You’ll never walk alone ✊🏼

A great and substantial article by @ibogost.com that taught me a lot about the state of higher education—but in its final paragraph, becomes beautiful and about something much greater than the university

A bit of beauty for your timeline (with cat)

The Royal Ontario Museum added thousands of objects to their only museum catalogue last year—which now totals almost 90,000 objects. My favorite remains this late antique child’s sock from Roman Egypt. 🧦 collections.rom.on.ca/objects/3736... The ancient world was full of kids and color.

Been meaning to send this out Thanks, @deandettloff.bsky.social

Commending cruelty? Victim blaming? Top-tier 🚩🚩🚩 Bullies know they went too far, Must not let them off the hook

Whole lot easier to turn Christ into ourselves than to turn ourselves toward Christ The manification of Jesus is as old & as sinister as misogyny in the Church Clerical life: Jesus isn’t manly enough for the far right - Prospect Magazine www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

1 fascist is gone But the power & ideology that put him there is not. Absolutely, this 👇🏻

Churches that stand in solidarity with—and demand dignity for—the most vulnerable understand the assignment h/t @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social

Neurodivergent clergy of the world, unite! 👇❤️

sobbing

Sign reads “Those who sleep [their way] through democracy, wake up in dictatorship”

Work-focus is tough when your nation’s falling apart

Give us strength “It is about an administration declaring — explicitly, at times — that the purpose of federal law enforcement isn’t to uphold the rule of law or promote public safety but to enforce the will of a single man.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

So much - Fear - Rage - Uncertainty - Work ahead It’s can be overwhelming, But you are loved Goodnight BlueSky

Support or strike in solidarity with the nurses’ strike across America on Jan 30 💔

“This journal publishes scholarship on topics related to the Jesus movement and Judaism, including research that addresses the interactions of this movement and other forms of Judaism, and that which traces the formation of Judaism and Christianity as two related but independent religions.”

Die Masken fallen (the masks fall off) Germany’s far-right AfD party wants to emulate U.S. ICE tactics

If you’re going to read one 🧵 today

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Older article. ““My heart broke,” he said. “I saw kids [on the plane], some were still in their school uniform. They were being deported with their families. There were pregnant women as well.””

If you won't listen to "mainstream media," will you perhaps listen to mainstream ministers? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

History is watching Not only ICE, Trump, Vance, & Miller, but us

This was my very first thought.

I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”

Preparing to teach the local Catholic diocese on the Christian mandate to protect the vulnerable Oh, where to begin?

Proud of the folks in Minnesota, where I was born, raised, and still consider my home

Fantastic

Nope. This satanic Steven Miller crap has got to come to an end. Now.

Bet that would have been one of the plagues of Egypt…

I am baffled by the number of people who don't seem to have the category of "unjust laws" and understand that we have an obligation to disobey them

If Trump can teach us something basic, it’s that *legal* ≠ *moral* If he can teach us something profound, it’s that laws are illusory & always have been 1/2

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A resource from the Children’s Network: What to do if you’re worried about ICE

It’s not Trump‘s un-Christlike behavior that offends me (we all fail at that) It’s his open disdain of Christ’s example & abuse of others, while using God for cover, that does God’s not “proud” of Trump’s accomplishments, but whatever god he’s following probably is www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

*rolls eyes in theologian*

Absolutely, 100% Sad it even has to be said... but here we are

Even in the end-ish times, your timeline values beauty

Then Jesus looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."

"We renounce war as an instrument for narrow national interests and proclaim that military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy." #PrayForPeace #PrayForAmerica www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

In case you had any hope that Trump is a serious & rational political actor

U.S. soldiers, sailers, & airmen need to be asking themselves if attacking the good people Greenland is what they signed up for Christian Trump supporters need to be asking the same

Solidarity > Terror (h/t Remixed Nancy Bushmiller)

When I was 15 my family stayed at a historical Shaker colony while touring the eastern states. I was fascinated to learn about the movement and can't wait to see this film

It can do that…

We don’t need to reinvent the wheel, maybe just tweak it a bit

Early career scholars in religious studies: Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000. More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...

Important article on less-lethal munitions

Interesting

Join Episcopalians and faith partners in an online prayer vigil remembering those who have died due to immigration enforcement or while in detention. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and Minnesota Bishop Craig Loya will speak;