Steven Balke
@stevenbalke.bsky.social
Canon Vicar,
St. James Cathedral, Chicago
St. James Cathedral, Chicago
We'll know a lot more once we know his preference for Neapolitan or Deep Dish.
May 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We'll know a lot more once we know his preference for Neapolitan or Deep Dish.
Missed opportunity... Pope Malört I would have been catchy. Just saying...
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Missed opportunity... Pope Malört I would have been catchy. Just saying...
I've found this one beneficial to add to my prayers. 🕯️⚓
Prayer for those who influence public opinion, from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 827
Prayer for those who influence public opinion, from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 827
February 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've found this one beneficial to add to my prayers. 🕯️⚓
Prayer for those who influence public opinion, from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 827
Prayer for those who influence public opinion, from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 827
Reposted by Steven Balke
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a human rights activist, legal scholar, feminist, poet, author, Episcopal priest, labor organizer, Non binary woman of color. S/he was the first POC to earn a JSD from Yale and a co-founder of NOW. Their writings were a cornerstone of Brown v. Board of Education.
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a human rights activist, legal scholar, feminist, poet, author, Episcopal priest, labor organizer, Non binary woman of color. S/he was the first POC to earn a JSD from Yale and a co-founder of NOW. Their writings were a cornerstone of Brown v. Board of Education.
I love working for The Episcopal Church. My notes at the end of staff meeting look like
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I love working for The Episcopal Church. My notes at the end of staff meeting look like
Shared the Ida B. Wells episode already, but on second thought a great #BlackHistoryMonth discipline would be to listen to all of WBEZ's excellent series, Making, each episode featuring a Black icon that shaped our society.
www.podchaser.com/podcasts/mak...
www.podchaser.com/podcasts/mak...
Making
With Brandon Pope and Jenn White, 48 episodes, 7 ratings & reviews. WBEZ's critically-acclaimed bio-podcast series explores how an icon is made. Providing an unmatched view from the beginning, all the...
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February 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Shared the Ida B. Wells episode already, but on second thought a great #BlackHistoryMonth discipline would be to listen to all of WBEZ's excellent series, Making, each episode featuring a Black icon that shaped our society.
www.podchaser.com/podcasts/mak...
www.podchaser.com/podcasts/mak...
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago Sanctuary Committee is doing important work sharing "Know Your Rights" seminars and repurposing its Emergency Fund to help migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. They're happy to share their insights with others helping out 🕯️ ⚓
episcopalchicago.org/sanctuary-di...
episcopalchicago.org/sanctuary-di...
Sanctuary Diocese - Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Introduction In 2019, the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago’s convention approved Resolution F-182, “On Becoming a Sanctuary Diocese.” The resolution stated, “As people of faith and conscience, we pledge t...
episcopalchicago.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago Sanctuary Committee is doing important work sharing "Know Your Rights" seminars and repurposing its Emergency Fund to help migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. They're happy to share their insights with others helping out 🕯️ ⚓
episcopalchicago.org/sanctuary-di...
episcopalchicago.org/sanctuary-di...
As we're trying to figure out best policies for our spaces here, the guidance coming from the National Immigration Law Center has been very helpful:
www.nilc.org/resources/fa...
🕯️ ⚓
www.nilc.org/resources/fa...
🕯️ ⚓
Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All
This factsheet explains the protected areas policy, the laws that currently apply to these areas, and the steps advocates and communities can take to help immigrants maintain access to essential commu...
www.nilc.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
As we're trying to figure out best policies for our spaces here, the guidance coming from the National Immigration Law Center has been very helpful:
www.nilc.org/resources/fa...
🕯️ ⚓
www.nilc.org/resources/fa...
🕯️ ⚓
Civil rights hero, journalism hero, American hero, Ida B. Wells.
Her story told by WBEZ Chicago in series of interviews. Sermon worthy material here 🕯️⚓
www.wbez.org/making/2022/...
Her story told by WBEZ Chicago in series of interviews. Sermon worthy material here 🕯️⚓
www.wbez.org/making/2022/...
Ida B. Wells used truth as a weapon
When Ida B. Wells was just 21 years old, authorities kicked her off a train for sitting in the all-white “ladies’ car.” She sued. She wrote about the experience in her local church newspaper. “I felt ...
www.wbez.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Civil rights hero, journalism hero, American hero, Ida B. Wells.
Her story told by WBEZ Chicago in series of interviews. Sermon worthy material here 🕯️⚓
www.wbez.org/making/2022/...
Her story told by WBEZ Chicago in series of interviews. Sermon worthy material here 🕯️⚓
www.wbez.org/making/2022/...
When I get into North vs. South, Red States vs. Blue States debates, I refer back to this interview with social psychologist Ryan Brown. This history of Honor Cultures and Dignity Cultures gave me a really useful perspective on the roots of our social divisions ⚓
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/hid...
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/hid...
Made of Honor - Hidden Brain (podcast)
00:47:30 - Stories help us make sense of the world, and can even help us heal from trauma. They also shape our cultural narratives, for better and for worse. T…
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February 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When I get into North vs. South, Red States vs. Blue States debates, I refer back to this interview with social psychologist Ryan Brown. This history of Honor Cultures and Dignity Cultures gave me a really useful perspective on the roots of our social divisions ⚓
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/hid...
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/hid...
Still relevant a couple years later, this compelling article by David Brooks that examines the decline of moral formation. It makes a strong case for why people are lonelier, sadder, and angrier and what steps we can take to heal.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Still relevant a couple years later, this compelling article by David Brooks that examines the decline of moral formation. It makes a strong case for why people are lonelier, sadder, and angrier and what steps we can take to heal.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
🎉 🕯️ ⚓
Wonderful news at St. James Cathedral, Chicago. The Very Rev. Lisa Hackney-James is the Dean we prayed for and need for the ministries before us:
conta.cc/4jzVhSM
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#Episcopal
Wonderful news at St. James Cathedral, Chicago. The Very Rev. Lisa Hackney-James is the Dean we prayed for and need for the ministries before us:
conta.cc/4jzVhSM
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#Episcopal
January 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🎉 🕯️ ⚓
Wonderful news at St. James Cathedral, Chicago. The Very Rev. Lisa Hackney-James is the Dean we prayed for and need for the ministries before us:
conta.cc/4jzVhSM
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#Episcopal
Wonderful news at St. James Cathedral, Chicago. The Very Rev. Lisa Hackney-James is the Dean we prayed for and need for the ministries before us:
conta.cc/4jzVhSM
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#Episcopal
Dr. Vivek Murthy did so much good work during his term as Surgeon General, not the least of which was using his platform to promote the values of spiritual, communal, physical, and mental health as part of a whole wellbeing.
time.com/7205289/vive...
time.com/7205289/vive...
The U.S. Surgeon General Has One Last Piece of Advice
As he prepares to end his second term in office, Dr. Vivek Murthy reflects on the nation's biggest impediment to health.
time.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dr. Vivek Murthy did so much good work during his term as Surgeon General, not the least of which was using his platform to promote the values of spiritual, communal, physical, and mental health as part of a whole wellbeing.
time.com/7205289/vive...
time.com/7205289/vive...
Perfect prayer to go out on our Annual Meeting at St. James Cathedral, Chicago, "A Prayer for Servant Leadership" by The Rev. Dr. Valori Mulvey Sherer. Let's take this show on the road ⚓
#Episcopal
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#ServantLeadership
#LoveYourNeighbor
#Prayer
#Episcopal
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#ServantLeadership
#LoveYourNeighbor
#Prayer
January 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Perfect prayer to go out on our Annual Meeting at St. James Cathedral, Chicago, "A Prayer for Servant Leadership" by The Rev. Dr. Valori Mulvey Sherer. Let's take this show on the road ⚓
#Episcopal
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#ServantLeadership
#LoveYourNeighbor
#Prayer
#Episcopal
#SaintJamesCathedral
#IAmStJames
#ServantLeadership
#LoveYourNeighbor
#Prayer
I love Episcopal polity
I'm reading through old journals of General Convention and cracked up reading this from the House of Deputies at the 1969 General Convention (nice). 🕯️
January 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I love Episcopal polity
Ordainiversary today! It has always been my honor to have been ordained on the Feast of Florence Li Tim-Oi, a vocational inspiration to the church.
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
#Episcopal #TEC ⚓
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
#Episcopal #TEC ⚓
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ordainiversary today! It has always been my honor to have been ordained on the Feast of Florence Li Tim-Oi, a vocational inspiration to the church.
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
#Episcopal #TEC ⚓
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
#Episcopal #TEC ⚓
Old episode of the podcast 99% Invisible about tradition and innovation, intention, design, messaging, and public reaction. It's about the controversial UC logo, but I hear many correlations to tradition and innovation in #TEC ⚓ Thoughts anyone?
99percentinvisible.org/episode/epis...
99percentinvisible.org/episode/epis...
The Brief and Tumultuous Life of the New UC Logo - 99% Invisible
If you’re not from California or missed this bit of news, the University of California has a new logo. Or rather had a new logo. To be more precise, they had a new “visual identity system,” which is t...
99percentinvisible.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Old episode of the podcast 99% Invisible about tradition and innovation, intention, design, messaging, and public reaction. It's about the controversial UC logo, but I hear many correlations to tradition and innovation in #TEC ⚓ Thoughts anyone?
99percentinvisible.org/episode/epis...
99percentinvisible.org/episode/epis...
Ministers should be the most political of animals because, in contrast to much of what passes as politics in our time, those in the ministry cannot help but be about the formation of a people who can know they need one another to survive.
Stanley Hauerwas, The Work of Theology, p. 113
Stanley Hauerwas, The Work of Theology, p. 113
January 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ministers should be the most political of animals because, in contrast to much of what passes as politics in our time, those in the ministry cannot help but be about the formation of a people who can know they need one another to survive.
Stanley Hauerwas, The Work of Theology, p. 113
Stanley Hauerwas, The Work of Theology, p. 113
From an Order for Compline, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 134
January 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
From an Order for Compline, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 134
Anyone looking for the best way to support people in the wake of the California wildfires, Episcopal Relief & Development has the infrastructure in place to triage needs and get the aid where it is most needed at this time. Holding our neighbors in prayer.
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
Responding to the Wildfires in California
Episcopal Relief & Development is offering technical support to partners in California that are being affected by the devastating and fast-growing Palisades, Woodley, Eaton and Hurst fires.
www.episcopalrelief.org
January 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Anyone looking for the best way to support people in the wake of the California wildfires, Episcopal Relief & Development has the infrastructure in place to triage needs and get the aid where it is most needed at this time. Holding our neighbors in prayer.
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...
Thanksgiving, a first Bluesky post, seems fitting to offer Charles Price's General Thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer (p. 836)
November 28, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Thanksgiving, a first Bluesky post, seems fitting to offer Charles Price's General Thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer (p. 836)