Therefore, as bishops of this church, we declare that the ELCA cannot be silent. Our call is clear: To resist systems and ideologies, including Christian Nationalism, that oppress, dehumanize, or erase. www.ecsw.org/news/a-lette...

Reverend David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to CNN's Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Largest US Lutheran denomination installs first Black presiding bishop www.npr.org/2025/10/04/n...

Sarah Mullally become first female Archbishop of Canterbury www.bbc.com/pidgin/artic...

Hard to overstate how transformative Jane Goodall was as a scientist. She took the best of the scientific method--empirical observation--and used it to push back on existing scientific orthodoxies.

Pope Leo XIV enters US political fray, challenging "inhuman treatment of immigrants" —> religionnews.com/2025/10/01/p...

Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know. A great soul if ever there was one www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall has died at 91. Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://wapo.st/476clLO

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...

National Day of Remembrance for Indian boarding schools www.livinglutheran.org/2025/09/oran...

'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

Excited to be presenting with @billieiswriting.bsky.social, @tamicenamaespeaks.bsky.social, and @orthoparadoxy.bsky.social at Theology Beer Camp this October!

And, if you are interested in Homebrewed Christianity's Theology Beer Camp, you can find info on the weekend here: www.theologybeercamp2025.com?utm_source=s...

This is a summary of my Theology Beer Camp lecture. For the full lecture, see this link... thomasjayoord759927.substack.com/p/creating-a...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

YES to @roxanegay.bsky.social: In "this framework, incivility is refusing to surrender to hatred, refusing to smile politely at someone who doesn’t consider you their equal, refusing to carve away the seemingly unpalatable parts of yourself until there is nothing left." #politics #justice #activism

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

If you told me I could have a great review of my new book from the NYT or from Cory Doctorow, I'd take the latter in a heartbeat pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/o...

Talking with my dad on the phone. Then…Silence. Dad: “oh, hello. You’re not supposed to be here.” Me: “who’s there?” Dad: “there appears to be a cow out of place. Ope, no, well, three. Huh.” Me: “aren’t you inside?” Dad: “I’m going to have to call you back.”

As part of the Trinity Long Room Hub's 2025 Arts & Humanities Research Festival, I’m chairing a multidisciplinary discussion with Profs. Karen Wiltshire (Climate Science), Jonathan Hodgers (Music), Katja Bruisch (History), and Timothy Stott (Hist-Art/Architecture). www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-arts-a...

Looking forward to learning from this new book, ft. the work of my friend Azmeera Hammouri-Davis

In case you were wondering when the comedians and educators are silenced and under attack, that’s when you should be VERY worried

. Cameroon: Church leaders reflect on climate justice and peace We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Find out more: lutheranworld.org/news/came... .

When Universities Become Informants - Judith Butler www.chronicle.com/article/when...

I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series. Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...

This semester in my religion, gender, and sexuality class, I decided to mostly teach things published in the last 10yrs, including lots of stuff I haven’t gotten to really read. First up is Muslims on the Margins by @katrinadalythompson.com. And goodness, what a lovely way to begin.

Eminent Palestinian Lutheran theologian Mitri Raheb (b. Bethlehem, 1962) has long pleaded for a 'decolonising' of Western theologies that - along with Scriptural distortions - have been weaponised to justify decades of atrocities against the Palestinians. Bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitri_R...

Via @petermanseau.bsky.social: “How the world now sees America: Display at Trinity College Dublin of words discouraged by US federal agencies in 2025.” (Tuned up the pic so you can see the words better)

Jacob Erickson: Emerging Trends in Theology & Ethics open.substack.com/pub/processt...

Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.

Cracking the code of the feather barbules was the most important task she'd ever been assigned, the success of which could possibly save lives and make air travel safer for everyone. @cbsweeney.bsky.social, The Feather Detective. Fabulous book about Roxie Laybourne! #SundaySentence #Booksky #birds

When I Go, I’m Going Green More Americans are choosing burials in which everything is biodegradable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/h...

“Zeldin’s dismissal of climate change as ‘religion’ is a smear tactic as old as the environmental movement itself. It’s also an insult to religion and religious values.” - Lisa Sideris in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/ener...

The number of Shakers in the U.S. rises to 3 www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...

In his 100 days as pope, Leo links climate, environment to broader global issues www.ncronline.org/vatican/his-...

Jacob Erickson: Emerging Trends in Theology & Ethics www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/07/21/j...

Some poor soul already wrote to me trying to take up for James Dobson.🙄 Let me repost my article again. That man is responsible for so many of the bad policies that are happening to torture people today. . www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Spreading the good word of Agnes Arber.

“Inclusion is not enough. The rhetoric of ‘all are welcome’ without an actual redistribution of power or risk is hollow. What is needed now is ‘co-conspiracy’” christiansocialism.com/2025/08/06/e...

What if we need spiritual revival, not technology, to address climate change? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Homebrewed Christianity Podcast: Jacob Erickson on Emerging Trends in Theology, Ethics, and Theological Education www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/07/21/j...

Yehiel Curry Elected Presiding Bishop of the ELCA www.elca.org/news-and-eve...

Devastating. Clinic for trans youth in LA closes, leaving some families struggling to find care www.npr.org/2025/07/22/n...

Big, brutal bankruptcy.

Homebrewed Christianity Podcast: Jacob Erickson on Emerging Trends in Theology, Ethics, and Theological Education www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/07/21/j...

Brittany Shyne on Her Doc ‘Seeds’ and Paying Homage to the Legacy of Black Farmers in the American South variety.com/2025/film/ne...

The Last Words of a Dying Glacier www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...