Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Hegseth stayed away from Pulp Fiction quotes at Rededicate 250. But he did repeat his favorite myth, urging people to pray like George Washington did on bended knee at Valley Forge. But that's a made up story (& also has religious bigotry embedded in it): publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-trump-...

Eric Metaxas, who fancies himself the world's greatest Bonhoeffer scholar, has now moved on to truly meaningful historical analysis - the divine commission of Trump's ballroom. Quite the trajectory, Eric.

Believing that American is a Christian nation is a theological doctrine, not history. We must be as loud and clear about this as we can be. This matters because belief in a “Christian nation” is a foundational dogma for MAGA. open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

There were more than twenty different birds species in my backyard this morning - all singling gloriously. As soon as the human noises of lawn mowers and buzz saws started, they fell silent.

Believing that American is a Christian nation is a theological doctrine, not history. We must be as loud and clear about this as we can be. This matters because belief in a “Christian nation” is a foundational dogma for MAGA. open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

This is an excellent article.

"If this sort of looting of the public coffers at the president’s behest and for his personal gain and that of his allies isn’t an impeachable offense, then the term has truly lost all meaning." On the IRS lawsuit settlement: lnk.thebulwark.com/4tEEC4h

Canada mentioned here too.

Thinking ahead to Rededicate 250's festival of faith - and why a revival on the National Mall is not what America needs. Instead, we need integrity in history. (And the pic below is ironic.) open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

He’s terrified of genuine Christian faith.

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Friends in SW Florida, I’ll be speaking at the Kindness Summit at Florida Gulf Coast University on Friday, May 15, at 4 pm. You can register here for just my session or for the whole event: www.k20kindness.com (Just fyi, this is my only public speaking engagement for the rest of 2026.)

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social - I was in Canada last week and someone asked me if I'd read your book. The guy standing next to him said, "Read it? She's in it!" "What?" the first fellow said, "Hey, everybody, she's in John Fugelsang's book!!" I became a Canadian celebrity at that moment. Thanks! 🇨🇦

I'm planting flowers this spring as if the future of democracy depends on my garden.

This is a very important post. Please take time to read.

Spotted at @barnesandnoble.com in Union, NJ - The Book of Common Prayer, 2024 General Convention Edition, in a lovely display with A Beautiful Year by @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social, various Bibles, and a blessings jar. #Episcopal #TEC #BCP 📕📚

The ONE time that Donald Trump has told the truth: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody."

Blooming in my backyard -

I'm mainly relieved he's not painting it gold.

So, the Proverbs 31 wife is also Homeland Security? Honestly, I'd be satisfied with well trained, professional agents who have a moral core when it comes to protecting the nation.

I’ve been a Christian my entire life — and I’ve never, ever had to remind myself or anyone else that I don’t worship a golden calf.

“The minute anybody starts telling you what God thinks, or exactly why he does such and such, beware.” ~The Moon by Night

I wrote this in 2016.

Looks like the aliens are arriving at DCA. 🛸 (But it is really the reflection of the interior terminal lights on the window looking out over the field.)

There’s so much going on right now that the ever-growing attempt to erase trans people is slipping by some folks.

Just let me know when we’re celebrating Civil Rights Activist Month. I’ll applaud then.

When I started writing the Cottage, it was the early months of the pandemic. I thought I’d do this for a “year or two” to get through until we went back to “normal.” Now, 6 years later, extraordinary things have happened. So grateful. Now We Are Six open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

The answer to the question is: ABSOLUTELY NOT

As a person who spent 14 years teaching history of Christianity, I’d take extraordinary delight failing this “reverend.”

As a person who spent 14 years teaching history of Christianity, I’d take extraordinary delight failing this “reverend.”

Reading from the Bible is nice. But even better would be understanding and knowing how to interpret it.

Now only one female cabinet member in the Trump administration (Secretary of Agriculture); maybe two if you count the Secretary of the Department of Ed that doesn't exist anymore. Not defending those who are gone but they aren't any worse than ones who are still there who just happened to be men

I always thought that right-wing Christians were bad at theology, but now they prove it every single day.

Woe to Those Who Manipulate Religion open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

Most of the clips of Hegseth calling the media "Pharisees" omit this part -- but make sure to watch the part BEFORE where Pete tells a Bible story to prove his contention. (And it is clear that his pastor knows NOTHING about 1st century Judaism.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vgy...

The Leo/Trump business is actually serious theology, not a UFC match.

God bless Pope Leo.

I've known Episcopal converts who thought they knew more than the Archbishop of Canterbury. There's a certain kind of newbie in pretty much every church like JD Vance.

I'm proud to co-sponsor important legislation led by my friend @raskin.house.gov to establish an independent Commission on Presidential Capacity, the body called for in the 25th Amendment to determine presidential fitness. More on that bill here: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

I guess JD Vance missed the part of confirmation class about how when the Pope speaks, it is theology.

#Vance is getting a lot of shade for lecturing the Pope on the role of a religious leader, but that's overshadowing something else he said in the same breath. He called Trump a dictator. That's the word he used. He's supposed to lead one of the three co-equal branches-- not be a dictator

When you lose Joel and Sean, you might want to think about packing your bags.....

Trump: The Pope is WEAK! Pope Leo: "Blessed are the peacemakers is the message." St Paul: "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong."

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