SEBenton
@sebenton.bsky.social
New Testament, Ancient Associations, Lecturer Religion + Ministry, writer of Women Patrons and Mothers in Associations and the New Testament (*NOW OUT** Mohr), sometime church minister, dog fan, hobby runner (have dined with int’l runners😉)
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SEBenton
@sebenton.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Wow. Would that more would be able to say this!
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Wow. Would that more would be able to say this!
A great list here
Do what you can.
❤️🩹Take care of yourself.
🫂Take care of each other.
☎️Call 5calls.org
🧑💻Write democracy.io#!/thanks
🚫Boycott ICE: www.boycottcitizens.org/ice
✊Support MN: www.standwithminnesota.com
❤️🩹Take care of yourself.
🫂Take care of each other.
☎️Call 5calls.org
🧑💻Write democracy.io#!/thanks
🚫Boycott ICE: www.boycottcitizens.org/ice
✊Support MN: www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
A great list here
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: It's time to abolish ICE. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/it...
One opportunity to add your name to a petition for the senate to refuse to fund ICE, esp. if you are a Christian
One opportunity to add your name to a petition for the senate to refuse to fund ICE, esp. if you are a Christian
It's time to abolish ICE
Federal immigration agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, the third such incident in just weeks amid aggressive federal enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agen...
actionnetwork.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: It's time to abolish ICE. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/it...
One opportunity to add your name to a petition for the senate to refuse to fund ICE, esp. if you are a Christian
One opportunity to add your name to a petition for the senate to refuse to fund ICE, esp. if you are a Christian
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The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis is the 5th person to be shot and killed by federal immigration agents since President Trump began his crackdown last year.
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
www.thetrace.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis is the 5th person to be shot and killed by federal immigration agents since President Trump began his crackdown last year.
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
This is the 19th time they've opened fire.
We're tracking incidents here:
For today, and to address the scared grievance behind authoritarian schemes
A Prayer Against Living in an Economy of Scarcity: where nothing and no one is ever good enough, causing us to live stingy and self-absorbed lives.
(via "Prayers for the Pilgrimage")
(via "Prayers for the Pilgrimage")
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
For today, and to address the scared grievance behind authoritarian schemes
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In 1983, Congress established MLK Jr. Day as a federal holiday. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil supported the bill and its implementation, stating that Dr. King would be honored on 2 days, "one in January; the other on election day, when the millions of black Americans exercise their right to vote."
January 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In 1983, Congress established MLK Jr. Day as a federal holiday. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil supported the bill and its implementation, stating that Dr. King would be honored on 2 days, "one in January; the other on election day, when the millions of black Americans exercise their right to vote."
I Co-sign
What we profess to be the “power that rules the world” reveals us. What WE hold most dear. What WE value the most. What we believe is at the core of the Divine Being (for believers).
What we profess to be the “power that rules the world” reveals us. What WE hold most dear. What WE value the most. What we believe is at the core of the Divine Being (for believers).
OPINION: In the United States, militarism pervades our politics, economy, society and culture. However, that’s a choice — not a destiny. We can and do make different choices all the time.
religionnews.com/2026/01/14/v...
religionnews.com/2026/01/14/v...
Violence is not the greatest force in the 'real world.' People of faith know this.
(RNS) — In the U.S., militarism pervades our politics, economy, society and culture. That’s a choice — not a destiny.
religionnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I Co-sign
What we profess to be the “power that rules the world” reveals us. What WE hold most dear. What WE value the most. What we believe is at the core of the Divine Being (for believers).
What we profess to be the “power that rules the world” reveals us. What WE hold most dear. What WE value the most. What we believe is at the core of the Divine Being (for believers).
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✅ More than 80 Members Signed On
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
✅ More than 80 Members Signed On
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
✅ More than 20,500 letters sent to Congress
Join the growing number of Americans telling their representatives to impeach Kristi Noem:
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DHS is only funded until January 31. Tell your elected representatives that under no circumstances can they cut a blank check for Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino and their crew of brownshirts to murder us in the streets.
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Tell Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was a direct result of unchecked violence, impunity, a...
act.indivisible.org
January 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
DHS is only funded until January 31. Tell your elected representatives that under no circumstances can they cut a blank check for Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino and their crew of brownshirts to murder us in the streets.
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Use resistbot to flood congresspeople with your opinions by Fax, email, or snail mail
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Use resistbot to flood congresspeople with your opinions by Fax, email, or snail mail
Important
“If we saw an unemployment rate for white men at the current rate it is for Black women, we would have already declared a recession."
Women Made Up Nearly All The Job Losses Last Month. Here’s Why
Men joined the labor market at a rate three times greater than women in 2025. What the latest jobs report means for the workplace.
www.forbes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Important
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A lovely view before sunset on the NorCal coast (US). Got to go for a hike in this beauty today. Tomorrow back to some work on things the parents need while my mom’s rehabbing from a recent hospitalization.
Things get hard when they’re aging 🙁
Things get hard when they’re aging 🙁
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 AM
A lovely view before sunset on the NorCal coast (US). Got to go for a hike in this beauty today. Tomorrow back to some work on things the parents need while my mom’s rehabbing from a recent hospitalization.
Things get hard when they’re aging 🙁
Things get hard when they’re aging 🙁
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
This leaked portion of the cancelled 60 min segment confirms the human rights abuses planned for by Noem, Trump, and the rest of this regime of evildoing
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This leaked portion of the cancelled 60 min segment confirms the human rights abuses planned for by Noem, Trump, and the rest of this regime of evildoing
There are heroes among us
Even now.
Thank you to this lawyer
Even now.
Thank you to this lawyer
"A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals"
Military lawyer swiftly fired after defying Trump deportation push
An Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired after granting asylum at a high rate.
www.militarytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
There are heroes among us
Even now.
Thank you to this lawyer
Even now.
Thank you to this lawyer
Reviewing student exam monitoring today while I do a couple question regrades (on canvas). The ones who are chewing gum are really giving my misophonia a treat 🙃
a close up of a cartoon character with a big mouth
Alt: a close up of a cartoon character with a big mouth, chewing with mouth open
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reviewing student exam monitoring today while I do a couple question regrades (on canvas). The ones who are chewing gum are really giving my misophonia a treat 🙃
Um, no.
Lying again, Mikey? If only their pants would really combust spontaneously when they do this
Lying again, Mikey? If only their pants would really combust spontaneously when they do this
Mike Johnson: "we've had one of the most productive Congresses in the history of the institution."
(House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)
(House GOP recently caused the longest government shutdown in US history and took a paid vacation for 54 days on your dime)
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Um, no.
Lying again, Mikey? If only their pants would really combust spontaneously when they do this
Lying again, Mikey? If only their pants would really combust spontaneously when they do this
I can’t really decide among all the very important issues that concern me right now.
But this one is really worrying me. If half of us are disenfranchised, where does this country go?
But we wouldn’t take this lying down
But this one is really worrying me. If half of us are disenfranchised, where does this country go?
But we wouldn’t take this lying down
"Opposition to women’s voting rights has long been a fringe, but persistent, feature of the American right," writes Guardian columnist Moira Donegan.
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I can’t really decide among all the very important issues that concern me right now.
But this one is really worrying me. If half of us are disenfranchised, where does this country go?
But we wouldn’t take this lying down
But this one is really worrying me. If half of us are disenfranchised, where does this country go?
But we wouldn’t take this lying down
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Trump will die before the full realization of American fascism is reached. These are the birth pangs. It will get so much worse unless we do something. We should and we must.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump will die before the full realization of American fascism is reached. These are the birth pangs. It will get so much worse unless we do something. We should and we must.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
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Just imagine Mike Johnson’s face when we get this done.
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Just imagine Mike Johnson’s face when we get this done.
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits!
My book is at SBL! Conference discount might help with affordability of you want your own copy, with my models for developing a “position description” for Phoebe & Prisca.
Don’t miss the Mohr Siebeck table—there are two sections of the book stalls, and it took me a minute to find this area #SBLAAR
Don’t miss the Mohr Siebeck table—there are two sections of the book stalls, and it took me a minute to find this area #SBLAAR
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My book is at SBL! Conference discount might help with affordability of you want your own copy, with my models for developing a “position description” for Phoebe & Prisca.
Don’t miss the Mohr Siebeck table—there are two sections of the book stalls, and it took me a minute to find this area #SBLAAR
Don’t miss the Mohr Siebeck table—there are two sections of the book stalls, and it took me a minute to find this area #SBLAAR
Ooh, fascinating
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ooh, fascinating
Oh for the love
I mean, I’m not surprised exactly.
Just continuously appalled, because I won’t let go of my humanity and expectation of decency
I mean, I’m not surprised exactly.
Just continuously appalled, because I won’t let go of my humanity and expectation of decency
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Oh for the love
I mean, I’m not surprised exactly.
Just continuously appalled, because I won’t let go of my humanity and expectation of decency
I mean, I’m not surprised exactly.
Just continuously appalled, because I won’t let go of my humanity and expectation of decency
If you haven’t filled up your Monday schedule, I’ll be presenting about teaching womanist biblical interpretation (as a white woman) in the US south #SBLAAR
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you haven’t filled up your Monday schedule, I’ll be presenting about teaching womanist biblical interpretation (as a white woman) in the US south #SBLAAR