Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber

Grave with Halloween decorations, including a ghost saying boo!

Visited mom‘s grave with my sister today & we saw this decoration. I don’t know the family, but I do love them 🥹😄

Lovely!

Folks don’t take enough time to appreciate that 😄

You’ve been warned

Note: “demanded *cheap* bread.” Not handouts, but fair treatment

The affluent often portray the demands of the impoverished as cries for handouts,when they’re simply calls for what is due

Yeah, can’t go wrong with Déjà Vu

A pope promoting
- Life before death
- Liberation prior to heaven
- Faith centered in compassion

I‘ll choose a chicken-wielding Dr. Who fan to be on my side in any scenario, any day of the week

Thanks for bringing this to attention!
Ever since reading Girl with All the Gifts, I've been 100% on learning about fungi (especially cordyceps!)

Ah, the affliction of believing that because you have expertise in one area, you must also have expertise in areas well outside your lane

This looks fab
Cheers, @emuehlbe.bsky.social!

Editorial: McElroy makes it clear: the Gospels compel us to confront 'fear and terror' McElroy's message to reject indifference toward indiscriminate, violent deportation arrives with a desperately needed clarity amid the unfortunate clutter of voices on the issue, even within the churc...

"We cannot ignore our neighbors being hauled off by masked, unidentified agents, without warrant, due process or knowing where they are being sent or for how long." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions Abstract. Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is a book about how magic disappears from early Christian texts that feature

my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.

so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.

Good grief!

I’ll get started on the campaign materials!

If anyone wants to run on a pro-siesta platform, you have my vote

Regrettably, I’d expand this beyond these borders (and time)

Jim’s point is important
If my faith’s focus is just reducing anxiety over death, is it Christ whom I love or simply myself?

Salvation after death is important, but needs to paired with the challenge of salvation in this life, transforming the world & people’s lives for the better

Pete Haggett, speaking to generals courtesy of New York Times Pool photo by Andrew Harnik

Pacifism’s a very difficult concept in the Gospels

But Hegseth calling it wholly naïve, ignoble, and unwise reveals a Christian faith used to justify, rather than challenge, our basest instincts

Fantastic! We have something similar with Iowa universities

Love how quick the turnaround is if you only need a chapter, or an article

Interlibrary Loan,
I love you and would follow you to the gates of Hell.
*same for libraries & the amazing folks who run them*

Nations led by people who promote cruelty as virtue & profit from misery should not call themselves Christian

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Important observations/questions raised by Hamid

In politics, Christianity should be an outside critic & agitator, not an agent (ultimately making it a tool) of the establishment

New pod! Mike talks to Jennifer Barry about Gender Violence in Late Antiquity

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Text of Cardinal McElroy’s homily for World Day of Migrants and Refugees - Catholic Standard

"We are witnessing a comprehensive governmental assault designed to produce fear and terror among millions of men and women." #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForAmerica www.cathstan.org/voices/text-...

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*roar*

Solidarity & prayers to my brothers and sisters who are Mormon 💔

Good morning, BlueSky
A bit of beauty for your timeline

Bearing false witness stigmas are, woefully, a thing of the past

First Nations Version Psalms and... book by Terry M. Wildman Buy a cheap copy of First Nations Version Psalms and... book by Terry M. Wildman. Discover the rich tapestry of human emotion and divine wisdom with the First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs. The ...

Excited for this indigenous translation 👇

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