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“The message was clear: to be a good immigrant of color, conformity with the national white norm was imperative.” When God Became White, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, pg. 94.

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Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

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“Our experience spotlighted the reality that the fears that animate us can identify the idols we worship.” Downsizing, @michellevanloon.bsky.social , pgs. 98, 107.

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“I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing. I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in. I was naked, and you did not clothe Me.” Jesus said, Whatever we have done to the least, we have also done to Him.

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Just by existinge, capybaras make lyfe that much more capybearable

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“Left unchecked, the slide away from generosity ultimately robs us of significant cultural achievements, on which our flourishing as individuals and communities depends.” Free of Charge, Miroslav Volf, pg. 15. (Published in 2005. Scarily prescient.)

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“We live in a culture in which, yes, extraordinary generosity does happen. But at the same time, that culture is largely stripped of grace. It's not a gracelessness that's necessarily apparent at first glance, but it nonetheless underlies so many of our interactions.” Free of Charge, Miroslav Volf

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New mug ht: thehappygivers

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If you have a Kindle, the ebook version of Abandon the Orderly House is 90% off for the next few days—just $0.99! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DT...

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Please Amplify Free pet food for families impacted by Kentucky tornadoes. Saturday May 24 #PetFood #KentuckyTornadoes #cats #dogs #rabbits #birds

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“The ever more affluent standard of living is the god of twentieth-century North America and the adman is its prophet.” "Consume and see that this god is good."” The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian Worldview by Brian Walsh and J. Richard Middleton, pg 138.

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‘“It'll all go back to normal if we put our nation first." But the trouble with normal is it always gets worse.’ Bruce Cockburn

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Downsizing @michellevanloon.bsky.social pg. 39 (Oh Michelle! I wore a doily until I was 40! Grew up PB but then family switched to a house church movement that relied heavily on the Brethren. This chapter is walking down memory lane.)

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Birds are so interesting. A great crested flycatcher regularly flies at my office window. A Canada goose stands threateningly on the edge of the roof. I worry that the flycatcher will hurt itself. But I also wonder if the goose is waiting to swoop down on an unsuspecting human.

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“Public impatience, misinformation about the nature of COVID’s spread & corporate influence over institutional public health, meant that, rather than mitigate ongoing risk by demanding clean-air & accessible healthcare, our leaders announced disabled people would have to fall by the wayside”

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Book mail is the best mail. One new release and 2 used book deals.

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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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“the people you choose to surround yourself with are of the utmost importance. Their character, conversation, and collaboration will deeply affect you.” “Even when directed toward the noblest of causes, the human heart, mind, and body are not machines.” Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul, 85,96.

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“Using a person's group identity as the basis for divine compassion can lead to the worst kinds of religious oppression, and we still see it at work.” What If Jesus Was Serious About Justice? Skye Jethani, pgs. 48

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www.thetwocities.com/culture/18060/ Very insightful discussion.

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My first issue of The Christian Century arrived, and this is one of the book reviews. 👀 The books: The Problem of the Christian Master: Augustine in the Afterlife of Slavery by Matthew Elia Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics by Toni Alimi

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“Colonialism and koinonia can't exist in the same space.” @michellevanloon.bsky.social Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism’s Nonessentials, pg. 34. That sentence is worth pondering.

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“Violence is a tool of the kingdoms of earth, and not of the kingdom of heaven.” A Revolutionary Jesus, pg. 72. (At this rate, I’m going to end up being an Anabaptist.)

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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

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Canada always gets all the cool knitting stuff :/ 🧶 blog.workbook.com/blog/anna-hr...

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“Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community. The tactics of nonviolence without the spirit of nonviolence may indeed become a new kind of violence." Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul, pgs. 28-29. #lunchtimereading

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“Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation.” John Updike

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I’m reading “Careless People” by Sarah Wynn-Williams and also reading “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder. There’s an overlap, which may be why FB has been trying to squelch the former book. Information control which leads to obscene wealth and power is an empire.

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“She’s not yours to pity. She’s mine to marvel at.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...

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If kidnapped, what would you post that would alarm your followers without the kidnappers knowing you're asking for help? “Books? Reading? Meh.”

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Library haul. First pic are checkouts. Second pic are used books to support the library. #saveourlibraries

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The pink miniature roses are beginning to bloom.

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“every ideal turns vaporous the moment it threatens to move beyond the confines of the speeches and statements, the moment it threatens even the most frivolous parcel of self-interest. What good are words, severed from anything real?” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, pgs. 96-97.

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