Karen Martinson Cherwien
@kcherwien.bsky.social
I study storytelling and process theology, and submit to you that the stories we tell ourselves are more than slightly influential.
Stories are important - and how people tell the story matters, especially in times like these. Whose perspectives are included (or excluded) matters.
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When Empire Rewrites the Story — Church Anew
Revelation cuts both ways. It comforts the vulnerable and indicts the powerful. It saves some and judges others—not because God changes, but because people respond differently when the truth is made v...
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January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Stories are important - and how people tell the story matters, especially in times like these. Whose perspectives are included (or excluded) matters.
churchanew.org/blog/posts/k...
churchanew.org/blog/posts/k...
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Claiming to follow Jesus who was unjustly accused, arrested, and executed by the state, all with religious justification, and then passionately supporting the state without question as it aggressively goes after people has to be one of the most blatant contradictions in history.
January 24, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Claiming to follow Jesus who was unjustly accused, arrested, and executed by the state, all with religious justification, and then passionately supporting the state without question as it aggressively goes after people has to be one of the most blatant contradictions in history.
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a civil engineer
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland
The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.
themainemonitor.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
a civil engineer
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Connecting Tillich to process thought...he doesn't quite get there, per Hartshorne, but there are some areas of agreement. #theologynerd #lutheranprocessdoctrine
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Connecting Tillich to process thought...he doesn't quite get there, per Hartshorne, but there are some areas of agreement. #theologynerd #lutheranprocessdoctrine
Sign reads: "Modern Rest Area," and my first thought is, "As opposed to 'pre-modern' or 'post-modern' rest area?"
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sign reads: "Modern Rest Area," and my first thought is, "As opposed to 'pre-modern' or 'post-modern' rest area?"
Musa Dube is now one of my new favorite feminist biblical scholars/theologians. #feminismandglobalization #justiceforall
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Musa Dube is now one of my new favorite feminist biblical scholars/theologians. #feminismandglobalization #justiceforall
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I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
I specifically refer you to my UMC colleague's comment included in this article: it IS our job to advocate for those who are being oppressed.
I may or may not be referencing "The Matrix" in my upcoming class presentation on Whitehead's understanding of mysticism...
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I may or may not be referencing "The Matrix" in my upcoming class presentation on Whitehead's understanding of mysticism...
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Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.
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It doesn’t matter what your politics are regarding immigration. If they do not begin and end with human beings needing to be treated with dignity and respect, especially when it comes to the enforcement of the law, your politics are wrong.
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It doesn’t matter what your politics are regarding immigration. If they do not begin and end with human beings needing to be treated with dignity and respect, especially when it comes to the enforcement of the law, your politics are wrong.
This is one of the reasons I have a dedicated book budget...(I may also be taking a course from Davis right now, and learned about this book because I brought up Delio's work in a discussion post...)
September 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is one of the reasons I have a dedicated book budget...(I may also be taking a course from Davis right now, and learned about this book because I brought up Delio's work in a discussion post...)
Found a great place in Fairfield Bay to do some reading! Also got to say hi to some people and their dogs! #pastorlife #readingandreasearch #processtheology
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Found a great place in Fairfield Bay to do some reading! Also got to say hi to some people and their dogs! #pastorlife #readingandreasearch #processtheology
Submitted my completed manuscript to Cambridge Scholars Publishing today! There are a few more steps to the process, but this was a big one! #pneumaplasticity #rewiringfear
August 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Submitted my completed manuscript to Cambridge Scholars Publishing today! There are a few more steps to the process, but this was a big one! #pneumaplasticity #rewiringfear
Writing Day; manuscript deadline rapidly approaching! #formattingfun
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Writing Day; manuscript deadline rapidly approaching! #formattingfun
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Go ahead: ask me how I feel about periods located following quotation marks, instead of inside them! (I am not a fan. Though it is probably because I learned English in the US...)
June 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Go ahead: ask me how I feel about periods located following quotation marks, instead of inside them! (I am not a fan. Though it is probably because I learned English in the US...)
Looks like I've got an initial book index!
June 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Looks like I've got an initial book index!
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“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
May 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
Look what arrived at my house today!
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Look what arrived at my house today!
Sallie McFague is an amazing theologian. I need to read more of her work. Listened to this today: Theology, Philosophy, and Religion from the Barrel | Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uaazp...
Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam
Dr. Sallie McFague is a theological legend, a pioneer feminist theologian, and one of the most powerful thinkers in my own theological development. We learned that she passed away this weekend. Over t...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sallie McFague is an amazing theologian. I need to read more of her work. Listened to this today: Theology, Philosophy, and Religion from the Barrel | Sallie McFague on Loving God and the World: in Memoriam www.podbean.com/ea/dir-uaazp...
Empathy, compassion, and solidarity are essential.
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makiashe.substack.com/p/the-curiou...
The Curious Case of Empathy
Why the Powerful Fear Feeling
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March 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Empathy, compassion, and solidarity are essential.
makiashe.substack.com/p/the-curiou...
makiashe.substack.com/p/the-curiou...
When working on a class project requiring a graphic, guess who ends up visually connecting the development of theological models over time to spiral dynamics...gonna have to find a way to explain that one... :-P
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
When working on a class project requiring a graphic, guess who ends up visually connecting the development of theological models over time to spiral dynamics...gonna have to find a way to explain that one... :-P