This whole thread from @riotgrlerin.bsky.social is brilliant, as usual. You should be following her.

"I hate inflatable yard deco-" "Perhaps I've been too hasty."

Regional medical system: "We value the role of chaplains as members of the hospice care team, and we appreciate your grad degree, board certification, and 21 yrs of experience. Therefore, we're offering you a position that pays less than your denomination mandates for someone fresh from seminary."

"Castellio eventually took up residence in Basel, where the city and church authorities were rapidly developing the principle that no one who hated Calvin could be all bad." -Diarmid MacCullough I've never been prouder of my tenuous Swiss roots.

Evening prayer by the fire pit. Come join us! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kqvs7L/

Watch closely when a cash register asks if you want to round up for charity. Lowe's recently invited me to round up for hurricane relief, which I'm all in favor of. One of the orgs, though, was Samaritan's Purse, run by Franklin Graham. I declined and sent $ to an organization I trust instead.

Scripture is often misapplied to America but this one fits like a glove

"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."

I have never done cosplay, but now I have an overwhelming urge to dress up like a Disney princess and go give ICE agents big wet sloppy kisses.

This is silly and childish, and a complete waste of money by an administration that claims to be rooting out waste. All because Trump's tiny self-esteem needs to erase anything Biden did. Pathetic. apnews.com/article/trum...

Just passed a big banner reading ORGAN COOKOUT SUNDAY 2 PM Then I realized it was in front of a church and is actually advertising an organ *concert*. I need a vacation.

Bill goes to the hospital with an impacted bowel. His friends hurry to help. Joe brings a dozen bran muffins. Mike brings a gallon of prune juice. Ted brings a batch of freshly baked oatmeal bars. Seeing this, Bill's nurse smiles with wonder and says, "With friends like these, who needs enemas?"

We just adopted a memorial directing the Churchwide Assembly to standardize the timing of ELCA-required training, ten minutes after being told that, according to the ELCA Office of the Secretary, the training in question is not required.

For context, the US Navy has 74 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in service. Continuing to send ships and crews that just returned from high-stress combat deployments to the border is poor personnel management and poor materiel management. www.businessinsider.com/navy-sends-m...

We talk a lot about the decline in trust in institutions but we often miss a key point: huge numbers of institutions, from government to business to the church, have proven themselves untrustworthy. If people don't trust us, it's often because we deserve it.

In honor of the end of the most talked-about bromance of the year. Apparently the Tangerine Tragedy is no longer feeling the Muskrat love. youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV...

The ELCA: "We need fresh ideas and new blood!" Also the ELCA: <nominates the same people for positions of leadership over and over and over again>

The bishop uses the rules of procedure to move the 2nd ballot up before everyone is in the room. Bios of three nominees aren't published before the second ballot. 2nd ballot is changed to paper instead of electronic. Not inspiring a lot of trust in the integrity of the process. #lsselca2025

Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

Seventeen years later and this song is as relevant as it ever was. And President Dexter is kinda creepily prophetic. youtu.be/oObL3Ajmr2Y?...

first they came for the white South Africans, and I didn't speak out— because no one is coming for the white South Africans, you deranged paranoid lunatics. what the fuck is wrong with you

Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I was raised to respect LEOs. As an adult, stories like this have tempered that respect. LEOs, if you want the respect and trust of the public, you MUST stop shielding the lawless in your own ranks.

The writ of Habeas Corpus has been suspended nation-wide only once, and that was during an actual civil war featuring insurrection, invasion, and violent death on the scale of hundreds of thousands No matter how you fall on the border issue, this is absolutely and plainly not even close to that

This is profoundly disturbing and offensive to me. As a Christian, as a veteran, and as a citizen.

I really, REALLY hope these words were part of his first address to the curia!

American conservatives would have crucified his boss.

In other news, water is wet. Joe Biden screwed America and elected Trump TWICE. I said what I said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Crash Davis was right: there ought to be a Constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter.

Easter good news: • God's got a big ol' but • Peter isn't defined by his worst moment, & neither are you • Jesus isn't defined by the hate spewed at him, & neither are you • Violence, vengeance, death, and dehumanizing hate don't get the last word • Life, grace, redemption, and hope do • Love wins

In honor of the surrender of the Confederacy.

Waiting for the "But..." - Easter morning sermon, live on TikTok, ~9:40ish Eastern US time! Come join us, and wait for the "But..."! (And trust me, God's got a big ol' "But..."!) www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jXwUS8/

If you presume to deny someone God's gifts in the means of grace unless articulate their faith to *your* satisfaction, you might need to revisit the concept of grace. And humility. And gospel. And love.

If you have to have your surrogates debate people about what the exact definition of "concentration camp" is, you're probably the villain.

Exactly fucking this. Human worth is not determined by utility to the state.

Quick reminder that "Jesus had to die for God to forgive you" is rancid theology, and if you hear it in a sermon, you should walk out.

dear god

This Administration is trying to erase a human being. Don't allow it. We are all connected.

Come support gender affirming care! And if you're not on TikTok, go find Mercury Stardust on Instagram. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82E8sMt/

Soothing the Sunday Scaries. Come hang out and chat while I work on listing some of my woodworking for sale. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82MmyaD/

Come join us! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82LsRAX/

Soothing the Sunday Scaries. Chatting about whatever comes up. This is an LGBTQIA+ safe space. People of all faiths and no faith are welcome. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yn7dPy/

Come say hi! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yqc1kW/

The foolishness of cutting off US foreign aid is breathtaking. These clowns don't understand that China, Iran, and other nations hostile to our interests will be lining up to fill the void. This is what hairband when the uninformed elect the ignorant.

"I wanted them to make life miserable for queer people, immigrants, and women, not ME."

My Jesus does not need a task-force. He needs us to: make sure children are fed and not gunned down in schools ensure immigrants are welcomed and aid is given to the poor have empathy for our neighbors and courage to speak truth to power. #unitedstatesofamerica

The "Why did I have to waste time on algebra in high school?" crowd are now making it clear that they didn't pay attention in history, economics, or government class, either.