Couldn’t happen to a better guy. Remove his access to all avenues of power. Classroom and scholarship. These are the consequences that matter to people like him.

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Some theologies (like an omnipotent and interventionist God who saves the faithful) can be spiritually abusive and also literally murderous.

The pope, whoever might be in the role, is Catholic. Any gestures towards solidarity will only ever be gestures until Catholic doctrine changes.

The Russian Orthodox Church has been compromised forever. Pussy riot needs to release a new song.

Dean life means being depressed because the Canadian federal government cap on international students means my school can't serve the students who want to study with us. #highered

From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning: "God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."

I don’t know about the sciences but in the humanities these people can’t be separated from their work. There is no way their contempt of other humans doesn’t somehow influence their work and contaminate it from the ground up.

16 Nov 2025 -- As US Bishops overwhelmingly vote to cut off all affirming care for trans patients getting medical treated in Catholic hospitals Pope Leo XIV meets and dines with trans Catholic activists during annual Church Jubilee of the Poor. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

I don’t want to overestimate my abilities as a theologian here, but I’m pretty sure I could break it. And teach my students how to do the same.

at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd. he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him. situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.

Land acknowledgements are about acknowledging one’s *relationship* with the land and its peoples. They come off weird when the speaker doesn’t have that relationship and doesn’t care to work on it. Institutional ones are weird bc how does an institution have relationships with non-humans?

If I have to be patted down by a tsa agent, I can think of no one who would be more respectful of my body than someone who is trans.

Condé Nast fired union leaders after they challenged management over Teen Vogue layoffs. The firings, coinciding with Teen Vogue's gutting, reflect a broader rightward shift in media under Trump, raising union-busting concerns.

Soundtrack recommendations for mathing student aid distributions? I like giving away money but I hate math. And Excel. #academicsky #deanlife

Canadian Anti-Hate Network continuing to knock it out of the park on their research and reporting into white nationalism/supremacy in Canada.

In all seriousness, may God protect him from developing a saviour complex. This kind of attention can turn one’s head. He is doing good work - it takes a strong person to stay as John the Baptist and not try to be Jesus - God bless him and protect him.

Now *this* is what state persecution of Christians looks like.

The only reason to label an office is because someone gets lost trying to find it. Is he at the point where he is getting lost trying to get there? There is no way anybody else who works there needs a sign to find it.

Add "For Men" to the end of both questions and I think the answer to both might be yes.

Preachers, if you're looking for a commentary on 2 Thessalonians for upcoming sermon prep, this is really wonderful. Gillman, Florence Morgan, Mary Ann Beavis, and HyeRan Kim-Cragg. 1-2 Thessalonians. Liturgical Press, 2016. muse.jhu.edu/book/51923

Some helpful things here that can be tweaked for teaching theology.

Biblical scholars - is there any resource or commentary on why specific changes were made in the NRSVUE? I'm curious specifically about 2 Thess 3:6 where "living in idleness" changed to "living irresponsibly." Anybody know why that change? Or have educated guesses?

As a church professional, I can tell you this is a Big. Deal.

AAR American Academy of Religion and ATS The Association of Theological Schools have also not mentioned or addressed the concerns about travel for international scholars. (ATS has for one small cohort but not as a group at large. I don’t want the small cohort targeted so I’m not naming them.) #aar

This is terrible. Teen Vogue has had some of the best political coverage I have seen, bar none. This is just really bad.

My blood ran cold. I feel like puking. I want to weep and now my hands are shaking. This is blasphemy. Out and out. “Thou shalt not take the name of your Lord God in vain.”

This was just proposed by the premier in Alberta. Tell me again they aren’t working from the same playbook. #ableg

The way one might embrace a porcupine.

For those working at theological institutions of higher education or seminaries - are faculty and administration having discussions about AI, specifically creating institutional guidelines or policies?

Reviewing faculty minutes from 2020 and 2021 and reflecting on what a shitshow that was because of COVID and somehow we managed to get through it. #academicsky

Happy Reformation Day, y'all.

Start with critique of Israel is not antisemitism and a/s is bad and then talk about the enemy who is the global elite? This is the end game of Christian Zionists. They were ALWAYS going to throw Israel under the bus in the end. This isn’t the HF changing their mind, it’s them taking the next step.

Was so honoured and excited to be invited to contribute to this! Can’t wait until March for it to come out! www.wiley.com/The+Women's+...

I love the language of collateral benefits. The collateral benefit of me masking to avoid covid is that I also didn’t get the flu or any other cold over the last five years. Also, my face is always warm in winter and masks are so much more convenient than scarves.

Not far off from the Roman Catholic approach to other faiths, as found in Nostra Aetate. Not that Vance would actually know that.

I love using the time timer app for presenters. It’s a clock face with the time blocked in a red wedge that narrows as the time countdowns. When I use it, panelists tell me how much they love it and it feels calmer than the franticness when they only have five minutes left. And they never go over.

Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦 Alberta is #ForeverCanadian

If I have to send my kids back to school in Alberta where the government just invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work, you better believe they will be wearing RED to support their teachers. #ableg

For a pope who studied under John Pawlikoski, the railing against “the Pharisee” is so disappointing. The main idea would have stood without it. www.americamagazine.org/speeches/202...

The meat is in the middle and you get a lot before you’re paywalled. I am struck that AI is being used as a bandaid for the problem of rushed higher education. Long-lasting learning takes time. Short-cutting it through AI is going to backfire but everyone is under stress. #highered

I remember being in a US grocery store where infant formula was locked up. I wondered what kind of screwed up society didn’t provide enough affordable infant formula so that people had to steal it.

“For the 2nd time in 6 weeks, a pastor was struck w a pepper round fired by a U.S. immigration agent as faith leaders protested the administration’s deportation efforts. Rev. Jorge Bautista was one of dozens of demonstrators who had gathered before sunrise Thursday.” religionnews.com/2025/10/24/a...

Finished teaching a one-week, in-person class where professors and students all wore masks. Windows open, hepa filter running. Told the students ahead of time that masks were required, which would be provided. No complaints or questions from students, we are all going home healthy. It’s doable.

I’m a Lutheran theologian with an interest in ecumenical relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches but all I can think is - what in God’s name is she wearing??

When I realized one of my tattoos had been co-opted by the right, that’s exactly what I did. (Without breaking the speed limit tho)

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Five years ago, I made a video essay for Persons Day, exploring the problematic, complicated and vital legacy of the Famous 5. I haven’t shared it on Bluesky before. So on this Persons Day, here it is from my archives! #PersonsDay #FamousFive #yeg #yow #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #Alberta #Vriend

An incredible advancement in human rights (as long as we acknowledge that at the time, this was for and by white women.)