Lighting our candle for Minneapolis. “Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep, or march this night, and give your angels charge over those who protest injustice and oppression.”

Christmas Substack: open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

My tribute to one of the best bishops in the history of church open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

This isn’t about party or politics. It’s about pedophiles and patriarchy. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

My two cents on today’s SCOTUS action re: marriage. open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

Game 7 Substack from diehard Dodger fan open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

A “when they go low, you go high” response to asshats giving you sh** about the No Kings protests on your social media posts. You’re welcome.

We've lost a Giant and Heaven has gained a Hero [Reflections on the passing of Bishop Tom Ely] open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

No agreement. No questions. Left early. Sounds like a ketchup on the wall night, kids.

Dan Rather For the Win

open.substack.com/pub/revsusan... It is a moment that is literally a Requiem for the Republic we’ve been pledging allegiance to since we first put our hands over our hearts in kindergarten. And it is a call to action for anyone of any current or former party. This is not a drill.

It's Groundhog Day in the Anglican Communion: "What it takes to create schism is for someone to leave – and I am sick unto death with the unity of this church being placed on the shoulders of those of us who have committed to stay." #Anglican #Episcopal #LGBTQ open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

revsusanrussell.substack.com/p/god-dwells... Everyone said it was going to be "Epic." For a change, "Everyone" was right. #JesusChristSuperstar #CynthiaErivo

At Work in the Fields of the Lord open.substack.com/pub/revsusan... "The vision of the full inclusion of all the baptized in all the sacraments once HQ’d in a cubicle in a temporary trailer in Pasadena is now centered in the work and witness coming out of the Church Center at 815 Second Avenue."

Did not have the first Anglican LGBTQ Archbishop on my bingo card for this week, but Hooray! open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

Sobering summary of where we be.

Mike Johnson can send the House home early to avoid a vote about releasing the Epstein files, but that won’t stop the outcry about Trump’s coverup.

I'm attending (and speaking at) the John Lewis Action event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: - NELA Indivisible -- Memorial Park Pasadena” - sign up now to join me! Thursday, July 17 at 5pm www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

It is intentionally manufactured chaos designed to terrorize and immobilize those who stand for a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the yet unrealized but aspirational proposition that all people are created equal. revsusanrussell.substack.com/p/what-its-l...

We as a church support gender affirming care “in all forms and at all ages.” open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...

The "history belongs to the intercessors who believe the future into being" kind of prayer Walter Wink wrote about. revsusanrussell.substack.com/p/standing-i...

Thoughts on Memorial Day 2025: "Resistance is the most tangible way we honor the sacrifice of those who have fallen defending the noble-if-still-aspirational ideal of liberty and justice for all." revsusanrussell.substack.com/p/a-memorial...

"Nothing has so succinctly summed up the way the rest of the world feels it must now approach America as these 10 words: 'I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you,'" writes @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

We are in a moment of history which is a draconian iteration of the game Whack-a-Mole where the mole is winning as it systematically undermines the foundations of our fragile democracy. And rising to that moment this week was the Episcopal Church. revsusanrussell.substack.com/p/episcopali...

open.substack.com/pub/revsusan... May remembering its history inspire us to re-commit ourselves to Julia Ward Howe’s prescient Mother’s Day call to love, justice & compassion in the name of the God who is Mother and Father to us all.

The Role of the Fisherman's Wife Will Be Played Today by Donald Trump ..."wherein a has-been reality television personality with multiple bankruptcies and a narcissistic personality disorder exploits an electorate to feed his insatiable greed for wealth and power" open.substack.com/pub/revsusan...