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Adam Walker Cleaveland

@adamwc.bsky.social

Founder of @IllustratedMinistry • Racine, Wisconsin husband, father of four (two living), artist, pastor, aspiring woodworker

154 Followers  |  141 Following  |  214 Posts  |  Joined: 03.05.2023  |  2.362

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Just here to say that Paxlovid mouth is real, and it is horrible… #Day2

01.08.2025 02:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Bob Onder introduced the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Bob Onder introduced the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts.

Inbox: It appears GOP Rep. Bob Onder of Missouri has introduced legislation to rename the Kennedy Center the “Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts.”

23.07.2025 14:57 — 👍 21    🔁 9    💬 16    📌 12
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Jesus and John Wayne by googly eyes, Joy Oladokun & Allison Ponthier on Apple Music Song · 2025 · Duration 4:02

Such a great song! Look forward to sharing it with our @illustratedmin.bsky.social audience. @joyoladokun.bsky.social @allisonponthier.bsky.social

20.07.2025 01:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yup. Been there, too.

16.07.2025 03:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“You will never be disappointed with The United States of America” is the most used-car-salesman-ass sentence

11.07.2025 01:38 — 👍 128    🔁 17    💬 14    📌 2
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - The Presbyterian Outlook "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" calls church leaders to pay attention and work toward a renewed moral compass.

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

"One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" calls preachers and other church leaders to pay attention, show up, and work toward a renewed moral compass in our country and culture. — Amy Pagliarella

@aaknopf.bsky.social

10.07.2025 16:02 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Freedom, Faith, and the Fierce Call to Advocacy Jesus modeled justice, courage, and public witness. Explore how July 4 invites American Christians to embrace advocacy over blind patriotism.

What to celebrate this Fourth of July... #fourthofjuly

04.07.2025 17:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I was hungry, but you passed a bill that cut funding for food stamps so billionaires could get more tax breaks. 

I was thirsty, but you removed environmental protections and left me without clean water.

I was a stranger, but ICE agents arrested me and put me in a concentration camp surrounded by alligators.

I was sick, but you cut billions of dollars from Medicaid and I couldn’t get the healthcare I needed.

I was in prison, but you left me there in unconscionable conditions because you made money off of it.

Whatever you did to the least of these, my siblings, you did to me.

I was hungry, but you passed a bill that cut funding for food stamps so billionaires could get more tax breaks. I was thirsty, but you removed environmental protections and left me without clean water. I was a stranger, but ICE agents arrested me and put me in a concentration camp surrounded by alligators. I was sick, but you cut billions of dollars from Medicaid and I couldn’t get the healthcare I needed. I was in prison, but you left me there in unconscionable conditions because you made money off of it. Whatever you did to the least of these, my siblings, you did to me.

How I think Jesus would have phrased Matthew 25 if he was preaching in America right now.

04.07.2025 00:41 — 👍 388    🔁 130    💬 6    📌 8
Smug Dick Asshole

Smug Dick Asshole

What a smug little dick.

03.07.2025 22:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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hey this by @nathanevansfox.bsky.social is fantastic www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Cxq38/

15.05.2025 04:10 — 👍 33    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 5

As predicted, Big Balls is out.

25.06.2025 00:01 — 👍 235    🔁 17    💬 11    📌 4

:: raises eyebrow ::

Carlson is gesturing toward an argument long made by Christian and Jewish critics of the theology Cruz espouses here: that the Israel referenced in the passage the senator mentions, the critics contend, is not necessarily the same as the specific modern nation of Israel.

18.06.2025 17:12 — 👍 31    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0

Thank you. This made my day! ;)

15.06.2025 02:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Power, Protest, and Possibility: The Gospel According to June 14 Flag Day? Trump's birthday? A protest and a parade? Explore the tension between empire, empathy, and the theological irony of June 14, 2025.

In one city, there will be a spectacle of centralized military power—an extravagant, self-indulgent birthday parade served under the guise of patriotism. While in many other cities across the country, voices will rise in protest under the cry of “No Kings.”

illstrtdm.in/NoKingsDay

#NoKings

10.06.2025 18:43 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Power, Protest, and Possibility: The Gospel According to June 14 Flag Day? Trump's birthday? A protest and a parade? Explore the tension between empire, empathy, and the theological irony of June 14, 2025.

In one city, there will be a spectacle of centralized military power—an extravagant, self-indulgent birthday parade served under the guise of patriotism. While in many other cities across the country, voices will rise in protest under the cry of “No Kings.” illstrtdm.in/NoKingsDay

10.06.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Power, Protest, and Possibility: The Gospel According to June 14 Flag Day? Trump's birthday? A protest and a parade? Explore the tension between empire, empathy, and the theological irony of June 14, 2025.

Active resistance will be coming strong from the faith community as well!

www.illustratedministry.com/2025/protest...

10.06.2025 18:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Power, Protest, and Possibility: The Gospel According to June 14 Flag Day? Trump's birthday? A protest and a parade? Explore the tension between empire, empathy, and the theological irony of June 14, 2025.

agreed!

www.illustratedministry.com/2025/protest...

10.06.2025 18:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wow.

31.05.2025 23:02 — 👍 506    🔁 50    💬 124    📌 12

My favorite part is the last line "Thank you for your attention to this matter."

30.05.2025 03:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Imagine if Joe Biden had said ‘where do these three judges come from?’ and one of them had been appointed by… him.

30.05.2025 02:26 — 👍 3035    🔁 480    💬 179    📌 37

What can we do to distract them from our deeply unpopular megabill that guts Medicaid and SNAP

Ah…

22.05.2025 19:14 — 👍 138    🔁 29    💬 3    📌 1

Amen.

20.05.2025 13:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Covenant Network of Presbyterians Celebrates Presbyteries' Approval of Amendment 24-C, Another Historic Step for Inclusion — Covenant Network of Presbyterians The Covenant Network of Presbyterians celebrates that a majority of presbyteries have now approved Amendment 24-C, which ensures that commitment to inclusion and diversity will play a more substantial...

Glad to hear this news!

14.05.2025 02:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At any rate...that gives you a little bit of an idea of who I am and what to expect.

I look forward to connecting!

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Adam Walker Cleaveland is a pastor who peaced out of white evangelical BS and weaponized Bible studies. He started Illustrated Ministry to make progressive Christian resources that don’t suck. Anti-racist, queer-affirming, Jesus-loving, and done with the bullshit.

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Adam Walker Cleaveland is a pastor who said “screw this” to toxic theology and cheesy church crap. He started Illustrated Ministry to make faith resources that don’t gaslight, exclude, or bore you to death. Jesus is political. Church can be better. Let’s raise some holy hell.

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Adam Walker Cleaveland is a pastor who escaped church staff meetings and now sells holy content with better fonts. He started Illustrated Ministry for folks who love Jesus but side-eye Christian publishing. Come for the snark, stay for the sanctified disruption.

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Adam Walker Cleaveland is a pastor-turned-entrepreneur who got tired of toxic theology and church merch that looks like a VBS hangover. He founded Illustrated Ministry to make stuff that doesn’t suck. Expect truth-telling, design rants, and holy troublemaking.

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And now, my favorite snarky ones:

Adam Walker Cleaveland is what happens when a pastor gets tired of bad clip art and theology that hurts people. He started Illustrated Ministry for progressive Christians who still give a damn. Expect theology, smallbiz life, and gentle shade at church publishing.

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Romcom?

Meet Adam Walker Cleaveland: pastor, dad, accidental entrepreneur. He thought he’d spend his life in church basements eating sheet cake—but instead, he founded Illustrated Ministry, where he creates progressive Christian resources that are heartfelt and inclusive.

14.05.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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