@revshawn.bsky.social
Progressive United Church of Christ pastor. Wannabe musician. Seeking justice, loving mercy, walking humbly.
"The conversion to the Lord to which solidarity with the oppressed brings us calls for stubbornness and constancy on the road we have undertaken." #GustavoGutierrez #LiveTheGospel #RememberThePoor #PrayForAmerica
08.10.2025 17:23 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Antifa terrorizing America yet again
08.10.2025 16:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βStupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice.β - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
30.09.2025 19:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I just think itβs interesting that anyone would try to use the gospel to try and validate anything that Kirk would have said!
15.09.2025 00:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I believe it is a King quote - Kingβs inspiration for it was referencing John 1 I believe
15.09.2025 00:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thatβs more than just an MLK quote, itβs also a reference to John chapter 1. Iβm also unclear on how Kirk would react to an actual reference to the Gospel
15.09.2025 00:10 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thatβs just cynical enough to be true
15.09.2025 00:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,
and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble" - Proverbs 24:17
I know someone else that died from suicidal empathy - Jesus Christ. There was a time when compassion was a virtue. I pray we learn it again.
09.09.2025 22:32 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0One of the oldest forms of religious hypocrisy is people using God to justify the kind of actions against others that they themselves would cry out to God in agony if those same actions were carried out against them.
22.06.2025 13:21 β π 392 π 112 π¬ 5 π 6Are we great again yet?
22.06.2025 11:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congress is probably rolling over in its grave right now.
22.06.2025 02:17 β π 813 π 116 π¬ 24 π 7Speak out! #NoKingsDay
14.06.2025 16:36 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0How we are spending our 22nd anniversary. Proverbs 31:8-9
14.06.2025 16:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The United Church of Christ joins the World Council of Churches and others in the ecumenical community in strongly condemning the Israeli attack on Iran. The escalation of aggression challenges peace and stability in the region at a time when war continues in Gaza. War is not a response to the peace we seek. We continue to pray for peace and for an end to the suffering. -Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
ππΎ The UCC joins the World Council of Churches (WCC) and others in the ecumenical community in strongly condemning the Israeli attack on Iran.
War is not a response to the peace we seek. We continue to pray for peace.
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
ππΎ WCC Statement: bit.ly/3STeyT0
I'm attending No Kings's event, βNo Kings: Event Attendee Pre-Mobilization Callβ - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
12.06.2025 23:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Shame on her for using Jesusβ name to deflect her lack of compassion for those who cannot afford healthcare. I would call that blasphemy.
01.06.2025 20:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Full story on the arrest of Rev. William Barber and two others as they prayed in the U.S. Capitol today:
βJust as Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers, so we have to be willing to put our bodies on the line,β Barber told me after he was released. religionnews.com/2025/04/28/w...
ππΎ "The church has to continue to be advocates for justice & for the inclusion of all persons who are made in the image of the Divine as we continue to seek a #JustWorldForAll."
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
www.ucc.org/committed-to...
All you fascists still bound to lose
13.11.2024 23:59 β π 194 π 25 π¬ 15 π 7And she did it gracefully, humbly, and gently. She modeled true preaching of the gospel and peaceful resistance. She is my hero this week!
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