Happy Pride Month. #progressiveclergy #jesus
#lgbtq

I joined with other in Phoenix and Tucson to fight for justice and care of others. Let’s keep the energy going and making our voices heard.

A church member called today and are upset that service was 9 mins longer Sun. Now they want to leave the church. We added a song in the service, my piano player had a longer prelude, and we had an announcement for an award for a member.

We are too concerned about lunch then worshipping.

I’ll just post these back to back. These laws being pushed are in the simplest terms, cruel. These are the kinds of laws that have now put our country on the human rights watchlist. Lord help us.

This doesn’t exist and will literally save $0

I have always found this to be the best graphic to illustrate these points.

Hobbs creates the 'Operation Desert Guardian' task force to fight Mexican drug cartels • Arizona Mirror Gov. Katie Hobbs has created a joint task force to expand border security efforts, called Operation Desert Guardian, via her first executive order of 2025.

Operation Desert Guardian will focus on identifying security vulnerabilities along Arizona’s southern border, and fighting border-related crime by disrupting cartel supply chains and networks

via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Even Ronald Reagan would be pissed and that says something.

Future prez??!!

Do we tell Musk or Trump Happy Presidents Day? I’m confused.

More of this, America.

The rejection of Jesus’ teachings but the Christian right embodies this.

Jeffries:

"Republicans want to end Medicaid as we know it, are considering eliminating the mortgage interest deduction, and want to take away veterans benefits and nutritional assistance from Children and families.

Is that something that Democrats will support? No."

This is a real life example of idolatry and this is blasphemy. The very first commandment says no gods before me and Christians are literally worshipping him.

I love it when people say they love what Trump is doing then you ask what do they love. And they reply, I don’t want to get into in. They can’t articulate it and if they do I have found 90% of the info they spit is verifiably false. Just keep pushing back!!

That it is.

I don’t think we fully understand the extent of the damage this administration is doing. I hope we don’t wait until it’s too late to do something.

The goats of Walter Scott resting and napping on brown grass near spots of snow.

If we goats know anything, it's that our biggest impacts come as herd.

In the Lord of the Rings, King Théoden asks what we can do against reckless hate. We agree with Aragorn, we can ride out and meet it. We can organize, stand together, and say no to hate. We can instead love our neighbors.

First Christian Church 2/2/2025 YouTube video by FCC-Connections

"Empathy is not a sin. Empathy is a gospel virtue. The gospel calls 'the naming of God's work in the world as ungodly and sinful'... an utter blasphemy. Empathy is not a sin, a lack thereof is." - Rev. Michael Riggs, FCC Springfield, IL

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You can tell a bully from a leader based upon how they treat people who disagree with them.

There are two parades, which one will you choose?

Been kicking my butt and I’m in week 3

Trump is a small man with small hands

'This Should Make Your Blood Boil': Top NC Court Blocks Certification of Democratic Justice's Win | Common Dreams Republicans on the North Carolina Supreme Court are under fire for blocking certification of incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs' November victory to review GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin's…

Republicans on the NC Supreme Court just blocked certification of a Democratic justice's election win.

Her GOP opponent is trying to throw out 60,000 ballots cast in November, citing debunked far-right legal theories.

This assault on democracy should be a national scandal.