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Kansas refugee. A dissident and resisting the empire every day. Episcopal priest- the same Church as Bishop Budde.

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Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.

Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

01.02.2026 17:40 — 👍 21455    🔁 3832    💬 355    📌 184
Execution of a martyr.

Execution of a martyr.

Alex is now one of the countless martyrs of empire through the centuries, including Jesus.

26.01.2026 15:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Brian!

23.01.2026 21:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One Ring to Rule Them All More Apropos Than Ever

We don’t need Caesar’s sword as the Ring of Power, for Jesus has already given the church two powers—the power of forgiveness (the keys of the kingdom) and the power of the Holy Spirit.

23.01.2026 21:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

23.01.2026 16:01 — 👍 16228    🔁 20398    💬 216    📌 348

“Waiting for Christianity to arrive on the shores of America.”

10.01.2026 00:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Falling Apart, Coming Together CAC faculty member Brian McLaren introduces the 2026 Daily Meditations theme: “Good News for a Fractured World.” Our world is deeply fractured. We see the

cac.org/daily-medita...

04.01.2026 13:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Christianity the way it is preached is nothing but a way to torment people, and it’s only getting worse…” Asle from Septology by Jon Fosse.

29.12.2025 16:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Christianity the way it is preached is nothing but a way to torment people, and it’s only getting worse…” Asle from Septology by Jon Fosse.

29.12.2025 16:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Greatest Novel Ever Written Yes, it's "The Brothers Karamazov"

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26.12.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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To all who celebrate: Merry Christmas from my beautiful family to yours!

25.12.2025 15:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks. I’ve not had the best of luck finding a good na wine. Buzzkill isn’t bad, especially their Cabernet… but it’s in cans.

25.12.2025 00:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If interested try Athletic (Na beer).

24.12.2025 23:46 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Didn’t happen unless you share the label… please!

24.12.2025 23:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Beautiful

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Hell...and How to Get There When readers talk to me about my books the one that comes up most frequently is Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God. And now Penguin Random House tells me it’s available on Kindle for $1.99. I’m not ...

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19.12.2025 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reminds me…

15.12.2025 23:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m reading Jon Fosse’s “Septology” and your post reminds of the paintings of the protagonist. I recommend the book.

15.12.2025 23:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thirty-four years ago today, I was ordained a priest in Christ’s One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I am grateful and humbled for all my experiences through the years. It’s been an amazing journey full of twists and turns but a deep personal blessing that God continues to take me deeper.

14.12.2025 12:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Seems like this should be the minimum a follower of Jesus should do. But alas…

02.12.2025 20:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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From him, through him, for him, to him... Bradley Jersak …are all things, including all people.

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30.11.2025 12:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What would happen if moral values shaped our economic life rather than market forces?

16.11.2025 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.”- GK Chesterton

15.11.2025 20:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I recommend Brian’s reflections. He articulates my feelings/experiences of well-meaning preachers who lose the mystery of the Gospel story, attempting to somehow solve it, losing the beauty of it in the process.

14.11.2025 11:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t have Senators I can contact because both are *rumpers. I could call them but the calls would be ignored. I hope the Dems don’t cave.

09.11.2025 23:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

They go down during a depression

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#WarRavagedPortland

08.10.2025 11:23 — 👍 36251    🔁 11255    💬 1269    📌 1807

I believe it has its roots in paganism. It’s the violence posited on God that gets me. Rene Girard is helpful in understanding this movement. One might argue that Christianity has yet to arrive on our shores.

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Bishop Craig Loya is speaking to the Fall Meeting of the House of Bishops of the #Episcopal Church about the missional journey of being a remnant church. We need to invest in strengthening the core, not convincing the edges as we focus on launching and canoes more than repairing the ocean liner. ⚓️

12.09.2025 13:50 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

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