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Charing Chen (陳查令)

@charingchen.bsky.social

Taiwanese American in Chicagoland studying the Hebrew Bible through queer and postcolonial lenses.

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Quick countryside trip (90 mins out, barns everywhere 🌾). Lunch, new toys, and wild thoughts of moving. But nah—still a city soul.

Bonus: NASCAR cleared traffic + we caught this airship over downtown! 🛸 #ChicagoMoment #RoadtripWin

06.07.2025 01:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
2025 06 22 Sunday Worship
YouTube video by Eden United Church of Christ Chicago 2025 06 22 Sunday Worship

I join Eden United Church of Christ, Chicago, today as a member. It's starting about 16:25 of this video.
youtu.be/H1xXBr7yeO0?...

23.06.2025 01:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Home | Eden UCC Chicago

I will be joining Eden United Church of Christ (Chicago) tomorrow. If you are interested, you can participate in the service in-person or on Zoom.

www.edenuccchicago.org

21.06.2025 12:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Juneteenth Reading List - AAR Some Suggested Titles from AAR's Reading Religion Reading Religion is an openly accessible book review website published by the American Academy of Religion. The site provides up-to-date coverage of s...

aarweb.org/news/junetee...

19.06.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@onaucc.bsky.social
Free Pride Month Devotional that we Compiled to Bless you this Pride Month and Beyond!
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18.06.2025 18:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A graphic featuring the transgender pride flag as a torn paper background with horizontal stripes of light blue, pink, and white. Centered bold black text reads:
“TRANS YOUTH ARE BELOVED.
TRANS YOUTH DESERVE CARE.
THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER.”
At the bottom of the graphic, in smaller white text:
“The Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ stands with trans youth.”
The Coalition’s logo is centered at the top of the image.

A graphic featuring the transgender pride flag as a torn paper background with horizontal stripes of light blue, pink, and white. Centered bold black text reads: “TRANS YOUTH ARE BELOVED. TRANS YOUTH DESERVE CARE. THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER.” At the bottom of the graphic, in smaller white text: “The Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ stands with trans youth.” The Coalition’s logo is centered at the top of the image.

The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s cruel ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
We grieve. We rage. We resist.
Trans youth are sacred. This fight is not over.

Read our full statement:
openandaffirming.org/trans-youth-...
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCC #ONA #SacredResistance

18.06.2025 16:23 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society LGBTQ South Side History

www.hydeparkhistory.org/lgbtq-south-...

17.06.2025 16:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Outfit.

16.06.2025 01:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'No Kings' protests fill streets in Chicago and suburbs: Live updates The rally at Daley Plaza started at noon with a moment of silence for the shootings in Minnesota.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a tireless civil rights advocate throughout his life, was seen Saturday at the downtown rally with family and Rep. Chuy Garcia.

14.06.2025 21:42 — 👍 129    🔁 29    💬 0    📌 0

Lots of efforts to prepare a trip. But, it's worth!

14.06.2025 20:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We've partnered w/ the Alzheimer’s Association to launch two new resources for ONA churches: a Purple Sunday Toolkit (drive.google.com/file/d/1y0hF...) + Clergy Guide (here: drive.google.com/file/d/1i3kN...) Plan a Purple Sunday to show up for LGBTQ+ caregivers

#PurpleSunday #ONAChurch #ENDALZ

14.06.2025 00:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Grief and hope: The theological legacy of Walter Brueggemann (RNS) — The theologian, who died June 5 at age 92, read the Bible not as a scientific account or a rigid moral code but as sacred myth that could still speak with truth and urgency.

religionnews.com/2025/06/05/g... Grief and hope: The theological legacy of Walter Brueggemann - The Presbyterian Outlook

12.06.2025 15:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LGBTQ Archiving Toolkit • LGBTQ Religious Archives Network How to Use the Toolkit

Nice toolkit.
lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/toolkit

11.06.2025 15:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Adam and I paid our respects to life lost during the civil war.

10.06.2025 23:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rev. Derek Terry wrote & shared this sacred text for the National Trans Visibility March at World Pride in DC. It's a holy reminder: trans lives are sacred. Feel free to share & use it in your own spaces.

#TransVisibility #ONAChurch #FaithfulResistance

08.06.2025 17:31 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

07.06.2025 04:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 Māori Party lawmakers for haka protest Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and her colleagues from Te Pāti Māori, the Māori Party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, are barred for 21 days.

apnews.com/article/new-...

05.06.2025 12:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This coming Friday, June 6th, at 6:30 pm, there will be a small Taiwanese Christian gathering at our place. PM me if you are interested in coming.

04.06.2025 16:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow is #GiveOUTDay—and we need you with us.
Early giving is open, but we’re still far from our goal.
🎯 5,000 donors. Just $10 each.
Show up with love.
Fuel this movement for justice + joy.
🌈 Donate now: www.giveoutday.org/organization...
#ONA #Pride2025

04.06.2025 12:27 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

04.06.2025 00:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Two books share certain characteristics of each other.

29.05.2025 01:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

姊要不要再來一起錄?

29.05.2025 01:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This old tool saves the day. Now, the SACD player is up and running again!😀

28.05.2025 16:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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S7E2|願他們合而為一:酷兒的愛、信仰與歸屬 (約翰福音 17) 神/上帝的酷兒 | Queer of God Podcast 分享者:陳查令 內容摘要 Summary 在這集節目中,我們透過耶穌在《約翰福音》17章的禱告,從酷兒神學的觀點,探討愛、合一與被看見的神聖共融,為所有在信仰與身份中掙扎的人帶來力量與盼望。 議題討論 Discussion 耶穌的禱告與合一的真正意義 這段禱告在你的信仰旅程中帶給你什麼啟發? 「合一」是否意味著放棄差異,還是相互尊重中的共融? 酷兒神學如何解讀「神的榮耀」 你如何理解「被看見…

《S7E2|願他們合而為一:酷兒的愛、信仰與歸屬 (約翰福音 17)》
queerofgod.com/archives/4163

27.05.2025 05:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Another new episode. Check it out!

27.05.2025 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Our friends are performing at a community bar. Photo credit: Adam.

24.05.2025 20:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I realized that I might have failed quitting Amazon, because I kept asking Adam to purchase products for me. It's harder than I thought.

23.05.2025 21:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I recorded a new episode for Queer Meditation.

22.05.2025 16:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Registration is still just $250 for the 2025 ONA National Gathering! Join us in Kansas City, MO July 9–10 for worship, justice, and community. Featuring Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson!
Register: openandaffirming.networkforgood.com/events/83144...

21.05.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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How 'money, power or greed' ripped the Nooksack 306 from their homes - and their tribe Elizabeth Oshiro was a member of the Nooksack Indian Tribe. A part of the family. Welcome to live on their tribal land. Until she wasn’t.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... The Nooksack 306 lost their tribal membership and their homes

22.05.2025 11:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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