts. (Not so much the corporate ones. The personal ones from queer people.) So many people have failed to love their neighbors well because they’ve been taught to love themselves poorly. But accepting yourself is essential to loving others well.

A faith that offers sanctified self-help instead of deliverance from the hells that have been constructed around beloved souls is not a faith worth holding. God’s salvation is motivated by divine compassion. Repentance is the RESPONSE to grace, not the prerequisite.

"If we seek our own advantage, love is extinguished and cold in us. We see the need and poverty of his children; we could help, but we do not do it, perhaps even saying, 'Should I give bread to people I do not know?'… 1/2

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” Matthew 2:18 (NIV)

More than 50 of the men deported to the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador have now been identified as legal residents who entered the United States through official channels, and have no criminal record other than the LIES told by CONVICTED FELON 47.

"I know and it is part of my faith that all people are holy.”... please listen to this amazing speech.

Asking “is ______ a sin?” is misses the point. You’d be hard-pressed to find the word “sin” used with an indefinite article in the Bible, cuz sin ain’t really about a list of rules. Sin is the destruction of shalom. The point ain’t to avoid “sinning.” It’s to not live in sin.

There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.

The best description of this presidency that I have ever heard is that it’s like you are tied to a chair watching a toddler play with a loaded gun.

let them eat shitcoins

My pal Ben Cohen the ice-cream-man & I just released this article about why we were arrested this month, and why we’d do it again. This piece will circulate tomorrow -- spread the word and help us get it out there! religionnews.com/2025/05/22/w...

Christianity has made following Jesus harder.

Good morning, beloved. Sometimes “hell no” is the only appropriate response. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

“God is on your side” makes for a clever, feel-good cliché, but it’s not true. God is on the side of love, peace, justice, and redemption. If you are on that side, God is right there with you. If you are not, God beckons you to switch sides.

The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.

Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?

The reason you're having trouble concentrating if you are here in the US is because we're basically being chased around by serial killers and being asked to disregard the fact.

In a place & age in which Christianity has shaped so much of our language and cultural fabric, being a Christian is easy. Following Jesus is harder.

Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. Deny yourself. Take up your cross. Follow Jesus.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

"I'd crusade if the new Pope asked me to" wow, cool. What if he asked you to love and protect immigrants

My friend sent this screen grab with the note: “Look at the officer on the left. Her face speaks for us all.” We were arrested for praying in the Capitol… while politicians are cutting resources to our most vulnerable neighbors. Lord, help us. And thx Rachel Maddow & MSNBC for covering the story!

We would like to formally apologize for only just now realizing we should have posted the text of Bartleby the Scrivener for May Day this year.

Is it me, or does this actually sound like what Communist countries would say and do but just with their own version of "ideology"?

Alright...call me Pro-Life. Also call me Pro-Women. #AbortionRights #HumanRights

From Theologizin' Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly by @pastortrey05.com Also, currently #5 in Christian Liberation Theology.

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TWO dolls? We had one doll we split between three families and it weren't e'en a doll it was a railroad spike and we drew face on it with charcoal And we only got to play with it between trains and had to put it back before the next train

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

Faith with no room for mystery is just arrogant Bible trivia.