Sermon for Trans, Nonbinary & Two-Spirit Clergy of The Episcopal Church Twenty-one Trans, Nonbinary, and Two-Spirit Clergy of the Episcopal Church recently gathered for a retreat in Northern California. We had three days of sabbath, connection, networking, and energizing....

We were so grateful that Aaron Scott, the churchwide Gender Justice Officer, preached at our recent clergy retreat, honoring the feast of the Reverend Florence Li Tim Oi. Sharing his sermon here. May it strengthen and inspire you as it did us. 🕯️ www.transepiscopal.org/blog/sermon-...

AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism.

NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness. 
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Moms told me there were children in Dilley who were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide. Kids lost their appetites after finding worms in their food and were constantly sick. Recently, there were also measles cases at the center. 7/

This is true and important

This passage from the latest @mskellymhayes.bsky.social podcast stood out to me, but the entire exchange is worth reading or listening to:

This book is truly so so important, theologically, pastorally, ecclesiologically. I need to re-read it.

I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK ALL THE TIME, IT CHANGED MY DNA

it's fascinating how we haven't been able to move past these dynamics

How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.

NPR covering your 1st period & the story of how you got pads—is a lot, esp. at 12. 😞

“simple act of obtaining a menstrual pad for a pre-teen's 1st period turned into an underground operation involving a faith leader, multiple neighbors & a clandestine network of mpls volunteers.” shorturl.at/dlJf6

And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.

Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors

All about "reactionary centrism" Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.

Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.

I’m seeing events in Madison at 12PM, 3:30PM, and 4:30PM. I hope the organizations get their ducks in a row fast!…

A screenshot of a guide detailing items you should bring to a protest, including: cell phone (possible a burner) cash protest stole cell phone power bank sharpie (to write important info on your body) snacks water (for hydration and first aid) plastic bags for wet/sticky objects extra t-shirt backpack to carry everything first aid kit

The Episcopal Church has put together a very impressive toolkit for protesting, including tips for clergy in particular. Truly inspiring. This is how Christians ought to be engaging the moment.
www.episcopalchurch.org/protesting-f...

For Alex Jeffrey Pretti Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026 by Amanda Gorman We wake with no words, just woe & wound. Our own country shoot ing us in the back is not just brutal ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement, but execution. A message: Love your people e you will die. Yet our greatest threat isn't the outsiders among us, but those among us who never look within. Fear not the those without papers, but those without conscience. Know that to care intensively, united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today & a profound, daring hope for tomorrow. We can feel we have nothing to give, & still belove this world wait ing, trembling to change. If we cannot find words, may we find the will; if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our humanity. The only undying thing is mercy, the courage to open ourselves like doors, hug our neighbor, & save one more bright, impossible life.

The heartbreakingly beauty of Amanda Gorman’s words for humanity. Be the light. Save a soul.

Praying.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

trying to self-reflect on the many times in the past i have failed to empathize and stand with black americans as they experienced what us white folks are feeling for the first time under this regime. i failed to see and respect them. i have a lot to make up for. i hope others can do the same

Do you know this story about Tutu? Been thinking about it. storiesforpreaching.com.au/sermonillust...

today the fascists killed a nurse who did good work for the people in his care

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

Keep circulating the tapes

It is important that tomorrow’s gospel begins with a religious and political dissident disappeared, soon to be executed, by a corrupt state because he critiqued that state excess and immorality.

I cry out against injustice, but only to say to the unjust: Be converted! I cry out in the name of suffering, of those who suffer injustice, but only to say to the criminals: Be converted! Do not be wicked! DECEMBER 1, 1977

Reading Oscar Romero:

CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.

There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.

This is my favorite guide.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

the idea that this is evil is older than writing

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

A photo of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in Minneapolis holding a sign that says “FUCK ICE.”

Minnesota nice (except for ICE).

Yeah.