over the winter, the seminary chopped down a 60-70 year old maple in my yard and now the roots are trying to send sap to the tree the tree is trying so hard to live and it’s using up all that it has left in the process why am I crying over this sad wet and sticky stump 😭😭😭

Hey, while we’re removing men who sexually abuse children and women from landmarks…

I hope Peggy Flanagan and Juliana Stratton are friends in DC

vicarage update: I love preaching

Minnexit now

my friend said that the secret to mpls is lutherans + anarchists

I still think the best way to think of the ending of US AID is as the single worst genocide committed by any one US presidential administration. even given all the horrific things the US has done, it's not really that close. 750k dead already; expected 14 million.

this message from the lake of the isles pencil on 2/6 is so sweet “Minneapolis, I have been watching over you this difficult month, while ICE agents occupy us and kill us… I have never been prouder to stand among you and to belong to this community.“

Believe it or not, it’s nice here in winter too 🩵❄️🩵

If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.

In better times, Sam was the journalist who interviewed me and Wesley about our silly party when we got the new state flag. Minnesota is supposed to be artsy and quirky and joyful. Now we have journalists in bathrobes rushing to document government violence. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...

just like Scandinavia, Minnesota’s social fabric is held together by the Lutherans and the unions (with a LOT of overlap)

Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.

we're bringing it back out. keep crying, Lyman.

Funny how “love thy neighbor” is central to pluralistic and antifascist societies, and becomes an activist position when Christian nationalists and their fascist buddies take over. One might even say that Jesus’s message is incompatible with Christian nationalism and fascism.

I unfollowed a girl I knew from college because I noticed her instagram bio said she lived in “Minne” … one of my greatest pet peeves

I know people are just being supportive, but no one calls it "Minne." The real power of the word is the long "O" sound of "Sota."

Minneapolis' "playbook" is not the Viet Cong's; it's the organizational skills you develop as an active Lutheran.

walked out of church amazed how warm it feels today it’s literally 2° I love you forever Minnesota

This martyr could be any of us. He is doing what so many of us have been trained to do. Standing and recording on his phone, trying to warn his neighbors, and now he’s dead because armed, masked federal paramilitaries are acting with impunity to perform ethnic cleansing.

I just love Minnesota so much

Minnesota undefeated

Morning in Minneapolis. We are on general strike. And we will be out in force this afternoon to say ICE out of our communities.

soooo is anyone going to run for governor or

the Swedish word “varandra” is truly one of the prettiest words I’ve ever heard. it just means “each other” but the word varandra is just so pretty to say and here. say it out loud. varandra. sounds like the name of a beautiful iconic evil witch. varandra

‘We unreservedly support the Church of #Greenland and Bishop Paneeraq Siegstad Munk, whose statement has been quoted in several media outlets: “This is a question of human rights, dignity, and respecting international laws and treaties…”’ #Lutheran #ELCA #ELCIC www.elca.org/news-and-eve...

Powerful statement from the ELCA Bishop of Minneapolis.

a little bit of hopecore for your Tuesday 💞🕯️🕊️

Trump, Vance, Miller and the rest of those sociopaths thought that we would hate our Somali neighbors as much as they do. Guess what. We don't. They thought that we would be as offended as they are by hearing Spanish or Hmong. They thought we were as broken as they are. Nope. They're wrong.

The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!" The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."

I think today was my favorite birthday so far —Serving as assisting minister at a dear parishioner’s funeral —Marching in protest with thousands of other Minnesotans —Dinner with sweet friends at a favorite restaurant I’m grateful to be doing things that fill me up and feel like they matter ♥️

Proud to be Minnesotan

As Minnesota falls under harsher federal occupation, I am endlessly grateful for this state and its people. I’m so proud to be here. 🌟🌲🌊〽️

Tbch a truly devout Christian couldn’t be an ICE agent. Certainly not in this administration.

something underreported is the utter resentment and hatred that the Dakotas and Iowa hold for the Twin Cities. it’s no coincidence that Minneapolis is the city Kristi Noem, former Governor of South Dakota, is attacking. rural MN, SD, ND, and IA always talk about MSP with absolute contempt.

This is Christian witness in action.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

i love my country of minneapolis

“You are literally working for satan”

ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen. Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo. Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.

I think about Melissa Hortman at least once a day, every day. There’s a pit in my stomach with the pain of her loss. She was a giant in Minnesota. She and her husband were the best of us. Often I have trouble believing it all really happened because it’s too painful.

Tomorrow is the Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the Collect of the Day from ANZPB24: Jesus, light of the world, let your bright star stand over the place where the poor have to live; lead our sages to wisdom and our rulers to reverence. Hear this prayer for your love’s sake. Amen.

God is real, “America” isn’t

Today, with the windchill struggling to reach 0°F at times, thousands marched down Lake Street in South Minneapolis protesting the actions of ICE. “ICE Out of Minnesota!” "MINNESOTANS KNOW ICE IS SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS - IT'S TIME TO DE-ICE!" "Immigrants are not the problem"

my church doing blue for Advent ✨🥰👼🏼💙🦋🥹🕊️🙏🏼 my church NOT doing rose for Gaudete 🥀😭💔🌸🥺🪿👎🏻

the Swedish American pronunciation of Lucia (Lucy-uh) is sooooo much better than the standard American Loosha

Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year. Now you're upset? Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve said I’m “not Catholic, just Swedish” when my classmates question something about my piety lol