IrRevrant 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️☮️🖖
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She/her/Rev. Anti-empire. Antifascist. #BLM Abortion is healthcare. Trekker. I cuss IRL2 #OctaviaWasRight Christian/Atheish/Humanist. Pastor at New Ark UCC.
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"Jesus and his disciples would not be fishing for converts but for those the world has left behind. They would be doing God’s work of gathering those still in exile: the poor, the marginalized, those considered apart from God."
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Would I have answered when you called?
Matthew 4: 12-22 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE January 25, 2026 B &W photo of a person holding out a phone receiver connecte...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"Jesus and his disciples would not be fishing for converts but for those the world has left behind. They would be doing God’s work of gathering those still in exile: the poor, the marginalized, those considered apart from God."
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I came up with a chant for marches and protests. I put some universal good news in it.
"Love your neighbor"
Makes America safer!
#Minneapolis 🙏❤️🙏🏾
"Love your neighbor"
Makes America safer!
#Minneapolis 🙏❤️🙏🏾
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I came up with a chant for marches and protests. I put some universal good news in it.
"Love your neighbor"
Makes America safer!
#Minneapolis 🙏❤️🙏🏾
"Love your neighbor"
Makes America safer!
#Minneapolis 🙏❤️🙏🏾
"Why do we do this thing called religion? Religion isn’t necessary to know right from wrong; empathy is. We don’t need religion to teach us empathy or morals. So why do we persist with it?"
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What are you looking for?
John 1: 29-42 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE January 18, 2026 Photo of a person holding a magnifying glass in front of their ...
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January 20, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"Why do we do this thing called religion? Religion isn’t necessary to know right from wrong; empathy is. We don’t need religion to teach us empathy or morals. So why do we persist with it?"
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The reason why white evangelicals lose their minds over a non-violent interruption of their worship service and don't even blink an eye at a violent invasion of their neighborhoods is that they don't consider their neighbors as sacred.
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The reason why white evangelicals lose their minds over a non-violent interruption of their worship service and don't even blink an eye at a violent invasion of their neighborhoods is that they don't consider their neighbors as sacred.
Believing evil will lose is irrational. Because it means we have claimed a future yet to be born and it liberates our imagination right now. That's what faith is all about. And that's why evil has already lost. Because we keep on dreaming of a brighter day.
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Dolly Parton’s “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” arranged by Craig Hella Johnson. Recorded at Woodstock High School in Woodstock, Il. Solo, Jacob Christopher @Dolly Parton #dolly #dollyparton #acapella ...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Believing evil will lose is irrational. Because it means we have claimed a future yet to be born and it liberates our imagination right now. That's what faith is all about. And that's why evil has already lost. Because we keep on dreaming of a brighter day.
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Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
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Sound up. This is beautiful, bringing me to tears and also reminding me of the promise of a new song in Psalm 40, which many Christians heard read in church yesterday. Having lived in Minnesota, I know how cold it is there. Brrr. ❄️⚓
📷: Courtney Cushing Kiernat (who noted this isn't an insurrection)
📷: Courtney Cushing Kiernat (who noted this isn't an insurrection)
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Sound up. This is beautiful, bringing me to tears and also reminding me of the promise of a new song in Psalm 40, which many Christians heard read in church yesterday. Having lived in Minnesota, I know how cold it is there. Brrr. ❄️⚓
📷: Courtney Cushing Kiernat (who noted this isn't an insurrection)
📷: Courtney Cushing Kiernat (who noted this isn't an insurrection)
"As much as we bear the collective blessing and beauty of being human, we also bear the collective reality of the sins of humanity. There is no separating the whole, which is probably the most grievous sin of all: dividing humanity into “us” and “them”."
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The unbreakable unshakable covenant
Matthew 3: 13-17 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE January 11, 2026 Photo of two White children wearing denim and black t-shirts...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
"As much as we bear the collective blessing and beauty of being human, we also bear the collective reality of the sins of humanity. There is no separating the whole, which is probably the most grievous sin of all: dividing humanity into “us” and “them”."
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(from "Wake Up Dead Man"): “The question is…do these stories convince us of a lie? Or do they resonate with something deep inside us that’s profoundly true? That we can’t express any other way except storytelling.”
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The old, old story
John 1: 1-5, 14-16, 18 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE January 4, 2026 Photo of a neon sign hanging in a large picture window ...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
(from "Wake Up Dead Man"): “The question is…do these stories convince us of a lie? Or do they resonate with something deep inside us that’s profoundly true? That we can’t express any other way except storytelling.”
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In the midst of trauma
I don’t know that it does us good
To pray to be stronger people
And for power equal to our tasks
But instead to be human
Which is the miracle
To know love and grief
And still be human
As Jesus was human
Full of grace and truth.
I don’t know that it does us good
To pray to be stronger people
And for power equal to our tasks
But instead to be human
Which is the miracle
To know love and grief
And still be human
As Jesus was human
Full of grace and truth.
January 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
In the midst of trauma
I don’t know that it does us good
To pray to be stronger people
And for power equal to our tasks
But instead to be human
Which is the miracle
To know love and grief
And still be human
As Jesus was human
Full of grace and truth.
I don’t know that it does us good
To pray to be stronger people
And for power equal to our tasks
But instead to be human
Which is the miracle
To know love and grief
And still be human
As Jesus was human
Full of grace and truth.
"And yet the proper sacred purpose of the manger is to tell the story of a baby born under occupation, a baby whose life was threatened by empire, a baby born to his own marginalized people."
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How to keep a fire going
Luke 2: 1-20 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE December 24, 2025 Photo of two people sitting by a campfire with a flock of sheep...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"And yet the proper sacred purpose of the manger is to tell the story of a baby born under occupation, a baby whose life was threatened by empire, a baby born to his own marginalized people."
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"God is inviting both Mary and Joseph into solidarity with God, to do the God things, to show that human beings are capable of doing the God things and that God is with us and acting through us when we take risks for God’s justice."
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Love is the fuel of justice
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December 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"God is inviting both Mary and Joseph into solidarity with God, to do the God things, to show that human beings are capable of doing the God things and that God is with us and acting through us when we take risks for God’s justice."
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The 3rd Sunday in Advent we have our annual Christmas play. This year I added a couple of parts to acknowledge that not everyone is feeling joyful nor do they have to. Mostly what we need to do is to pay attention to how and where God is moving in the world.
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Joy is the spark of resistance
(The third Sunday in Advent we have our annual Christmas play. The past two years we've done the ABCs of Christmas. This year I added a cou...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The 3rd Sunday in Advent we have our annual Christmas play. This year I added a couple of parts to acknowledge that not everyone is feeling joyful nor do they have to. Mostly what we need to do is to pay attention to how and where God is moving in the world.
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"Peace is working on becoming an antiracist. Peace is de-centering Whiteness. Peace is the air we breathe when everyone’s air is clean and safe."
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Peace is the air we breathe
Matthew 25: 1-13 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE December 7, 2025 Photo of a small shallow bowl-shaped oil lamp with a wick re...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Peace is working on becoming an antiracist. Peace is de-centering Whiteness. Peace is the air we breathe when everyone’s air is clean and safe."
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People: the Church is too political!
John the Baptist: Hold my head.
Mary: Hold my son.
Jesus: Hold my cross.
John the Baptist: Hold my head.
Mary: Hold my son.
Jesus: Hold my cross.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
People: the Church is too political!
John the Baptist: Hold my head.
Mary: Hold my son.
Jesus: Hold my cross.
John the Baptist: Hold my head.
Mary: Hold my son.
Jesus: Hold my cross.
"In the Order of the Holy Cross, the rule that governs them states that “Love must act, just as light must shine and fire must burn.” In order to have community, there must be warmth, heat, the fire of shared purpose, and community is what gives us hope."
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Hope is a fire
Matthew 3: 1-12 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE November 30, 2025 Photo of a woodshed made from a faded red storage container wi...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"In the Order of the Holy Cross, the rule that governs them states that “Love must act, just as light must shine and fire must burn.” In order to have community, there must be warmth, heat, the fire of shared purpose, and community is what gives us hope."
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After the Tate brothers arrived in Florida, they immediately had their electronic devices seized by law enforcement. Records show a White House official told senior Department of Homeland Security officials to return the devices to the brothers several days after they were seized.
Trump’s White House Intervened in a Federal Investigation of Andrew Tate
The intervention on behalf of the accused sex trafficker comes as Trump is under fire over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
After the Tate brothers arrived in Florida, they immediately had their electronic devices seized by law enforcement. Records show a White House official told senior Department of Homeland Security officials to return the devices to the brothers several days after they were seized.
"If we’re going to embrace God’s dream for us, we can’t carry our dreams for the good old days and our grief that they’re gone with us. ...We long for what was but if we’re honest, we realize it was pretty bad for a lot of people and still is."
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November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"If we’re going to embrace God’s dream for us, we can’t carry our dreams for the good old days and our grief that they’re gone with us. ...We long for what was but if we’re honest, we realize it was pretty bad for a lot of people and still is."
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"God is shaking things up, turning upside down what we think is right side up. God is here to stir the pot, to disrupt the status quo, to bring forth the new thing."
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Shaken and stirred
Haggai 2: 1-9 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE November 9, 2025 Photo of a heavy red pot being stirred on a gas stovetop by a p...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"God is shaking things up, turning upside down what we think is right side up. God is here to stir the pot, to disrupt the status quo, to bring forth the new thing."
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"This Table tells the story of inclusive and expansive love that welcomed those who would betray and desert Jesus when he would need his friends most. There is nothing we have to hide here."
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Every table tells a story
Luke 19: 1-10 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE November 2, 2025 Ofrenda displayed as part of the exhibit "Seven Days" by Chuck...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"This Table tells the story of inclusive and expansive love that welcomed those who would betray and desert Jesus when he would need his friends most. There is nothing we have to hide here."
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We have to let our children change us. How else will we help them create the world they want to live in? Or we live as adversaries in the world they create without us. My children have changed me for good. There's nothing you can do to tear that down because that's what love is.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We have to let our children change us. How else will we help them create the world they want to live in? Or we live as adversaries in the world they create without us. My children have changed me for good. There's nothing you can do to tear that down because that's what love is.
Poverty is the intersectional thread that connects race, gender, sexuality, ability, and ethnicity. All these are used by capitalism and political power to distract us from liberating the poor and working class.
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Poverty is the intersectional thread that connects race, gender, sexuality, ability, and ethnicity. All these are used by capitalism and political power to distract us from liberating the poor and working class.
The Church still can't decide if racism & LGBTQ+ issues are the hill to die on when Jesus was pretty clear it is the poor.
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Church still can't decide if racism & LGBTQ+ issues are the hill to die on when Jesus was pretty clear it is the poor.
"Because he wasn’t just healed, he was rescued. And she wasn’t just rescued, she was seen and declared worthy. Their shame was erased."
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How can I give thanks?
Luke 17: 11-19 New Ark United Church of Christ, Newark, DE October 12, 2025 Photo of a white plastic bag with a yellow smile face and the ...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Because he wasn’t just healed, he was rescued. And she wasn’t just rescued, she was seen and declared worthy. Their shame was erased."
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This is the Hornaday map, published by the US government. It shows the deliberate decimation of the American buffalo. The curator who showed this to me said before White people arrived, they numbered over 1 BILLION. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the Hornaday map, published by the US government. It shows the deliberate decimation of the American buffalo. The curator who showed this to me said before White people arrived, they numbered over 1 BILLION. #IndigenousPeoplesDay