"Truth-telling encourages us to look back, down, and around for the folks our texts and culture attempt to trample." Check out my latest lectionary reflection in the Presbyterian Outlook @presoutlook.bsky.social

Fifth Sunday of Easter — May 3, 2026 Jimmy Hoke urges Christians to confront the myth of martyrdom, reckon with anti-Judaism in Scripture and practice truth-telling that leads to repair.

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...

Make it viral.

My two cents, from Saint Paul, far from the real world consequences of our new war.

Hey look, my piece made the list!

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

Only an academic texts a friend: "sorry running behind, I got distracted by an idea."

“But say the existing research were showing something very different—perhaps even overwhelming evidence that trans women are unfairly more physically gifted in most ways than their cis peers. I don’t know why that’d be grounds to keep them out of women’s sports, where they so clearly belong.”

"Luke portrays Jesus as radically forgiving as a way of affirming Jesus’s power in the terms of Roman imperialism. Jesus forgives like an emperor; Luke’s Christianity aligns with the goals of empire." I wrote a Lectionary Reflection (and 🔥🔥 🔥 liturgy!) for @presoutlook.bsky.social on Luke 23:33-43!

Reign of Christ — November 23, 2025 On Reign of Christ Sunday, Luke 23 presses us to confront how empire shapes our theology — and how the church can resist it, writes Jimmy Hoke. #ReignofChristSunday

OMG THIS IS THE BEST CAMPAIGN VIDEO I'VE SEEN. Vote for @dewayneforminneapolis.com! #minneapolis #mayor

@wecandobettermpls.bsky.social pays to promote anti-Chughtai posts on FB to reach out to residents and voters of Ward 10 like me. I made this comment to engage them in democratic debate. They deleted it. How are you doing better by suppressing free speech of Ward 10 residents? #minneapolis #Ward10

I'm also discussing this with Senior Pastor Scott Jones and Assoc Pastor Julia Carlson for adult ed after worship at House of Hope on Sunday!

All the talk about lost businesses is uptown shows how the people talking about it don't live in my ward. They're sad they can't drop in like tourists and go to the same restaurant every visit. They don't care that I can no longer walk to get my diabetes medications because they don't live here.

My pancreas.

This is the first political ad I have ever seen that recognizes transgender voters, understands we are human, and asks for our support. It’s remarkable.

As always, @katelynburns.com is on fire, saying what needs to be said, over and over again, with receipts. "...The right has already proven themselves to be operating in bad faith on these issues. ... Compromise isn't possible here. I'm running out of ways to explain this to all the good liberals."

I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...

There are a lot of compelling reasons why I think folks should rank Dr. DeWayne Davis on their ballots in Minneapolis - but that goes doubly for LGBTQ+ folks and those who love us. 🌈

For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...

Everyone’s words recently: “We need to do things to deescalate political violence.” If, in your actions, you capitulate to threats of violence, all you do is teach right-wing extremists that they should continue to threaten violence—which will eventually become real—because it helps them win.

“No Kings” should include Jesus Jimmy Hoke reflects on the "No Kings" protests and considers how progressive Christians might imagine Jesus beyond kingship — as part of a democratic movement. @jimmyhoke.com @houseofhopepres.bsky.social @welcome-to-united.bsky.social 🔗: buff.ly/PTDPSyp

A thread of all the elected Democrats who've put out statements of support for trans people this week as Republicans manufacture a genocide: 🧵

And to those who would use this tragedy to attack our trans neighbors, shame on you. We must stand united against hate in all its forms and ensure that every Minnesota child, family, and community never again experiences the grief we’re all feeling in the wake of this shooting.

We deserve a city government that works for all of us—where decisions are made based on what’s right for the people of our city, not based on who is most loyal to the mayor. We deserve better.

"When the donors don't get the outcome that they want through the party process, they go to a super party process outside of the norm to try to reverse the decision of the delegates," Payne said. "It's an extremely short-sighted thing to do, not just tactically but philosophically," he added.

I wasn't surprised, I expected they'd do this. I am surprised at how angry and upset I've been since learning the state DFL overturned our city's endorsement. Our voices and votes. Our votes can and will win anyway. Regardless, DFL, there will be hell to pay.

28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement. Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win. Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate

If All of Minneapolis were honest, it would be called All of Edina.

Check out @jimmyhoke.com’s great piece on Jesus and kingship! It resonates a lot with my book’s conclusion: Christian tradition is replete with language of Jesus as king and enslaver, but Christians should interrogate what types of relationships they understand themselves to have with the divine

Check out my piece on the problems with No Kings protestors' use of Jesus in their signs. I'm thrilled it found a home with @presoutlook.bsky.social! "Jesus the singular hero leaves no room for democratic collaboration. The heroic 'radical rebel' Jesus remains a king."

“No Kings” should include Jesus Jimmy Hoke reflects on the "No Kings" protests and considers how progressive Christians might imagine Jesus beyond kingship — as part of a democratic movement. @jimmyhoke.com @houseofhopepres.bsky.social @welcome-to-united.bsky.social

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

New novel idea: Bluebeard but instead of a husband and his wives, it’s a church and its pastors.

Holy crap -- Automatic Noodle is an instant USA Today and Indie bestseller! Thank you so much, humans and robots, for reading this li'l book and making it soar. Now go eat something! Or get your noodle swag at automaticnoodle.website

I hate word limits. #amwriting

Pretty sure the coolest profs are the ones who just genuinely try to connect with their students (meeting them where they are, as we say)--while being fully self-aware that no 18-22yo is ever going to mistake someone who gets overly excited about 1st-century Greek texts as "cool."

In his recent oversimplified misunderstanding of queer theory, Matthew Vines wrote, "a heterosexual person can be 'queer' in this configuration if they simply reject monogamy." Pretty sure anyone who has come out as poly (especially in the church) can tell you about how...

Why I love brainstorming sessions: I now have a sticky note that just says “leather daddy church service.”

the difference between Dem politicians like Beshear & Walz (who say supportive things about LGBTQ ppl) and the Newsoms, Emanuels & other Dem politicians/pundits throwing trans ppl under the bus isn't "strategy", it's that the latter group is transphobic

Ugh, in this passage from the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, Judah literally says, "I got drunk and fell into her [his wife]." 🙄🤮

Proofs day! Really excited to have this piece come out in the next issue of Bible & Critical Theory (expected late July)

I think I’m going to start a definitive ranking of pain au chocolat in the Twin Cities.

Everything is terrible and I’m angry and upset and tired. But also, I spent the afternoon making this beautiful quiche that I’m going to go share with friends who are also angry, upset, and tired. And tomorrow I’m going to keep working against the bullshit.

Go and watch this, we worked really hard on it and it is good www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCrL...

Just resharing this in case anyone missed it...and to note that this is the first in a hopefully semi-regular thread series on #scifi and the study of religion. #acrel

"We are made to understand that if we vote, post on social media, donate to nonprofits, and perhaps go to a march, things will change. The thing is, the effectiveness of most of these actions hinges on convincing elites...to reconsider their positions in response to our advocacy and our pleas."

Frey is next.