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James Matichuk

@jamichuk.bsky.social

Pastor of Medford Congregational UCC, a believer in the radical welcome of God, mediocre white man, committed to justice for all. Spiritual Director (he/him).

289 Followers  |  554 Following  |  36 Posts  |  Joined: 24.07.2023  |  1.7747

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#lectionarypreachers - how are you unpacking enemy love for your congregation this Sunday? (Luke 6:27-38)

17.02.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@aclu.org are you going to update the mobile justice app from Android users? I can't download it from the play store

13.02.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I appreciate this, but weak men can do plenty of lasting damage.

09.02.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The must of old
book tickled my
nose, provoking a
sneeze which never
came; all my senses
absorbed by page.
I'm transported to
a different time and
place, but I'm still the
same. My mind swims,
my soul drowns in
the wave of yesteryear
washing over me.

29.01.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

" As this broken bread was once scattered on the mountains, and after it had been brought together became one, so may thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth unto thy kingdom; for thine is the glory, and the power, through Jesus Christ, forever." -Didache, 9.4.

03.01.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back in the Blue Sky Mine. My relationship with Twitter, just from complicated to ex.

09.11.2024 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My latest podcast is up: this one is a conversation with Roger Wolsey, author of Discovering Fire: Spiritual Practices that Transform Lives: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

06.04.2024 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got to talk with @mattmikalatos.bsky.social and Aaron Burns about their new book, Praying with Saint Patrick: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... of

12.03.2024 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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04.03.2024 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New Podcast episode, discussing Embodiment with Ashe Van Steenwyk: Practice Not Perfect: Embodied Presence: a conversation about embodiment with Ashe Van Steenwyk on Apple Podcasts

04.03.2024 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New podcast up, discussing Oscar Romero's Letter to an Easter Church with Julio Hernandez! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

26.02.2024 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New podcast on how we practice Lent with Christine Sine: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

13.02.2024 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New Podcast interview with Mark Yaconelli. Or sort of new. I've actually sat on this recording for 13 months. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ But it is good, and you shouldn't wait that long: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

17.01.2024 06:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New podcast up, this one with @adamrshields where the two of us try to get a handle on what Christian Spiritual Discernment is and isn't, what makes it difficult: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

11.01.2024 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New podcast up, this one with @adamrshields where the two of us try to get a handle on what Christian Spiritual Discernment is and isn't, what makes it difficult: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

11.01.2024 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got to talk with Jackie Allen-Doucot about the ways hope and resistance, art, and activism all intersect. You will want to tune in to this podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

20.12.2023 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got to sit down with Stacey Gleddiesmith to discuss the meaning of Advent and how we might practice it: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

01.12.2023 05:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In my most recent podcast I got to speak with Sandhya Jha about their book "Rebels, Despots and Saints: The Ancestors who free us & the Ancestors we need to free." Sandhya is wise and their book is well worth your time. This was a great conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

25.10.2023 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youth Pastor voice:

Hey kids have you heard of ChatGPT? Well, I'm here to tell you about ChatGOD! You can talk to him about anything, anytime and he holds all the answers!

14.09.2023 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Y'all, I am a spiritual director. So I got to ask the question, "Where do you see God?"

10.09.2023 04:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I took my 8-yr-old autistic son outside to catch his bus. Two women in my neighborhood were walking their dogs. They've never spoken to me even to say hi. "Can your house look any shittier? What a good neighbor you are!" I'm so angry at these 'good neighbors.' Admittedly, my yard looks terrible.

31.08.2023 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Andrea Tisher is here! My bingo card is nearly full!

22.08.2023 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's fair, I might not be paying attention to him, but I have seen him demur from some of the crazier MAGA folk.

15.08.2023 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These aren't my theological go-to-guys but I feel Kidd and Miller have been consistently critical of Trump, and Walker has at least been lackluster in his praise. I think without Dobbs, he wouldn't have much to say about him at all. I would hardly call them Trump supporters. Am I missing something?

15.08.2023 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I could put threads on the blue sky I'd sew a new horizon. There are things I like about both and things I dislike. I hate that you can't share videos here. I hate the search feature on threads. I hate that all the twitter refugees are not in the same place.

11.08.2023 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not really trying to drag up an old debate but I must test this platform:

David really did rape Bathsheba.

For real, David raped Bathsheba.

11.08.2023 05:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

X (the unknown variable formerly known as Twitter) has problems which is why I found my way here. But for all it chaotic evilness, it is still better than Facebook.

09.08.2023 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The brand of evangelicalism that formed me stressed right teaching. But my most recent romp through the Catholic Epistles suggests the warning against false teaching, was by-in-large, about those who abandoned Jesus' way of love. In many ways, the false teachers were us.

08.08.2023 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never got to finish my sermon and I woke up shortly after that.

3/3

This was a dream, it is also a parable.

30.07.2023 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And he just smiled at me like he was high and said, "I managed to get done my little part, early." When he finished I got up to resume my sermon, but they never turned my mic back on and despite my protests dimmed the lights and started playing a video on the big screen. 2/3

30.07.2023 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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