The Rev. Kalyn Stevwing (she/her)

For us he prayed
For us he taught
For us his daily works he wrought
By words and signs
and actions thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
—Thomas á Kempis
(ELW 322)

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

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I’m proud to call the amazing cartoonist Ed Wexler a friend.

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King

Truth.

Please enjoy these videos of my dog, Gemma, who apparently adores the snow.

I'm very glad that Bishop Marianne Budde used the pulpit to challenge and rebuke Trump.

I figured she'd rise to the moment. And she did.

And yet, the moment didn't need to happen.

Somethings are both-ands.

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)

A screenshot of the Die Zeit website. It is a photo of Musk in black and white doing the Hitler “seig heil” salute - but the actual salute is blocked out by blue material on the left hand side of the photo. The headline is underneath.

A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.

Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.

Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”

Please read this thread; it's full of hope and energy.

Christians are to persuade by love, witness, Spirit, reason, rhetoric, and, if need be, by martyrdom; but never by force.

The church does not need, should not have, and must not covet the sword of Caesar.