Prayer is always appropriate and we should be in prayer daily. With that being said, today feels like a particularly important day to be in prayer, given the statements made by the President of the United States. ⚓

j.lulu_photography ..Lulu🦋 Great blue heron 📍Anna Maria Island, FL Gulf of Mexico

Today is the least shallow day of the year. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray you to set your passion, cross, and death between your judgment and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. ⚓️

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 📸 Allan Rohan Crite, Boston, 1948 ⚓

On this Good Friday, let us put away our inclinations to say “it’s Friday, but Sunday is coming.” Let us instead become acquainted with the grief of Jesus. Let us mourn with those shattered by the shattering of his body. Let us not quickly rush past the shadow of the cross and the gloom of the tomb.

Our Good Friday set is likely going to be our final set of Northern Lights shots taken around Finland for this season. Photos shared on IG by temexplores, huulari85, timoksanen, & lu_schaffner: www.instagram.com/p/DWqfZtqjDs4/ Northern Lights in Finland: www.discoveringfinland.com/blog/the-nor...

I desire to walk this path

The view of the moon from my bedroom window, just after 3am. . Middle Of The Night 10”x8” oil on wood panel . Available on my website

Is 61,3 a diadem instead of ashes, … oil of gladness in place of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit. a cambiar su ceniza en diadema, sus lágrimas en aceite perfumado de alegría y su abatimiento, en cánticos.

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Good morning Bluesky! ❤️

In this time of higher energy prices, please consider car sharing…

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

if you don't support all the letters of the LGBTQD community then don't call yourself an ally 😤

“The idea that you can find a handful of ducks among a number of creatures who make a similar quacking sound and say the whole group are ducks is a classic logical fallacy.” —Ilan Quackman

Belated #caturday Here is grey kitten Mary Kate (approx 9 months old) versus a tree

Oh look, it’s yet another form of an antichrist in the Trump administration

Of course nobody expects the State of Israel to act with anything short of barbarism, but the real kicker is how its fake "Christian" enablers in Washington, D.C., are content with keeping it on the payroll so it can afford to spit in the faces of actual Christians.

Humidity is pretty low this evening. Avoid open flames. We’ve seen reports of grass fires in surrounding areas. They can quickly get out of control. 

The "wine mom" thing is a rhetorical cudgel used to reinforce patriarchy and delegitimize groups of women making a difference in their communities.

Nature's so cool

Just North of Moab…

Latourell Falls, Columbia Gorge, Oregon #Photography #Waterfalls #Oregon #ColumbiaGorge #Trees 📷

Spotted in NASHVILLE…

i am a MAN. i am a COWBOY. when a homeless guy asks me for change i PISS MYSELF. MASCULINELY.

People with options are choosing Canada, Europe, and Australia over the land of mass shootings and random ICE arrests.

Kenya and Zimbabwe are among the first African countries to offer #lenacapavir, a game-changing #HIV prevention injection that's shown 100% efficacy 💉. You only need it twice a year. Kenya is already giving it out free at public clinics 🇰🇪, while Zimbabwe is rolling it out across 24 sites 🇿🇼.

Who needs anemone? #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🌊🦑💚💜

If you can’t can’t handle 90’s nostalgia at its “learning cursive from the oldest, meanest nuns alive” you don’t deserve it at its “cool translucent electronics”

I was abused (forced to learn the second script of my people)

This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.

Christian love is when I can't apply for an accessibility grant unless I agree to sign off that we are a homophobic church. ⚓ No wonder so many people have given up on the church.

Just remembering the best moment of Old Twitter

This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.

@its-robin.bsky.social Look!

Just got back from the cheeseburger restaurant and those assholes wouldn’t serve me sushi

This is so cool. The hotel we stay at in Texas when visiting our son at his university has these over their parking lots

Please pray and send good vibes for a lovely woman who came to our church today. She is homeless and mentally ill. We were able to provide two meals and will keep working with her if she comes back. ⚓

Lord Jesus, let the dead rise in your glory, let them rejoice for ever in your love. ~ Lord, give life to your people. #Vespers #EveningPrayer #PrayerfortheDead #Prayer #Lent #SeasonofLent #JesusChrist

me to my husband: do you think you’d be able to get back on a skateboard now at 45 years old and still know what to do him, confidently: yeah for sure me: without injuring yourself? him: oh nope i see what you’re getting at, no. no way

happy #worldpoetryday y'all! a throwback to this week last year: mulberry cloud after the rain we shake the tree #haiku

Good morning! Little Harbour Newfoundland & Labrador photographed by Ray Mackey Photography. That's some iceberg.

moonlit ridge— my heartbeat joins the pack #haiku #poetry

Wonderful, it’s amazing to think that in the 1960s kids with sickle cell would often die by 2. Thanks to efforts by of groups like the Black Panthers, screening at birth and now bone marrow and gene editing treatments it can be cured!

It's like Monopoly, you have to get a special card you draw that let's you cheat on an election.

If I die and Trump says he's glad I died, that's an honor.

The "in front of Zendaya" elevates this to art, for me

One thing about me is I’ll never buy Robinhood Gold. I’m just there for the fractional ETFs, not to enrich the company.

Human rights of trans people are under attack by governments and cruel people. It's a cause too often forgotten, but needs more attention. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these pieces will go to our local gender affirming closet (approximately 30% of price). Please share to help!

I’m so annoyed about the human pet accounts on here that I almost blocked someone for discussing their puppy but it was a real puppy.