Chaplain Dollar Tree Darth Vader
@chaplaindarth.bsky.social
Ph.D Patristic Theology and Anti-Jewish Polemics. Reverend Doctor. CPE instructor. Terminally cranky hospital chaplain. Terminally queer. Terminally living with stage 4 cancer. Terminally optimistic. Lutheran. Ukraine medical aid enthusiast. #NAFO
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Not sure how many of you are refugees from X I know or are new followers. Quick lowdown if you don't know me. I'm a hospital chaplain, a queer Lutheran, married to a trauma surgeon. Most of my posts involve medical aid and aid to Ukraine, healthcare and healthcare disinfo.
Everyday I wake up knowing I'm going to die of cancer. I know it in my bones. Literally. I have 2 choices: hope or despair. I chose hope. Not for a cure, but that my work matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Everyday I wake up knowing I'm going to die of cancer. I know it in my bones. Literally. I have 2 choices: hope or despair. I chose hope. Not for a cure, but that my work matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
Everyday I wake up knowing I'm going to die of cancer. I know it in my bones. Literally. I have 2 choices: hope or despair. I chose hope. Not for a cure, but that my work matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Everyday I wake up knowing I'm going to die of cancer. I know it in my bones. Literally. I have 2 choices: hope or despair. I chose hope. Not for a cure, but that my work matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
This regime is afraid of We The People. The greatest weapons they have are despair and apathy. What you do matters.
Keep watch, O God, with those who work, watch and weep this night--in anguish from war and terror, crushed by despair, oppressed by fear. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted all for your love’s sake. Amen.
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Keep watch, O God, with those who work, watch and weep this night--in anguish from war and terror, crushed by despair, oppressed by fear. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted all for your love’s sake. Amen.
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Thousands marched through the streets of Minneapolis tonight and ended at the barricaded vigil site for Renee Nicole Good who was fatally shot yesterday by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Thousands marched through the streets of Minneapolis tonight and ended at the barricaded vigil site for Renee Nicole Good who was fatally shot yesterday by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Yes, taxes fund this. That doesn't have anything to do with whether people should cause themselves moral injury and psychological harm watching that video. It doesn't bring her back. When there are actions and work people can do.
(goose chasing man image)
"Who's paying that agent, Chaplain?"
Always check the order before you depart the store, always check in on whether filing taxes this year is a war crime.
"Who's paying that agent, Chaplain?"
Always check the order before you depart the store, always check in on whether filing taxes this year is a war crime.
January 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Yes, taxes fund this. That doesn't have anything to do with whether people should cause themselves moral injury and psychological harm watching that video. It doesn't bring her back. When there are actions and work people can do.
Hi. Chaplain here. You have no moral of ethical compunction to watch the ICE shooting video. It won't bring the victim back and will likely traumatize you. Put your outrage and energy into protest/organizing/donating/supporting immigrants.
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Hi. Chaplain here. You have no moral of ethical compunction to watch the ICE shooting video. It won't bring the victim back and will likely traumatize you. Put your outrage and energy into protest/organizing/donating/supporting immigrants.
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This is the agent that murdered the woman in Minneapolis on 1/7/2026.
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is the agent that murdered the woman in Minneapolis on 1/7/2026.
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Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t just absurd, it’s dangerous. It risks destroying NATO, empowers China and Russia, and drags the U.S. back toward 19th-century imperial thinking. We have to stop this, as I told @stephruhle.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t just absurd, it’s dangerous. It risks destroying NATO, empowers China and Russia, and drags the U.S. back toward 19th-century imperial thinking. We have to stop this, as I told @stephruhle.bsky.social
This isn't subtle. This movie is about death and literal doom (DOOM). And how our favorite superheroes face these realities.
It asks us too. In the face of death and the evil around us. How will we live? We can let evil win by despairing and dooming or we can fight.
youtube.com/watch?v=kH1X...
It asks us too. In the face of death and the evil around us. How will we live? We can let evil win by despairing and dooming or we can fight.
youtube.com/watch?v=kH1X...
Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026
YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment
youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This isn't subtle. This movie is about death and literal doom (DOOM). And how our favorite superheroes face these realities.
It asks us too. In the face of death and the evil around us. How will we live? We can let evil win by despairing and dooming or we can fight.
youtube.com/watch?v=kH1X...
It asks us too. In the face of death and the evil around us. How will we live? We can let evil win by despairing and dooming or we can fight.
youtube.com/watch?v=kH1X...
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Was already a proud member. Also Doubletree gives you a warm chocolate chip cookie.
January 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Was already a proud member. Also Doubletree gives you a warm chocolate chip cookie.
I do palliative care consults. Often my role is to tell patients and their families they are dying. I'm the grim reaper of the palliative care team.
I say DEATH. The scary word because someone has to. I sit with them in silence after that word or leave if they tell me to fuck off. It's my job.
I say DEATH. The scary word because someone has to. I sit with them in silence after that word or leave if they tell me to fuck off. It's my job.
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I do palliative care consults. Often my role is to tell patients and their families they are dying. I'm the grim reaper of the palliative care team.
I say DEATH. The scary word because someone has to. I sit with them in silence after that word or leave if they tell me to fuck off. It's my job.
I say DEATH. The scary word because someone has to. I sit with them in silence after that word or leave if they tell me to fuck off. It's my job.
Had to head to the ER. The irony of the nurse concerned about "drug-seeking" behavior...at the facility where I work. In the system where I receive treatment. I mean I am in fact seeking medication to treat an acute pain crisis that requires a specific protocol. Who knew we exaggerate bone met pain.
December 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Had to head to the ER. The irony of the nurse concerned about "drug-seeking" behavior...at the facility where I work. In the system where I receive treatment. I mean I am in fact seeking medication to treat an acute pain crisis that requires a specific protocol. Who knew we exaggerate bone met pain.
Verbum caro factum est
Et habitavit in nobis!
The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us!
Dwells among us in children murdered by drones.In migrants snatched by masked men.In wordless anguish.In the cries from blood-soaked grounds in every tongues, "Why doesn't God stop evil?"
"Why don't we?"
📕 ⚓
Et habitavit in nobis!
The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us!
Dwells among us in children murdered by drones.In migrants snatched by masked men.In wordless anguish.In the cries from blood-soaked grounds in every tongues, "Why doesn't God stop evil?"
"Why don't we?"
📕 ⚓
December 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Verbum caro factum est
Et habitavit in nobis!
The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us!
Dwells among us in children murdered by drones.In migrants snatched by masked men.In wordless anguish.In the cries from blood-soaked grounds in every tongues, "Why doesn't God stop evil?"
"Why don't we?"
📕 ⚓
Et habitavit in nobis!
The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us!
Dwells among us in children murdered by drones.In migrants snatched by masked men.In wordless anguish.In the cries from blood-soaked grounds in every tongues, "Why doesn't God stop evil?"
"Why don't we?"
📕 ⚓
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Ah: reached out to the pastor of this church — @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social — and he sent along a photo of the sign in question:
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Ah: reached out to the pastor of this church — @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social — and he sent along a photo of the sign in question:
Getting real tired of seeing nurse and MD tiktokers mocking pain patients and making patient suffering the butt of jokes. Fun fact if chaplains see these and it's staff where we work. It's not just a moral obligation to report it's an ethical obligation under our board certification.
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Getting real tired of seeing nurse and MD tiktokers mocking pain patients and making patient suffering the butt of jokes. Fun fact if chaplains see these and it's staff where we work. It's not just a moral obligation to report it's an ethical obligation under our board certification.
#NAFO Y'all know the deal. With these
Hey NAFO folks have a small urgent fundraiser for SAM Junctional tourniquet carriers x2 for Vasily ($18 each). Also from a doc for video laryngoscopes x2 ($62 each). These assist with intubation. Total is 158 all together.
PP: smileyrn333@gmail.com
Hey NAFO folks have a small urgent fundraiser for SAM Junctional tourniquet carriers x2 for Vasily ($18 each). Also from a doc for video laryngoscopes x2 ($62 each). These assist with intubation. Total is 158 all together.
PP: smileyrn333@gmail.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#NAFO Y'all know the deal. With these
Hey NAFO folks have a small urgent fundraiser for SAM Junctional tourniquet carriers x2 for Vasily ($18 each). Also from a doc for video laryngoscopes x2 ($62 each). These assist with intubation. Total is 158 all together.
PP: smileyrn333@gmail.com
Hey NAFO folks have a small urgent fundraiser for SAM Junctional tourniquet carriers x2 for Vasily ($18 each). Also from a doc for video laryngoscopes x2 ($62 each). These assist with intubation. Total is 158 all together.
PP: smileyrn333@gmail.com
Blessed 2nd Week of Advent.
We ponder Judgement.
"The coming of God is not only a message of joy, but also fearful news for anyone who has a conscience.”
--Bonhoeffer
We ponder Judgement.
"The coming of God is not only a message of joy, but also fearful news for anyone who has a conscience.”
--Bonhoeffer
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Blessed 2nd Week of Advent.
We ponder Judgement.
"The coming of God is not only a message of joy, but also fearful news for anyone who has a conscience.”
--Bonhoeffer
We ponder Judgement.
"The coming of God is not only a message of joy, but also fearful news for anyone who has a conscience.”
--Bonhoeffer
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This seems silly to say, what with everything going wrong and evil rising, but I think we need to change how we see ourselves and our fandoms.
Over this last year I have been giving a lot of thought to how many people openly and clear-eyed embraced and accepted evil. People might be lying... 1/13
Over this last year I have been giving a lot of thought to how many people openly and clear-eyed embraced and accepted evil. People might be lying... 1/13
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This seems silly to say, what with everything going wrong and evil rising, but I think we need to change how we see ourselves and our fandoms.
Over this last year I have been giving a lot of thought to how many people openly and clear-eyed embraced and accepted evil. People might be lying... 1/13
Over this last year I have been giving a lot of thought to how many people openly and clear-eyed embraced and accepted evil. People might be lying... 1/13
Midnight marks the start of Advent for Christians. God coming as a human child in solidarity with a suffering world. It's also a warning.
"Every leader of political office that sets himself up as a god, mocks God." -Bonhoeffer
Christians can follow God's Kingdom or the idolatrous Trump.
"Every leader of political office that sets himself up as a god, mocks God." -Bonhoeffer
Christians can follow God's Kingdom or the idolatrous Trump.
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Midnight marks the start of Advent for Christians. God coming as a human child in solidarity with a suffering world. It's also a warning.
"Every leader of political office that sets himself up as a god, mocks God." -Bonhoeffer
Christians can follow God's Kingdom or the idolatrous Trump.
"Every leader of political office that sets himself up as a god, mocks God." -Bonhoeffer
Christians can follow God's Kingdom or the idolatrous Trump.
Working a trauma/ICU shift tonight. It's never good when my spouse and I are both paged to the same call. Trauma centers and modern medicine can bring people back from devastating injuries. Not always. And that's not a failure. That's life and death. That's where I come in.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Working a trauma/ICU shift tonight. It's never good when my spouse and I are both paged to the same call. Trauma centers and modern medicine can bring people back from devastating injuries. Not always. And that's not a failure. That's life and death. That's where I come in.
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Jesus spent most of his time healing the sick.
Today, we have politicians in Congress with “Christ-follower” in their Twitter bios — but they’re trying to kick the sick off their healthcare.
And they’re willing to shut down the government to do it.
Today, we have politicians in Congress with “Christ-follower” in their Twitter bios — but they’re trying to kick the sick off their healthcare.
And they’re willing to shut down the government to do it.
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Jesus spent most of his time healing the sick.
Today, we have politicians in Congress with “Christ-follower” in their Twitter bios — but they’re trying to kick the sick off their healthcare.
And they’re willing to shut down the government to do it.
Today, we have politicians in Congress with “Christ-follower” in their Twitter bios — but they’re trying to kick the sick off their healthcare.
And they’re willing to shut down the government to do it.
Liturgical Goth season is here.
The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
Oh may we all remember well,
The night of death is near.
The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
Oh may we all remember well,
The night of death is near.
September 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Liturgical Goth season is here.
The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
Oh may we all remember well,
The night of death is near.
The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear;
Oh may we all remember well,
The night of death is near.