I've started a Substack. Here's a post on the current conflict between #PopeLeoXIV and #Trump: colinbossen.substack.com/p/in-attacki...

The text of today's sermon "Paradise Lost: Religious Dissent in Times of Defeat," is now online: colinbossen.com/paradise-los...

I've created a #Substack. You can subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/colinbos...

It is official! You can pre-order a copy of my book The Political Theologies of Populism: The Garveyites, the Klan, and the Wobblies, 1905-1930: wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814351567/ #populism #IWW #UNIA #whitesupremacy #MAGA #Trump #progressivism #resistance #authoritarianism #Wobblies #unionyes

I am excited to be presenting a paper tomorrow for the European Center for Populism Studies online program We, the People. It is all online. If you want to participate you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

My #installation as the eighth settled minister of the First #Unitarian #Universalist #Church of #Houston was this past Saturday. Watch online and celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4DV...

This Sunday's sermon "Protest as Practice" is now online: colinbossen.com/protest-as-p... #Houston #Texas #HISD #MikeMiles #FreeSpeech

Congratulations to Rev. Alan Taylor (1998 Starr King graduate) on becoming the new minister at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva in Geneva, Illinois! #UU

The text of today's #sermon "A Dissenting Tradition" is now online: colinbossen.com/a-dissenting... #Texas #SB10 #KenPaxton #GregAbbott #FirstAmendment #BillOfRights #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ChristianNationalism #Unitarianism #Universalism #UnitarianUniversalism #UU #Dissent

We’re now almost 8 months into Trump’s 2nd term. It is usually at least a year for the economic policies of a President to be felt. We’ve been living in Biden’s economy. Today we started living in Trump’s. The only question I have is how bad is going to get between now and the end of his term?

The text of today's #sermon "Revelation is Not Sealed" is now online: colinbossen.com/revelation-i... #Unitarian #Universalist #revelation #Emerson #quantumphysics #cults #Ramtha #religion #truth

The text of today's sermon "Consolation" is now online colinbossen.com/consolation/ #grief #Job #theodicy #Unitarian #Universalist #Texas #Houston

The text of today's sermon, "The Ghost in the Machine," is now online: colinbossen.com/the-ghost-in... #artificialintelligence #AI #Grok #RossDouthat #OpenAI #AI2027 #AI_Futures #climatecrisis #apocalypse #Unitarian #Universalist #UU #Houston #Texas

The text for today's #sermon "Beyoncé, Amen!" is now online: colinbossen.com/beyonce-amen/ #Beyonce @beyonceaccess.bsky.social #Houston #ThirdWard #Unitarian #Universalist #UU #Rumi #HouseMusic #CountryMusic

Come work with me! The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston is hiring a full-time Director of Religious Exploration. This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in education, spirituality, social justice, and community organizing. firstuu.org/wp-content/u... #jobs #religion

My #Easter #sermon "Easter: the Crucified God" is now available online: colinbossen.com/easter-the-c... #Unitarian #Universalist #UU #theology #comparativereligion #astrobiology #atheism #religiouspluralism

The text of today's #sermon "Creating Compassionate Community" is now online: colinbossen.com/creating-com... #Unitarian #Universalist #UU #Stewardship #InLivingColor #Michigan #EastLansing #Houston #CommonGoods #PublicGoods

Our Secretary of Defense almost certainly has more threatening/extremist tattoos and has more credibly been accused of sexual assault than almost all of the people being sent to El Salvador. No exaggeration.

So delighted to be hosting the Rev. Rosemary Bray-McNatt, President of @sksm.edu, for a conversation about the future of the seminary education and liberating #religion. She will be preaching at First UU Houston tomorrow!

So cruel. How can any person of moral conscience defend this abandonment of the most vulnerable? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump & Co. are always whining about Biden's wild debt spree. Here are the facts. During Trump’s first term, the federal debt to GDP ratio increased by 22.5 points. Under Biden it rose by 0.9 points.

for those in nyc

Clarifying photo from Chicago

In today's #sermon I talk about how under President #Trump and #ElonMusk the United States has gone from a #WarOnPoverty to a #WarOnThePoor: colinbossen.com/the-war-on-t... #Unitarian #Universalist #church #Houston #Texas @algreen.house.gov

Thank you everyone who has supported my book on the political theologies of populism thus far! Your donations have allowed me to completely pay for all of the illustrations. The rest of the funds will be used to hire a skilled indexer. www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...

Trump's tariffs are a tax on the working class. These tariffs will cost working families $1200 a year, the largest tax hikes since 1993. #SOTU www.piie.com/research/pii...

Thanks to everyone who has supported the costs for indexing and illustrations for my forthcoming book on populism. I'm nearing completion of all of the permissions work around the illustrations so if you thinking about making a contribution now's a great time to do so! gofund.me/00e3a834

The text of today's #sermon "A Future Amongst the Stars" is now online: colinbossen.com/a-future-amo... In it I get to link #ElonMusk to space Nazis. I'm not saying that's the most important part but it felt weirdly clarifying as a way to understand our situation. #StarTrek #MadMax #UU #Houston

More than 4,300 #Texans died from gun violence in 2023. Raise the age! Background checks now! Red flag laws now!

There have already been 29 victims of mass gun violence in Texas alone this year. #endgunviolence #gunreformnow

In #Austin w/ @momsdemand.bsky.social calling for #commonsensegunreform and marking the installation of the #vidasrobadas project at the state capitol. #raisetheage #safegunstorage

The text of today's sermon "Exorcising the Spirit of the Confederacy" is now online: colinbossen.com/exorcising-t... #Unitarian #Universalist #BlackHistoryMonth #KashPatel #JamalBryant #Abolition #WEBDuBois #UU #UnitarianUniversalist #Texas #Liberation

In today's #sermon I consider the religious practice of making meaning after death. I also call for a nationwide strike in opposition to #ElonMusk 's "throughly modern coup d'etat." colinbossen.com/life-after-d... #USAID #Resistance #Unitarian #Universalist #UU #Labor #Sit-downStrike #Unions #USA

Yes, they are starting the pretext for a conflict with Canada. Anytime you hear any talk of annexing Canada as “51st” state it’s a Republican talking point to build the conversation for an invasion. Reminder that Canada is a trade partner and alley.

Elon Musk’s former employees at Tesla, X and AmericaPAC warn federal workers to expect continued chaos as the billionaire becomes their de facto boss.

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t... Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social

What's happening at my school: a successful no-confidence vote against the college president. Small college, big issues.

@claudeyoung.bsky.social is a visionary. His DJs sets in the 90s, w/ rich layering, rejection of genre, dismissal of smooth transitions, & refusal to accept the limits of the turntable (he played records upside down) profoundly influenced my approach to preaching & writing. So excited for this show!

Rep AOC: "republicans, who have voted consistently against the violence against women's act, who have taken the rights of all women to have control over their own body, who as women are bleeding out in parking lots, now want to pretend today that they care about women."

Patriot Front reminding us of the deep ties between the white supremacist far right and anti-abortion movements. For the white nationalist crowd, the greatest threat is the decline of white population majorities -- the so-called great replacement. At bottom, rooted in fears over birthrates 🧵

excellent (short) piece from @religiondispatches.bsky.social on that #NaziSalute religiondispatches.org/while-global...

Elon's salute -- a reminder of the malice that undergirds the far right. It's not enough to take the reigns of power. Not enough that they have access to the levers of policy. What they desire more than that is to rub their power into the faces of their adversaries -- to show that they can do... 🧵

I wrote a little something about Trump's tariffs in historical perspective. lbo-news.com/2025/01/20/t...

My book on religion & populism is nearing the publication. My publisher doesn't pay for illustrations or indexing. I am trying to raise funds for them. Donors will be included in the Acknowledgements & I've included incentives for people who donate more. gofund.me/a3153146

A #prayer for #democracy during a difficult time www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyGL... #Trump2025 #Inaguration

Living in #GregAbbott's #Texas is like living in an underdeveloped country. The cold has barely started & we've already lost power. I've now lost power more times, & for longer periods, in Texas than in the rest of my life combined. #ERCOT #Houston #CenterPoint #JohnWhitmire #ColdFront #WinterStorm

The text from this Sunday's #sermon "A Dream Deferred" is now online: colinbossen.com/a-dream-defe... #MartinLutherKingJrDay #mlkday2025 #Trump #Unitarian #Universalist #immigration #justice

Democrats literally caved to authoritarianism instead of using that as their main message to oppose HR 29/S 5. The pieces were all there. Allowing anyone to call the police on their neighbor, the state power grab. Throw in mandatory detention if you want to get into weeds.