Gavin Ellis

I made a shirt for my next protest.

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Music at the Super Bowl

My son wanted to have a couple friends over to watch the game yesterday. I'm not much of a football guy, but have really been keeping up with it this year cause he's so into it. I was looking forward to hearing Jon Batiste perform the National Anthem as he has become a…

First talking about Greenland, then Panama and Canada, and now Gaza. I keep seeing people dismiss the brazen expansionism as distraction to the things he and Musk are really doing, but I'm not too sure. I think he honestly wants to expand the American Empire. And it is so very frightening.

I haven't been surprised by much Trump has done since becoming President again. He and his people have telegraphed most everything. I will say that though I'm not surprised, I'm truly horrified by it all. That being said, I am a bit shocked by how openly expansionist he has been so far.

Bullies aren't easy to deal with, especially when they have the powers of the Presidency of the United States behind them (both real and imagined).

But when you do stand up to them (as I watched Trudeau do tonight on behalf of Canada), you are able to bring people together in amazing ways.

In the midst of every crazy thing Trump has done so far, the tariffs announced today against our allies and friends to the north and south of us remind me how much he is just a bully.

8 Years Ago

Exactly 8 years ago (to the day), 10 days into President Trump's first term, I wrote the following. It's scary how similar my thoughts were then to where they are now, but things are so much more extreme now: "This last weekend, we finally sat down and watched an Indiana Jones movie…

Had one of my friends with dementia come in to the day program this morning and share with me, "I had a dream, and it was that you were feeling responsible for yourself way more than anyone on this planet should." It was a word I needed. Amazing what we can receive from these folks we care for.

On the one hand, I get it. The dangers I face are not nearly as real or imminent as the ones faced by these groups. On the other hand, I'm really not sure people realize how disastrous this coming season will be for ALL of us.

I keep seeing folks say that as a white straight christian male, I'm not going to have to deal with the fallout of Trump's presidency like my Black, LGBTQ, Hispanic, female, non-christian, or other minority brothers, sisters, or others.

What can I say, it's been a good week to finish the new Indiana Jones game on the Xbox. There's something cathartic about fighting nazis and fascists (even the cartoony indiana jones type).

Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you.

Here are ten things all of us can do.
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As a Christian who grew up in the evangelicalism that has embraced Trump, I keep asking myself if the universe is just trolling me. I mean, I don't believe in the Anti-Christ anymore, but Trump and his folks just keep doing everything they can to change that.

It's right up there with every 'prophet' in America prophesying that Trump would win in 2020. How are people still following this version of Christianity that is so contrary to everything of Christ?

I don't know if he's deluded, just a grifter, or something in between, but I watched a video of Sean Feucht talking about being at the worship service led by Bishop Budde posted on a friend's Facebook page. He called the Bishop a witch who was inspired by demons to bring her message. I just cannot.

There's a part of me that doubts myself. What if my right-wing Christian friends are right, and I've been led astray by the sin of too much empathy. Then I see Trump's and the right-wing response to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's call for mercy and realize that I truly am on the right side here.

Such a horrifying response to truth.

Been studying up on King Saul in the book of 1 Samuel these last few days in preparation for teaching Confirmation tomorrow. Most of the rabbit holes I ran down are not going to come up in class, but, hoo boy, do they give me an interesting lense to view current events through.

Was grocery shopping for work this morning and had a young whippersnapper in his 20s tell me that he liked my 'fit'. Okay, I'm hip to the lingo these young folk are laying down*.

*Please tell me this was a compliment. I actually have no idea what this younger generation means when they talk.

A lovely January afternoon to be out in creation in the pnw. It's actually a little jarring to stand outside and experience this amazing beauty after watching scenes of such destruction on the news. It reminds me how much we take for granted and truly how fragile our world is.

And no, I'm not arguing that they should have done the wrong thing. I'm instead realizingnhow much of an idealist I am and how painful it can sometimes be to be an idealist.

For example: the Democratic Party accepting the results of the election and Vice President Harris presiding over the certification of President Trump's electoral votes was definitely the right thing. And yet...

Truly not ready for these next four years. I want to believe it's all bluster & trolling, & I know some of it actually is, but it's just too much. What I want to figure out is how to talk to the believers around me that see him as good & redirect them towards the Jesus of the gospels.

Please, everybody: more curiosity, less judgement! I know the social medias are not built for this, but it will truly be better for your soul.

A liturgy/prayer for Christmas Eve from Celtic Daily Prayer by the Northumbria Community. Sped up from my original to get it to fit under 60 seconds.

watch... wait... listen... hear the song of the angels glorious.

so these last few years I've found myself wearing my top hat (this year with a sprig of holly added) & reading sherlock holmes pastiches that take place at christmas and listening to violin & cello renditions of christmas carols. Greensleeves and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen continue to be favorites.

An illustration of me dressed in a suit and vest with a red tie and a top hat holding a red book with Sherlock Holmes written on the cover. In the background there is a snowy victorian road decorated for christmas with a clock tower in the distance. It is nighttime.

But I've somehow taken this fascination with london of the 1890s that comes up every christmas season and smushed it together with my love of the great consulting detective,