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dawirice.bsky.social
Pastor, writer, occasionally chefy. Working to rid the US Church of white Christian nationalism & far-right extremism. Cultivating hope, choosing joy.
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Pastors and church leaders play a critical role in helping folks untangle faithful Christianity & political theology from far-right extremist ideology. 1/

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s why Vance is making claims about religious discrimination in the UK: The far-right is the UK has very little political power. Minuscule compared to the far-right in Germany, France, and the US.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Christians are not persecuted in the US. The mentality that they are is insulting to Christian around the world who are actually persecuted.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Being a pastor, and speaking the truth to powerful people in ways that afflict their power and comfort means those same people will demand an apology from you for making them feel uncomfortable. They can take that up with the Spirit, I suppose.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

When one is living in a distorted reality of one’s own making, when another speaks the truth firmly but with kindness, it feels like an attack. Evil feels attacked by the truth. This comment is about Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde inviting Trump to have mercy on the fearful and vulnerable among us.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

How to tell if a movement is authoritarian (a hunch)? The movement doesn’t produce any creative artistic expression. They simply regurgitate relics of the past. In contrast, movements of freedom & liberty provoke artistic expression and creativity. New artifacts accompany & spur on the movement.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Watching The Music Man, which is about a conman who swindles ordinary people out of their $$ & community trust by stoking fear, distracting them with song and dance, and using his charm and fast talk tactics to keep the authorities at bay. Definitely no parallels to modern US society 😳

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Out of roughly 153 million votes cast in this election, the presidency was decided by 230k across the three states of Wisconsin (30k), Michigan (80k) and Pennsylvania (120k). That's 00.15%. This remains an extremely closely divided nation. Any agenda viewed as extreme is likely to face backlash.

submitted 109 days ago • 347 comments

Christian nationalism, when you get past the bluster, is never about fidelity to Christ and the coming Kingdom. It’s about power and control.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

I think a lot about what it takes for pastors to resist the worst cultural impulses, especially when many churches and church-goers go along with them. What does a faithful and resilient Christianity look like?

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

Pastors who resisted fascism in 1930s Germany are the ones we study and learn from today. We don't read or learn from the pastors who went along with the Nazi takeover of German society and the German church. We read the ones who resisted. We learn from the courageous ones.

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

I’m heading to DC for the week for work. I really enjoy getting to spend time in our nation’s capital. It’s a truly remarkable and inspiring place. Please know there are millions of us in DC and around the country working to resist the worst impulses of the next administration. We won’t back down.

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

Reporting for duty. I’m interested in: -Christianity & theological practice/reflection -food + cooking -international travel -football, esp. EFL + @arsenalfc.bsky.social -France -countering far-right extremism -music -writing -anyone trying to live out the Way of Jesus in these neo-fascist times

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment