Elizabeth Glass Turner ❄️
@egtfirefall.bsky.social
Writer, editor, researcher; curates FireFall, a newsletter amplifying women leading in the church across traditions, around the world, & throughout church history.
elizabethglassturner.substack.com/
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Since it must be said loudly & repeatedly:
With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:
🇨🇦 Canada
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇦 Panama
🇪🇺 European Union
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇳 United Nations
With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:
🇨🇦 Canada
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇦 Panama
🇪🇺 European Union
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇳 United Nations
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
FWIW, re: any org that accepts funding-worth asking questions like:
-What guardrails ensure transparency re: donors/funding sources?
-Does the org display consistent posture of advocacy for professional interests of members?
-Do by-laws allow members to vote on accepting $ from some sources?
-What guardrails ensure transparency re: donors/funding sources?
-Does the org display consistent posture of advocacy for professional interests of members?
-Do by-laws allow members to vote on accepting $ from some sources?
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
FWIW, re: any org that accepts funding-worth asking questions like:
-What guardrails ensure transparency re: donors/funding sources?
-Does the org display consistent posture of advocacy for professional interests of members?
-Do by-laws allow members to vote on accepting $ from some sources?
-What guardrails ensure transparency re: donors/funding sources?
-Does the org display consistent posture of advocacy for professional interests of members?
-Do by-laws allow members to vote on accepting $ from some sources?
What do you associate w/holidays that isn't actually holiday-themed?
Like Pedro the Lion. I listened in college while dozing between checking out students for Christmas break.
Exams done, as RA couldn't go home yet, drowsy from all nighters, & David Bazan, "all the way to Grandma's house..."
Like Pedro the Lion. I listened in college while dozing between checking out students for Christmas break.
Exams done, as RA couldn't go home yet, drowsy from all nighters, & David Bazan, "all the way to Grandma's house..."
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
What do you associate w/holidays that isn't actually holiday-themed?
Like Pedro the Lion. I listened in college while dozing between checking out students for Christmas break.
Exams done, as RA couldn't go home yet, drowsy from all nighters, & David Bazan, "all the way to Grandma's house..."
Like Pedro the Lion. I listened in college while dozing between checking out students for Christmas break.
Exams done, as RA couldn't go home yet, drowsy from all nighters, & David Bazan, "all the way to Grandma's house..."
😳😮😱
I only need two words for this.
Jerry, no.
I only need two words for this.
Jerry, no.
Academics are making the decision to shove unpublished original research that isn’t even theirs into the plagiarism machine. I can’t.
I find this very alarming. AI is being used in explicitly prohibited ways. No doubt this will soon be the norm. The consequences of this will be dramatic. Over the holidays, the publishers and the whole of academic community are doing nothing else but working on a solution to this, right? RIGHT?!
December 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
😳😮😱
I only need two words for this.
Jerry, no.
I only need two words for this.
Jerry, no.
One thing will thaw random people you bump into over the next couple weeks-
urgent care workers, gas station clerks, cashiers, service reps -
just say quietly & simply, "thank you for coming in to work,"
or,
"thank you for working over the holidays, I'm sure it's a hectic time."
urgent care workers, gas station clerks, cashiers, service reps -
just say quietly & simply, "thank you for coming in to work,"
or,
"thank you for working over the holidays, I'm sure it's a hectic time."
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
One thing will thaw random people you bump into over the next couple weeks-
urgent care workers, gas station clerks, cashiers, service reps -
just say quietly & simply, "thank you for coming in to work,"
or,
"thank you for working over the holidays, I'm sure it's a hectic time."
urgent care workers, gas station clerks, cashiers, service reps -
just say quietly & simply, "thank you for coming in to work,"
or,
"thank you for working over the holidays, I'm sure it's a hectic time."
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner ❄️
I take it all back we should absolutely let AI run the vending machines
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I take it all back we should absolutely let AI run the vending machines
Most of the photos in this essay (women preachers & pastors) haven't been part of online search results.
They're from newspaper/periodical clippings & old memoirs.
"We know this in our bones to be true:
place matters. Embodiment matters."
elizabethglassturner.substack.com/p/grounded-i...
They're from newspaper/periodical clippings & old memoirs.
"We know this in our bones to be true:
place matters. Embodiment matters."
elizabethglassturner.substack.com/p/grounded-i...
Grounded in the Artifacts of Our Shared Story
Sly ways historical objects, places, and keepsakes give me courage, perspective, and glimpses of how I belong among women preachers in church history.
elizabethglassturner.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Most of the photos in this essay (women preachers & pastors) haven't been part of online search results.
They're from newspaper/periodical clippings & old memoirs.
"We know this in our bones to be true:
place matters. Embodiment matters."
elizabethglassturner.substack.com/p/grounded-i...
They're from newspaper/periodical clippings & old memoirs.
"We know this in our bones to be true:
place matters. Embodiment matters."
elizabethglassturner.substack.com/p/grounded-i...
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner ❄️
gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
gravy boats imply the existence of gravy maritime law
Out new today, chock-full of unearthed newspaper clippings and photos of women preachers from around the world.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
#history
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
#history
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Out new today, chock-full of unearthed newspaper clippings and photos of women preachers from around the world.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
#history
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
#history
I'll never not chuckle at Jenna Maroney doing a vocal warm-up scale to "check acoustics" for the holiday party no one asked her to sing at -
"hominahominahomina, oooo-pen pit BAR-be-cue saaaauce..."
"hominahominahomina, oooo-pen pit BAR-be-cue saaaauce..."
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'll never not chuckle at Jenna Maroney doing a vocal warm-up scale to "check acoustics" for the holiday party no one asked her to sing at -
"hominahominahomina, oooo-pen pit BAR-be-cue saaaauce..."
"hominahominahomina, oooo-pen pit BAR-be-cue saaaauce..."
Reminder for U.S., how limited our news coverage has been for years. There's an entire world outside of US dysfunction.
What's strange: seeing how robust (imperfect, often biased, but extensive) int'l coverage was in papers ~90-130 yrs ago.
Often western pov, but at least they included map insets.
What's strange: seeing how robust (imperfect, often biased, but extensive) int'l coverage was in papers ~90-130 yrs ago.
Often western pov, but at least they included map insets.
Welcoming the Vice Minister for Commerce for Thailand, H.E. Ms Kirida Bhaopichitr, on the occasion of Thailand’s Trade Policy Review. Focused on the opportunities facing Thailand in world trade as well as the necessity for important structural reforms to unleash economic growth. (1/2)
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reminder for U.S., how limited our news coverage has been for years. There's an entire world outside of US dysfunction.
What's strange: seeing how robust (imperfect, often biased, but extensive) int'l coverage was in papers ~90-130 yrs ago.
Often western pov, but at least they included map insets.
What's strange: seeing how robust (imperfect, often biased, but extensive) int'l coverage was in papers ~90-130 yrs ago.
Often western pov, but at least they included map insets.
Well the Geo W Bush Pres Center just came out swinging (policy wonkly speaking).
Points out funding source of a certain fringe ultranationalist German group that had reps in DC recently.
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
Points out funding source of a certain fringe ultranationalist German group that had reps in DC recently.
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
Strategic Corruption: Russia in Europe | George W. Bush Presidential Center
www.bushcenter.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Well the Geo W Bush Pres Center just came out swinging (policy wonkly speaking).
Points out funding source of a certain fringe ultranationalist German group that had reps in DC recently.
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
Points out funding source of a certain fringe ultranationalist German group that had reps in DC recently.
www.bushcenter.org/publications...
Anyone have legal history / women's history info on:
whether or not suffragists who sued for damages re: illegal transfer & brutality (1917) followed through w/ suits.
Govt kept requesting delays thru 1919, hoping suits would be dropped if vote was won in 1920.
Did they win suits or drop them?
whether or not suffragists who sued for damages re: illegal transfer & brutality (1917) followed through w/ suits.
Govt kept requesting delays thru 1919, hoping suits would be dropped if vote was won in 1920.
Did they win suits or drop them?
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Anyone have legal history / women's history info on:
whether or not suffragists who sued for damages re: illegal transfer & brutality (1917) followed through w/ suits.
Govt kept requesting delays thru 1919, hoping suits would be dropped if vote was won in 1920.
Did they win suits or drop them?
whether or not suffragists who sued for damages re: illegal transfer & brutality (1917) followed through w/ suits.
Govt kept requesting delays thru 1919, hoping suits would be dropped if vote was won in 1920.
Did they win suits or drop them?
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner ❄️
Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.”
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
Priest says sisters slated for deportation are Christians who could face persecution by Iran
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We all feel a wound in our body of Christ, knowing what’s happening to them,’ said the Rev. Fran Gardner-Smith.
religionnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: CBP posted a pic of two detained Iranians, saying, “No fun in the sun when you are unlawfully present.”
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
According to their Episcopal priest, they’re Christian converts seeking asylum, and deporting them may be a death sentence religionnews.com/2025/12/09/b...
At least two women pastors in rural Wenatchee, Washington before 1925, but sure, women ministers are the result of the 1970s...
There were women minister conferences in the U.S. in the 1880s, by the way.
There were women minister conferences in the U.S. in the 1880s, by the way.
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At least two women pastors in rural Wenatchee, Washington before 1925, but sure, women ministers are the result of the 1970s...
There were women minister conferences in the U.S. in the 1880s, by the way.
There were women minister conferences in the U.S. in the 1880s, by the way.
When something like 20% of a country likely has a range of post-viral syndromes & symptoms from mild to debilitating,
including fatigue, depression, & brain fog,
you get the 1920s context for rise of int'l fascism
and Dorothy Thompson commenting in the early 30s that many Germans were very tired.
including fatigue, depression, & brain fog,
you get the 1920s context for rise of int'l fascism
and Dorothy Thompson commenting in the early 30s that many Germans were very tired.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When something like 20% of a country likely has a range of post-viral syndromes & symptoms from mild to debilitating,
including fatigue, depression, & brain fog,
you get the 1920s context for rise of int'l fascism
and Dorothy Thompson commenting in the early 30s that many Germans were very tired.
including fatigue, depression, & brain fog,
you get the 1920s context for rise of int'l fascism
and Dorothy Thompson commenting in the early 30s that many Germans were very tired.
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner ❄️
Our digital systems reward belonging over accuracy, with people gaining status by aligning with their group, not by checking facts. Once beliefs become tied to identity, more media literacy won’t shift behaviour, the social rewards run against work against it.
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our digital systems reward belonging over accuracy, with people gaining status by aligning with their group, not by checking facts. Once beliefs become tied to identity, more media literacy won’t shift behaviour, the social rewards run against work against it.
Aaand there it is.
"Pliley teaches a course on the history of women in the U.S. about 'women’s activism, work, & the abolitionist & women’s rights movements,' among other historical topics. 'AI was upset with my use of women’s activism or women’s rights movements.’ It suggested a 'neutral' option."
"Pliley teaches a course on the history of women in the U.S. about 'women’s activism, work, & the abolitionist & women’s rights movements,' among other historical topics. 'AI was upset with my use of women’s activism or women’s rights movements.’ It suggested a 'neutral' option."
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Aaand there it is.
"Pliley teaches a course on the history of women in the U.S. about 'women’s activism, work, & the abolitionist & women’s rights movements,' among other historical topics. 'AI was upset with my use of women’s activism or women’s rights movements.’ It suggested a 'neutral' option."
"Pliley teaches a course on the history of women in the U.S. about 'women’s activism, work, & the abolitionist & women’s rights movements,' among other historical topics. 'AI was upset with my use of women’s activism or women’s rights movements.’ It suggested a 'neutral' option."
"And Mary said ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices. He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
HE HAS BROUGHT DOWN THE POWERFUL FROM THEIR THRONES & LIFTED UP THE LOWLY; FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS & SENT THE RICH AWAY EMPTY.'"
HE HAS BROUGHT DOWN THE POWERFUL FROM THEIR THRONES & LIFTED UP THE LOWLY; FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS & SENT THE RICH AWAY EMPTY.'"
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"And Mary said ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices. He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
HE HAS BROUGHT DOWN THE POWERFUL FROM THEIR THRONES & LIFTED UP THE LOWLY; FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS & SENT THE RICH AWAY EMPTY.'"
HE HAS BROUGHT DOWN THE POWERFUL FROM THEIR THRONES & LIFTED UP THE LOWLY; FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS & SENT THE RICH AWAY EMPTY.'"
A few years ago, I worked with an author who spent several years pastoring a rural church in Michigan.
She had to get creative with sermons, weekly worship, powerpoint, discipleship classes -
because illiteracy was so high.
A significant percentage of her church was illiterate or at 3rd gr level.
She had to get creative with sermons, weekly worship, powerpoint, discipleship classes -
because illiteracy was so high.
A significant percentage of her church was illiterate or at 3rd gr level.
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A few years ago, I worked with an author who spent several years pastoring a rural church in Michigan.
She had to get creative with sermons, weekly worship, powerpoint, discipleship classes -
because illiteracy was so high.
A significant percentage of her church was illiterate or at 3rd gr level.
She had to get creative with sermons, weekly worship, powerpoint, discipleship classes -
because illiteracy was so high.
A significant percentage of her church was illiterate or at 3rd gr level.
I love you beautiful nerds.
Bluesky often has the feel of a table in the corner of the campus library at exam time.
Bluesky often has the feel of a table in the corner of the campus library at exam time.
Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I love you beautiful nerds.
Bluesky often has the feel of a table in the corner of the campus library at exam time.
Bluesky often has the feel of a table in the corner of the campus library at exam time.
OH MY GOSH I just found the history info I needed for a church on their old website backend someone left public on Github. It came up prominently in search results.
People. I am begging. 😂
People. I am begging. 😂
If I have to navigate away from your church website to try to find information on your congregational or building history,
it might behoove your website person to add a "history" tab.
Some people actually do want to know! Don't make it harder for anyone to learn about your congregation. 😁
it might behoove your website person to add a "history" tab.
Some people actually do want to know! Don't make it harder for anyone to learn about your congregation. 😁
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
OH MY GOSH I just found the history info I needed for a church on their old website backend someone left public on Github. It came up prominently in search results.
People. I am begging. 😂
People. I am begging. 😂
If I have to navigate away from your church website to try to find information on your congregational or building history,
it might behoove your website person to add a "history" tab.
Some people actually do want to know! Don't make it harder for anyone to learn about your congregation. 😁
it might behoove your website person to add a "history" tab.
Some people actually do want to know! Don't make it harder for anyone to learn about your congregation. 😁
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If I have to navigate away from your church website to try to find information on your congregational or building history,
it might behoove your website person to add a "history" tab.
Some people actually do want to know! Don't make it harder for anyone to learn about your congregation. 😁
it might behoove your website person to add a "history" tab.
Some people actually do want to know! Don't make it harder for anyone to learn about your congregation. 😁
Reminder that Sec of Labor Frances Perkins was also head of immigration, faced impeachment threat simply for allowing due process to be followed, was criticized by Fr Coughlin on the radio (her & her hat), and was the center of a bizarre birther conspiracy.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reminder that Sec of Labor Frances Perkins was also head of immigration, faced impeachment threat simply for allowing due process to be followed, was criticized by Fr Coughlin on the radio (her & her hat), and was the center of a bizarre birther conspiracy.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
These aromatic little cookies are delightful.
Orange, cloves, olive, oil, cinnamon…
Without glaze, they’re almost not sweet enough.
With glaze?
Perfect with deep, rich, echoey coffee that practically rumbles when you pour it.
Not a kid favorite.
Enjoy.
www.eatthelove.com/best-christm...
Orange, cloves, olive, oil, cinnamon…
Without glaze, they’re almost not sweet enough.
With glaze?
Perfect with deep, rich, echoey coffee that practically rumbles when you pour it.
Not a kid favorite.
Enjoy.
www.eatthelove.com/best-christm...
Best Christmas Cookie | Christmas Cookie Recipe | Eat the Love
If you're looking for the best Christmas cookie recipe, look no further, these glazed orange cookies with cinnamon and cloves are THE taste of Christmas!
www.eatthelove.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
These aromatic little cookies are delightful.
Orange, cloves, olive, oil, cinnamon…
Without glaze, they’re almost not sweet enough.
With glaze?
Perfect with deep, rich, echoey coffee that practically rumbles when you pour it.
Not a kid favorite.
Enjoy.
www.eatthelove.com/best-christm...
Orange, cloves, olive, oil, cinnamon…
Without glaze, they’re almost not sweet enough.
With glaze?
Perfect with deep, rich, echoey coffee that practically rumbles when you pour it.
Not a kid favorite.
Enjoy.
www.eatthelove.com/best-christm...