An Israeli surveillance drone was seen hovering over mourners in a Kfar Kila graveyard, southern Lebanon, as they paid their respects. Israel has escalated its use of drones as psychological warfare, often broadcasting military messages to intimidate locals.

I’m thankful to @baptistnews.com for publishing the article I wrote about my solidarity trip to Palestine. “Mitri Raheb told me Palestinians need more Baptists standing up for them; and maybe by seeing for yourself, you can join me in being a Baptist for a free Palestine.”

If you claim to believe in a liberationist Christianity, and if you think Palestine is “too complex” and/or “too complicated” to outright call a genocide a genocide and settler colonialism as settler colonialism, you do not actually believe in a liberationist Christianity.

5 Classes you took in university: 1. Comparative Religious Ethics 2. Faith and Public Policy 3. Liberation Theologies 4. Islam and Modernity 5. NT Greek

It’s the eve of the feast day of my favorite saint: Brigid of Kildare! Don’t forget to leave your scarf on your front door as a Bratog Bríde for her to walk past and bless!

I saw the Greater Than video organically on my For You Page this morning, and my take away was, “Of course he is fronting this. The sky is blue and water is wet.”

“Christian theology is learning to think and live inside the prayer life of Jesus.” —Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Never Again means Never Again For Anyone. End the apartheid of the West Bank. End the genocide in Gaza. 📸: The home of a Palestinian demolished by Israel. Israel flattened his home so it can build a garden where he once lived. Photos taken by me.

The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.

This energy we have for Minneapolis? It’s good! Keep it up. And also have the same kind of energy for Palestine.

A hill I’ll die on is that the CEB is the people’s Bible.

Just a reminder that ICE is trained by the IDF. What we see happening in America is straight from the IDF’s playbook—specifically its playbook for the West Bank. If you oppose ICE, you must in good conscience oppose the IDF.

My hot take is that the lectionary is useful for certain seasons (Advent and Lent in particular) but is constricting in others. Preachers should feel free to have sermon series based on the life of Moses, or David, or from First Peter, and so on.

And Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves, and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. —Mark 11:15-16

The head of the ICE office in Minneapolis is a Baptist pastor. As a Baptist pastor myself, I completely renounce him. He makes me ashamed and embarrassed to call myself a Baptist.

“I imagine you already know that I am socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic… It started out with a noble goal but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against. Capitalism has out-lived its usefulness.” – Letter to Coretta Scott, July 18, 1952.

Read my latest in The Commons:“On Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration: Oaths of office and the myth of a single sacred book” www.aprilonline.org/on-zohran-ma...

God chose to be our mother in all things

Two of your faves causing trouble in the Holy Land. @carsonhollis.bsky.social

In Minneapolis

by the passion of thy blessed Son didst make an instrument of shameful death to be unto us the means of life:

your Creator has made you holy

boldly rebuke vice

“[Zacchaeus] was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.” —Luke 19:3-4 The tree Zacchaeus climbed to see the Christ. Photo taken by me.

Morning call to prayer from Al-Asqa Mosque

Greetings from the Holy Land!

Taking off to the Holy Land. Next stop: Tel Aviv.

Still have 59 minutes to go until I board the plane to Tel Aviv.

All packed for Palestine and Israel!

Speaking of my Palestine and Israel trip, I have my airport/airplane/hotel reads selected. I’m very excited to dig into them both.

Prayers please! I’m traveling to Palestine and Israel tomorrow. I’ll be there for 10 days. ⚓️

I cannot speak for others but, as for my self, the better I do irl the less active I’m on social media.

20 + C + M + B + 26

Fun fact: Episcopal lay theologian William Stringfellow once performed an exorcism on Richard Nixon outside the gates of the White House.

Leaving for the Holy Land this Friday!

This saving word that our forebears heard is the promise that holds us bound: ‘Til the spear and rod can be crushed by God, who is turning the world around.

NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...

@openlyalex.bsky.social, bestie LEWK!!!

No war is ever justified. No bomb is ever justified. No kidnapping is ever justified.

Gaza is / was the test for what the world was willing to tolerate in empire’s naked colonial aggression in fascist freefall. Venezuela is the next test. With righteous rage we call for BRICS, the global south, Iran and all those with conscience in empire to let loose righteous rage. 24/24

In Augustinian Just War Theory, this is not justified. None of this is justified. This is simply living by the sword for the sword’s sake.

Christ is being crucified in Venezuela.

By this time next week, I’ll be flying to the holy land.

In my January de-cluttering, I found my Óscar Romero crucifix! I thought I lost this in my move!

Beginning the new year right by drinking a handcrafted Earl Grey with rose petals, a Christmas gift from my brother-in-law. I’m using my beloved Roy Kirkham handmade bone china set, my “daily driver” for the past two years!

Brought out The Text™️ for tonight. I bring this out for NYE and Burns Night. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my jo, for auld lang syne, we'll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne.