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New project. Not the Sophie scarf but similar. It’s a simple pattern that’s easy to memorize and small enough to take to work so I can knit a repeat or two on my lunch break. Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... Yarn: Butterfly Effect worsted from Brediculous Hand Dyed Yarn 🧶

Happy first day of spring

Worth another posting. Artist is Jolene Thompson 🧶 #knit

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

“fascism wins by feeding off democracy like a parasite, eliminating the humanity in each of us… Fascism is a cult of power, and it works by intoxicating half the population and filling the other half with dread and despair.” When the demon takes over, Omer Aziz, The Christian Century, April 2026.

If we can’t see the hypocrisy of claiming to be “pro life,” while also being pro assault rifles, pro war, pro death penalty, pro cutting healthcare, pro cutting food assistance, pro science denialism, and pro rolling back environmental protections now, I don’t think we ever will.

Bright violas

Beauty in the grocery store parking lot: a budding ginkgo tree.

Living Resistance, Kaitlin B. Curtice, pg. 92.

This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative. 1. A mug of strong tea 2. Daffodils 3. A Carolina wren singing outside

Today’s calendar page.

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

“I was hungry and you…” …spent a billion dollars on lobster tail, king crab, and ice cream machines for yourselves, and millions on bombs, all while cutting food assistance for me and millions of others. “…whatever you do for the least of these, you do unto me.” -Jesus

Theology 101: Even if I disagree, I respect those who articulate well-researched, nuanced theological positions on which they labored for years with accountability to both church and academy. But I have no respect for fools who build a fortified tower on top of Mount Stupid.

‘…books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.’ —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

Shadow art

Spring has sprung.

The book of Revelation is meant to reveal something to us about God. It is not meant to reveal some hidden plan about the fate of the United States.

“If there were simple one-to-one correspondence between the biblical context and the twenty-first-century United States, then we would not need the Holy Spirit to illuminate the implications of Scripture for our own faithful citizenship.” Faithful Politics, Miranda Zapor Cruz, pgs. 37-38.

Christianity is meant to look like Jesus. That was the original definition for the term. It doesn't look like power, it doesn't look like wealth, it doesn't look like hate, it doesn't look like violence, and it often doesn't look like victory. But it does look like Jesus.

Calling a place a “house of God” doesn’t make it a sanctuary. Many carry heavy burdens from lies and wounds that have come from those who claim that they are part of the household of God. #WhentheChurchHarmsGodsPeople

“American Christianity sometimes looks like an attempt to prove Jesus wrong when he says we cannot serve God and Mammon. Let it not be.” The Anti-Greed Gospel, Malcolm Foley, pg. 108

Melt the Ice Badge Patons Classic Wool on size 6 needles I used a scrap of quilting cotton and fusible interface for the backing. 🧶 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Circular needles are faster than double-pointed. Making better progress on my Melt the Ice hat. 🧶

Post a tree (or trees) you photographed

Heartbreaking and infuriating.

“Ours is an age when Mammon is eager to sink its talons into our hearts and stretch its tendrils around our throats.” The Anti-Greed Gospel by Malcolm Foley, pg. 31.

“Did any part of our global economy originate without covetousness and theft? American history depends on these realities... That theft was specific: theft from particular people and theft of people.” The Anti-Greed Gospel by Malcolm Foley, pg. 25.

I feel this so strongly. Covid was a test of our moral integrity & decency -- *not just elites, but all of us* -- and we failed. I genuinely think one reason Covid has been memory-holed so hard, & so crusted w/ myths & conspiracy theories, is that on some level we know this & are ashamed.

Whoa. I'm just going to stare at this for the next hour. From the 1963 Birmingham campaign. HT: @revchrisdavis.bsky.social

The Old Muppet and the Sea Muppetmarch Principia Muppetmatica

Happy lunar new year! 🧧🏮🌕

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

If our Christianity causes the abused to be ignored, the stranger to be unwelcome, kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, and our planet to be disregarded all while billionaires get richer, we've profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus' teachings.

Life finds a way.

I've got a bone to pick with this.

“Christian nationalism may appear to align with Christianity, but it actually counteracts it. Its way of looking at the world…is often at odds with the gospel of Jesus, which preaches charity, self-sacrifice, and humility.” Becoming by Beholding, Lanta Davis, pgs. xvi-xvii.

🧶 #stashmatician #knit #knitsky 🧶

I received a work email for a trade show with the headline “Experience IBS!” They need to rethink that acronym.

The true religion of Jesus is shown in our love of neighbours. Everything else is a counterfeit.

"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

Age verification? I punched cards for COBOL.

“When non-Indigenous groups ask us to justify the relevance of our identity and cultural practices to our faith, how often we would like to offer the same challenge to them.” Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, pg. 161.

There comes a point when the best thing for my mental health is to gray rock the flying monkeys.

Because a few of you ordered a #melttheicehat, I was able to buy some things for a Mpls food pantry where my friend volunteers. They work with many immigrants. You get a cool hat & make a difference! Hats are $25 + $5 shipping. #resistice

I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now. Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.

How do you convince someone they are trapped in empire’s machinations when they are unwilling to see the harm of empire and unwilling to ditch it? Is it impossible save for the Spirit opening unseeing eyes and softening hardened hearts and consciences? IOW it’s beyond mere discussion.