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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
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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
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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
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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
A promotional graphic for the UUA’s 2025 General Assembly in Baltimore. At the top, bold black text reads: “At the heart of our Unitarian Universalist faith is a call to show up with”. Below, three vibrant paint-stroke style banners read: “LOVE” (pink), “ACTION” (green), and “SOLIDARITY” (orange), each in large black uppercase letters. Underneath is the URL “UUA.ORG/GA” in bold black text. The bottom off the graphic features a photo of a group of people embracing each other in a circle outdoors, showing the backs of their heads and torsos. A white Unitarian Universalist Association chalice logo is overlaid in the lower left corner. A promotional graphic for UUA’s Day of Service at GA 2025 in Baltimore. The headline reads: “Answer the Call at GA 2025” in black text at the top. Below that, a circular GA 2025 logo on the left contains the words: “GENERAL ASSEMBLY • BALTIMORE • JUNE 18–22, 2025” around the edge and “GA” in large purple letters in the center, with silhouetted figures below and the tagline “MEET THE MOMENT.” To the right, bold black text on an orange paint-stroke style banner reads: “GA DAY OF SERVICE.” Below, it says “with South Baltimore Community Land Trust.” Event details follow in orange and black text: “Friday, June 20 | 2:30PM–7:00PM” and “Projects for all ages and abilities.” The bottom of the graphic features a photo of a group of people embracing each other in a circle outdoors, showing the backs of their heads and torsos. A white Unitarian Universalist Association chalice logo is overlaid in the lower left corner.
May 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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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
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Ministry happens in the quiet, too 🕊 Read my new reflection a prayer after someone passed—with no family present. #SpiritualCare #DeathAndDying #EndOfLifeCare #SacredMoments #LoveIsPresence #HospitalChaplain #PastoralCare #MinistryMatters #SilentGoodbye#SacredWitness #NoOneDiesAlone
🕊️ Praying in the Silence: A Sacred Goodbye When No One Else Was There
There are moments in ministry that mark you—not with fanfare or flashing clarity, but with quiet, undeniable power.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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From survival to sacred becoming—✨ For every soul told they were too much—this is for you. #QueerFaith #SpiritualHealing #RadicalLove #FaithfullyQueer #HealingJourney #TraumaSurvivor #UU #BlogPost
I Am the Child Who Survived:
From survival to sacred becoming—my journey through trauma, queerness & reclaiming divine love. A testimony of resilience, healing & truth. ✨ For every soul told they were too much or not enough—this ...
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April 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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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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#handsoffatlanta
April 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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#atlanta #handsoff #handsoffatlanta
April 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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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
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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
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"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
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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
In the upper left corner of the graphic is circular photo of UU Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs who has short curly hair and is wearing black glasses and a black clergy robe with a white collar. Behind them is a blurred rainbow pride flag. The circle is framed with a gradient border that shifts from pink to blue, with white sparkles and the hashtag "#TransJoyIsSacred" curving along the bottom. To the right, against a purple gradient background with soft stars and sparkles, is a rainbow-colored UU flaming chalice logo and the text "http://UUA.ORG ." Below the portrait is a quote in white text: “To affirm trans lives is to affirm the fundamental truth that all people deserve to live fully, freely, and without fear... It means celebrating trans joy, trans beauty, trans leadership, and trans love.” – UU Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs Text along the right edge reads: "Photo credit: Rev. Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs." A graphic with a vibrant gradient background blending pink, purple, blue, and orange hues. Large bold text in dark purple reads: “TRANS JOY SACRED,” with the word “is” in a smaller, light blue script font. Below the main text is the hashtag “#TransJoyIsSacred” in dark purple, followed by a rectangular outline containing the website address “http://uua.org .” In the lower left corner is the Unitarian Universalist flaming chalice symbol rendered in rainbow colors. Along the bottom of the image runs a flowing ribbon design featuring the colors of the transgender flag: light blue, pink, white.
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
The right side of the image features a large photo of UU Rev. Juniper Meadows, who has mid-length brown curly hair, red lipstick, and is holding a white sign that reads “#TransJoyIsSacred” in handwritten marker. Rev. Meadows is wearing a black and white clerical collar, long earrings, and dark nail polish, and Rev. Meadows is looking directly at the camera with a calm, confident expression. On the left side of the image is a quote in white text on a purple gradient background: “...Our presence in this world is a gift of permission to all we encounter to follow their hearts, to live their dreams, and to never settle for shame.” Below the quote, the text reads: “– UU Rev. Juniper Meadows, Minister, 2U Omaha.” Above the quote, there is a pink and purple banner with the hashtag "#TransJoyIsSacred." In the bottom left corner is a rainbow-colored flaming chalice, the symbol of Unitarian Universalism. Text along the right edge credits the photo to Rev. Juniper Meadows. A bold graphic with a dark purple background features the large centered text: “TRANS JOY is SACRED.” The words “TRANS,” “JOY,” and “SACRED” are in large, light pink uppercase letters, while the word “is” is in lowercase, italicized light blue script. Below the main message is the hashtag: “#TransJoyIsSacred” in smaller, light pink text. Beneath the hashtag is a rectangular light pink outline framing the URL “http://uua.org ” in the same light pink color. In the bottom left corner is the Unitarian Universalist flaming chalice symbol, stylized in rainbow colors: the flame is red, orange, yellow, and the body of the chalice contains green, blue, and purple stripes. Flowing across the bottom of the graphic is a wavy stripe in the colors of the transgender flag—light blue, pink, and white
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
On the left side of the graphic two smiling people stand closely together in front of a light pink background. The person on the left, Jes Martinez-Hunt, has short dark hair, glasses, and wears a gray tshirt with a pink, white, and blue transgender flag with the UU chalice overlaid on it, along with the words “MY FAITH IS LOVE.” The person on the right has short curly green hair and holds a white sign that says “#TRANS JOY IS SACRED” in handwritten block letters. To the right of the photo is a large quotation mark icon followed by a quote in black text: “Trans joy breaks open the world’s too narrow stories and offers something greater: a blessing, a radiant reminder that the fullness of who we are is our gift to the world.” Below the quote is the attribution: “– Jes Martinez-Hunt, Conflict Engagement Coach, Hope for US.” Above the quote is a purple and pink banner with the hashtag “#TransJoyIsSacred.” At the bottom right is the Unitarian Universalist Association logo in rainbow colors and the website URL “http://uua.org ” inside a purple-outlined box. Along the left edge of the photo is the credit “Photo credit: Jes Martinez-Hunt” in small white text. A graphic with a light pink background and bold dark purple text in three stacked lines reading: “TRANS JOY is SACRED.” The word “is” is in a light blue handwritten-style font. Below the main text is the hashtag “#TransJoyIsSacred” in smaller purple text and the website “http://uua.org ” outlined in a purple box. In the bottom left corner is the Unitarian Universalist Association flaming chalice logo in rainbow colors. Along the bottom edge is a wavy stripe that in the colors of the transgender pride flag: blue, pink, white, pink, and blue.
March 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM