Paul Prins
@paul.urbanmonastic.org
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About Me: https://paulprins.net/profile
If Christian faith is really hope in what is unseen, we better have incredibly good reasons to withhold hope.
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
If Christian faith is really hope in what is unseen, we better have incredibly good reasons to withhold hope.
Dreams do come true!
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Dreams do come true!
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The Diocese of Edinburgh has chosen a new Bishop, following the election yesterday (14 February) of the Rt Rev Dagmar Winter.
The Bishop-Elect of Edinburgh is the current Suffragan Bishop of Huntingdon, and will be translated to her new post later in the year.
The Bishop-Elect of Edinburgh is the current Suffragan Bishop of Huntingdon, and will be translated to her new post later in the year.
February 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The Diocese of Edinburgh has chosen a new Bishop, following the election yesterday (14 February) of the Rt Rev Dagmar Winter.
The Bishop-Elect of Edinburgh is the current Suffragan Bishop of Huntingdon, and will be translated to her new post later in the year.
The Bishop-Elect of Edinburgh is the current Suffragan Bishop of Huntingdon, and will be translated to her new post later in the year.
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'A real-life Rosie the Riveter'. An unnamed woman working on a Vultee A-31 Vengeance dive bomber, Nashville, Tennessee. February 1943. Photographer: Alfred T Palmer. Source: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
February 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
'A real-life Rosie the Riveter'. An unnamed woman working on a Vultee A-31 Vengeance dive bomber, Nashville, Tennessee. February 1943. Photographer: Alfred T Palmer. Source: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
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If you don't get our newsletter, this reflection 'in ashes and hope' was shared with the Urban Monastic community today. May it help you reflect and prepare for Ash Wednesday and this season of Lent we will share together.
In Ashes and Hope - Urban Monastic
For the simplicity of abstaining from something is an invitation to rest within the presence of our God. That same tenderness and gentleness is a balm that heals our ability to hope. I need that bal...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
If you don't get our newsletter, this reflection 'in ashes and hope' was shared with the Urban Monastic community today. May it help you reflect and prepare for Ash Wednesday and this season of Lent we will share together.
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
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man i really wish we had 2 Peter 3:10 anywhere in our lectionary. Verses 5-7 are banger to preach on and we never get to ⚓
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
man i really wish we had 2 Peter 3:10 anywhere in our lectionary. Verses 5-7 are banger to preach on and we never get to ⚓
If you don't get our newsletter, this reflection 'in ashes and hope' was shared with the Urban Monastic community today. May it help you reflect and prepare for Ash Wednesday and this season of Lent we will share together.
In Ashes and Hope - Urban Monastic
For the simplicity of abstaining from something is an invitation to rest within the presence of our God. That same tenderness and gentleness is a balm that heals our ability to hope. I need that bal...
urbanmonastic.org
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
If you don't get our newsletter, this reflection 'in ashes and hope' was shared with the Urban Monastic community today. May it help you reflect and prepare for Ash Wednesday and this season of Lent we will share together.
I love the collect for this week. What a fitting one as we return to Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent.
Within us and among us Lord, let your presence and love sustain all things.
Within us and among us Lord, let your presence and love sustain all things.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I love the collect for this week. What a fitting one as we return to Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent.
Within us and among us Lord, let your presence and love sustain all things.
Within us and among us Lord, let your presence and love sustain all things.
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
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What actually happened in the Living in Love and Faith debate yesterday (apart from another 5 hours of the same old): #CofE viamedia.news/2026/02/13/l...
Leaving in Love and Faith? - ViaMedia.News
by Nic Tall, National Co-ordinator of Together for the Church of England I am writing this piece in Church House, the morning after a five-hour debate on Living in Love and Faith (LLF). As with many l...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
What actually happened in the Living in Love and Faith debate yesterday (apart from another 5 hours of the same old): #CofE viamedia.news/2026/02/13/l...
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Getting hundreds of death threats and hate comments from transphobes and bootlickers on Instagram for this one so I guess we gotta sing it even louder
Evan Greer - "You Will Have to Come Through Us" [Tiny Desk 2026]
YouTube video by Evan Greer
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February 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Getting hundreds of death threats and hate comments from transphobes and bootlickers on Instagram for this one so I guess we gotta sing it even louder
Hope is something we can learrn and model. Modeling hope is one of the primary things I, a minister, understand my job to be. I struggle at times (esp last month with all happening in Mpls/MN) but I know that people are attracted to durable and active hope. Faith might be a better word than hope...
“One of the things that faith requires of you is the ability to believe that this current state that you are in is not the end. There is a possibility that something can be greater. And even though you cannot see it, you believe that it can happen."
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What If Trevor Noah Is Right About the Left and Religion?
A month ago, I heard something I can’t shake.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Hope is something we can learrn and model. Modeling hope is one of the primary things I, a minister, understand my job to be. I struggle at times (esp last month with all happening in Mpls/MN) but I know that people are attracted to durable and active hope. Faith might be a better word than hope...
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I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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you can always start masking again if you’ve stopped. it’s fine, good actually.
General PSA: there is SO MUCH COVID going around right now. If you are feeling sick, you should test
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
you can always start masking again if you’ve stopped. it’s fine, good actually.
One of the biggest mistakes that I see devout and sincere Christians make... they focus on what they want to change and spend little to no energy on what will take its place. They focus on sin instead of focusing on what will take the place of that sin in their life.
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
One of the biggest mistakes that I see devout and sincere Christians make... they focus on what they want to change and spend little to no energy on what will take its place. They focus on sin instead of focusing on what will take the place of that sin in their life.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
Scholar of the ancient Mediterranean world who thinks GLP-1 is a newly discovered papyrus fragment.
open source developer who thinks GLP-1 is a new license the FSF is pushing
February 10, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Scholar of the ancient Mediterranean world who thinks GLP-1 is a newly discovered papyrus fragment.
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ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection.
GOD: Say less.
GOD: Say less.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection.
GOD: Say less.
GOD: Say less.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
I’m giving a similar talk tomorrow at the American Cathedral in Paris called ‘AI and our Incarnational Christian Life’. Speaking as someone with 20+ years building all kinds of software, an M.Div, and a founder of Urban Monasticism. Will post audio after.
The Episcopal Church's innovation lab, TryTank, has announced the Rev. Peter Levenstrong as its first Senior Fellow. According to their instagram post: "Peter will be responsible for looking specifically for experiments that the church can conduct with regards to artificial intelligence." 🕯️
February 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I’m giving a similar talk tomorrow at the American Cathedral in Paris called ‘AI and our Incarnational Christian Life’. Speaking as someone with 20+ years building all kinds of software, an M.Div, and a founder of Urban Monasticism. Will post audio after.
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I've been singing this to myself all day
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I've been singing this to myself all day
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.