Happy birthday, Brother Cornel West!

I’ve reached Ezekiel and one of the most interesting verses in the Bible…

Over the past several days, I’ve been reading/skimming the Catholic Bible. Just yesterday I reached Isaiah. Doing such has only increased my certainty that Christ, not the Bible, is the Word of God. I’m looking forward to finishing the Tanakh and starting the Gospels.

Happy Pride! I always keep a flag on my door at Hildegard House. Lately it’s been the Palestinian flag, but today I changed it out for my “Queer Quaker” flag!

I was not expecting the latest episode of @theequaker.bsky.social to speak to my condition in the ways that it did. Very grateful for this podcast!

Meister Eckhart speaks to my condition today.

I’ve not dressed plain, taken a walk on non-work days, or been to Duluth Coffee Co in quite a while! It’s a beautiful spring day!

I love the silence of Quaker worship, but part of me would also love to belong to a religious community with a pastor like Rev. Jeremiah Wright. youtu.be/Vy6lFFaX0nQ?...

Remembering El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz on his birthday.

St. John of the Cross sounding very Quaker here.

#currentlyreading I’ve actually already read ~75% of what’s included here - the Journals of George Fox and John Woolman, the writings of Thomas Kelly, and some of the writings of Rufus Jones. May skim over all that. Really just here for the epistles of George Fox & the letters of Isaac Penington.

This can be so incredibly difficult.

"You that deny Women's Speaking, answer: Doth it not consist of Women, as well as Men? Is not the Bride compared to the whole Church? And doth not the Bride say, Come? …And doth not the false Church go about to stop the Bride's Mouth?" Margaret Fell - Women's Speaking Justified (1666)

I will share this every time I see it lol

Hmm… What could it be?

Even though I got a lot of physical rest, I’ve felt mentally and spiritually exhausted all day. I woke up feeling fed up with many aspects of my faith and feeling angry and depressed with this sickness my dad is suffering from. This song is speaking to my condition today. youtu.be/vAoADCSpD-8?...

Two new (used) books arrived today! I have about five other books to read first but I’m looking forward to reading these!

So my dad has myasthenia gravis and his condition has been getting worse. Recently he has found it difficult to breathe and he might have to be put on a ventilator. Please hold him in the Light if you would, Friends.

There’s a Quaker and a Catholic in me. They are somehow in accordance.

As someone who is single and childless, I’ve not been getting much from the recent DQMs about childhood, but this one really spoke to my condition.

Happy 93rd birthday to the Catholic Worker Movement! It’s a privilege to be part of that movement. Love living and working at Hildegard House!

New milestone on Duolingo!

The single greatest threat to Christianity in the world isn’t secularism or atheism. It is Christians contradicting Jesus by justifying evil, moral depravity, greed, selfishness, arrogance, hatred, and even the use of violence in the name of preserving Christianity.

From Maria Bergh:

On Anarchism.

It feels absolutely incredible outside today! Nearly 60°F with the sun shining! Didn’t have to wear my sweatshirt on my walk home from work.

Proud to be a Minnesotan and a member of the United Steelworkers!

Friend Ann Marie’s dog Christina decided to join us for Midweek Meeting at 11am today! Ann Marie was cooking food for the weekly lunch, but I think Christina liked the sunlight coming through the library windows. ❤️

Tbh I’ve not been feeling very Wilburite lately. I’m caring less about plain dress. I still refuse to wear shirts w collars or brand names, but I prefer t-shirts. I’m even finding it difficult to maintain a distinctly Christian faith - I love the teachings of Christ, but idk about the theology.

Best Star Trek Captain. Wrong answers only.

“[As] far as he succeeded in cutting the bonds which bound him to his fellows he found himself shrinking and shriveling like a severed branch.” This text from Rufus Jones speaks to my condition. I find God so much more in community than in solitude.

“I can’t free anyone else from their oppression - only they can do that. But by trying to help them do it themselves, I can be liberated myself.” - Lloyd Lee Wilson, 1995

- Lloyd Lee Wilson, 1995

To all my friends: I love you. You are important. No matter what you are going through, I support you. I am here if you ever need someone.

What radicalised you? 🌻🌻🙏

Friend Lloyd Lee Wilson continues to speak to my condition through his book “Wrestling with Our Faith Tradition”.

We no longer take up the sword against a nation, nor do we learn war anymore, having become sons of peace for the sake of Jesus. Origen

New sweatshirt! I rarely wear sweatshirts or hoodies outside the house these days, but I like having ones with a message!

🎧 In a special, extra-large episode of the Quakers Today podcast, @petersontoscano.bsky.social introduces listeners to LGBTQ+ individuals living their truth with integrity within their spiritual communities. Join us at the Quakers Today website—or wherever you find your favorite podcasts!

This Friend speaks my mind. (From “Wrestling with Our Faith Tradition” by Lloyd Lee Wilson)

We lost Friend David Hartsough a year ago yesterday, may his memory be a blessing.

"We are all meant to be mothers of God. What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the Divine Son takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within myself? ...This, then, is the fullness of time: when the Son of God is begotten in us." Meister Eckhart

I woke up with this song in my head. I’ve always liked June Panic’s version. youtu.be/l0QtibyUFcc?...

I’m back! After an extended break from Bluesky, I’ve decided to return. I’m considering taking an extended break from Facebook, so I thought I would return here. How is everyone?