A single lit candle in darkness. Text beside the candle reads: “"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Matthew 5:9

The World Council of Churches has issued a statement following the threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump of imminent widespread attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran and the response of Iran promising serious retaliation.
Read the full statement here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/do...

#balega #UPS #Xmasfail

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Balega.com and ups.com have seriously disappointed me. uPS lost my order on 12/3 and neither company is responding to solve it. Balega should really resend my order.

NIH Cuts Back Its Payment Of Indirect Costs For University Research The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that it will impose a 15% cap on payment for the “indirect costs” on grants it awards to universities, starting Monday.

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While indirect costs for NIH grants need reformed this is not the way to do it. This will gut current projects & severely harm our place within medical tesearch. One more action of this administration with devastating consequences.

Hughes Fire threatens thousands of homes in northern Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Firefighters on the ground and in the air rushed to slow a rapidly spreading brush fire that exploded near Castaic on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of evacuations …

As life goes on for so many of us, SoCal is still in high alert — Hughes Fire threatens thousands of homes in northern Los Angeles County https://bit.ly/4huNpQJ

Trump Just Revoked Anti-Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965 The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

“The rule Trump nuked, Executive Order 11246, forbade federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

But in 1965, LBJ issued exec order 11246 banning discrimination in federal hiring and with federal contractors. That order helped re-build the Black middle class and today DC is home to the nation's most economically thriving Black community. Today, Trump rescinded that landmark order as well.

Section 3(b)(i) of President Trump’s 01/21/25 misleadingly named EO “ending illegal discrimination” provides:
“Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked.” There goes six decades of progress toward justice begun by LBJ.

January 22, 2025 Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police...

January 22, 2025

They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.

My 6 year old said she would really like it if the housing insecure could sleep on the b an bags in our youth room at our church. She thought is was a good solution for warmth and comfort.

Praying for the housing insecure

Praying for the housing insecure

-19 degrees this morning in Carmichaels, PA. 14 degrees by 4 pm.

The PCUSA Advocacy Committee for LGBTQIA+ Equity on The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act: "The table Jesus set was one of abundance—where no one is excluded, all are valued, and God's justice flows freely."

Read the full statement at tinyurl.com/pcusaACQ-E

I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely

The need to do that hasn’t changed

If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that

Speaker Mike Johnson pushing to replace House chaplain (RNS) — Asked about her potential replacement, current House Chaplain Margaret Kibben told RNS, 'The situation is not mine to comment on, except to say, I serve at God’s pleasure.'

Asked about her potential replacement, current House Chaplain Margaret Kibben told RNS, "The situation is not mine to comment on, except to say, I serve at God’s pleasure."

I found two bars in the closet from my 2023 pilgrimage on St Cuthbert’s Way. #delight

18 years ago, I was introduced to Arran aromatics soap “after the rain” from Scotland.It was sold at target. I wish they would distribute it again.

Truly appreciate PBS World

Reading Parker Palmer’s “On the Brink of Everything” and it is doing my soul good.

Did one of these before my friend Minner’s funeral. It was so useful to know I was negative for all three.

@farmtopulpit.bsky.social