Kelley

Beyoncé wins the Grammy for best country album for “Cowboy Carter,” becoming the first Black artist to win the award.

“Wow, I was really not expecting this,” Beyoncé said, thanking God, country artists and her family. wapo.st/42Fp6LB

If we spend the next four years shouting “I told you so” at people, they’re either going to dig in or disengage. We need people to reengage and join us. They’re getting screwed too, and we can’t afford to turn anybody away—even if it makes you feel superior.

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Kelley (@revkelley.bsky.social) PC(USA) clergy. Hiker. Mom. Wife. Master of two Labradoodles. LQBTQIA+ ally 🌈. She/Her. USAF Spouse. Solvitur Ambulando 💚

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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There a lot of Christians out there who think women shouldn’t be pastors.

Bishop Mariann Budde proclaimed the gospel more boldly or beautifully today than any one of them ever have or ever will.

God is light and in God there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with God while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true.
- 1 John 1:5-6

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.

#MosaicMonday

In the waters of baptism, we belong to God 💙💦

Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and peace activist, dies at 100 Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after he left office. He was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and human rights.

Jimmy Carter, former president and peace activist, dies

www.npr.org/2024/12/29/1...

'Homeless' is NOT a Lie Take it from a guy who has been there and back

Folks, this one is PERSONAL to me. Elon Musk said that "Homeless" is a lie.

Since I was actually once homeless myself, I know it's not a lie.

This Substack article is totally FREE. Please read, share, and subscribe. 🙏💪
brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/homeless-i...

A cartoon of a worksite styled days-since-injury sign that reads “0 days since cis nonsense.”

I made the mistake of looking at the American news and I am so exhausted, and sad, and angry. Ohio functionally banning trans people from schools, and that’s just a thing now?

Opinion | If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us? (Gift Article) A bereaved mother’s case against our grief-phobic culture.

"I keep coming back to something Wendy Lichtenthal, a lead author of the Lancet paper, told me: Our culture has a profound lack of 'grief literacy.'”

From this gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

Oh so bittersweet and beautiful. Peace to you.

Imagine being more outraged about a pardoned son than a convicted felon as leader of the free world

I bow before you,
Divine Father,
Holy Mother,
Eternal Source of my existence.
Your heart is my home,
from you I have come
and to you I journey this day.

-Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim
by Edward Hays

My daughter gifted the family with a calendar with pictures of our dogs. Here is November’s picture.
#humandogs #howifeelthesedays