Occasionally, I'll take a peek at some of the conservative reformed forums I used to be a part of before I deconstructed. I'm still at a loss by how many angry little men are BIG MAD at the idea of a woman pastor. Patriarchy isn't just vile, poisonous, and abusive. It's unbelievably pathetic.

Continuing my #autumn horror reading with these two classics! 📖⚰️👻💀🗡️🧛🏿‍♀️🦇🧪 #gothicfiction #frankenstein #dracula #maryshelley #bramstoker #horror #booksky

Honestly, it shouldn't surprise us that the same people who claim Donald Trump is God's chosen are now making a Christian martyr of Charlie Kirk. Their idea of God is already skewed, their interpretation of scripture already bigoted and their beliefs already co-opted by right-wing nationalism.

Source: Episcopal Diocese of Georgia (gaepiscopal.org) #EpiscopalChurch #AnnaAlexander #StAnnaAlexander

PSA: Not only did the "rapture" not happen today, it will *never* happen. There is no such thing. It's a complete fabrication drawn from bad theology and shallow biblical interpretation. The Bible is a witness to God in Christ, not a roadmap for the "end times."

So is the rapture still happening today or did I miss it?

⚠️ CDC quietly updated its webpage to caution pregnant people about acetaminophen (Tylenol). Sneaky changes driven by politics instead of science erode public trust and put lives at risk. As scientists who once shaped CDC's webpages, this is heartbreaking. 💔 www.cdc.gov/medicine-and...

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

Kicking off Autumn with some classic horror reads! 📖🎃👻🦇 ⚰️🧛🏿‍♀️ #HorrorLit #ClassicHorror #GothicReads #AutumnReading #OxfordWorldsClassics

Every day there are like 3 new things that happen that 25 years ago would have instantly disqualified someone from public office.

Morning dewdrop. 🍓

Excited to welcome one of my best friends @trogdoooooooooooor.bsky.social to Bluesky! He's a brilliant, deeply thoughtful clinical therapist who's helped me see the world through a more compassionate lens. He also smokes a mean brisket. Give him a follow!

When Biden was president, my MAGA family members and acquaintances would routinely screech about "cancel culture" and "censorship." Claims of a fascist "leftist takeover" were routine. Turns out, they just were practicing for when they would actually do the things they bleated the "left" would do.

Use correct terminology! It's not "expresso," it's *espresso* It's not "hone in," it's *home in* It's not "irregardless," it's *regardless* It's not "vaccine skeptical," it's *pro infectious diseases* It's not "pro medical freedom about vaccines," it's *scientifically illiterate*

The sooner people realize that the Christofascists behind Project 2025 consider democracy to be an obstacle to be destroyed on the path towards a white patriarchal ethnostate, the more current US politics will make sense.

#abolishice #defundice #whitechristiannationalism

Wouldn't this be wonderful? One day. #project2025

Church at the Crossroads: Our Response to the Calls of Palestinian Christians chng.it/fWk4nTQr via @change.org 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

#GodDamnTheGuns #EndGunViolence

@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...

Folks, it was never about "free speech." Ever. #donotcomply

First pumpkin beer of the season! 🎃🍻 #beer #pumpkinbeer #southerntierbrewing

President Trump -- who refused to call Gov. Tim Walz to express his condolences after the assassination of the Minnesota House Speaker because he thought it would only "waste time" -- says that Walz should've called *him* to ask that flags be lowered.

Was this part of anyone else's conservative Christian childhood? youtu.be/hGu3hxxt-WQ?...

COVID and flu vaccines, check. ✅💉💉 #getvaccinated #vaccineswork #scienceworks

Are all birds descended from dinosaurs? “They certainly are. Just like humans are a kind of primate, birds are a kind of dinosaur.” Goodbye, Mark Norell. It was always a delight to interview you. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...

#oscarromero #courage

There you go, @nytimes.com & @ezraklein.bsky.social. I fixed it for you!

Trans rights are human rights. Now and always. ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️💙🤍🩷 Artist: @liberaljane.bsky.social (liberaljane.com) #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #resistanceart #liberaljane

Happy Sunday! #episcopal #episcopalchurch

Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ was lifted high upon the cross: Mercifully grant that we may have grace to take up our cross and follow him. Amen. —From the Book of Common Prayer, Holy Cross Day Art: Tree of Life and Holy Cross mosaic, Basilica di San Clemente, Rome #HolyCross

Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people. Psalm 113:6–8, NRSVue

To Those Who Call Themselves Christian While Dividing and Conquering the World

Evergreen.

#OscarRomero #Nonviolence #LiberationTheology

“Refusing to harden your heart is a radical act.” — @artofmarza.bsky.social It’s hard to stand in the face of a movement that hates empathy and respond with… empathy. It’s hard to counter cruelty with compassion. But that’s the way forward. If I become like my enemy, my enemy has won.

I truly believe that the Christian faith calls us to mourn death and embrace the bereaved and also be radically honest about the misery and suffering caused by the person who died. When we acknowledge humanity in the midst of tragedy, we acknowledge it for all humans involved.

Artist: Scott Erickson (www.scottericksonart.com) #SacredArt #SacredResistance #ScottErickson

May God have mercy on him. God *damn* the guns.

Evangelicals: "You only deconstructed so you could justify a sexual immoral lifestyle!" Nah, turns out all I would have had to do was offer evangelicals any amount political power and control and you'd have bent over backwards to justify anything I did for the sake of power. We see you.

"We need a political Pentecost—where we regain our speech and learn once again to speak in the tongues of justice, love, and mercy, so that we can challenge the narrative of the forces of oppression.” –The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II #liberationtheology #blackliberation youtu.be/Z0AUVuPOIX8?...

"When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood." Isa. 1:15, NRSVue "I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies." Amos 5:21, NRSVue

Selection from "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty

As the weight of testimony grows regarding the perpetration of underage sexual assault by convicted felon and rapist Donald #Trump, we cannot not lose sight of the deeper, devastating spiritual crisis unfolding.

Happy Sunday!

As Episcopal bishops meet Sept 9, EPF’s Palestine Justice Network urges them to name the genocide in Gaza. Other churches have spoken. Silence is complicity. Resolution 2024-D012 calls for action. Speak truth. Stand together. #NameTheGenocide #EpiscopalChurch #Gaza #Palestine c.org/4CvnMYhSCk

I have family members who believe with absolute certainty that the COVID pandemic was manufactured by the "demonic left" to force vaccines on people to "change our DNA" to make us more docile for the rise of "the Antichrist." Christian fundamentalism and apocalypticism run deep within this system.