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@pastorbillp.bsky.social

Lutherpalian Preacher-Teacher-Learner-Husband-Foodie + former University Dean sharing ministry with great people in Wolfeboro NH which shapes + flavors my perspective

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Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?Β 

The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed me….

30.06.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 23435    πŸ” 6049    πŸ’¬ 681    πŸ“Œ 377

Taking a bribe in a very public way doesn't mean you aren't corrupt, it means your corruption is shameless.

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A banner at the wall of the museum in Narva, Estonia, facing Russia and the stage.

Thank you, Estonia! πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

09.05.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4878    πŸ” 1064    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 32
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us

18.04.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I’ve loved PBS my whole life. I can’t imagine anyone with any intelligence being against @pbs.org.

14.04.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

09.04.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20959    πŸ” 6349    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 78

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

β€”Saint Augustine

01.04.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As Lutheran bishops we stand for religious liberty and against Christian Nationalism Who gets to decide what is Christian? What does religious liberty look like today? With so much unsettling and destabilizing news coming from the new administration in Washington, DC, it’s hard to kee...

'The President is a dangerous threat': Lutheran bishops take a stand

27.03.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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What a different world we could have.

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Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964)

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O Lord, how long shall the wicked exult?
They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

The Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
β€”Psalm 94

05.03.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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That’s right. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Classic Danish truth telling

21.02.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
(over images of Elon Musk and Congress) MUSK OR US
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS
FEBRUARY 14-23

(over images of Elon Musk and Congress) MUSK OR US CONGRESSIONAL RECESS FEBRUARY 14-23

🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23.

That’s where we come in.

With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus

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Actually, especially if they don't

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Focus!

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Christian Trump Supporters Are Furious He Defunded Them LOL.

Doesn’t cutting their funding count as anti-Christian discrimination?

07.02.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2623    πŸ” 447    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 25

"In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor." ~Fr. James Martin, SJ

03.02.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are actually living in a time where some Christians see mercy as offensive, empathy as a sin, and diversity, equity, and inclusion as a threat.

β€œWoe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20

Lord, have mercy.

01.02.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 866    πŸ” 244    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 19

No matter what some β€œChristians” might be saying, empathy is mot a sin. #empathyismptasin

31.01.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For all who greeted the dawn with fear and uncertainty , all who worked overnight in the cold, all who must deliver tragic news, and all who fly today, we pray.

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"By the end of the second century, Roman officials were not particularly aware of the nuances of Christian teaching, but they did know what the word 'bishop' meantβ€”it meant someone who kept on agitating about the needs of the poor." –N.T. Wright

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Bishop at inaugural prayer service urges Trump to β€˜have mercy’ on LGBTQ children, immigrants Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on LGBTQ issues and immigration within hours of being sworn in as president.

The bishop leading Tuesday’s official inaugural prayer service urged President Trump to β€œhave mercy” on his constituents, specifically naming LGBTQ people and immigrants.

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. . . cast their insurrection to conserve racist slavery as a War of Northern Aggression, banned books and vilified voices documenting the truth, built Jim Crow on lies, laws, and lynchings, and hoisted back up their Confederate flags. History can be a blueprint. 2/2

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