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One of the very best things I did last year was sign up for this cohort. It has been grounding and inspiring. If you ever dreamed of publishing book, and are a clergy type (not just Christian), I commend @tehomcenter.bsky.social to you. Ask me any and all questions before the 4/30/25 deadline.

Why I'm Replacing Doomscrolling With Poetry These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

Loved this article from Time Magazine. What poems are you turning to in these uncertain days?
time.com/7267756/repl...

It always amazes me how some days writing is complete slog. Nothing makes any sense. Then, the next day, I sit down again and the words flow. #amwriting #grateful

Thank you Sara for your courage and your witness!

And might I add a very out of season alleluia!

Amen!!

Er. Fund. We need to fund science though it would be nice if RFK found it.

Holy hell. This is why we need to find science.

When despair for the world overwhelms, sit in a coffee shop and watch all the German toddlers stuff enormous pretzels in their mouths. 🥨 Yum.

Oh my gosh. Be safe up there.

Canadian friends came over for dinner tonight and couldn’t understand what kind of Christianity has come to be in America.

Is the sticker in the corner something you added to the post or actually on the sticker in the grocery store?

The more you know 🌈

I’m so glad you’re taking care of yourself and jealous for your proximity to the beach

Congratulations 🎉 this sounds like a terrific read

Boycotts accompany prayer as faith leaders prepare for a Lent of protest (RNS) — The Rev. Jamal Bryant said he hopes 100,000 ‘conscientious Christians’ will have signed up by March 5 to mark the ‘season of denial’ by fasting from shopping at Target.

Protest for Lent. Amen.

As a sign of transfiguration?!?

you're allowed to make room for sadness. get the rest you need and know that you are not alone.

YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus "This Joy" by the Resistance Revival Chorus

Joy is in the resistance. Keep singing friends.

yeah, it's not good. none of this is good.

This is the post I saw when I posted. it's Facebook and it's not official but I don't know how these things can become official when people are kicked out of their offices and there may indeed be no one left.

I really want to believe it's not true.

so very very dark

YouTube video by Sweet Honey in the Rock - Topic Greed

The entire staff of Church World Service has been furloughed. Their task is to help people. That's all. Help people and instead they are being condemned by this administration. Here's a song for what is really happening with this supposed efficiency. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZLp...

So pretty and SO GREEN!

UCC Advocacy Resources for the First 100 Days - United Church of Christ "For Such a Time As This...." United Church of Christ: Responses to the First 100 Days The UCC Office of Public Policy and Advocacy in Washington D.C. is

So grateful to @unitedchurch.bsky.social for sharing these weekly actions. www.ucc.org/first100days...

For the parents out there: how are you talking to your littles about what's happening in America? I'm aware how quickly we demonize in how we talk about what is wrong and I really don't want to do that but I'm tripping over my words every time I try to explain why Mommy is so upset.

thank you!!!

Where I share a bit about what is giving me joy right now. And there will be joy dammit. prayerthreads.substack.com/p/midwinter-...

And I’m celebrating for this voice in the military. Proud military spouse today.