Elaine Elizabeth Belz
@eebelz.bsky.social
Theologian, poet, Detroiter, churchgeek.
Asst Prof, Theology, etseminary.edu
Cathedral Choir; Docent; etc., detroitcathedral.org
Some of my writing:
https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts?author=61a8100919657473c2d902d1
https://beltmag.com/putting-down-roots
Asst Prof, Theology, etseminary.edu
Cathedral Choir; Docent; etc., detroitcathedral.org
Some of my writing:
https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts?author=61a8100919657473c2d902d1
https://beltmag.com/putting-down-roots
Pinned
Me to my depression today: "OK, you can stay, but DON'T start moving your stuff in. If I so much as see a toothbrush in my bathroom cabinet...! Oh, and keep quiet, I have work to do."
Now I'm visualizing my depression sacked out on my couch. It did stay pretty quiet!
Now I'm visualizing my depression sacked out on my couch. It did stay pretty quiet!
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Me to my depression today: "OK, you can stay, but DON'T start moving your stuff in. If I so much as see a toothbrush in my bathroom cabinet...! Oh, and keep quiet, I have work to do."
Now I'm visualizing my depression sacked out on my couch. It did stay pretty quiet!
Now I'm visualizing my depression sacked out on my couch. It did stay pretty quiet!
Reposted by Elaine Elizabeth Belz
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Responsibility
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Responsibility
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
Reposted by Elaine Elizabeth Belz
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
How big is Greenland?
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.
“Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.”
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 1963
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 1963
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
“Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.”
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 1963
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 1963
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Time to Break the Silence," April 4, 1967
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Time to Break the Silence," April 4, 1967
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Time to Break the Silence," April 4, 1967
—The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Time to Break the Silence," April 4, 1967
Second Sunday after the Epiphany, RCL Year A
This is not the Lamb you think you seek
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This is not the Lamb you think you seek
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This is not the Lamb you think you seek
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A—January 17, 2026 Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42 Psalm 40:1-12 Domenichino, First Vocation of the Apostle Andrew, 1622-28. Fre…
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January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Second Sunday after the Epiphany, RCL Year A
This is not the Lamb you think you seek
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This is not the Lamb you think you seek
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
There's SO much wrong w/that DHS video from a theological perspective—going back to soteriology. When we made Jesus a passive scapegoat & victim to excuse people who intellectually assent to the "right" beliefs, we became Rome & made God Incarnate into a tool of Empire. 1/2
youtu.be/lxQ0lsKiDsI?...
youtu.be/lxQ0lsKiDsI?...
Responding to more propaganda from DHS
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
There's SO much wrong w/that DHS video from a theological perspective—going back to soteriology. When we made Jesus a passive scapegoat & victim to excuse people who intellectually assent to the "right" beliefs, we became Rome & made God Incarnate into a tool of Empire. 1/2
youtu.be/lxQ0lsKiDsI?...
youtu.be/lxQ0lsKiDsI?...
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A call to action from one New Hampshire faith leader — urging clergy to prepare for “a new era of martyrdom” amid escalating aggression from federal immigration authorities — is drawing national attention. https://bit.ly/3NuOUEB
NH bishop urges clergy to meet the political moment, and ‘make sure they have their wills written’
Bishop Robert Hirschfeld pointed to instances throughout history when clergy members put their lives at risk to protect the vulnerable. He said a similar response could be warranted today.
www.nhpr.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
A call to action from one New Hampshire faith leader — urging clergy to prepare for “a new era of martyrdom” amid escalating aggression from federal immigration authorities — is drawing national attention. https://bit.ly/3NuOUEB
Shared by a friend on fb.
January 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Shared by a friend on fb.
Jesus enters the water and draws the whole cosmos up into himself, making all things holy.
The First Sunday after the Epiphany
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The First Sunday after the Epiphany
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The First Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of ChristYear A—January 11, 2026Readings:Isaiah 42:1-9Acts 10:34-43Matthew 3:13-17Psalm 29 Illumination from a 13th-century manuscript, the Wöltingerrode Psalter, Herzog August Biblioth…
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January 11, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Jesus enters the water and draws the whole cosmos up into himself, making all things holy.
The First Sunday after the Epiphany
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The First Sunday after the Epiphany
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January 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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This is the law in their dreams of a new America. I do not write US, they want a new America. And then they want to reign like in the Third Reich. No one accountable for crimes under the oath for the regime. I am German and we saw this before.
January 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This is the law in their dreams of a new America. I do not write US, they want a new America. And then they want to reign like in the Third Reich. No one accountable for crimes under the oath for the regime. I am German and we saw this before.
Reposted by Elaine Elizabeth Belz
Reposted by Elaine Elizabeth Belz
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
I had to unsubscribe from texts for a candidate I support because at least daily it's a plea for money. I get it. But also, people who sign up for texts - are they all just sitting on a bunch of cash they can give not thinking to give unless they get a text to send their $15/day?
January 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I had to unsubscribe from texts for a candidate I support because at least daily it's a plea for money. I get it. But also, people who sign up for texts - are they all just sitting on a bunch of cash they can give not thinking to give unless they get a text to send their $15/day?
I never think of hummingbirds as ever being...still. Of course they rest. Be sure to look at the photo this comment was a response to.
Moments like this remind us that stillness is not empty — it’s alive.
January 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I never think of hummingbirds as ever being...still. Of course they rest. Be sure to look at the photo this comment was a response to.
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Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year
robertreich.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
I teach in a small seminary—our class sizes are always small, but I've got more students in my classes this term than I've had since before COVID!
It's exciting, and it also means I'll be reading a significantly bigger stack papers in that one week between the end of the term & start of the next...
It's exciting, and it also means I'll be reading a significantly bigger stack papers in that one week between the end of the term & start of the next...
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I teach in a small seminary—our class sizes are always small, but I've got more students in my classes this term than I've had since before COVID!
It's exciting, and it also means I'll be reading a significantly bigger stack papers in that one week between the end of the term & start of the next...
It's exciting, and it also means I'll be reading a significantly bigger stack papers in that one week between the end of the term & start of the next...
The Second Sunday after Christmas
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The Second Sunday after Christmas
Year A—January 4, 2026 Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859-1937), Flight into Egypt, 1899. Oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts Happy New Year! And Merry Christmas. The readings for this Sunday…
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January 4, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The Second Sunday after Christmas
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Prepping for my class which starts on Monday, & thought the nice glow of Christmas lights, a little incense, plenty of caffeine, & some soft Christmas music would help, but I still have ADHD, sadly. (That just means I’m not as focused as I’d like to be, but I am getting the work done.)
January 4, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Prepping for my class which starts on Monday, & thought the nice glow of Christmas lights, a little incense, plenty of caffeine, & some soft Christmas music would help, but I still have ADHD, sadly. (That just means I’m not as focused as I’d like to be, but I am getting the work done.)
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