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Rev. Oscar Wallace

@olwallace.bsky.social

Ally, progressive thinker, Pastor of Second Congregational Church in Newcastle, Maine, Oscar: God's spear Seeking to find my voice amid all the noise. Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly.

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The Bombs of Anti-Christmas Military strikes in Nigeria reveal a distorted moral narrative

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26.12.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW! The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

22.12.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sarah Frier (@therealfrilar) on Threads Love from Chicago ❀️✊

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27.11.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NFL: No ICE at the 2026 Super Bowl! The @NFL must act NOW to stop Trump's ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime

The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...

04.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Add your name: Standing up to ICE is a Christ-like action Once again, Christian clergy and lay leaders are showing moral leadership by resisting Trump's cruel attacks on immigrants and people of color. ICE and its allies are attacking them for it.

Add your name: Standing up to ICE is a Christ-like action. Once again, Christian clergy and lay leaders are showing moral leadership by resisting Trump's cruel attacks on immigrants and people of color. ICE and its allies are attacking them for it. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/clergy-...

15.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality SCOTUS just received a formal request to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, which could strip away marriage protection for LGBTQ couples overnight. The court will decide whether to hear the case this fall...

ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality -- The court will decide whether to hear the case to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges this fall, but we cannot wait until then to take action. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/lgbt-pl...

14.08.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ADD YOUR NAME: We support faith based aid to immigrants and refugees Donald Trump's allies in Congress are ramping up their attacks on religious charities that help immigrants. As Christians, we need to speak up now.

ADD YOUR NAME: Donald Trump's allies in Congress are ramping up their attacks on religious charities that help immigrants. As Christians, we need to speak up now. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/gop-ref...

18.07.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bath, Maine

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For All Who March Today: A Blessing and Guide A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble

For All Who March Today: A Blessing and Guide
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14.06.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the latest from #Hatewatch, we name Trump personnel, from Cabinet members to staffers, who have expressed a variety of racist, misogynistic and bigoted ideas, or who have ties to racist activists.

These people have the power to shape the nation’s policies. Read more here: www.splcenter.org/re...

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Tell the Senate: Reject immoral budget cuts Repairers of the Breach and Faithful America are asking the Senate to reject Trump's immoral and unjust budget cuts. Add your name now >>

Sign our petition act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/moralmo...

03.06.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you Rev. William Barber The Rev. Dr. William Barber was arrested at the Capitol for praying and challenging the budget bill -- let's support his prophetic witness

Thank you Rev. William Barber: The Rev. Dr. William Barber was arrested at the Capitol for praying and challenging the budget bill -- let's support his prophetic witness act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/thank-y...

05.05.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MOMODOU TAAL How America Breaks the Brightest Before the World Can Hear Them Speak

MOMODOU TAAL
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28.04.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Politics of Palm Sunday Make no mistake: the Gospel is political.

"Make no mistake: the Gospel is political." (2014) sojo.net/articles/pol...

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She Survived a Shooting. Now She's Disarming Her Christian Critics Taylor Schumann wants Christians to put the gospel before the Second Amendment.

"I had been fed so many lines growing up β€” that gun reform advocates were tools of the media and the liberal agenda, and I didn’t want to be a tool. I was really afraid, and my family was even more pro-gun after my attack.” (2021)

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The Church Doesn’t Talk Much About Greed. Malcolm Foley Says That’s Weird Foley draws from church fathers, Anabaptists, and the Black radical tradition to help explain the anti-greed gospel.

"When Jesus said that you can’t serve two masters, he could’ve picked any other thing as that other master, [but] he names riches."

09.04.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.

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SIGN NOW: Thank Historic St. Paul Catholic Church When internet trolls threatened the safety of a transgender affirming event, this parish refused to back down.

SIGN NOW: Thank Historic St. Paul Catholic Church: When internet trolls threatened the safety of a transgender affirming event, this parish refused to back down. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/stpaul-...

01.04.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice Lessons from Bonhoeffer's essay on Christian life under authoritarianism.

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31.03.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ADD YOUR NAME: Christians support the Department of Education Musk's so-called DOGE is destroying the Department of Education, and Christian nationalist leaders are celebrating. Let's stand together as Christians and oppose this attack on our public education sy...

Christians support the Department of Education: Musk's so-called DOGE is destroying the Department of Education, and Christian nationalist leaders are celebrating. Let's stand together as Christians and oppose this attack on our public education system.
act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/eddept-...

29.03.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Creation Care’ Isn’t Enough. We Need Degrowth. Capitalism creates the conditions for human-caused climate change, and small modifications will not solve the climate crisis.

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ripples.
when you create a difference in someone's life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime.
no act is ever too small.
one by one,
this is how to make an ocean rise.

ripples. when you create a difference in someone's life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime. no act is ever too small. one by one, this is how to make an ocean rise.

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SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks.

SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump: Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/georget...

22.03.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SIGN: Tell Bishop Barron to listen to Pope Francis Bishop Barron recently compared Trump's congressional address to "high liturgy." We call on him to repent of his idolatry, and listen to the wisdom of Pope Francis.

SIGN: Tell Bishop Barron to listen to Pope Francis: Bishop Barron recently compared Trump's congressional address to "high liturgy." We call on him to repent of his idolatry and listen to the wisdom of Pope Francis. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/bishop-...

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Thanks

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Newcastle, Maine

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Lincoln County Maine Rally Indivisible

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