Billie

This was really cool to get to be part of!

When you Can't Find Hope A Meditation on facing the rise of American Fascism

Thank you for the mention. Here is the essay I think you are referring to and yeah, that is absolutely a major theme for me.
open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Getting to talk with @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social , Kat or Bill is always a joy; getting to chat *about Lewis* was beyond delight.

beautiful ❤️

Me in church

🎼 Hallelujah for my Jesus,
for his life's surprising course!
May I, too, live bold resistance
to injustice, hate, and force.

Surely peace, it has a cadence,
asking all of what we bring!
And if music is God breathing,
take a holy breath and sing!

#transinchurch

Oh my gosh. Just...oh my gosh.

Remember that you are Dust A Reflection on Ash Wednesday and Eucontamination

Managed to drop an Ash Wednesday post before I ran out of Ash Wednesday. This is about death and about why it's good to think about death. It's also kind of about living under fascism.

open.substack.com/pub/billieis...

Me in church

🎼 There's a wild hope in the wind:
her whisper is heard on the breeze.
The gale is her shout that is calling us out.
There's a wild hope in the wind.

O God in the wind, come gather us in,
be our courage and promise.
The future is dim, but we want to live in
to a wild, wild hope.

#transinchurch

Me in church

🎼God weeps with us who weep and mourn;
God's tears flow down with ours,
and God's own heart is bruised and worn
from all the heavy hours
of watching. While the soul's bright fire
burned lower day by day,
and pulse and breath and love's desire
dimmed down to ash and clay.

#transinchurch

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

I’ll say it again: a fellow journalist was BANNED by the UN from reporting, after asking Ghislaine Maxwell a question during a press conference.

Impeachment is only response

The elements of communion

In church today the elder who led communion invited all men up to serve after she had blessed the elements and I think it's pretty neat that she includes men in the service that way.

The director of Melania movie

This is so thoroughly where I am on this right now.

We protest only when it's convenient, prioritizing our safety over those in real danger. This selfishness must end. If we don’t take action, we risk dooming ourselves. No politician will save us, it's up to us to be our own salvation. I've been warning ppl for some time, it's up to you.

so the guy sharing gross transphobic slop with Epstein here is Robert Trivers, the scientist who invented the specious yet popular "parental investment" theory, in which sperm are cheap so men want to f*ck lots of women, but eggs are expensive so women are looking for a man with "good genes"...

Me in church

🎼God, who in your holy gospel
Willa that all should truly live,
make us sense our share of failure,
our tranquility forgive.

Teach us courage as we struggle
in all liberating strife.
Lift the smallness of our vision
by your own abundant life.

#transinchurch
#abolishice

what’s astounding about this is not only the incredible cruelty but the complete lack of even the most basic public relations instincts

they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this

I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.

Deeply, deeply evil.

Surprise! They lied out their asses again

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.

They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

Supreme Court transgender athlete cases FAQ: What to expect The national debate over transgender athlete participation will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Here's what you need to know.

Really appreciated this piece by @katiebarnes.bsky.social. They did a great job with a tough assignment! I appreciate that @espn.com chose someone who would be fully respectful to trans people, which has become all too rare in media.
1/3

www.espn.com/espn/story/_...

❤️❤️❤️

Where are the #Epstein Files⁉️

BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes?

NOEM: 70% of them

B: It's not 70%

N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers

B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions

N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers

B: Well, that's from your agency

BRENNAN: Noem called on your to set up a safe zone where protest would be contained. Is that something you're looking at?

JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully

Me in church

🎼Today we sing with restlessness,
we ever look to you.
Infuse is with your Spirit, then,
give us your work to do.

Fill us with courage and resolve,
and grant humility,
as we employ our kinda and hearts
to right the wrongs we see.

#transinchurch