Leslye Colvin
@leslye.bsky.social
Catholic Writer ~ Racial & Social Justice Advocate ~ Spiritual Director ~ Contemplative Activist ~ Podcast Guest and more in lower Alabama.
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Leslye Colvin
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· Dec 1
Meet Leslye — LESLYE COLVIN
www.leslyecolvin.me
This is a promising time for employers at the intersection of faith and social justice seeking communications staff who appreciate nuance and can move beyond the dualism grasping society. Am I your next hire? #jobseeker www.leslyecolvin.me/about
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Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela proves it was never about drugs or democracy. It was always about regime change, oil, money, and power.
January 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela proves it was never about drugs or democracy. It was always about regime change, oil, money, and power.
Thank you, Stephen Schwartz!
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Stephen Schwartz Pulls Out of Washington National Opera Gala in Wake of Kennedy Center Renaming
The newly partisan D.C. institution previously announced a possibly illegal move to add President Trump's name to its title.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Thank you, Stephen Schwartz!
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01/01/26! You can put me on mute and block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! There're NO Civil Rights in Trump's Deranged America! I'll repeat this Every Day until Reality Sinks In. No children's rights! No women's rights! No disability rights! No minority rights! 150 yrs gone! Get Angry & Fight!
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
01/01/26! You can put me on mute and block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! There're NO Civil Rights in Trump's Deranged America! I'll repeat this Every Day until Reality Sinks In. No children's rights! No women's rights! No disability rights! No minority rights! 150 yrs gone! Get Angry & Fight!
Happy New Year!
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Bridges of Introduction for 2026
Long before identifying as a writer, I considered myself to be a bridge builder.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Happy New Year!
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I invite you to begin the new year with the wisdom and words of Sister Jamie Phelps on the Christian’s call to be anti-racist. Sister Jamie was an Adrian Dominican and passed on November 22, 2025. youtu.be/GtxeLCaGS80?...
Sr. Jamie Phelps: Becoming Anti-Racist and Developing Racially and Culturally Inclusive Communities
YouTube video by Communicators for Women Religious
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January 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I invite you to begin the new year with the wisdom and words of Sister Jamie Phelps on the Christian’s call to be anti-racist. Sister Jamie was an Adrian Dominican and passed on November 22, 2025. youtu.be/GtxeLCaGS80?...
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Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.
Yes, I’m a fan of Stranger Things. www.al.com/news/2025/12...
How a Stranger Things hat is sparking charity for St. Jude in a small Alabama city
Heflin city and police officials are highlighting a fundraiser that has been occurring since August that involves selling replica hats of J.A. Owens & Co., Heflin's Ace Hardware.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Yes, I’m a fan of Stranger Things. www.al.com/news/2025/12...
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#King Harald V just stated that "Being able to put oneself in the situation of others and #empathize with each other is absolutely crucial for the journey from an 'I' to a 'we.' And that is where we must go, that is where we need to be. Both in international #solidarity and in our everyday lives."
December 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#King Harald V just stated that "Being able to put oneself in the situation of others and #empathize with each other is absolutely crucial for the journey from an 'I' to a 'we.' And that is where we must go, that is where we need to be. Both in international #solidarity and in our everyday lives."
Links for the music that held, carried, sustained and nurtured me this year. May you find something that resonates within you and offers what you need. #music open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Held, Carried, Sustained & Nurtured
On the last day of this year, I must acknowledge the challenges of 2025, national and personal.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Links for the music that held, carried, sustained and nurtured me this year. May you find something that resonates within you and offers what you need. #music open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
“Watching people welcome these monks—people who may look, worship, and live differently from them—has been both encouraging and powerful. It has given me a renewed sense of hope for our people and our state.” #WalkforPeace www.alreporter.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | When fear gives way to compassion
Peace-walking Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile journey were greeted with an unexpected outpouring of love and respect across Alabama.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Watching people welcome these monks—people who may look, worship, and live differently from them—has been both encouraging and powerful. It has given me a renewed sense of hope for our people and our state.” #WalkforPeace www.alreporter.com/2025/12/30/o...
“Kristy Lee’s decision reflects a broader reckoning. Artists…are making one of the few choices available to them…not to lend their voices, their labor, or their credibility to an institution…no longer represents artistic independence.” #KristyLee #KennedyCenter
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NEWS: Mass Boycott of the Kennedy Center Grows as Artists Cancel Performances Because of Trump
This evening I spoke with one of those artists, Kristy Lee.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“Kristy Lee’s decision reflects a broader reckoning. Artists…are making one of the few choices available to them…not to lend their voices, their labor, or their credibility to an institution…no longer represents artistic independence.” #KristyLee #KennedyCenter
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Donna Theresa - Atlantic Graves (The Zong Massacre)
YouTube video by DonnaTheresaVEVO
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December 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There are times
when writing
until 3:00 am
is necessary.
❤️🕊️✨
when writing
until 3:00 am
is necessary.
❤️🕊️✨
December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There are times
when writing
until 3:00 am
is necessary.
❤️🕊️✨
when writing
until 3:00 am
is necessary.
❤️🕊️✨
“In this week of Christmas,
we are blessed by the presence
of Buddhist monks and Aloka
walking 2300 miles from Texas
to the US Capitol for peace.”
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we are blessed by the presence
of Buddhist monks and Aloka
walking 2300 miles from Texas
to the US Capitol for peace.”
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Walking for Peace through Alabama
Walking for Peace through Alabama The land of Alabama is the ancestral home of the Muscogee people. It also holds the remains of my ancestors. In this week of Christmas, Alabama is blessed by the pres...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“In this week of Christmas,
we are blessed by the presence
of Buddhist monks and Aloka
walking 2300 miles from Texas
to the US Capitol for peace.”
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
we are blessed by the presence
of Buddhist monks and Aloka
walking 2300 miles from Texas
to the US Capitol for peace.”
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
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The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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December 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
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Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
The Jewish people lived for millennia experiencing and witnessing cruelty, injustice and violence as they waited for the prophecy to be fulfilled. Two thousand years ago, it was time…Like today, it was a time of cruelty, injustice and violence.
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Christmas Continues
As a Catholic Christian, I wonder about the limited and selective understanding of the birth of Emmanuel within our commercialized society.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Jewish people lived for millennia experiencing and witnessing cruelty, injustice and violence as they waited for the prophecy to be fulfilled. Two thousand years ago, it was time…Like today, it was a time of cruelty, injustice and violence.
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They do exist! Kristy Lee is a woman from Alabama in a white body who has a moral compass and a steel of spine!
#KristyLee
#KristyLee
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
They do exist! Kristy Lee is a woman from Alabama in a white body who has a moral compass and a steel of spine!
#KristyLee
#KristyLee
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As we get close to #Christmas #Eve, it might be timely to ask what the #political and #social implications of the main message of The #NewTestament is.
#ReligionAsProtest #TheologyAsFreedom
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#ReligionAsProtest #TheologyAsFreedom
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![The New Testament “writings attest, however, to ongoing political, social and economic pressures. Heavy taxation, rigid systems of hierarchy and inequality, and imperial demands of loyalty and honor threatened the freedom of those who followed the teachings of Jesus.”
“These writings [of The New Testament] also share an overarching focus on the significance of the person and work of Jesus for mending a world broken by evil, suffering and conflict.”
Dr. F. Scott Spencer, New Testament General Editor, The SBL Study Bible, HarperOne, 2023, pp.1714-1715 (emphasis added).
Photo: Crèche de Noël en la basilique Notre-Dame des Enfants, 25 December 2023. Ideefixe/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.
Facsimile of cover of
Society of Biblical Literature. The SBL Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. Edited by Steven L. McKenzie et al., New revised standard version, Updated edition. Fully revised and Updated ; First edition., HarperOne, 2023.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7grhrlvfvyhz2uwhfqm3ymb2/bafkreigupjnemxroi75e6om4jvozxwlhifahgwhdhtfc6sqy3fuc76qj6y@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As we get close to #Christmas #Eve, it might be timely to ask what the #political and #social implications of the main message of The #NewTestament is.
#ReligionAsProtest #TheologyAsFreedom
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#ReligionAsProtest #TheologyAsFreedom
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From “Seeking Wisdom’s Light” by Leslye Colvin, published by Pax Christi USA for Advent 2024
December 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
From “Seeking Wisdom’s Light” by Leslye Colvin, published by Pax Christi USA for Advent 2024
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🏆 on so many levels
December 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🏆 on so many levels