Clay Williams

The Poison of Ignorance Repenting of the Three Poisons: Week 1

Living Christ Sangha is hosting a Lenten series on how we repent from the poisons of ignorance, greed, and anger. This is the text of our handout for our first session on ignorance.
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Silence Recollecting Ourselves

Silence is not just the absence of noise. It is also the presence of meaning.
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I got my copy today!! Thank you for writing this. 🙏

A New Series on Self Care Nourishing the Body, Mind, and Spirit

If you’re stressed by our chaotic world, please check out a new series on self-care that I’m offering on The Suture (my Substack publication.)

Imprisoned by the Three Poisons The persistence of Trumpism in the wake of American decline

In this essay, I wrestle with questions that have troubled me deeply: how can a sizable minority of our country support the current administration’s actions? How do they not see where Trump is leading us?
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Waiting in the Now A Practice for Advent and Beyond

Please check out my new Christmas Eve post on waiting and the authentic life. thesuture.substack.com/p/waiting-in...

Home - AIDS United In the ongoing work for social justice and true equity, ending the HIV epidemic in the United States is our chosen role. We’ve seen firsthand how the intersectionality of social injustice, discriminat...

In a year in which all Federal agencies have inexplicably been instructed not to commemorate World AIDS Day in any way, I stand in love, solidarity, and resistance with all who are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. As an HIV+ person, I refuse to be erased.

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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.

@shannonvallor.bsky.social -- I think "The AI Mirror" is a masterpiece, and I used it as part of a retreat I just led on AI at Trinity Retreat Center. Thank you for your work!

And did you see this item from CNN? What a world...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...

Getting off the Wire, Part 3 Repairing the Breach

The final post in my "Getting Off the Wire" series is now live.
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Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
—DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Getting Off the Wire, Part 2 Reducing the Harm

My next Substack essay is now live! thesuture.substack.com/p/getting-of...

Me too.

In the midst of WTF times, please continue to share your insights on AI. I really loved "The AI Mirror."

Community building Wednesday—fine folks to follow! @bill-maxwell.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @theogccd.bsky.social @raykwong.bsky.social @qm-b.bsky.social @fredbluevoter.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @markymark757.bsky.social

Getting Off the Wire, Part 1 Preparing to Reduce the Harm

Check out my new Substack essay, first in a three part series on reducing the harm being cause by the Trump administration. open.substack.com/pub/thesutur...

Great crowd - I love this! Here is NYC.

“Power wants your body softening in a chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them.” -- Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny" lesson #13 #HandsOff #April5 #Resist

I’m joining hundreds of activists at #AIDSWatch from Mar 31-Apr 2, 2025, where we will organize and visit Capitol Hill 🏛️ to argue for HIV/AIDS policies that are grounded in science 🧬and compassion 🙏 and to remind Congress: Nothing For Us, Without Us! 💯

Arrived to this inauspicious but unsurprising news, and an equally inauspicious jumbo screen during opening remarks, proudly displaying this *deeply* messed up AI-generated cat

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

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Generally speaking, slashing government funding for Christian organizations like Catholic Relief Services, attacking Lutheran charities, and maligning the US Conference of Catholic Bishops isn't especially pro-Christian.

There is so much to stand against right now. So today I’m feeling a strong urge to stand FOR justice, compassion, inclusion, and community.

Thinking of you fondly, friends.

[saw this sign in NYC this week while visiting and found it moving]

Harlem Night Song Come, Let us roam the night together Singing. I love you. Across The Harlem roof-tops Moon is shining Night sky is blue. Stars are great drops Of golden dew. In the cabaret The jazz-band’s playing. I love you. Come, Let us roam the night together Singing.

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"Let us roam the night together..."
—Langston Hughes

#blackhistorymonth #poetry #ForgottenPoets

Cultivating the Ground of Goodness Restoring Ourselves

Today, I published part 2 in a series on how Trump won and what we can do. This essay focuses on how we manage our mental health and well-being.

Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"

FAA Administrator Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign The Federal Aviation Administration’s leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit. The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of...

Details: news.yahoo.com/news/faa-adm...

This needs to go viral. #musk #coup

To be clear, I 100% believe that the primary barrier to Elon Musk gaining control of the Treasury payments system is COBOL

“We set up conditions for our happiness and become trapped. Happiness can come to us at any time if we’re free.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh

Contact your senators and representative and tell them that congress must act immediately to repair the harm caused by this security breach.

Elon Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system System disburses trillions of dollars in US government spending each year, including social security

Elon Musk has not taken an official role in the US Government, meaning he is merely a Republican political operative. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has authorized a massive breach of security by granting Musk and his team access to mission critical government systems.

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