Leah D. Schade

Jesus & The Woman At The Well Counter Christian Nationalism The story of Jesus & the Woman at the Well (John 4) counters the misogyny of Christian Nationalism, offers alternative to toxic masculinity.

The story of Jesus & the Woman at the Well in John 4 has important things to teach us about the value, worth, and dignity of women as we counter the misogyny of “purity culture” and toxic masculinity in Christian Nationalism today. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

In The Lion’s Den, State Of The Union: Rev. Rabell Interview In this interview, Rev. Nelson Rabell-González, an ELCA Lutheran pastor discusses his experience attending the 2026 State of the Union.

Read the full interview here: www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

YouTube video by Clergy Emergency League A Conversation w/ Rev. Neslon Rabell-Gonzalez after attending the 2026 State of the Union Address

Watch the video of this interview hosted by the Clergy Emergency League here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iqU...

In The Lion’s Den, State Of The Union: Rev. Rabell Interview In this interview, Rev. Nelson Rabell-González, an ELCA Lutheran pastor discusses his experience attending the 2026 State of the Union.

Read the full interview here: www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Rev. Rabell Goes To Washington: Pastor’s State Of The Union Rev. Nelson Rabell-González, ELCA pastor, attends State of the Union, offering a powerful witness on behalf of immigrants.

Rep. Josh Harder invited the Rev. Nelson Rabell-González, a local ELCA pastor and immigrant advocate, as his guest for the 2026 State of the Union. His powerful witness is a testimony to prophetic courage. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

How Do You Preach When Everything Feels Political? with Dr. Leah Schade YouTube video by Homebrewed Christianity w/ Dr. Tripp Fuller

Tripp Fuller & I had a great discussion today on #HomebrewedChristianity about preaching & social issues, including how to deal with pushback, what it means to preach "prophetically," and how to engage with hot topics in politically divided congregations. www.youtube.com/live/5Ds7kLZ...

How Do You Preach When Everything Feels Political? with Dr. Leah Schade YouTube video by Homebrewed Christianity w/ Dr. Tripp Fuller

I'm looking forward to this conversation about preaching and social issues with Tripp Fuller at Homebrewed Christianity! Watch Wed., Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m. Eastern via Youtube livestream: www.youtube.com/live/5Ds7kLZ...

For God So Loved The World: Creation And John 3:16 John 3:16, “For God so loved the world,” is the most beloved passages of Christian Scripture. But we often miss its meaning for Creation.

In John 3:16, notice - Jesus did not say, “For God so loved human beings.” No, he said that God so loved THE WORLD! This means that the salvific significance of Jesus is not limited to human beings, it's meant for all of Creation. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Ash Wednesday: Fasting For Earth, Resistance And Liberation Ash Wednesday and Lent can be a time of collective fasting for Earth as a spiritual discipline, resistance to oppression & call for liberation

Today is #AshWednesday and the beginning of #Lent. Amid continuing climate, environmental, and political crises – all of which are connected – these 40 days can be a time of collective spiritual discipline, resistance to oppression & call for liberation. www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Resist Ethnocentrism & Christian Nationalism In Lent: Gen 12 Genesis 12:1-4a can help us counter the ethnocentrism of Christian nationalism in Lent while supporting immigrant communities.

Genesis 12:1-4a can help us counter the ethnocentrism of Christian nationalism in Lent while supporting immigrant communities. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

All the more reason why Christians who oppose Christian Nationalism must resist, counter, and reclaim the faith from the abusers. Giving up and giving in is not an option.

Hi! Thanks for weighing in! It's important that we understand the historical context of passages that would be considered misogynistic today, and to not apply them literally in our modern context. There are many other passages that lift up the voices of women, including Jesus himself.

Resist Christian Nationalism In Lent, Matthew 4:1-11 In Matthew 4:1-11 during Lent, we can use Jesus’s resistance of Satan's temptations as a model to resist Christian Nationalism.

In Matthew 4:1-11 (Lent 1), the temptations of Jesus and those of Christian Nationalism are eerily similar. Fortunately, Jesus teaches us how to counter and resist those temptations while reclaiming the true spirit and integrity of Scripture. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Ugh, that would have been even worse. Using his song for a commercial feels sacrilegious.

Anyone else having a complicated reaction to the #MrRogers theme song in that #Superbowl ad?

Alarmed yet?

BINGO

Clergy in Springfield, Ohio -- here is guidance from Minneapolis, MN pastors on how to prepare for the pogroms. Links to resources included in the article: www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Clergy, Prepare For ICE: Guidance From Minnesota Pastors Minnesota pastors urge U.S. clergy to prepare now for ICE incursions. Their wisdom and experience show us how.

Clergy in Springfield, Ohio, here is guidance from Minneapolis, MN pastors on how to prepare for the pogroms. Links to resources included in the article: www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Clergy, Prepare For ICE: Guidance From Minnesota Pastors Minnesota pastors urge U.S. clergy to prepare now for ICE incursions. Their wisdom and experience show us how.

On Jan 27, Minnesota pastors shared faith-based strategies to #resistICE with the Clergy Emergency League. Their wisdom offers vital guidance for clergy nationwide to protect vulnerable communities now. Checklists & resources linked: www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre... @patheos.com

The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.

Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.

The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.

Abolish ICE.

Lets take a couple more examples of the organizational drive towards abuse. ICE is under a quota of 3,000 daily arrests to achieve a 1 million annual arrest rate target. ICE had previously offered cash bonuses for expedited removals, though removed them after they became public. Now, the Wall St Journal reports that “officers are rewarded for making arrests, even if the immigrants they take in are later released.”

Currently, the organizational leadership of ICE/CBP is telling agents to be more aggressive, not less. This fits with a pattern of impunity we see with authoritarian security forces. For example, the are rewarded for the number of arrests, which incentivizes indiscriminate arrests.

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

For more than 3 weeks now, the Trump regime has been in violation of the law to release the Epstein files. Trump is covering up child rape.

“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

Thanks for sharing this!