There is PLENTY to keep doing and we deserve big rest. Signing out for the rest of the week. Go gentle with one another. Almost no one has dealt with the trauma from COVID; pain is leaking out everywhere. We only pass this way one. Watch more fútbol and extend more grace, even to ourselves.

Beloved, on Tuesday July 28, 6pm Mass. Council of Churches is holding an online training in English for Church leaders about the new state guidances for interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Register at the link. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Praying today with Joshua 2- Let us pray 🙏- O God, I see how everyone here reduces Rahab to just one thing, but You see so much more. Hidden on the roof are flax stalks, so she is making linen cloth. Help me see beyond labels; Help me see, even myself, as You see, so liberation belongs to all of us.

This world is not my home,

Beloved, not saying anything is also a valid choice. Today is Sunday, and for we who try to follow Jesus Christ, a day to practice resurrection. Please turn to hymn #709 “I’m gonna live so God can use me.” Let us sing.

Praying today with Joshua 1- let us pray 🙏: What happens “after,” Lord? After Moses dies? After we lose our way? After things fall apart? You still command us to “be strong and very courageous” like I can just turn that on. At least You promise to remain. Still this after-life is brutal. Remain, God

Sabbath Sign Out: Sun is setting, it’s ok to put down the work for now. Sister date for #BostonLegacy. Joy and grief can coexist. Always more fútbol and community and Del’s Lemonade. #UpTheSwans

Beloved, the enemy is despair, nihilism, and road fatalities. Not one another. #WeNeedEachOther we say at every #GhostBike ceremony. We will say this at Louisa Gag’s. I’m worried about the finger pointing & toxic rage. We want someone to blame. As if this will soothe our broken hearts. #VisionZero

Praying today with Deuteronomy 31- Let us pray 🙏: Oh to receive the commissioning of our elders! So bless us Lord! I do not want to be afraid or dismayed. I want to know God will go with me, ahead of me. What if I knew I was not failed nor forsaken? Oh Lord, meet me in this messy middle today. Amen.

Praying today with Deuteronomy 3- let us pray 🙏: O God, I will own I’m not entirely sure what’s going on here, but I know I haven’t gone up to Mt Pisgah to see the big picture lately. I’m stuck in the weeds. I may not cross over, but I’ve lost the big vision of freedom. Renew me. Help me see Jordan.

Zucchini loves truth tellers and brave ones and you who support them. Dog bless you and keep you.

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In rape culture, everything a woman says means yes and nothing she says means no. This seems to assert that though she said not to come over, said no repeatedly, struggled against Platner, an ambiguous prior comment constituted irrevocable consent. Not a shocking breach not to include it.

Ah yes, the secret global network of rape & sexual assault survivors. We powerful ones. Beloved, he’s actually saying the quiet part. When we talk about all the people. When we name names. All of us louder? Like the trumpets of Jericho? 🎺 Maybe, just maybe it will come crumbling down?

ABOLISH THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AND RETURN MAINE TO MASSACHUSETTS

Dude is not a team player.

This, beloved, is not integrity. “Platner stressed that his decision was not an admission of guilt.” Y’all need to go sit for a while and think about all that made this possible. Bless the courageous survivors who came forward under the MOST difficult circumstances. WOE to you who stopped them

Misogyny. This specific political tendency is called misogyny.

Not only do we touch grass, we grow it!

No one is entitled to power. Being able to represent constructive policies doesn't mean you HAVE to be the one to do it. Also, no one that comfortable with lying and gaslighting is going to be dependable for fighting for those policies anyway.

In 1966, Africa’s national soccer teams boycotted the World Cup when FIFA declined to allocate a guaranteed spot for the continent. Now, the 2026 World Cup features a record 10 African teams, with nine reaching the knockout stages — another record. https://bit.ly/4pdlvxt

You know, there’s incredible soccer being played today? RIGHT NOW! Egypt vs Senegal! 🇪🇬🇸🇳 But WE can’t watch it! Why? Sexism! Because the footballers are women and so it’s not being broadcast. #FIFA

Praying today with Matthew 23: let us pray 🙏- Oh WE say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets!’ God, forgive us. Let us learn from & with our ancestors. Fill us up with the measure of our ancestors for these days

We tend to treat violence as a personal problem (between two people) not a structural and communal one. And NEVER a public health problem. And so it absolves us from dealing with violence. We ignore, deflect, excuse away. “For the good of the ____ (party/nation/church/military/university/team)”

“ #Boston is home,” ( #JalenBrown ) said Tuesday at an event at MIT Media Lab where Governor Maura Healey honored his work off the court. “No management or organization can take that away.” mobileapp.bostonglobe.com/LPIAQNWRVZAE...

The Lord hears the prayers of the righteous!!!

Praying today with Numbers 35- let us pray 🙏: Oh thank goodness, we are back with Moses in Canaan, Lord. We need cities of refuge now, for this land is harsh and cruel in our day. I need a city of refuge, God. Take us in. Guide us into Your gates. Welcome us home when we get lost & pollute the land.

Has anyone asked Michelle Kang what she thinks about boys youth development in US soccer?

Hey remember like 4 hours ago when news broke about how gazillions of people ignored women who said there was a big problem because a candidate was rapey, but too many very important men with podcasts and substacks and polling data said “hey little ladies, take one for the team.” Remember?

Until we address the fact most talented soccer players in the US can’t afford to compete because club and travel teams have snuffed rec/school ball out, this is probably going to keep happening.

I think something that helped my people cope with this national day of mourning was that at least our guys died on their feet, fighting to the very last second. I had to look away from the current game, it's too painful to watch #worldcup

Gorgeous Lukaku goal

Imagine thinking you even have a peg leg to stand on in this circumstance

That’s a pretty goal.

Mexico played to the death. We are just rolling over and letting our bellies be scratched.

And this, mis amigos, is why I watch the women. #WatchTheFemmes #USMNT

Anyway, sub on Triple Espresso or whatever

Belgium is playing mad. USMNT had a plan without Balugon. What a mess.

Alyssa Naher would never

This is bad bad.

We are getting BODIED off the ball. #USMNT

Half time, Mac time! Clean the fridge Mac & cheese- half a bottle of blue cheese dressing, half a bag of broccoli, pimento, obscene amounts of black pepper

Is Kathleen Hanna and Sleater Kinney there too?

So much Arsenal.

A certain generation at this party yelled out “Eddie Vedder!”

Wow, that was a bad goal.

Making men’s World Cup Mac & cheese!

Look, courage begets courage. No one, truly no one wants to share the trauma of sexual assault. It’s awful. Folk don’t believe you. Sometimes you barely believe yourself. Against a powerful political machine? God bless these women. And shame on our system that continues to believe women are not

The reason the allegations get worse as the election draws closer isn’t political opportunism. Survivors often hesitate to reopen their traumas—especially to national scrutiny. But realizing how many other victims there are and how much power their perpetrator could hold can make people very brave.

As ever, your humble servant of the Lord, Rev Laura Everett is available to teach you a proper apology AND repentance WITH reformation of life, FOR A FEE, contribution to Massachusetts Council of Churches. www.masscouncilofchurches.org/donate/