John MacIver Gage
@johnmacivergage.bsky.social
Spirit-Driven Justice-Seeking Queer Pastor (United Church of Christ); Food 🍲, Dogs 🐶, Coffee ☕, Cocktails 🍸, & Knitting 🧶
January 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“This shit sucks, and it sucks having to explain why it sucks and it sucks that assholes will argue it doesn’t suck.”
Can I get an amen?
Thanks to @peteski.bsky.social for the image and capturing the feeling
Can I get an amen?
Thanks to @peteski.bsky.social for the image and capturing the feeling
January 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“This shit sucks, and it sucks having to explain why it sucks and it sucks that assholes will argue it doesn’t suck.”
Can I get an amen?
Thanks to @peteski.bsky.social for the image and capturing the feeling
Can I get an amen?
Thanks to @peteski.bsky.social for the image and capturing the feeling
“Too much drinking the Kool-Aid and believing it’s communion”
Repost from IG @scottthepainter
Repost from IG @scottthepainter
January 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Too much drinking the Kool-Aid and believing it’s communion”
Repost from IG @scottthepainter
Repost from IG @scottthepainter
To our #trans and #non-binary siblings: Your God-given human dignity cannot be taken away by executive order.
#translivesmatter #enby #gendernonconforming #blacktranslivesmatter #transkids #genderexpansive #protecttranskids #protecttransyouth
#translivesmatter #enby #gendernonconforming #blacktranslivesmatter #transkids #genderexpansive #protecttranskids #protecttransyouth
January 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
To our #trans and #non-binary siblings: Your God-given human dignity cannot be taken away by executive order.
#translivesmatter #enby #gendernonconforming #blacktranslivesmatter #transkids #genderexpansive #protecttranskids #protecttransyouth
#translivesmatter #enby #gendernonconforming #blacktranslivesmatter #transkids #genderexpansive #protecttranskids #protecttransyouth
"I want to be part of a people who sees the darkness, knows it's real, and then lights a candle anyway." - Sarah Bessey
January 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"I want to be part of a people who sees the darkness, knows it's real, and then lights a candle anyway." - Sarah Bessey
The people
who walked in
the unblinking glare
of artificial light
have found relief
in the Dark;
those who live
in a land of constant
over-exposure—
them has the Holy
embraced with cool
and soothing darkness.
–Isaiah 92, reimagined
who walked in
the unblinking glare
of artificial light
have found relief
in the Dark;
those who live
in a land of constant
over-exposure—
them has the Holy
embraced with cool
and soothing darkness.
–Isaiah 92, reimagined
December 9, 2024 at 10:25 PM
The people
who walked in
the unblinking glare
of artificial light
have found relief
in the Dark;
those who live
in a land of constant
over-exposure—
them has the Holy
embraced with cool
and soothing darkness.
–Isaiah 92, reimagined
who walked in
the unblinking glare
of artificial light
have found relief
in the Dark;
those who live
in a land of constant
over-exposure—
them has the Holy
embraced with cool
and soothing darkness.
–Isaiah 92, reimagined
Special Sunday lunch ala David: amazing crunchy moist fried chicken seasoned with a sage-parsley salt, sautéed Brussels sprouts, and celeriac mash with a whole bunch of crispy fried sage leaves, and a fresh cranberry-orange relish good enough to eat as a salad!
December 1, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Special Sunday lunch ala David: amazing crunchy moist fried chicken seasoned with a sage-parsley salt, sautéed Brussels sprouts, and celeriac mash with a whole bunch of crispy fried sage leaves, and a fresh cranberry-orange relish good enough to eat as a salad!
“Who’s a beacon of light in these bleak, unrelentingly times? Is it you? Is it you?”
[🎨@alisolomain]
It’s hard work, isn’t it pastors? No wonder dogs sleep so much (and so soundly)!
[🎨@alisolomain]
It’s hard work, isn’t it pastors? No wonder dogs sleep so much (and so soundly)!
December 1, 2024 at 6:09 PM
“Who’s a beacon of light in these bleak, unrelentingly times? Is it you? Is it you?”
[🎨@alisolomain]
It’s hard work, isn’t it pastors? No wonder dogs sleep so much (and so soundly)!
[🎨@alisolomain]
It’s hard work, isn’t it pastors? No wonder dogs sleep so much (and so soundly)!
David’s self-imposed—and delicious—dessert project for the day, a traditional French dessert, a Mont Blanc: a meringue base piled with whipped cream and sweetened chestnut paste. It was extra good with some homemade raspberry jam on the side, as recommended.
November 28, 2024 at 6:17 PM
David’s self-imposed—and delicious—dessert project for the day, a traditional French dessert, a Mont Blanc: a meringue base piled with whipped cream and sweetened chestnut paste. It was extra good with some homemade raspberry jam on the side, as recommended.
A Tiny Prayer (for the continuing education of our country about #Thanksgiving)
by Rev. @revmicahb.bsky.social
by Rev. @revmicahb.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 3:12 PM
A Tiny Prayer (for the continuing education of our country about #Thanksgiving)
by Rev. @revmicahb.bsky.social
by Rev. @revmicahb.bsky.social
A Prayer for #ChosenFamily by Devon Spier
November 28, 2024 at 2:34 PM
A Prayer for #ChosenFamily by Devon Spier
A reminder in this holiday season when family expectations… and tensions… can run high: Healthy boundaries “are the distance at which I can love you & me simultaneously.”
- Prentis Hemphill
May the peace of Christ reign in your heart, if not at your table.
Prayers for a happier #Thanksgiving
- Prentis Hemphill
May the peace of Christ reign in your heart, if not at your table.
Prayers for a happier #Thanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM
A reminder in this holiday season when family expectations… and tensions… can run high: Healthy boundaries “are the distance at which I can love you & me simultaneously.”
- Prentis Hemphill
May the peace of Christ reign in your heart, if not at your table.
Prayers for a happier #Thanksgiving
- Prentis Hemphill
May the peace of Christ reign in your heart, if not at your table.
Prayers for a happier #Thanksgiving
For food and drink & friendship, we offer thanks.
May our table be blessed; our gratitude deepened our compassion widened;
& our lives ordered in generous & unselfish ways; for our sake & the sake of the world. Amen.
#HappyThanksgiving
May our table be blessed; our gratitude deepened our compassion widened;
& our lives ordered in generous & unselfish ways; for our sake & the sake of the world. Amen.
#HappyThanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 1:28 PM
For food and drink & friendship, we offer thanks.
May our table be blessed; our gratitude deepened our compassion widened;
& our lives ordered in generous & unselfish ways; for our sake & the sake of the world. Amen.
#HappyThanksgiving
May our table be blessed; our gratitude deepened our compassion widened;
& our lives ordered in generous & unselfish ways; for our sake & the sake of the world. Amen.
#HappyThanksgiving
We pray for the safety of all who travel in this holiday season, whether by car or plane, train, bus, or boat, & for all who shepherd them along the way. Keep their hearts & minds free from anxiety at every step.
November 27, 2024 at 2:35 PM
We pray for the safety of all who travel in this holiday season, whether by car or plane, train, bus, or boat, & for all who shepherd them along the way. Keep their hearts & minds free from anxiety at every step.
Dunno why this popped into my head but here it is. “‘Jesus hisself would love this Church. They got one of every kind of sinner ever was in here.’ And I begin to point ‘em all out. I don’t think they appreciated that.” Thank you, Miss Betty Butterfield, wherever you are.
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Betty Butterfield - UCC
YouTube video by supergaydetroit
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November 26, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Dunno why this popped into my head but here it is. “‘Jesus hisself would love this Church. They got one of every kind of sinner ever was in here.’ And I begin to point ‘em all out. I don’t think they appreciated that.” Thank you, Miss Betty Butterfield, wherever you are.
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Well, SOMEone’s enjoying the brand new sofa!
November 24, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Well, SOMEone’s enjoying the brand new sofa!
If we don’t start distinguishing between who is an enemy and who is an imperfect ally.
we aren’t going to survive.
[🎨 “The Meeting,” Jeff Del Nero, 2017]
we aren’t going to survive.
[🎨 “The Meeting,” Jeff Del Nero, 2017]
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
If we don’t start distinguishing between who is an enemy and who is an imperfect ally.
we aren’t going to survive.
[🎨 “The Meeting,” Jeff Del Nero, 2017]
we aren’t going to survive.
[🎨 “The Meeting,” Jeff Del Nero, 2017]
No act of love is ever wasted.
No matter how small.
No matter how fleeting.
No matter how random.
No matter how hopeless.
No matter how unrecognized.
No matter how unappreciated.
Don’t be discouraged. Go ahead and put one more feather on the scale on the side of love today.
No matter how small.
No matter how fleeting.
No matter how random.
No matter how hopeless.
No matter how unrecognized.
No matter how unappreciated.
Don’t be discouraged. Go ahead and put one more feather on the scale on the side of love today.
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM
No act of love is ever wasted.
No matter how small.
No matter how fleeting.
No matter how random.
No matter how hopeless.
No matter how unrecognized.
No matter how unappreciated.
Don’t be discouraged. Go ahead and put one more feather on the scale on the side of love today.
No matter how small.
No matter how fleeting.
No matter how random.
No matter how hopeless.
No matter how unrecognized.
No matter how unappreciated.
Don’t be discouraged. Go ahead and put one more feather on the scale on the side of love today.
When we say “Love your neighbor,” it’s less about smiling at strangers and more about resisting dehumanization and protecting the vulnerable among us.
[by ohhappydani.com ]
[by ohhappydani.com ]
Oh Happy Dani | Illustrator Danielle Coke Balfour
ohhappydani.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:59 PM
When we say “Love your neighbor,” it’s less about smiling at strangers and more about resisting dehumanization and protecting the vulnerable among us.
[by ohhappydani.com ]
[by ohhappydani.com ]
Reposted by John MacIver Gage
“A Call to Courage: Standing Boldly with Our Trans Siblings on Transgender Day of Remembrance/Resilience” by coalition program director @revderekterry.bsky.social #translivesmatter #transdayofremembrance #TDOR openandaffirming.org/a-call-to-co...
A Call to Courage: Standing Boldly with Our Trans Siblings on Transgender Day of Remembrance/Resilience - UCC Open and Affirming Coalition
by: Rev. Derek Terry, Program Director- Open and Affirming Coalition
openandaffirming.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:11 PM
“A Call to Courage: Standing Boldly with Our Trans Siblings on Transgender Day of Remembrance/Resilience” by coalition program director @revderekterry.bsky.social #translivesmatter #transdayofremembrance #TDOR openandaffirming.org/a-call-to-co...
“Mourn the dead & fight like hell for the living”
IG@thefoxfisher gives these words from organizer “Mother” Jones new life on #TDOR. We remember too many #transgender persons, especially #transwomen of color, killed by violence, abuse, & neglect. #SayTheirNames & may their joy be for a memorial.
IG@thefoxfisher gives these words from organizer “Mother” Jones new life on #TDOR. We remember too many #transgender persons, especially #transwomen of color, killed by violence, abuse, & neglect. #SayTheirNames & may their joy be for a memorial.
November 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
“Mourn the dead & fight like hell for the living”
IG@thefoxfisher gives these words from organizer “Mother” Jones new life on #TDOR. We remember too many #transgender persons, especially #transwomen of color, killed by violence, abuse, & neglect. #SayTheirNames & may their joy be for a memorial.
IG@thefoxfisher gives these words from organizer “Mother” Jones new life on #TDOR. We remember too many #transgender persons, especially #transwomen of color, killed by violence, abuse, & neglect. #SayTheirNames & may their joy be for a memorial.
Dad, doomscrolling: " This world is so messed up."
Child, standing at his knee: "Dad?"
Dad: "I'm so sorry, bud."
Dad puts a hand on his child's shoulder.
Dad: "Come on... Let's go do something good."
Child, excitedly "Yeah!"
Dad & child walk away holding hands."
Thanks to www.lunarbaboon.com
Child, standing at his knee: "Dad?"
Dad: "I'm so sorry, bud."
Dad puts a hand on his child's shoulder.
Dad: "Come on... Let's go do something good."
Child, excitedly "Yeah!"
Dad & child walk away holding hands."
Thanks to www.lunarbaboon.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Dad, doomscrolling: " This world is so messed up."
Child, standing at his knee: "Dad?"
Dad: "I'm so sorry, bud."
Dad puts a hand on his child's shoulder.
Dad: "Come on... Let's go do something good."
Child, excitedly "Yeah!"
Dad & child walk away holding hands."
Thanks to www.lunarbaboon.com
Child, standing at his knee: "Dad?"
Dad: "I'm so sorry, bud."
Dad puts a hand on his child's shoulder.
Dad: "Come on... Let's go do something good."
Child, excitedly "Yeah!"
Dad & child walk away holding hands."
Thanks to www.lunarbaboon.com
Snuggle buddy reporting for duty
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Snuggle buddy reporting for duty
Tonight’s Dinner Ala David: Chiles rellenos with mole coloradito, stuffed with beef and sweet potatoes. Yum!
November 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Tonight’s Dinner Ala David: Chiles rellenos with mole coloradito, stuffed with beef and sweet potatoes. Yum!