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Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton
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Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs (they/them) Minister @uucvpa.bsky.social | Public Theologian | Poet | Podcaster | Called to Radical Love, Care & Sanctuary My Links: https://linktr.ee/SoulfulUUFeenix |
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🕯 Today we remember the 49 lives lost at Pulse Nightclub—queer, Latinx, joy-filled souls. We honor them with love, justice & sanctuary.

🌈 May their memory be a blessing. May our living be their legacy.

#Pulse #UUCV #LGBTQ #Pride #SayTheirNames #LoveIsLove #QueerLiberation
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today we remember those who died in military service, and all impacted by the cost of war.

As UUs, we honor every sacred life and recommit to peace, justice, and compassion.

May memory move us toward a world where love is our legacy.

#MemorialDay #UUsForPeace #HonorAndRemember #LoveAndJustice
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’ve got two sermons in the new Queer Lectionary, out July 1!
They are: Liberation Through the Cross(Holy Cross Day) &
Embracing Love and Redemption(Lent 1)This book is bold, sacred, and unapologetically queer. Pre-order it. Share it. Preach it. #QueerLectionary #QueerFaith #PreachTheMargins
A Queer Lectionary: (Im)Proper Readings from the Margins - Year a
(Im)Proper Readings from the Margins - Year a
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May 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This Sunday: May 18 · 6pm ET, I’m preaching for UU Mental Health Network. Our healing is sacred. Our stories matter. You are not alone.📍Join us: uumentalhealth.org/worship2025
#MentalHealthSunday #UU #RevPhoenix #SacredWholeness #FaithAndHealing #YouAreNotAlone #UUJustice
May 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🌱 At GA 2025, we’re putting our faith into action with a Day of Service in South Baltimore—partnering with South Baltimore Community Land Trust to support environmental justice and housing. June 20 | 2:30–7PM. More details: UUA.org/GA #UUAGA #EnvironmentalJustice
May 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ministry happens in the quiet, too 🕊 Read my new reflection a prayer after someone passed—with no family present. Read here: https://tinyurl.com/msk54u26 #SpiritualCare #DeathAndDying #EndOfLifeCare #SacredMoments #LoveIsPresence #HospitalChaplain #PastoralCare #MinistryMatters
May 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Feeling energized tonight alongside Nadia Bolz-Weber and hundreds of others at her Red State Revival Tour. Together we share Collective energy, communion of voice and story for for love and justice. #CommunityPower #InspiredToAct #ProgressiveFaith #RadicalLove #FaithAndJustice #SpiritualRenewal
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I refuse to let hate diminish my spirit. From trauma to truth, from fire to rising—I am still here. Whole. Worthy. Radiant.
Read my latest reflection on resilience, radical love, and holy defiance: #QueerFaith #RadicalLove #SpiritualResilience #FaithfullyQueer #UU #HealingIsHoly
Refusing to Let Hate Diminish My Spirit
Dear beloveds,
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April 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There’s no experience quite like browsing a #ATLBookstores without a set agenda, and discovering not only three captivating books but also connecting with @queerinfaith.bsky.social, an extraordinary queer person of faith #QueerFaith #BookLovers #DivineEncounters #FaithfullyQueer #UnexpectedBlessings
April 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On Easter morn, we met resurrection in Mary’s voice—truth rising from the margins, love awakening in defiance of silence, Spirit moving through grief into new life. Read the blog post at: tinyurl.com/3m2mrp3z

#Easter #GospelOfMary #QueerSpirit #Resurrection #FaithfullyQueer #UU #RadicalLove
April 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
From survival to sacred becoming—✨ For every soul told they were too much—this is for you.
Link in yo read and subscribe in my bio. #QueerFaith #SpiritualHealing #RadicalLove #FaithfullyQueer #HealingJourney #TraumaSurvivor #UU #BlogPost
April 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In the sacred stillness of Passover night, terror struck PA Governor Shapiro and his family. As they honored the story of liberation, violence tried to dim their light.​ We pray for healing, justice, and a world where every sacred light shines unafraid. ​#passover #RadicalLove ##NoPlaceForHate
April 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It’s National Poetry Month!
My book Open the Book of Life is full of poems for healing + transformation.
Support queer BIPOC poetry:
To purchase visit: : tinyurl.com/vz3vr66a

#PoetryMonth #QueerPoet #BIPOCVoices #LGBTQWriters #PoetryCommunity #PoetryHeals #RadicalLove
Open The Book of Life: Poems for Healing and Transformation
Poems for Healing and Transformation
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April 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
These are the hands of protest—blessed and bruised.
The hands of prophets, healers, and holy troublemakers.
God moves through these hands—raising the lowly, toppling the mighty.
#HandsOfProtest #SacredResistance #FaithInAction
April 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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🐝 honey badger haikus 🐝

With the sharpest claw

I search for hidden treasures

In what looks like trash

#NationalPoetryMonth
April 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
To billionaires exploiting workers, to corporations hoarding wealth while paying poverty wages: God sees. Justice is coming. Fair wages are sacred. Exploitation is sin. — Deut. 24:14–15 #FaithAndWork #VerseOfTheDay #WorkersRights #LivingWageNow #MoralEconomy #SacredResistance
April 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Reside in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and will bless you."— Genesis 26:3 🕊️ A sacred reminder that even when we feel out of place, we are not alone. There is blessing, promise, and presence in the in-between places. #FaithInExile #SacredJourney #UUChristian #SpiritualEncouragement
April 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In case you’re wondering, it’d take 100 sermons at 15 min each—preached back to back—to match Cory Booker’s 25-hour record-breaking filibuster speech. We all know who the real hero is. #PreacherMath #Filibuster #SermonMarathon #UUClergy #SacredWork #SpiritualLeadership #RadicalLoveInAction
April 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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💖 #TransJoyIsSacred 💖
On Trans Day of Visibility, we honor the fullness of trans lives. As Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs reminds us:
“To affirm trans lives… means celebrating trans joy, trans beauty, trans leadership, and trans love.”
#TDOV #TransLove #UU #UnitarianUniversalist #BelovedCommunity
March 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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🌟Today is Trans Day of Visibility 🌟
Rev. Juniper Meadows reminds us: trans joy is righteous resistance. Your presence is a gift—to follow hearts, live dreams, and never settle for shame. Today, we honor the brilliance, courage, and love of trans people.
#TransJoyIsSacred #TDOV #UU
March 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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🌈 “Trans joy breaks open the world’s too narrow stories and offers something greater: a blessing...” – Jes Martinez-Hunt, Hope for Us ✨

Trans joy is sacred. It’s a spark of freedom, a radiant reminder of our full selves.

#TransJoyIsSacred #TDOV #TransDayofVisibility #UU #UnitarianUniversalist
March 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM