The Rev. Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD
@rhizomaticmoss.bsky.social
pastor, theologian, cat dad living in exile in the North.
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Tuesday Telegram: Exile, Belonging & the Caste of Violence
Tuesday Telegram: Exile, Belonging & the Caste of Violence
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December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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New Episode Drop! w/ Rev. Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD @rhizomaticmoss.bsky.social, a Baptist pastor, scholar, and founder of Activist Theology and Our Collective Becoming.
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#lgbtq #trans #queer #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Christianity #deconstruction #ProgressiveChristianity #Exvangelical
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#lgbtq #trans #queer #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Christianity #deconstruction #ProgressiveChristianity #Exvangelical
August 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New Episode Drop! w/ Rev. Roberto Che Espinoza, PhD @rhizomaticmoss.bsky.social, a Baptist pastor, scholar, and founder of Activist Theology and Our Collective Becoming.
🎙️ Listen now
#lgbtq #trans #queer #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Christianity #deconstruction #ProgressiveChristianity #Exvangelical
🎙️ Listen now
#lgbtq #trans #queer #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Christianity #deconstruction #ProgressiveChristianity #Exvangelical
Saturday Substack
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Saturday Substack
+ The Power of Silence
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March 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Saturday Substack
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When I speak of hope and another possible world, this poem captures my sense of that hope.
March 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
When I speak of hope and another possible world, this poem captures my sense of that hope.
“The lure is not like a memo dictating to us our best course of action. We are called to improvise. We are invited to risk the adventure.” Catherine Keller
March 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“The lure is not like a memo dictating to us our best course of action. We are called to improvise. We are invited to risk the adventure.” Catherine Keller
Unlearning toxic power this Lent and everyday at Our Collective Becoming dot com.
March 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Unlearning toxic power this Lent and everyday at Our Collective Becoming dot com.
Y’all. Are you listening to the cries of the world? Can you hear them?
In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film
Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Y’all. Are you listening to the cries of the world? Can you hear them?
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U.S. Holding Secret Talks With Hamas on Hostage Release www.thedailybeast.com/us-holding-s... via @thedailybeast
U.S. Holding Secret Talks With Hamas on Hostage Release
The Trump administration has sent the U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs to directly talk to the terrorist organization Hamas.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
U.S. Holding Secret Talks With Hamas on Hostage Release www.thedailybeast.com/us-holding-s... via @thedailybeast
So they continue to fracture the people.
The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee told GOP lawmakers to stop having in-person town halls with constituents. The directive comes as Republican town halls have devolved into angry shouting matches across the U.S.
Republican House Members Told to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls
The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee told G.O.P. lawmakers that public confrontations with angry constituents could hurt them politically in the midterm elections.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So they continue to fracture the people.
How are y’all doing? I learned over the last 10 years that we need to put care into everything we do. So, how are you?
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How are y’all doing? I learned over the last 10 years that we need to put care into everything we do. So, how are you?
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Trans Biblical Paper - Joseph A. Marchal, Melissa Harl Sellew, Katy E. Valentine : Westminster John Knox Press
Trans Biblical Paper - Joseph A. Marchal, Melissa Harl Sellew, Katy E. Valentine : Westminster John Knox Press Trans Biblical provides some of the most exciting new scholarly work in trans biblical i...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History
This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.
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January 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
This is truth. Entrance our world and practices around capital.
found this @jasonhickel.bsky.social screenshot on FB
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is truth. Entrance our world and practices around capital.
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LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees:
Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)
Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)
Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)
Bé Ù (Silver Lake)
Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)
Oy Bar (Studio City)
Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)
Dudley Market (Venice)
LaSorted's (Silver Lake)
Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)
Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)
Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)
Bé Ù (Silver Lake)
Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)
Oy Bar (Studio City)
Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)
Dudley Market (Venice)
LaSorted's (Silver Lake)
January 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees:
Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)
Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)
Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)
Bé Ù (Silver Lake)
Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)
Oy Bar (Studio City)
Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)
Dudley Market (Venice)
LaSorted's (Silver Lake)
Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations)
Bar Etoile (East Hollywood)
Fiorelli Pizza (Venice)
Bé Ù (Silver Lake)
Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood)
Oy Bar (Studio City)
Sunday Gravy (Inglewood)
Dudley Market (Venice)
LaSorted's (Silver Lake)
Important stuff.
"Hope—like parenting, like organizing, like abolition—is a collective exercise."
~ @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, "We Grow The World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"
~ @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, "We Grow The World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"
January 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Important stuff.
Working people often are living pay check to paycheck. Fewer people have savings to rebuild their life. I know I don’t!
There are families who will never be able to come back from this devastation, and many of them were in generational homes, passed down from people who bought homes in the 1970sand 80's in Altadena. All of the fires are a tragedy, but especially for those who don't have the resources to rebuild.
Eaton Fire Devastates Historic Altadena, Displacing Black Families and Destroying Legacies
While celebrity losses grab headlines, the Eaton Fire has destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in Altadena, displacing Black families who’ve shaped the community for generations. Here's a brief history o...
www.bet.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Working people often are living pay check to paycheck. Fewer people have savings to rebuild their life. I know I don’t!
Each Friday, I’m writing on care. Here’s my first installment. Come join the conversation.
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Friday Care Package
Putting care into everything we do!
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January 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Each Friday, I’m writing on care. Here’s my first installment. Come join the conversation.
open.substack.com/pub/becoming...
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Let us be mindful of how the acceleration of globalized and racialized capitalism is impacting the underside of history. I was always taught to carry cash, and did until everything became cashless. What happens when these digital spaces fail?
January 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let us be mindful of how the acceleration of globalized and racialized capitalism is impacting the underside of history. I was always taught to carry cash, and did until everything became cashless. What happens when these digital spaces fail?
Light.
January 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Light.
Happy Caturday! I am thinking about my next Substack essay that I will write. I'm wanting to start writing about care.
January 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy Caturday! I am thinking about my next Substack essay that I will write. I'm wanting to start writing about care.
When Twitter became a thing, I was there. When Bluesky became a thing, I was there and am @drrobertoche.bsky.social, but I can't get into that account, so I am here as Rhizomatic Moss!
January 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When Twitter became a thing, I was there. When Bluesky became a thing, I was there and am @drrobertoche.bsky.social, but I can't get into that account, so I am here as Rhizomatic Moss!