Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

@nadfadrenal.bsky.social #ADLooksLikeMe Sepsis shutdown my adrenal glands, but here I am! Happy to raise awareness about adrenal disease.

Your friendly reminder that just because there was a “just war” theology in the past does not mean it’s good theology today. Sorta like how racism was considered theologically appropriate (and started/endorsed by the Church).

And for some of us, the theme song to “I Dream of Jeanie” has entered the consciousness.

“If something is put in front of us in a way that we can help, then we have to step up,” she said. “I did not hesitate to do this because, you know, what else are we here for?” What else are we here for, indeed?

Had a funeral this morning and am feeling under the weather, so no rally for me. Proud to see my city RISE!

Mini blueberry pie cut in twain to demonstrate how the ratio of diameter and circumference is always delicious. Happy Pi day!

Talarico is not a closeted Republican. Folks simply don’t know what to do with a progressive Christian who speaks their faith. He attends Austin seminary which is Presbyterian. If y’all have an issue with Presbyterian clergy holding any sort of office or authority, take it up with John Witherspoon.

NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr. Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway. “He was supposed to be here, but… 1/

Watch and wonder why this would have been blocked from airing. Check out this video, "james talarico stephen colbert" share.google/CziEu1cpVsqT...

Wow.

Just because something exists in scripture (borders) doesn’t mean it’s Jesus approved. But, Mr. Johnson, you know that.

Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

Raised in Buffalo, I knew from a young age that “Go Bills” was both a greeting and a farewell. I’ve just learned that “F*CK ICE” can be used in the same way.

Better to have a millstone around the neck, methinks… www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Reason #5674 to no longer support the NYT.

TKR surgery today was postponed to Jan 22nd (due to unavailability of the surgeon). The silver lining was a birthday dinner at Inka’s with an adult beverage! Whee!

Ya think?

Yes, he often does this. #caturday

60K per year, plus a 45K signing bonus? No, that’s not for teachers. Remember, we don’t have money to educate our children. That’s how much ICE agents are paid from day one… And only requiring a HS diploma. Funny how we don’t have money for one, but we do have money for the other. Priorities.

Preach! How much longer will we tolerate evil?

These are our neighbors. They shop where we shop. Is this who we are, America?

Happy Halloween!

Will be collared and acting as a safety marshall at the #NoKings rally in Syracuse today. There is a marked difference between Patriotism and (Christian) Nationalism. The first is a love of country, the second is idolatry. Only God is Sovereign.

Nah… more likely raping and engaging in slave trade. Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

The samples have clumps.

No Kings Syracuse is live! Sign up and spread the word. Event is 12-2pm on Oct. 18. mobilize.us/s/HdxZnX

Many of my clergy colleagues are back to wearing their collars, others make sure to have a spare in the car. The church has been invisible on this far too long.

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.

“It's essential that our houses of worship remain outside the partisan fray, unbeholden to any political figure or group. This decision could open the floodgates to dark money operations that would turn sacred spaces into fronts for shady political schemes." -Rev. @raushenbush.bsky.social

This. And who are the leaders who can do this radical work? In addition to protesting what is, we must imagine what might be… and empower those with the creativity and the courage to make it happen.

I see you, NWS. I see you. :::applause:::

A really important read.

Echoing this as someone who lives in a similar neighborhood.

And I freaked out when I realized I had pens from my previous employer

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

Used @chrislhayes.bsky.social’s book The Siren’s Call as part of a Lenten Bible Study this year. Using the lens of how attention has become commoditized certainly adds clarity to the tariff shenanigans today.

Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.

Your neighbors. The kids in your son’s class. Imagine them disappeared.

Presbyterians were out in force at the Syracuse Hands Off rally. This is what democracy looks like!

Not your average liberal rag…

Apparently, Harvard removed this link. Hoping it's not because the first item listed is to "live your values".... and this is a sign that they are about to cave to Trump's demands.

He’s right. Notice faith communities aren’t listed? It’s because we aren’t a threat. We weren’t a threat in Germany either. Until we were.

I find myself wanting to wag my finger in the faces of everyone who played a part in this story. It's as if America has lost its prefrontal cortex and has no clue about things like consequences. presbygal.wordpress.com/wp-admin/pos...

“Perhaps this is why we have no record of Harriet Tubman sitting down to find common ground with the Brodess family that enslaved her; or of Dietrich Bonhoeffer wanting to find common ground with Adolf Hitler.”

How low can you go? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...