Cassie E. Brown
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
Writer & Tea drinker | Poetry, prose, essays, SFF and literary | www.ozarkmisfit.com | Episcopal lay preacher | Love God, my cat, my enemy, my neighbor, bourbon, music, sunsets, tea sets, healing & hospitality.
All opinions are my own not my employer’s.
All opinions are my own not my employer’s.
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Cassie E. Brown
@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Hi! I am a Missourian. My greatest hits include “Queer and BIPOC folks live in rural America” “stop trading solidarity for ideological purity” “love your neighbor, yeah that jackass” and “beauty is everywhere, just like pain.”
Ash Wednesday begins my favorite church season. Lent feels holy in a way that only grace feels holy. That sinners in love with God feels holy. That God’s constant bursting through in the darkness feels holy. That forgiveness deeply earned, and loss deeply grieved feels holy. ⚓️
February 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Ash Wednesday begins my favorite church season. Lent feels holy in a way that only grace feels holy. That sinners in love with God feels holy. That God’s constant bursting through in the darkness feels holy. That forgiveness deeply earned, and loss deeply grieved feels holy. ⚓️
I revisited this piece I wrote two years ago. It’s gun violence and God and life and loss and dust. I might write a new one today.
⚓️. www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
⚓️. www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
February 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I revisited this piece I wrote two years ago. It’s gun violence and God and life and loss and dust. I might write a new one today.
⚓️. www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
⚓️. www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...
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Episcopal friends, please take this survey from the Task Force for LGBTQ+ Inclusion! ⚓️ covidreligionstudy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Audit TEC Survey
A churchwide audit survey of members across The Episcopal Church to understand experiences of LGBTQ+ inclusion, including pastoral care, access to sacraments, leadership representation, and institutio...
covidreligionstudy.qualtrics.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Episcopal friends, please take this survey from the Task Force for LGBTQ+ Inclusion! ⚓️ covidreligionstudy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Preached today a throwback to Epiphany 4 gospel in addition to E5, because our priest didn’t get to dig in last week thanks to our annual meeting. I preached some stuff that was hard. The Beatitudes today on hard mode. ⚓️
February 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Preached today a throwback to Epiphany 4 gospel in addition to E5, because our priest didn’t get to dig in last week thanks to our annual meeting. I preached some stuff that was hard. The Beatitudes today on hard mode. ⚓️
Martin Luther Vandross.⚓️
Marlene Dietrich Bonhoeffer (is this anything)
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Martin Luther Vandross.⚓️
I am PROFOUNDLY FRUSTRATED. I just got paid feedback on my query letter that was basically "you did it wrong, you need to rewrite it and make it better somehow!" Yet it was very clear I have been doing it ALL WRONG. I have queried over 60 agents. I am failing at a GAME. And I am crying now, so.
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I am PROFOUNDLY FRUSTRATED. I just got paid feedback on my query letter that was basically "you did it wrong, you need to rewrite it and make it better somehow!" Yet it was very clear I have been doing it ALL WRONG. I have queried over 60 agents. I am failing at a GAME. And I am crying now, so.
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1. So, an interesting thing about Minneapolis' response to DHS is that it showcases how pushback to Trump's mass deportation efforts developed and expanded over time — and how it involved religious leaders throughout.
Let me explain…
Let me explain…
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 PM
1. So, an interesting thing about Minneapolis' response to DHS is that it showcases how pushback to Trump's mass deportation efforts developed and expanded over time — and how it involved religious leaders throughout.
Let me explain…
Let me explain…
“Protest stole.” Left here for everyone to appreciate. ⚓️
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“Protest stole.” Left here for everyone to appreciate. ⚓️
So there is a whole-ass occupation in America, martyrs in our streets, and I work every day with children who suffer mental illness and family discord. People I love are hurting and afraid. And I have the cast iron audacity to get in Narthex here and ask for your prayers for my cat going to the vet⚓️
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
So there is a whole-ass occupation in America, martyrs in our streets, and I work every day with children who suffer mental illness and family discord. People I love are hurting and afraid. And I have the cast iron audacity to get in Narthex here and ask for your prayers for my cat going to the vet⚓️
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Thou shalt do no murder.
January 20, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Thou shalt do no murder.
Please, send up prayers for our local Warming Shelter. It is very cold and we are very crowded. ⚓️
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Please, send up prayers for our local Warming Shelter. It is very cold and we are very crowded. ⚓️
Facts.
They're calling it The Storm That Canceled A Hundred Parish Annual Meetings ⚓️
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Facts.
Tell me your pet’s name in a gif
January 23, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Tell me your pet’s name in a gif
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TRANS // FIGURED: a spiritual retreat for rest, renewal, & resilience of trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit Episcopalians, ages 21+, lay & ordained
WHEN: March 16-19, 2026
WHERE: Diocese of California
COST: Suggested donation $100. Meals & lodging provided.
LINK: dfms.formstack.com/forms/transf...
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WHEN: March 16-19, 2026
WHERE: Diocese of California
COST: Suggested donation $100. Meals & lodging provided.
LINK: dfms.formstack.com/forms/transf...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:36 AM
TRANS // FIGURED: a spiritual retreat for rest, renewal, & resilience of trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit Episcopalians, ages 21+, lay & ordained
WHEN: March 16-19, 2026
WHERE: Diocese of California
COST: Suggested donation $100. Meals & lodging provided.
LINK: dfms.formstack.com/forms/transf...
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WHEN: March 16-19, 2026
WHERE: Diocese of California
COST: Suggested donation $100. Meals & lodging provided.
LINK: dfms.formstack.com/forms/transf...
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Hi friends in TEC! The General Convention Task Force to Study Household and Relationship Diversity is conducting a churchwide survey. Please take some time to complete it:
mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
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mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
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Participate in survey on household diversity
mailchi.mp
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Hi friends in TEC! The General Convention Task Force to Study Household and Relationship Diversity is conducting a churchwide survey. Please take some time to complete it:
mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
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mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
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Hey Narthex. Spread this far and wide. An anonymous survey by TEC to gather information on households, relationships, etc. valuable info. Send it to your outlier friends as well as your married w kids. Queers. Single living alone. Roommate situations. Poly. Monks. ALL. ⚓️
mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
Participate in survey on household diversity
mailchi.mp
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hey Narthex. Spread this far and wide. An anonymous survey by TEC to gather information on households, relationships, etc. valuable info. Send it to your outlier friends as well as your married w kids. Queers. Single living alone. Roommate situations. Poly. Monks. ALL. ⚓️
mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
mailchi.mp/episcopalchu...
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hear ye, hear ye!
Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
hear ye, hear ye!
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Looking at building a team of dedicated pastoral callers who make sure everyone in the parish gets human voice contact once a month plus a beefed up pre-membership shepherd to help people get brined in Anglicanism via 1 on 1 relationship
Watch this space 🕯️
Watch this space 🕯️
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Looking at building a team of dedicated pastoral callers who make sure everyone in the parish gets human voice contact once a month plus a beefed up pre-membership shepherd to help people get brined in Anglicanism via 1 on 1 relationship
Watch this space 🕯️
Watch this space 🕯️
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Calling all poets: Eye to the Telescope is accepting submissions for issue 60, edited by Angela Acosta, on the theme of Paying Tribute.
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope, the quarterly online journal of SFPA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, an international organization of speculative poets.
eyetothetelescope.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Calling all poets: Eye to the Telescope is accepting submissions for issue 60, edited by Angela Acosta, on the theme of Paying Tribute.
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
I looked back at my record of submitting writing for 2025... I really didn't do a lot! I need to start 2026 out STRONG. On that note, a couple of poems have been tossed at @ogre.red
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I looked back at my record of submitting writing for 2025... I really didn't do a lot! I need to start 2026 out STRONG. On that note, a couple of poems have been tossed at @ogre.red
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Our April issue is open for submissions!
Poetry, music, and visual art:
redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Poetry, music, and visual art:
redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Our April issue is open for submissions!
Poetry, music, and visual art:
redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Poetry, music, and visual art:
redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
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Holy Eucharist
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Holy Eucharist
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Free idea: A movie with actresses everyone loves playing housewives who’ve had it with the administration when a neighbor is taken, mentored by an elder activist (Jane Fonda) to fight back against ICE in their idyllic hometown would print money. A mix of Book Club and Set It Off.
January 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Free idea: A movie with actresses everyone loves playing housewives who’ve had it with the administration when a neighbor is taken, mentored by an elder activist (Jane Fonda) to fight back against ICE in their idyllic hometown would print money. A mix of Book Club and Set It Off.
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On this Laudmas Eve, I am reminded that some things are best enjoyed when pushed up against the wall and railed.
I mean altars, of course. What did you think I was talking about? ⚓️
I mean altars, of course. What did you think I was talking about? ⚓️
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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If you’re angry or hurt about the state of the world or the USA, great. Anger makes sense. However, how we direct that anger matters. Permitting anger to devolve into hatred might feel great, but don’t. Hatred makes us stupid, cruel, and easy to control. It forecloses us from wise solutions. ⚓️
January 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM
If you’re angry or hurt about the state of the world or the USA, great. Anger makes sense. However, how we direct that anger matters. Permitting anger to devolve into hatred might feel great, but don’t. Hatred makes us stupid, cruel, and easy to control. It forecloses us from wise solutions. ⚓️