Important piece from my friend & colleague @revjenbutler.bsky.social on how (white) Christian nationalism has taken root in the making of U.S. foreign policy under the Trump regime. religionnews.com/2025/12/18/t...

Must read from @revjenbutler.bsky.social religionnews.com/2025/06/06/w...

“God still speaks, often in surprising ways.” - @revjenbutler.bsky.social #uccsynod #gs35 #ucc #uccgs35

Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

The Resurrection: Of Course It Was the Women open.substack.com/pub/revjenbu...

The hot mic tape n which Trump conspires to send even more Americans to El Salvador prisons.

Unearthed video: Trump nominee Ed Martin praises Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, a neo-Nazi white supremacist and convicted January 6 felon: “Extraordinary man”

This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

On The State of Belief this week: @raushenbush.bsky.social moderates a discussion on the Trump administration's relentless attacks on religion & faith communities with @raskin.house.gov, @democracyforward.org's @skyeperryman.bsky.social, @revjenbutler.bsky.social, @therevadam.bsky.social, and more!

This energy.