My best guess is still that we will get through to the other side with our democracy intact. The question for university leaders is whether they want to live with the shame of having been on the wrong side of history.

We give thanks for the life of Dr. Jane Goodall, lover and protector of Creation.

New: Today, FCNL's @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social joined 100+ faith leaders speaking out against the growing normalization of violence & the rise of authoritarian threats to democratic freedoms in the U.S. ⬇️

Join us for our Friday faith sharing and Bible study today on my Facebook page at 3 PM ET, when we will discuss this Sunday's readings, including the first reading, from the Book of Amos: "Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!"

CNN is reporting that Yeonsoo Go has now been taken from New York to the Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana. ⚓️

Today is the start of the 2025 Churchwide Assembly! For those interested in following along at home, plenary sessions and worship services will be live-streamed at www.elca.org/CWA. A full schedule is available online and worship materials are available in the CWA Guide app!

Happy Lobby Day! Please help support our citizens lobbyists at their 400+ meetings today. It only takes five minutes to make a phone call to your reps, but the impact is huge. Use our easy Click-to-Call tool at cclusa.org/callin ☎️

Good morning ☀️ there’s over 850 climate advocates gathering together today for the #CCL2025 @cclusa.org conference here in DC getting ready for our 400 lobby meetings tomorrow and building political will for a livable world! We are #inspired and ready for #grassrootsclimate action! 👏

Today marks 80 years since the Trinity test—the first ripple in what became a global arms race—with more than 2,000 nuclear detonations, arms buildups, and threats of annihilation. Ploughshares is proud to support the communities pushing for justice & a better future. https://loom.ly/3s9HLgg

TONIGHT! Join us in La Crosse for a People's Town Hall. We're speaking out against the big UGLY bill that Trump, Derrick Van Orden and the GOP just passed. We'll see you there!

Joanna Macy is dying. I've learned how to be better as a human being because of her. Grateful to her family and community for allowing those of us who do not know her personally to share our feelings about her. I come back to her 5 vows all of the time: alokavihara.org/wp-content/u... - Thank Joanna

There are no red states, no blue states, only purple, from Idaho fuchsia to Vermont violet. And in every state there are children, non-citizens, and prisoners who can't vote. In every state where one candidate won, a bunch of people voted for the other candidate. And so forth.

Last seen in the news back in the winter when the VP wanted to take a ski trip—our home away from home, the Mad River Valley 🙌🏻

A new mural has been unveiled in the French city of Roubaix to mark #July4th. (🎨 Judith de Leeuw)

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. apnews.com/article/wisc...

The ELCA is conducting the American Climate Metrics Survey. It is set to close on Monday, June 30.

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1969: The heavily polluted Cuyahoga River catches fire due to trapped debris and oil slicks, likely ignited by a passing train. It was not unusual, extinguished quickly and caused little damage, but it became a symbol for the Clean Water movement. /1

If your economy is humming along but the news for your lifetime, as far back as you can remember, has been punctuated by disasters, wars, acts of violence, and acts of extraction maybe that sound, the background to your life, hasn't been a hum so much as a chewing-grinding swallowing-gnashing.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. “What is meant by taking in vain, or misusing God's name? It is misusing God's name when we call upon the Lord God no matter in what way, for purposes of falsehood or wrong of any kind.” Luther, Large Catechism, Explanation to the 2C.

"As Brueggemann repeatedly pointed out, one of empire’s key projects is to shrink our imagination until the future we imagine doesn’t threaten its agenda."

“Brueggemann didn’t give us easy answers. He gave us tension. He gave us poetry. He gave us language when our own ran dry.” – @jasongedwards.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/wal...

After 35 years of teaching history in New Hampshire, John Dube left the state he called home—driven out by threats and censorship under a law that bans the teaching of “divisive concepts” in schools. He refused to stop teaching the truth. Now he’s starting over in Vermont.

This morning, the House Ways and Means Committee passed its portion of the Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill. This is the committee we’ve been lobbying hard to protect America’s clean energy tax credits.

NEW: By electing Pope Leo XIV, some see Vatican making very American political play. Electing Leo, one expert told me, is "a signal here that the church is taking a side in what’s happening around the globe" — namely, against Trump and authoritarianism. religionnews.com/2025/05/08/b...

Today we remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Hear more on May 27th: BIT.LY/LRC_MMIW

🧵Days after his election in 2013, Pope Francis left the grandeur of St. Peter’s Basilica to visit Rome’s juvenile detention center. He knelt before twelve young inmates, washing and kissing their feet—an act of humility drawing on a sacred tradition.

In his Easter message, President Zelenskyy raises an existential question that many Ukrainians have had for years: “how can we not lose faith after everything we're going through?” After all the suffering and devastation. The answer is hope — something strong inside you that keeps you from giving up

The Department of Government Efficiency, for example

I don't think you can out-strategize or out-think the dark shadows when they rise up, embodied in people and systems. All you can do is try to stand in the light. Well, that and be diligent about seeing and untangling from the shadows within you.

If you're furious at Dems who are not fighting, help the Dems who are. We're going up against Elon Musk and the GOP machine in Wisconsin on April 1. Throw yourself into electing Susan Crawford and beating Brad Schimel—and you'll send a message to the whole country.

Jesus what an absolutely useless party. Stupid and Evil will continue to beat stupid and useless.

I have no idea what Mahmoud Khalil said, but I know that arresting him for saying it is un-American.

This is excellent.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

Elon Musk, bringing his chainsaw to your job, your Social Security, your health care, your future. Don't like it? Help elect Susan Crawford to Wisconsin's Supreme Court on April 1. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/infle...

🧵 Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. But that’s not enough for him. Now, he wants to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court as well. Help stop him: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...

BREAKING: Elon Musk is now trying to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court majority. Election is on April 1—the first statewide election of the new Trump/Musk era. Musk wants to own state-level courts to thwart any possible check on their coup. Help us fight back. secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...

Erasure. At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social

ATTENTION: All of my Lutheran friends and colleagues. All hands on deck.

What is an administrative coup? This article explains it. This is what is happening right now in our government and in our country. choosedemocracy.us/what-is-an-a...

Right out of the gate, President Trump has made a flurry of (mostly bad) moves on energy & environmental issues. Some are worth paying attention to, and some aren't. Here's a great roundup by @ameliadavidson.bsky.social, & we've got some thoughts... 🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The Biden administration just updated America's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement! 🧵