A quote I wrote down from @jarrodmckenna.bsky.social in the episode: “It is standing with Christ as he stands with those who are scapegoated and oppressed and marginalized and on the receiving end of injustice with their backs against the wall; it is in that position that we gain enemies,

So, @jarrodmckenna.bsky.social calls Making It Plain a "nonviolent messianic-cocktail". It's an urgent and necessary book for our times. Order wherever books are sold: Herald Press: heraldpress.com/978151381636... Amazon: a.co/d/5AshOrU

The sanctuary movement is the new Underground Railroad. If our baptism is not to be emptied of its power we are obligated to help the refugee find freedom.

Scapegoating loses.

Mar. 24, 1980 The Assassination of Oscar Romero Remembering Archbishop, Óscar Romero, who spoke out against social injustice in El Salvador. Assassinated while celebrating Mass in a chapel at Divine Providence Hospital in San Salvador. Listen here: soundcloud.com/hillipsand/s...

With the election looming, the annual Palm Sunday rally for refugees in 3 weeks is a crucial opportunity to show support for people seeking asylum.

Just landed back in North America after an impactful week in Bolivia to see the book marked a #1 bestseller on Amazon Canada. So grateful, Canadian friends! So unreal for a first time author from an under-represented community in Christian publishing. 🙏🏽🇨🇦

Patience is not mere waiting, but attention. Waiting is the passing of time as we do the work of not letting go of what must be transmuted. www.patreon.com/posts/124912...

Lord have mercy. Sometimes our moral moments are the weeds and wheat comes from our failures.

Limited empathy is preyed upon by fascists who want empathy to stop at ethnic or national boarders so to be weaponised against an “other”. Empathy is not only why we care, it can be abused to become why we don’t care for those outside our limited “own”. www.patreon.com/posts/124912...

Just found this photo from 2008. I had been awarded the Donald Groom Peace Prize by Quakers the year before and was invited to speak with one of my heroes who quickly became a friend, John Dear. 🥰

Those who think empathy is the enemy of the spiritual journey know nothing of the mystics, the saints, and the heart of GOD revealed in Jesus of Nazareth.

We are living through genocides, an unprecedented ecological crisis and away from democracies towards fascism in so many societies. In this context we must hear the words of Oscar Romero:

Situating our lives in the struggle for justice with the oppressed is the context of Jesus' command to love our enemies. Stand with the oppressed, and you will have enemies.

This is your daily reminder that not only is empathy *not* a sin, that according to Jesus, MERCY - (that is, compassionate empathy in action on behalf of others) is God’s holiness and nature. So, be compassionate, as the GOD revealed in Jesus is compassionate. (Luke 6:36)

Lessons from walking in the dark…

Steeple Church is looking for a Justice and Engagement Pastor. If you’ve have a sense of calling around community organising and discipleship, we would love for you to consider applying to join our team. www.patreon.com/posts/122394312

Lord have mercy.

when the president of a super power -the good guys- in all their flashy films announces proudly ethnic cleansing for 2.2 million the normality of atrocities alongside nba trades music awards the market how to breathe the same air how to breathe when now

Happy birthday Bonhoeffer.

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Alhamdulillah! Tears. I’m laying in bed crying. It’s 5:17am. I have COVID (yes in 2025) and my friend and former boss Conny has text me the words, “At last, thank God!” with a link. I click it. Tears. After 9 years of unjust imprisonment, freedom… m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Have loved the last few days in Sydney with friends old and new at Future Church conference. 🥰

Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Elder, Human Rights hero and fascism resister, William Cooper, is important to remember, especially today.

Trump’s response to the church service is so telling, “not too exciting”. Excitement. The poet Juvenal, as the Roman Republic was transformed into the Roman Empire, used the phrase “bread and circuses” to describe the excitement desired to pacify. The church isn’t in the excitement business.

Happy New Year!!! 🥳

If you care about the Persecuted Church, you must: A. Call for the end of the genocide in Gaza where Christians and churches are also being bombed. B. Support pro-asylum policies for refugees (many of whom happen to be Christian). Anything less is hypocritical and duplicitous.

“Love is not a method of dealing with people; it is an invitation to the event of God’s community with the world.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

May this season restore our belief that "love is sturdier than hate, that right is more confident than wrong, that good is more permanent than evil." #HowardThurman

Check out our latest InVerse Podcast Advent episode. @jarrodmckenna.bsky.social & I welcome Jenai Aumin, author of Othered, for a powerful conversation on healing spiritual trauma, rediscovering faith, and finding belonging after betrayal. A timely, honest word for the Advent season.

Mark your calendars for September 2025... my next book is coming to join its siblings, and will be worth the wait. #Anablacktivism #MakingItPlain #books #radicaldiscipleship #propheticwitness

Sounds pretty similar to mine, but add some rock: - AC/DC - Meatloaf - TOTO - The Eagles - INXS - Skyhooks My mum actually snuck backstage at a Meatloaf concert in Melbourne and got her CD signed. It's hotly contested who will inherit

What are the albums that were most on rotation in the first decade of your life? They don’t have to be albums released in the first decade of your life, just most played in your childhood home. #chidhoodwrapped

Good morning. This is is the day that Creator ~THE SINGER~ ~THE SUNG~ ~THE SINGING~ has made. Djakal-ngakal (English: pink and grey galah) will rejoice and be glad in it. Will we join in?

Tomorrow at 10amET we’ll be broadcasting LIVE from Bethlehem. Rev. Munther Isaac will deliver a special Christmas sermon: "Christ is Still in the Rubble.” Join us live on the Red Letter Christians Facebook page and register on our website: redletterchristians.org/event/christ...

Please welcome my mate @notscottevans.bsky.social here. He’s a good egg.

Went looking for a Peter Maurin quote and this popped up. One of the strangest parts of ADHD is the need to “unamnesia” your own story, particularly when parts are associated with pain. The work to reimagine what is possible isn’t merely political but deeply personal. sojo.net/articles/rei...

Day 20 of #bookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #20daybookchallenge

Good morning. Ngoolark for the Noongar People is a messenger from the ancestors. Hebrews 12:1 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us"

“There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don't think all ecstasies are the same! Jesus was lost in his love for God. His donkey was drunk with barley.” -Rumi

"There is no cause however noble for which we will ever again support the taking of a single human life. We do not kill. We do not support killing. We do not kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong. We work to stop the killing" ~Fr. Daniel Berrigan

It’s 10pm. My 4 year old calls me down to his room. “Need a drinking water, please dad.” *I bring back water* “Thanks dad. Koala 🐨 (a soft toy 🧸) is thirsty.” *proceeds to help koala hold water while he drinks none of it* #parenting