Debra Avery
@jazzpastord.bsky.social
Context eats breakfast for dinner. Or something. PCUSA pastor over here wondering about… well… everything.
I was honored to preach at the PCUSA headquarters in Louisville on July 24, 2025. I was there for my work with the Unification Commission.
What the hell, Saul!
Saul wasn’t a terrible king. He was the first of his kind. There was no template when Saul became king. No rulebook. No precedent. He was literally building the kingdom while he was “kinging” it.
debavery.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I was honored to preach at the PCUSA headquarters in Louisville on July 24, 2025. I was there for my work with the Unification Commission.
I’m just saying… CAPTCHA is really hard sometimes!!! #lentmadness #nicene2000
April 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’m just saying… CAPTCHA is really hard sometimes!!! #lentmadness #nicene2000
I’m just saying… CAPTCHA is really hard sometimes!!! #lentmadness #nicene2000
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’m just saying… CAPTCHA is really hard sometimes!!! #lentmadness #nicene2000
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
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Amendment 24-A wins approval from a majority of presbyteries
The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.
#GA226 #LGBTQIA @pcusa.bsky.social
The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.
#GA226 #LGBTQIA @pcusa.bsky.social
Amendment 24-A wins approval from a majority of presbyteries - The Presbyterian Outlook
The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Amendment 24-A wins approval from a majority of presbyteries
The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.
#GA226 #LGBTQIA @pcusa.bsky.social
The amendment, approved by the General Assembly last year, adds ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to categories protected from discrimination.
#GA226 #LGBTQIA @pcusa.bsky.social
I fear for all of us. Every day. But not more than I fear for my trans family - bio and chosen.
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I fear for all of us. Every day. But not more than I fear for my trans family - bio and chosen.
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"We, all of us documented American citizens, are Esther right now."
I wrote this in 2018, but, well-- here we are.
I wrote this in 2018, but, well-- here we are.
archive.is
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"We, all of us documented American citizens, are Esther right now."
I wrote this in 2018, but, well-- here we are.
I wrote this in 2018, but, well-- here we are.
In case you need help in this area...
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In case you need help in this area...
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Iowa state Rep. Aime Wichtendahl was the final Democrat to speak before the vote, wiping away tears as she offered her personal story: “I transitioned to save my life.”
Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code
Iowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. Republican Gov.
bit.ly
March 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Iowa state Rep. Aime Wichtendahl was the final Democrat to speak before the vote, wiping away tears as she offered her personal story: “I transitioned to save my life.”
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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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A year ago today, as hundreds of starving Palestinians waited in line for humanitarian aid, including flour for bread, the Israeli military opened fire, killing over 100 Palestinians and wounding over 700.
They massacred people seeking bread for their families.
They massacred people seeking bread for their families.
February 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A year ago today, as hundreds of starving Palestinians waited in line for humanitarian aid, including flour for bread, the Israeli military opened fire, killing over 100 Palestinians and wounding over 700.
They massacred people seeking bread for their families.
They massacred people seeking bread for their families.
I will be transferring any balance I have with Capital One after today’s boycott is over. Who wants to join me?
The corporations and billionaires who run them are taking over our government.
Five major financial institutions were all under federal investigation for fraud. All five cases were just dropped by Trump and Musk.
It's now legal to cheat consumers. www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...
Five major financial institutions were all under federal investigation for fraud. All five cases were just dropped by Trump and Musk.
It's now legal to cheat consumers. www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...
The CFPB drops its lawsuit against Capital One, marking a major reversal
The consumer protection agency also dropped cases against four other companies including Rocket Homes.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I will be transferring any balance I have with Capital One after today’s boycott is over. Who wants to join me?
Unpopular words probably: we might be able to know if we stopped thinking that only if WE count the people or provide money to count the people that they will be counted. Those who live in the affected countries know how many are dying. They know how many are impacted. We need to trust their data.
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Unpopular words probably: we might be able to know if we stopped thinking that only if WE count the people or provide money to count the people that they will be counted. Those who live in the affected countries know how many are dying. They know how many are impacted. We need to trust their data.
In case you were wondering...
February 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
In case you were wondering...
Gorgeous
Yooooo I like to post this one too. They straight blazing on this tune. Bruh man on the bass is everything and then Ramsey just making brilliance look so easy
February 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Gorgeous
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I need 🧪 to understand that this political moment is not the same as 2020 when support for *voicing support* for Black Lives Matter was so mainstream even big corps were doing it.
You are about to be targeted by COINTELPRO type ops, SS-style state policing, etc.
DO INFO SECURITY ACCORDINGLY
You are about to be targeted by COINTELPRO type ops, SS-style state policing, etc.
DO INFO SECURITY ACCORDINGLY
February 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I need 🧪 to understand that this political moment is not the same as 2020 when support for *voicing support* for Black Lives Matter was so mainstream even big corps were doing it.
You are about to be targeted by COINTELPRO type ops, SS-style state policing, etc.
DO INFO SECURITY ACCORDINGLY
You are about to be targeted by COINTELPRO type ops, SS-style state policing, etc.
DO INFO SECURITY ACCORDINGLY
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the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs
This is incredibly specific…
February 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is incredibly specific…
So are we boycotting the Super Bowl then?
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So are we boycotting the Super Bowl then?
How's everyone doing? Meme it up!
a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table
ALT: a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
How's everyone doing? Meme it up!
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I just want to say that Musk's Nazi salutes were many things, but for this Jew, the first thing they were was terrifying.
January 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I just want to say that Musk's Nazi salutes were many things, but for this Jew, the first thing they were was terrifying.
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Please report that fake Bishop Budde account.
I've been talking with the real Mariann Budde today and she has told me that this account is a fake. She asks our assistance in taking it down. @mariannedgarbudde.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Please report that fake Bishop Budde account.
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Breathe. Embrace your free time. Pour into your community. Respect what you can't control. Reject nihilism. Remember pace and perspective. Burnout is the enemy and helps no one, least of all yourself, and should be stridently avoided. That's the only way we're gonna get through this. And we will.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Breathe. Embrace your free time. Pour into your community. Respect what you can't control. Reject nihilism. Remember pace and perspective. Burnout is the enemy and helps no one, least of all yourself, and should be stridently avoided. That's the only way we're gonna get through this. And we will.
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I've been talking with the real Mariann Budde today and she has told me that this account is a fake. She asks our assistance in taking it down. @mariannedgarbudde.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've been talking with the real Mariann Budde today and she has told me that this account is a fake. She asks our assistance in taking it down. @mariannedgarbudde.bsky.social