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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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In my public television special β€œThe Story of Fascism in Europe” (www.ricksteves.com/fascism), we learn from Europeans whose families lived through fascism that a strong democracy requires vigilant and engaged citizens. We are all participants, we are all responsible, and freedom isn’t guaranteed.

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The story is not what Kimmel said but what others won’t say now for fear of state retribution. Authoritarian countries thrive on self censorship.

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Americans of Japanese heritage say they hear echoes of their families' forced internment in the Trump administration's newest immigrant detention site. bit.ly/466O5sk

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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….

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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‡¦

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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us

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

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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...

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

β€”Saint Augustine

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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

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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

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That’s right. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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Classic Danish truth telling

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(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?

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"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

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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.

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