@revjanetedwards.bsky.social
Ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 1977, schooled in organizing and ministry by the LGBTQIA+ faith community during the constitutional change prompted by the gospel truth that there is no "but" in God's love for all.
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 34.16: Feed us #justice, dear #Christ! Ok, we clearly have #Trump insisting his lies r #truth. Who do we have whom we can trust 2 tell us the truth, making ths my #prayer. How'll #Jesus feed ur community justice 2da? How'll u join in tht? Will tht bring some #peace? How? #PCUSA
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 34.16: Feed us #justice, dear #Christ! Ok, we clearly have #Trump insisting his lies r #truth. Who do we have whom we can trust 2 tell us the truth, making ths my #prayer. How'll #Jesus feed ur community justice 2da? How'll u join in tht? Will tht bring some #peace? How? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm 1 Peter 1.12: Establish us in the #truth, dear #Christ! Ths's my fervent #prayer 2da in the face of #Trump being the man described here & his lying being contagious, constantly endangering us all. How'll #Jesus so establish u in truth 2da? Wht r u able 2 do frm #love then? #PCUSA
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 125.1: We will not b moved, dear #Christ! Ths #protest #song has the tree by the waters as its image. The #Bible here offers the mountain. Which image will u hold as u make ths ur #prayer 2da? How'll #Jesus join u in ur steadfastness? #PCUSA www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrRQ...
We Shall Not Be Moved
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November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 28.25: Manifest Ur holiness in us, dear #Christ! Ths was my #prayer on ths day last year, 2, after #Trump's win. Ths was r witness yesterday over the Parkway East. Were we manifesting #Jesus' holiness? Wht's His answer 2 ths prayer 2da? How do u see His holiness 2da? #PCUSA
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I #pray 2da frm 1 Peter 4.19: We'll continue 2 do #good, dear #Christ! Actually, I'm pretty sure John Wesley said this but it's ok. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social is clearly a good Methodist, something I admire abt her. How'll #Jesus receive ur #prayer here? Wht good will u attempt 2da? Thanks. #PCUSA
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 24.24: May we know by #grace tht U r the #Lord #God, dear #Christ! 4 Ezekiel in the #Bible here, it's destruction & vengeance tht reveal God as Lord. I changed tht 2 grace. Is tht ok wth u? How'll #Jesus answer ths #prayer 4 u 2da? Will He help u shine in the darkness? #PCUSA
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 121.7: Keep us frm all evil, dear #Christ! I saw the movie, Nuremberg. It challenged me profoundly abt r own time, making ths my #prayer. #Jesus reminds me 2da tht the line btwn good and evil runs thru every #heart. Wht's His reply 2 u? Wht r ur feelings abt ths 2da? #PCUSA
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I #pray 2da frm 1 Peter 2.25: Guard r souls, dear #Christ! I confess, I haven't felt tht I needed a guard 4 my soul until now, making ths my #prayer. Serious threats 2 r souls r near & powerful. Can u name some? Murder in the Caribbean in r name, 4 example. How'll #Jesus guard ur soul 2da? #PCUSA
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 18.10: Find us acting faithfully, dear #Christ! The prophet in the #Bible here lists in storytelling style the acts of #faith tht rise from the oasis Gibran speaks of, in the #heart, not the #mind. Do ur actions make ths ur #prayer? Wht'll #Jesus find in ur activity 2da? #PCUSA
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 18.10: Find us acting faithfully, dear #Christ! The prophet in the #Bible here lists in storytelling style the acts of #faith tht rise from the oasis Gibran speaks of, in the #heart, not the #mind. Do ur actions make ths ur #prayer? Wht'll #Jesus find in ur activity 2da? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.149: In Ur #justice preserve us, dear #Christ! A friend mourned wth me yesterday tht justice has disappeared, prompting ths #prayer, I think. Humans r both individual & communal wth #love in both. #Jesus' reply 2da will b in the public square. Where do u receive it? #PCUSA
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.149: In Ur #justice preserve us, dear #Christ! A friend mourned wth me yesterday tht justice has disappeared, prompting ths #prayer, I think. Humans r both individual & communal wth #love in both. #Jesus' reply 2da will b in the public square. Where do u receive it? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm James 5.7: Cultivate #patience in us, dear #Christ! The writer in the #Bible here offers the image of the farmer waiting patiently 4 "the precious crop." Is a precious #democracy r crop, making ths r #prayer? How'll #Jesus cultivate patience in u & 4 wht crop? #PCUSA #faith #hope
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 13.23: Save us frm the wicked's hand, dear #Christ! Ths same plea rose frm the #Bible last year just after the election. The problem wth the wicked's misery is they drag the rest of us in2 it. Ths is what they want, making ths my #prayer. Wht'll #Jesus do 2 save us 2da? #PCUSA
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I #pray 2da frm James 3.18: Sow a harvest of #peace in us, dear #Christ! We're making the turn 2 #Thanksgiving. Ths hymn was a standard in ths season when I was a child, very connected 2 harvest. How'll #Jesus answer ur #prayer 2da? Does ths song bring u peace? #PCUSA www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmR1...
THE HYMNS ENSEMBLE - We Gather Together... "Lockdown Session"
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November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I #pray 2da frm James 3.18: Sow a harvest of #peace in us, dear #Christ! We're making the turn 2 #Thanksgiving. Ths hymn was a standard in ths season when I was a child, very connected 2 harvest. How'll #Jesus answer ur #prayer 2da? Does ths song bring u peace? #PCUSA www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmR1...
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.121: Do not leave us 2 r oppressors, dear #Christ! Propaganda complicates, things, misleading the oppressed 2 embrace their oppressor as their champion, making ths my #prayer. Will #Jesus help us side wth the oppressed 2da? Wht does tht feel like & require of us? #PCUSA
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 6.1: See tht Ur word comes 2 us 2da, dear #Christ! "In the beginning was the word" establishes the mystery in "the word." #Jesus is the word & proclaims it, making this my #prayer. Mayb not like a prophet but in some way Jesus' word will come 2da. How'll it come 2 u? #PCUSA
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I #pray 2da frm James 1.4: Let endurance have its full effect, so tht we may be mature & complete, dear #Christ! Here we r, facing the same foe as Churchill, making ths my #prayer 2da. How will #Jesus fortify u 4 the marathon struggle b4 us 2da & most likely 4 a good while 2 come? #PCUSA #faithful
November 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.116: Let us not b put 2 #shame in r #hope, dear #Christ! Ths corrosion's the connection btwn shame & hope, making ths my #prayer 2da. #Trump & #MAGA project their shame on2 us, threatening r hope in change 2 protect their power. How'll #Jesus bolster r hope 2da? #PCUSA
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 1.20: Wherever the #spirit goes, we'll go, 2, dear #Christ! Henri Nouwen was 1 of my 1st teachers in seminary. He turned ths very heady Presbyterian 2ward the spirit, basically leading me 2 ths #prayer 2da. How'll we keep ths promise 2 #Jesus? Is it thru action? #PCUSA #faith
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I #pray 2da frm John 20.19: Grant us Ur #peace, dear #Christ! I 1st heard in seminary of the Quaker habit of greeting ppl with "Peace." I said, "I'm taking tht." I also learned ths is in the #Bible & present custom 4 Jews & Muslims. I guess this #prayer is my habit. How'll #Jesus reply 2da? #PCUSA
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I #pray 2da frm Lam. 1.19: Revive r strength, dear #Christ! I treasure ths #wisdom, "If u worry, why pray; if u pray, why worry?" We need marathon strength rite now 2 #resist, making ths my #prayer. Jesus' reply 2 me 2da is taking hold of my worries, releasing my strength. Know wht I'm saying #PCUSA
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm Lam. 1.19: Revive r strength, dear #Christ! I treasure ths #wisdom, "If u worry, why pray; if u pray, why worry?" We need marathon strength rite now 2 #resist, making ths my #prayer. Jesus' reply 2 me 2da is taking hold of my worries, releasing my strength. Know wht I'm saying #PCUSA
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I #pray 2da frm #psalm 119.76: Comfort us by Ur #love, dear #Christ! I 1st learned ths Advent sing in seminary. Now it's in the #PCUSA hymnal. #Jesus answers my #prayer here by the gentle beauty of ths music. I #hope it works so 4 u as well. I'm off now 2 protest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mw9...
Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
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October 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I #pray 2da frm John 18.37: Testify b4 us 2 the #truth, dear #Christ! I confess, Pilate's ?, "Wht's truth?" is also mine. Still, truth's slippery in ths world, making ths my #prayer. Sojourner Truth's #faith inspires me 2 trust #Jesus & watch 4 His answer 2 us 2da. It'll prevail. #PCUSA #Christian
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
I #pray 2da frm Jer. 48.5: Hear r cry of anguish, dear #Christ! I've watched The Help countless times. Aside frm the white savior motif, is the depiction of race relations in Alabama accurate? Does her anguish capture my #prayer? How will #Jesus let us know He has heard us 2da? Wht then? #PCUSA
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM