Hey, #eurosport - you going to finally switch to the UK Snooker championship?

The squirrel Thanksgiving dinner seems to be going well. #Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yep. Republicans, time to pick a side.

The townhouse project is making great progress. By this time next year 31 families will be joining us on the corner of Mack and the Boulevard in Detroit. #Detroit

instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."

Perfect

Amazing and vital stuff from Coates.

A parishioner once said of the various kerfuffles in the congregation at the time, 'well, a few well placed funerals would do the trick.' Not sure why that's been floating through my thinking as of late. #America

Yep - exactly this. That thing you are feeling? That’s hope, and we need it as much as we need anything right now - because hope leads to action.

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org! I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy! Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

So, Speaker Johnson is just straight up denying Arizona voice and vote in the House?

You keep thinking that he can't sink any lower...and then he opens his mouth, again. #trump

Quick biblical accuracy reminder: Too many fundamentalist folks have read the whole rapture thing wrong. Newsflash - if some are taken (and that’s a massive if) the bad people get taken first. You’re welcome. #rapture

Yep - the maga hordes are not filled with compassion for Kirk, they are thrilled by the utility of his death. defector.com/charlie-kirk...

I will not be tone policed by those who mindlessly support every cruel and bigoted thing Trump has ever said.

Can we talk about gun control now? #charliekirk

Defector has to be one of the best models for journalism moving forward.

Hot Nashville Chicken and Biscuits (scratch) for after church brunch today.

Hey, #peacocktv why do you delay your start of la Vuelta every day?

‘Poison goes where poison is welcome.’ -Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight Seems like far too many in our country are most welcoming to just about every kind of poison.

An important read. establishmentbar.blogspot.com/2025/08/wedn...

Perhaps we also need to put together an evangelism strategy/push. #elcacwa25

Huge shout out to @revbirder.bsky.social for your live skeeting of the #elcacwa25 - what a great help to those of us who haven’t been able to watch every plenary session live.

Not really complaining, but they really need to push out the first ballot results for secretary. It’s getting late and I’ve got a Homegoing tomorrow morning. #elcacwa25

Great introduction, Bishop Curry! #elcacwa25

Can someone point me to the full list of the first ballot? Curious to see if a couple folks I know actually got their moment in the sun with a vote or two. #elcacwa25

Hoping that there is critical mass here on BlueSky to actually get some news about the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. #elcacwa25

Hey, @JDVance, if the President is innocent, why not just release everything? What are you folks hiding?

The Townhouse Project has begun here at Genesis Lutheran Church in Detroit. We are building thirty-one 2-3 bedroom townhouses right here on our land - Yes In Our Backyard! #Detroit

Exactly this. The party of 'personal responsibility', will always find someone else to blame for these tragedies but themselves, even God.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Exactly this.

What's a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?

Not for the first (or last), I really want to travel back in time and discourage John of Patmos from writing the Book of Revelation. Me: John, I get what you want to say, but just about everyone is gonna interpret this completely, and dangerously, wrong.

If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up. I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

Today’s mood…

Retweet with the five shows you would be happiest to have to rewatch over and over for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet. Here's mine: Person of Interest The Leftovers Doctor Who West Wing Daredevil

Perhaps the most important speech of the year.

Donald, take the bloody hat off. #WestPoint

Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired! www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...

To the conclave tonight…

Really hoping the Trump Affect swings the papal election like it did in Canada and Australia. #conclave

Merch acquired - concert starts here in Stockholm in two hours. Looking forward to an amazing @stevenwilsonhq.bsky.social show!

Whitmer is done. #2028

Really hope that the Canadian elections, cratering polls, and his evident feebleness, stiffens the spine of everyone to go after Trump. He is weak and we need to keep after him and his gang of wannabe robber-barons.

My problem with the last two series of #DoctorWho - they are making villains out of beautiful things, especially light and music.

open.substack.com/pub/carlhend... A vital read.

Best description of Vance ever: “a stammering, peevish mediocrity happy to be remote-controlled by a cadre of floridly insane Silicon Valley reactionaries…”