Juvenile Heermann's gull (very dark all over) in flight, flying over very very shallow water. Flying to the right maybe two feet off the ground. It's shadow is to the right. Just below the shadow is a reflection on the sheen of water.

Got this really cool, ghostly picture by accident the other day in Dillon Beach, CA. It is a Heermann's gull with both it's shadow and reflection.

#birds

In Denmark, farmers are required by law to grow field flowers for bees on 5 % of their land…. 💐🐝
I think that’s a fantastic solution to a big problem, they can do it here too ❤
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aliveonallchannels

"Should pastors use Artificial Intelligence to help write their sermons?"- sounds urbane, philosophical, important

"Should pastors let a word guesser machine teach their flock?"- far more accurate, makes you sound stupid for even asking the question

Turns out decades of writing sentences like “we leverage our core values as pillars around which we nimbly pivot to excel synergistically in the innovation ecosystem” didn’t produce universities that could enunciate, defend, or deploy academic values appropriately when an actual crisis arose.

Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love and forget how to hate

-Ozzy Osbourne, Crazy Train
RIP

Right? Me too. That pastor is saying out loud what many pastors know from experience.

ICE just prevented me from entering an immigration detention facility in my district—a clear violation of federal law.

Members of Congress have the right to immediately access these facilities. Listen here 👇

It also covers two-thirds of all nursing home stays.

“Let’s pray for a life dependent on God’s presence and for a church brave enough to resist the allure of political power.”

~César García
General Secretary
Mennonite World Conference

If we love Jesus, we won’t let racists co-opt His Name.

If we love Jesus, we won’t let fascists co-opt His Name.

If we love Jesus, we won’t let liars and thieves and murderous thugs co-opt His Name.

Quite literally - to hell with all that.

Part of the reason so many of these fools hate Stephen Colbert is that he lives his life as the faithful and humble Christian they constantly claim themselves to be but are too selfish and fearful to actually be.

What CBS' disgraceful termination of Stephen Colbert illustrates is how quickly a Republic can fall when the media chooses cowardice instead of courage.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Good theologians and pastors must exist because bad ones always will.

I recently spent time with a distressed believer, which served to further intensify my anger at false teaching and poor biblical interpretation. They are effective tools in the hands of the father of lies.

What was and is God's response to the diabolic power that rules the world and destroys people and their lands? The answer is a deep and complete mystery because God chose powerlessness. - Henri Nouwen

Evil cannot create but only corrupt the creation of others, and evil endlessly resents those who can create.

Many people claim to belong to Jesus, but Jesus does not claim them.

"I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness."

Mathew 7:21-23.

"One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty."
— Proverbs 22:16

V. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
R. Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

Theology 101: If people repented of gluttony, covetousness, and discontent, whole sectors of the global economy would collapse.

Where is God, we ask?

On the cross. Always on the cross.

A timely word of scripture!!!

This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.

Back in 2016 many had a feeling things could end up here, but the fact this day has come is still surreal.

It is those who know the least about life who are quickest to deal out death.

Empathy is only a sin to those who see power as a virtue.

🚫 What’s being cut:

– NIH: –$19.5B
– CDC: –$4B
– Cancer research: –$3.1B
– SNAP: –$30B
– Education: –$12B

💰 What’s being funded:

– ICE detention: +$45B
– Tax cuts for the wealthy: +$4.5T over 10 years

This is the trade.

If someone writes something I think is worth reading, I may share it. I am not here to answer for everything that they have ever written, much less endorse it. I should not have to say this.