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gotta think when Thomas Kinkaid's family is saying you're painting too white a picture...you might be more than a little xenophobic

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just as one example if we're going to start cherry picking assumptions about what God is doing based on who survives 'miraculously': Rev. 13:3

Portrait of the Rev. Jihyun Oh, with text about the PC(USA)’s support for the most vulnerable. Tone is serious and compassionate.

"We will continue to stand with and for the most vulnerable in our society, whether that is because of status, identity, ability, resources, or any other factor; all bear the image of God."
Read the full letter here: pcusa.org/news-storyte...
#PCUSA

A letter to the church I love: Comfort or covenant? - The Presbyterian Outlook A heartfelt letter about politics, faith, and love from a queer Presbyterian calling the church to stand with the marginalized.

A letter to the church I love: Comfort or covenant? tinyurl.com/yytzdsty

"As your sibling, I beg you to hear me when I say that removing politics from church would mean removing my existence from church. My very identity has been made political, my personhood a political talking point...."

So you're saying he can 'shenan-again...and again...'?!

Oof. That.......hurts.

“I want to just say, we love you God” — those words by the President were not only strange, they were blasphemous, false adoration offered up for political gain, a gross violation of the second commandment, the shameless use of the name of God to sanctify and authorize unprovoked military action.

mewithoutYou Deserve Their Flowers As One Of The 21st Century's Greatest Rock Bands And the underrated 'Pale Horses,' released 10 years ago today, is a big reason why.

Had the privilege of writing about one of my favorite bands, mewithoutYou, on the 10th anniversary of their album Pale Horses for @stereogum.bsky.social

www.stereogum.com/2311888/mewi...

("Borders Don't Define Us..." tshirt by #MahoganyMommies)

#NoKings #RhodeIsland #Providence #PCUSA #PSNE

#NoKings #RhodeIsland #Providence #PCUSA #PSNE

Questions around "birthright citizenship" have always been driven by strident efforts to deny black, brown, and Asian persons their rights as citizens. And to exclude them from our country entirely.

*not exactly, we only 'recognize' mother's day in the prayers, so we can simply acknowledge and lift up all the complexity, bittersweetness, and even pain of days like this

Been #preaching through the #NarrativeLectionary this year and I've really enjoyed. But I think my favorite part was that meant yesterday we got to be like, "happy mother's day*...here's a sermon about a eunuch!"

#PCUSA

Probably one of the longest threads I've ever read on here or that *other* place, but so very worth it

Also, "Heresy Soup" is the best (and most accurate!) phrase I've ever heard to describe that particular phenomenon

“They’re trying to kidnap someone” On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.

"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Well, your book is well worth reading!

Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire Check out Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire - <b>A history of the dark times</b><br><br>"So this is how liberty dies—with thunderous applause."<br><br>-Senator Padmé Amidala<br><br><b...

For those who are loving the way #Andor is showing the ins and outs of the machinery of the Empire, I highly recommend checking out #TheRiseAndFallOfTheGalacticEmpire by @chriskempshall.bsky.social

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also, he got brilliantly owned by steak-umm (yep, the 'beef sheet' people), a while back

yeah, he lost me a few years back when he was denigrating liberal arts majors...

than a bit later lamented that the problem we had was that people weren't learning to think critically or imaginatively or something like that, and people were like, 'uh, that's the liberal arts, neil'

"When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest." - Mon Mothma

Also, the part calling genocide, genocide

So, we sat down to watch the 1st of the 3 #Andor episodes from this week...couldn't stop & ended up watching all 3 and ...wow.
Amazing.
I mean... speechless. Phenomenal television.

And that #speech by #MonMothma?

Chills.

They really went for it...I mean, they WENT FOR IT, and nailed it.

"...in an mmmbop they're gone..."

that song is pop genius

NO KINGS Rhode Island · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

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@indivisibleri.bsky.social

April 24, 2025 “Vladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.

April 24, 2025

*(that is, I like that they made the bookstores uncomfortable, not that the censorship actually happened)

One of the best hxc albums ever. And the best sfhxc album ever.

I also like that their cd art got censored by the family xian bookstores

Pope Francis The Pope’s final sermon began with the words, “Mary Magdalene.”

Pope Francis's final sermon began with the words, “Mary Magdalene.”

It may seem subtle, a small thing. You may have missed it. But it is a big subtle deal.

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Count the Dead by the Millions From HIV and tuberculosis infections to millions of dead children, the deadly impact of Rubio, Musk and Trump’s agenda has been quantified.

A new study models impact of the implosion of US-funded disease treatment & prevention globally. It suggests Musk and Rubio will go down among history’s greatest monsters if funding is not restored.

In short: 10s of millions will die, millions of children.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...