Rev Kelly Turney

Wait for it Habakkuk 1: 1-4, 2: 1-4 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE October 5, 2025 A masked ICE agent sprayed David Black, pastor of Firs...

"Whether we believe in God or not, we all live by faith. We hardly know some days what might happen next and more often than not, we can’t predict the outcome of the choices and actions of others, let alone our own."
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Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads: “Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years. The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.” Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”

This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡

My first Pentecost in New England (and I've had 25 of them) where not even one parishioner was wearing Red Sox clothing! Bizarre. #Pentecostspirit

My first Pentecost in New England (and I've had 25 of them) where not parishioner was wearing Red Sox clothing! Bizarre. #Pentecostspirit

Done. Thanks for the assist

Draft COVID-19 Vaccine Comment How to Submit Your Comment (Reminder): Go to: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001 Click on the "Comment" button. Copy and paste your finalized comment into the text field (or up...

If you're mad, take a minute to submit a comment on the vaccine to the FDA!

There's less than one day left to submit. I wrote draft comments anyone could use, take what you need, and instructions on how to post it. Modify as you will for you, but please submit one!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

As a reminder, she didn’t even run a red light, something DHS harped on as her disobeying US laws. The cops eventually admitted they pulled over the wrong car.

“We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport.”

—Parker Palmer

The Jesus story is not an exam to learn content. It is about following. It is not about maintaining an institution but changing our world. Rev. Dr. Brian Blount at the Festival of Homiletics. #FOH2025

"We are not called to perfection, but to faithfulness."- Otis Moss III #FOH2025

FYI: @rns.org broke this story, and we're probably gonna break many more this year too.

In this instance, that was largely because we've been covering faith-based refugee resettlement more than anyone for years.

That's true of many things we cover.

Follow RNS — and hire more religion reporters.

#foh2025

#foh2025

Due to the state of affairs here Rev. Allan Boesak made the difficult decision not to come to #FOH2025. But his sermon was 🔥. Two lines: The easy burden of Jesus is to tell the truth when it is more profitable to lie; We come to Jesus not to run away & hide but to turn around & face the world again.

"Isolation feeds despair, but solidarity breaks it."- Rev. Dr. Melva Sampson #FOH2025

From Dr. Melva Sampson:
“We’re healed not by running from the truth, but confronting it.” / “Prophetic witness is not a spiritual elective; it is the Church‘s birthright.” / “We have to refuse to trade the thunder of the prophets for the hush of respectability.” #FOH2025

No crowns. No thrones. No kings.

Those are principles America was founded upon.

On June 14, let’s stand together again to remind Trump and all of our fellow Americans that we don’t do kings in this country: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Keep Standing We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.

Now is the time to stand tall. open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

'Community of All Creation' a Far Cry from Fossil-Fuel Dependence The Social Principles Part 2 plus Today's Updates

Continuing our social media experiment this week, check out our Substack post with today's updates at the end.
open.substack.com/pub/unitedme...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

A screenshot of a Karoline Leavitt at the White House press briefing room. The text overlay states: "WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT WILL DECIDE WHICH MEDIA OUTLETS COVER TRUMP IN PRESS POOL." The date "Feb. 25" and location "Washington" are displayed in the upper right corner. The image suggests a discussion about media access and press coverage related to former President Donald Trump.

We stop this now, or we become like Russia. Plain as day.

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Good thread for us Christians to listen to! Kelly Brown Douglas' book *What's Faith Got to Do With It? Black Bodies / Christian Souls* really helped me understand WHY or faith has so often been on the side of oppression and how we make sense of that with Jesus' love.

Go birds

BEST #superbowlcommercial loving the affirmation of diversity and the opportunity for collective effervescence singing "take me home." Thanks rocket.com

Thanks for Thorne. I needed a message of community and folks coming together across differences today #wildrobot

All folks take note. Use your buying power to support your values.

Have I told you that a group of indexers volunteered their time and energy to index the monstrosity that is Project 2025? This is NOT made with AI, but only professional indexers. Please bookmark and boost! Share it with journalists!

indexersguidetoproject2025.com