Stacy Clopton

White text on a black background features a prayer addressing gun violence, asking for peace, justice, and healing. The tone is solemn.

Join us in prayer for the Brown University community. May we never grow complacent as we continue to work toward a just and peaceable world free from gun violence.

#PCUSA #EndGunViolence #Prayer

J & J (Crockett & Talarico) are both fine candidates and I will happily vote for whichever gets the nomination. Our current senators have happily sacrificed civil rights, healthcare, economic security, and the constitution on the altar of tax cuts for billionaires. Texans deserve better.

Nearly $500m of food aid at risk of spoilage after Trump USAid cuts US government auditors find cuts have ‘degraded USAid’s ability to distribute and safeguard humanitarian assistance’

Death and suffering among the world’s most vulnerable populations does not make us safer or strengthen our economy.

In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.

Christianity should be less about believing in Christ and more about trying to live like Christ.
That means feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, setting free the captive, and welcoming the stranger.

Image is a 3rd Century depiction of Jesus as the Good Shepherd by an unknown artist.

So they don't just reject this pastor's plea for mercy & empathy. They can't just ignore it. It *angers* them. They want her punished for it.

Prize for the Fire by Rilla Askew
Lexicon by Max Barry

Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".

Another woman of courage and integrity.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Okay Bluesky. Show me what you got.