It’s a particular kind of fascinating watching fellow clergy and religiously affiliated Americans play seven degrees of separation from the pope today…. #differentkindofkevinbacon

10 more reasons for modest optimism Friends,

Nice list by former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
(#3 "Tesla is in deep shit.") @rbreich.bsky.social

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Them: You need to get out of your comfort zone

Me: I bike commute in the US

T: Not like that!

and then jesus said “fuck em, they didn’t say thank you enough times”

… but why don’t you wear a suit?

These are such great ideas. A few years ago our family lived on the equivalent of snap benefits for lent and we donated the difference to hunger ministries at the end of lent. That was a meaningful one.

Ramadan Kareem to my dear friends who celebrate!

@melissaf-b.bsky.social is such a powerful voice ❤️

But is it paneled with silver?

A king is not a king unless we bow - Rev dr William barber

Amen.

Waiting right now for my F-ELON sticker in the mail (ours is a 2012, long time in Elon years)

Bahaha stealth nomination worked! He fell for it.

Teach her!

This....

The scammers be SCAMMING TO.DAY.
Two separate (and substantially different) scam requests went out to my staff and my church this morning. Sheesh

lol babies.

Today is a great day to do the next right thing. Let’s get to it!

lol, thats a no on reconciliation. Preaching Luke and Psalm 37, and talking about how love is a verb-- when we love someone we expect more of them, not less. We are actively engaged in their growth and repentance.

My uncle Billy (and yes, he was every stereotype you can imagine of a good ole boy from South Carolina) used to say he had fractions on his fingers. The way he told the story, he skipped church a couple Sundays, and God rewarded him with easier math.

So you are eating more chicken?

Preachers: get in good trouble today in your pulpits. Speak truth to power. Even if it costs you. Especially if that cost is on behalf of the poor, the vulnerable, the outcast, the stranger.

God is watching.

-and finally, for our government, those elected by the people, that they might remember (and be reminded) that their charge is to work FOR the people, not against them, and not on their own behalf.

-for illegal immigrants who are being abused and whose rights are being violated in order to score political points.
-for those whose comfort makes it easy for them to ignore, or dismiss, or rationalize what is happening in the US.

-for the many victims of violence around the world and here at home--children and families who are displaced by the machinations of war in Israel and Palestine, in Ukraine and Russia, in Somalia and Syria and Sudan and Haiti.

What will I be praying for in church today?

-for my neighbors who work tirelessly for the federal government, and who are afraid for their jobs, and whose character is being impugned by our executive branch on a nearly daily basis.

Hey now! We love our team! 🦅

Today I briefly tuned out the noise to celebrate the birthday of my youngest with a kitty birthday party and 10 of his classmates. I did not realize how much I needed that. #saturdayvibes #seekjoywhereyoucanfindit

If you support this, you’re an awful human being

Todays small goal: Find something good that you can do, and get to work.
#overcomeevilwithgood