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Courtney Jones, as one untimely born

@revecj.bsky.social

Texan in NW Washington (DioOly). Episcopal Priest. ⚓️Mentor@Backstory Preaching. Baylor. DioNWTX. VST. Likes: hiking, books, dogs. She/her.

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a man with a mustache in a blue suit says tiny celebration in front of a group of people ALT: a man with a mustache in a blue suit says tiny celebration in front of a group of people

Northwest Texas mentioned.

04.10.2025 13:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh, you know it’s happening somewhere.

04.10.2025 00:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I serve with nine lay preachers plus two deacons. Just amazing involvement and interest in preaching. Absolutely a blessing - I really can’t complain. Counterpoint, it means that more often than not I’m looking at the readings thinking “ooh! I’d love to preach this!”

02.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New Testament Christianity in the Roman World, Harry O Maier, 2019.

01.10.2025 00:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Me: oh. The president is declaring war on US cities. WTAH?!?

Me 2 minutes later: Well… I guess these emails aren’t gonna answer themselves.

30.09.2025 15:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes. 🙌🏼

30.09.2025 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think that’s a good thing to mention in a profile, and y’all have a lovely congregation.

30.09.2025 14:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I fed your very good answer here into ChatGPT to make it sound more like how I would say it. 😉

25.09.2025 01:03 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I get it. But I think you probably get title IV’d for killing someone?

25.09.2025 00:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I mean, it’s a passable remix of my words, but like, without the poetry/soul?

25.09.2025 00:42 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

(I had to throw that “and act” in there for the BlueSky folks who stumble on this who might not realize that some of us who pray do so because it’s action fuel)

25.09.2025 00:40 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for your prayers. We have found where they’re keeping V, and have been able to coordinate with her family to make sure that her needs and their needs are met during this time. Continue to pray (and act!) - for V and all who suffer due to these unjust policies.

25.09.2025 00:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

lol.

25.09.2025 00:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Doh! Forgot the batsignal 📕 ⚓️ 🕯️to get the Narthex involved.

25.09.2025 00:29 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can I get a clergy* opinion? You write a stewardship letter and send the letter to a committee for input. The committee is like, “This is great, but so it would fit better on the page we shortened it using ChatGPT. New draft attached!” How might you respond to that?

*churchy lay folks weigh in too!

25.09.2025 00:24 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 16    📌 0

What a beautiful spot!

24.09.2025 23:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Practical steps are being taken.

24.09.2025 01:51 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

But have you tried commenting on an internet stranger’s post? That’ll surely be both enough and effective.

23.09.2025 22:38 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In your charity pray for V, who was picked up at an immigration hearing and is being held for deportation. ⚓️

23.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 263    🔁 26    💬 14    📌 0

I’m gonna have to remember that that scrolling hotline for merch at the bottom of the screen. I have clearly missed opportunities to capitalize on the deaths of parishioners.

22.09.2025 16:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The issue I encountered seemed to be an issue with going forward in time. I asked for the readings for the upcoming feast of the baptism of our Lord. I tried rewording the prompt a few times, but could only ever get year C.

18.09.2025 15:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I had similar issue with Eucharistic readings.

18.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Very on point reading from the epistles today.

17.09.2025 20:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m certainly glad that I lived through the era of my life where I thought I knew everything about everything.

12.09.2025 00:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is a great list, and sometime I want to talk with you about your experience!

30.08.2025 00:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I did not learn from this. 😂

28.08.2025 21:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Me too.

28.08.2025 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I will say that I think the closest I've ever come to being tarred and feathered was when my parish (TX) was hosting a Creation-care themed Diocesan Convention - I suggested that we not print bulletins, but maybe use the book or a bulletin attached to a QR code.

28.08.2025 21:03 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

But I'm not sure about this idea of "right." I think Dix and Mitchell would argue that the "right" we have is to a service shaped in the Anglican style. And General Convention has also leaned away from Book=printed book, which suggests that EOW (etc.) also rises to the level of BCP.

28.08.2025 20:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When I'm a visitor (in the pew, not presiding) I like a BCP service (pref from the actual book, not a bulletin), and extra points if the presider expands the language where appropriate. I can totally understand the desire for the services to mostly match linguistically across space and time.

28.08.2025 20:34 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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