@smichaelx.bsky.social
I need to start posting on this account. Bluesky forgive me
July 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I need to start posting on this account. Bluesky forgive me
I want no parts of black liberation that excludes queer black folks…
May 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I want no parts of black liberation that excludes queer black folks…
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Wearing my "let this radicalize you" shirt when i saw a @prisonculture.bsky.social classic
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Wearing my "let this radicalize you" shirt when i saw a @prisonculture.bsky.social classic
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When I get to heaven, I wanna have a chat with the dudes who convinced all these people to build an entire new covenant theory of atonement off of one verse in Isaiah (53:10) that not one single New Testament author cites from a translation/tradition that no New Testament author was utilizing.
April 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
When I get to heaven, I wanna have a chat with the dudes who convinced all these people to build an entire new covenant theory of atonement off of one verse in Isaiah (53:10) that not one single New Testament author cites from a translation/tradition that no New Testament author was utilizing.
I’m still mad Kehlani said hit the backboard like a freethrow.
That’s a terrible shot 😒
That’s a terrible shot 😒
April 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m still mad Kehlani said hit the backboard like a freethrow.
That’s a terrible shot 😒
That’s a terrible shot 😒
I’m officially (un)done…
Emphasis on the ellipsis.
One of those books that truly alters you. I’m so excited for the his next book, “The Religion of Whiteness: An Apocalyptic Lyric”
Emphasis on the ellipsis.
One of those books that truly alters you. I’m so excited for the his next book, “The Religion of Whiteness: An Apocalyptic Lyric”
April 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m officially (un)done…
Emphasis on the ellipsis.
One of those books that truly alters you. I’m so excited for the his next book, “The Religion of Whiteness: An Apocalyptic Lyric”
Emphasis on the ellipsis.
One of those books that truly alters you. I’m so excited for the his next book, “The Religion of Whiteness: An Apocalyptic Lyric”
Sinners was an even better watch the first time.
April 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sinners was an even better watch the first time.
This conversation on black religion given the occasion of the new movie Sinners is precisely why I think J Kameron Carter’s book, “The Anarchy of Black Religion” is so vitally important for us today.
It’s that important.
It’s that important.
April 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This conversation on black religion given the occasion of the new movie Sinners is precisely why I think J Kameron Carter’s book, “The Anarchy of Black Religion” is so vitally important for us today.
It’s that important.
It’s that important.
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You can get 20% off with bookshop .org's discount for community organizing books when you preorder Damned Whiteness. This is my favorite way to buy books online because you can support local booksellers by choosing one when you make your purchase.
Damned Whiteness: How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement
How White Christian Allies Failed the Black Freedom Movement
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April 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You can get 20% off with bookshop .org's discount for community organizing books when you preorder Damned Whiteness. This is my favorite way to buy books online because you can support local booksellers by choosing one when you make your purchase.
Quick thought on the axiom, “christian before black.”
What if we didn’t imagine identity in hierarchical ways? When one follows Jesus they become more of themselves, not less. Your story is not lost or placed in competition with God and others.
What if we didn’t imagine identity in hierarchical ways? When one follows Jesus they become more of themselves, not less. Your story is not lost or placed in competition with God and others.
April 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Quick thought on the axiom, “christian before black.”
What if we didn’t imagine identity in hierarchical ways? When one follows Jesus they become more of themselves, not less. Your story is not lost or placed in competition with God and others.
What if we didn’t imagine identity in hierarchical ways? When one follows Jesus they become more of themselves, not less. Your story is not lost or placed in competition with God and others.
I accidentally called this app blacksky 🤣 it rings tho
April 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I accidentally called this app blacksky 🤣 it rings tho
I dream…
of blackness unpoliced,
from within or without
free to love itself with no apology
free to love whatever without losing itself
of blackness unpoliced,
from within or without
free to love itself with no apology
free to love whatever without losing itself
April 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I dream…
of blackness unpoliced,
from within or without
free to love itself with no apology
free to love whatever without losing itself
of blackness unpoliced,
from within or without
free to love itself with no apology
free to love whatever without losing itself
Segregation is always the precursor to genocide
- Willie James Jennings
- Willie James Jennings
March 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Segregation is always the precursor to genocide
- Willie James Jennings
- Willie James Jennings
Dense isn’t even the word.
March 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Dense isn’t even the word.
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"PSA is dead, and Andrew Rillera just killed it. Christians who have been troubled by the implications of penal substitutionary atonement will want to read Lamb of the Free, while those who subscribe to PSA might not want to read it, but absolutely must!" @mattthiessen.bsky.social 12/
Lamb of the Free- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Lamb of the Free analyzes the different sacrificial imagery applied to Jesus in the NT in light of the facts that (a) there is no such thing as substitutiona...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:45 AM
"PSA is dead, and Andrew Rillera just killed it. Christians who have been troubled by the implications of penal substitutionary atonement will want to read Lamb of the Free, while those who subscribe to PSA might not want to read it, but absolutely must!" @mattthiessen.bsky.social 12/
DEI could never replace what reparations was supposed to provide for black folks. The inherent limitations of DEI in an anti black society is magnified when reparations have been denied for so long.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
DEI could never replace what reparations was supposed to provide for black folks. The inherent limitations of DEI in an anti black society is magnified when reparations have been denied for so long.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
We will be sustained in this administration not by segregation but by sharing. Not by self preservation but in shared suffering.
Selah.
Selah.
February 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We will be sustained in this administration not by segregation but by sharing. Not by self preservation but in shared suffering.
Selah.
Selah.
It seems fitting that we would prioritize the radical black tradition & within that the black church for how we followers of Jesus today should engage the kind of political system we’re in, instead of say “the early church.”
February 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It seems fitting that we would prioritize the radical black tradition & within that the black church for how we followers of Jesus today should engage the kind of political system we’re in, instead of say “the early church.”
“If God is not for us, if God is not against white racists, then God is a murderer, and we had better kill God. The task of black theology is to kill gods that do not belong to the black community.”
- James Cone
- James Cone
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“If God is not for us, if God is not against white racists, then God is a murderer, and we had better kill God. The task of black theology is to kill gods that do not belong to the black community.”
- James Cone
- James Cone
“the God of the oppressed takes sides with the black community. God is not color-blind in the black-white struggle, but has made an unqualified identification with blacks.”
- James Cone
- James Cone
February 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“the God of the oppressed takes sides with the black community. God is not color-blind in the black-white struggle, but has made an unqualified identification with blacks.”
- James Cone
- James Cone
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If you are feeling politically despondent in this moment….
I can’t more highly encourage you to get involved with a local organization.
We have collective power. And there is joy in community.
I can’t more highly encourage you to get involved with a local organization.
We have collective power. And there is joy in community.
January 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If you are feeling politically despondent in this moment….
I can’t more highly encourage you to get involved with a local organization.
We have collective power. And there is joy in community.
I can’t more highly encourage you to get involved with a local organization.
We have collective power. And there is joy in community.
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Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
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The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
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On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
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A lot of people are getting hip to the work of Octavia Butler and how she predicted this moment so long ago. Too bad they weren’t paying attention womanists and Black feminists who’ve been talking about this for a long time. You may want to pay attention now.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A lot of people are getting hip to the work of Octavia Butler and how she predicted this moment so long ago. Too bad they weren’t paying attention womanists and Black feminists who’ve been talking about this for a long time. You may want to pay attention now.
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Remember, today especially, that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Keep the faith. Keep up the fight.
January 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Remember, today especially, that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Keep the faith. Keep up the fight.