Shanah Tovah to all who celebrate! 🍎🍯 #RoshHashanah

"Don't take yourself out of the fight. We cannot let anyone, any election, any circumstance, take away our spirit & our faith & our belief in knowing how we make a difference." ~ MVP Kamala Harris

"Enjoy every sandwich." ~ Warren Zevon

"Spiritual people use religion to become better people. Fundamentalists use religion to pretend they're better than other people." ~ John Fugelsang, "Seperation of Church & Hate", p. 17

Jesus said: "No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one & love the other, or he will be devoted to the one & despise the other. You cannot serve God & money.” ~ Luke 16:13

"The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: O come, let us adore him." ~ BCP, p. 44 #MorningPrayer

Met the legendary Willie Nelson tonight at Farm Aid. For 40 years, he has championed family farmers and tirelessly advocated for our rural communities. And he’s still going strong at 92!

I'm sick of seeing the name "Kirk" all over my social media feeds & having it not be a post about Star Trek.

Seems like all of the early-excerpt "reports" on 107 Days is just one or two short phrases taken out of context & twisted by biased pundits, to pile on MVP Harris or manufacture more "Dems in Disarray" drama. I'm trying to ignore all this nonsense & will just wait to read the whole book for myself.

"For many of our right-wing friends & neighbors, Jesus is 3 things- the manger, the miracles, the cross- but never the 3 yrs he spent teaching, reforming, & explaining what a "Christian nation" would actually need to do..." ~ John Fugelsang, "Seperation of Church & Hate", p.8

This whole 🧵 is so perfectly stated, & it says everything that I haven't had the patience to put into writing:

My copy *finally* came! I can't wait to read it! Special thanks to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social & @barnesandnoble.com!

Complaining about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris makes me think less of you. No matter who you are. You're not helping yourself whether you're just a regular person or you're a politician.

"Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts & opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power." ~ Frederick Douglas, A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)

We cannot dare to be silent or complacent in the face of this frontal assault on free speech. We, the People, deserve better.

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

We are a country of laws and not a king. And as it has been for every generation since our country was founded, it is on us—we the people—to hold up that democracy over a tyrant.

"A dark spectre is haunting Europe..."

Johnny Cash voice: "Well, way over yonder in the land of Babylon, Ol' King Nebuchadnezzar was on the throne..."

exactly 48 years ago, voyager 1 took the first image of the earth and moon in the same frame from over 7 million miles away.

I'm a white man & even I know this. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Blayre and I, and our entire family, are praying for the officers who were killed and the two that remain in critical but stable condition tonight. Pennsylvania once again grieves for our officers who ran toward danger to protect the community. We stand with you, tonight and always.

This is not just a devastating day for York County, it is a devastating day for our entire Commonwealth. Today, families lost their loved ones as three police officers were killed in the line of duty, serving their community bravely.

Christ have mercy.

OTD 1976: Most of the cast of Star Trek attended NASA’s rollout ceremony for its prototype space shuttle, #Enterprise. ##StarTrek #NASA

A grotesque eyesore, just to sanitize the legacy of a heretical bigot. "Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher, "vanity of vanities. All is vanity!" ~ Ecclesiastes 1:2

Both deaths are tragic but we all need to be more careful about spreading misinformation, especially before the investigations are even complete. (I am preaching to myself here.)

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

A statement from the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. ⚓️

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is God’s steadfast love toward those who fear them… ~Psalm 103:11 #dailyverses #ordinarytime #GodIsLove💜

O Lord, make haste to help us.

"Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross that he might draw the whole world to himself: Mercifully grant that we, who glory in the mystery of our redemption, may have grace to take up our cross & follow him." ~ BCP, p. 244 #HolyCrossDay

"O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct & rule our hearts, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives & reigns with you & the Holy Spirit, one God, now & forever. Amen." ~ BCP, p. 233 #SundayCollect

"I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." ~ Luke 15:7 #Lectionary #GospelLesson

"For my people are foolish, they do not know me. They are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good." ~ Jeremiah 4: 22 #LectionaryReading #CultOfTrump #TrumpsTerrorists #ChristianNationalism #FakeChristians

Happy 55th Birthday to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson!

"O God, the strength of the weak & the comfort of sufferers: Mercifully accept our prayers & grant to your servant Sophia the help of your power, that her injuries be turned into health & our sorrow into joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." ~ BCP, p. 458

Prayers ongoing...

When it would be understandable to sink into despair, they urged us toward light and our higher angels. We won’t forget.

I have so much gratitude and respect for the Moyski, Flavin, and Merkel families, and all the Annunciation School community who brought us together at the beautiful celebrations of life for their dear children.

May she rest in peace & may light perpetual shine upon her.

Happy 89th Birthday to Walter Koenig!

Should we be excited about the recent results from Mars? Absolutely! But we also need to understand exactly what they do, and do not, mean. 🧪🔭

Happy 70th Birthday to Pope Leo XIV!

"The mercy of the Lord is everlasting: O come, let us adore him." ~ BCP, p. 44 #MorningPrayer

Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us.