Essie Hill

Franklin Graham was previewing the foreign policy of the United States when he called God a “God of war” last month. This is an idol that scripture warned us of. What we believe about God shows us the boundaries of our ethics. God is a God of peace - not war. Reported by @briankaylor.bsky.social

In this webinar, Aimee Grant discusses autistic experiences of pregnancy loss and associated healthcare. Resources shared during the webinar: General Maternity and Autism Research Group (MARG) - https://www.maternityautismresearchgroup.co.uk/ Autistic and pregnant, parenting or planning private Autistic experiences of pregnancy loss and associated healthcare - Aimee Grant (3-Nov-22)

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Autistic experiences of pregnancy loss and associated healthcare with Aimee Grant (3-Nov-22)

A black and white photo of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer is a white male. He is in his 30s, white male with round wire rimmed glasses and thining blond hair. He is sitting in a high back garden chair and is facing to the right focused on someone off camera with his left hand behind his head. He is wearing a grey 3 piece suit and grey tie.

Sunday Bonhoeffer:

"There is so much meanness, selfishness and hatred among the nations of the world but we must overcome it. Against that we know only one mean: keep your eyes open and your hearts."

'Greetings to American Students'
Notes made during his time at Union Thological Seminary 30-31

Very much looking forward to reading this!

Move Over, Evangelicals! Charismatics & Conspiracy Theories You end up in unexpected places as a professor. Recently, a colleague asked me to participate in a discussion panel for students on the topic of

Move Over, Evangelicals! Charismatics & Conspiracy Theories www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

“So far as the Evangelical Confessions are concerned we are determined to put an end to existing divisions, which are concerned only with the forms of organization, and to create a single Evangelical Church for the whole Reich”

-Adolf Hitler, Proclamation at the Parteitag at Nuremberg, 5 Sept 1934

“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political power to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.”
ANEURIN BEVAN

"Young, dumb and full of Christ." #WakeUpDeadMan

l invite you to celebrate a true Christian Christmas, one that does not consist in banquets or drunkenness or an exchange of meaningless gifts, but that truly reaches the destitution of our poor people —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Very interesting take on Wes Streetings' recent display of ignorance with regards to what he claims is an 'overdiagnosis' crisis.

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Why the dead 'father of liberation theology' still matters Gustavo Gutiérrez continues to speak to Christians today

Why the dead 'father of liberation theology' still matters

Gustavo Gutiérrez continues to speak to Christians today

By Bill Tammeus ( @billtammeus.bsky.social )
Nov 28, 2025

“The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.” Gustavo Gutierrez

Disability theology began with Christology. Nancy Eiesland’s The Disabled God: A Liberatory Theology of Disability centers upon a vision of God in a sip-puff wheelchair, one given a particular theological backing through analogy to Christ’s post-resurrection wounds. For Eiesland, as Christ is wounded, Christ is disabled. While references to Eiesland’s text are nearly ubiquitous in writing on disability theology, few have examined the Christological implications of Christ wounded for us and its relevance for Christian doctrine. In this paper, I will pick up on one recent dogmatic engagement with Eiesland’s text, Lisa Powell’s The Disabled God Revisited, in order to reflect and further build upon recent Christological endeavors in disability theology, all in order to demonstrate how disability can contribute to our Christological imagination. It is my claim that sustained engagement with disability offers a deeper understanding of the implications of the Christ who was wounded for us.

Publication day! My article “Wounded for Us: Disability Theology’s Contribution to Christology” is now available in the Journal of Disability & Religion. Let me know if you don’t have access and would like a PDF. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting take, would love to know what baggage you would say the term carries?

There is a certain comfort in hopelessness. It allows us to guard our hearts from being wounded again. The gospel calls us to the dangerous work of believing that God might indeed be active in our world that in the midst of so much darkness there is still space for light.

I used to stay out of euthanasia debates because I wanted to listen well and allow for the possibility of ending unnecessary suffering in old age.

I know speak up against euthanasia because however the policy is written, weve seen it unnecessarily target poor and/or disabled people for early death.

Because far too many NHS experts that I trust — people like @doctoroxford.bsky.social and @paulapeters19.bsky.social — oppose the #AssistedDyingBill, I cannot support it. Instead, it’s time for a referendum on social care, palliative care, and this issue as well, when it’s ready.

#AssistUsToLive

...seem to be rather keen on pushing assisted suicide as an option rather than doing the hard work of reducing the inequalities inherent in our current palliative care system.

#assisteddyingbill #healthcareinequalities

For a country where patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be referred for palliative care than those from areas with lower rates of social depravation (Buck, Webb etc al. 2022 - BMJ), we sure do...

The Muppets could have written A Christmas Carol but Charles Dickens could never have written "no cheeses for us meeces"

I will say that theological diversity in general is good. People who disagree with us should not be labelled as either ignorant or unfaithful. We can hold to our own convictions, while respecting the differences of others. #theology

"What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life." - Henri Nouwen

Zephaniah 2:3 (CEB)

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land who practice his justice; seek righteousness; seek humility. Maybe you will be hidden on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Advent Devotional - Amy Julia Becker Christmas can be about stress and parties and consumption. But it can also be about love and peace. Get your copy of this Advent devotional!

Jesus was born into hardship and disappointment. Yet in that very real, very disillusioned, very raw place—he brought peace, hope, joy. He brought love. That comforts me. Walk with me through the season of Advent (begins next Sunday). amyjuliabecker.com/advent-devot...