Persis 🙏🕊️📚🧶
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“What the church now requires "by faith," I suggest,
• is to run risks for justice in a brutalizing society;
• is to run risks for forgiveness in a vengeful society;
• is to run risks for hospitality in an exclusionary society;”
A Gospel of Hope, Walter Brueggemann, pgs. 70-71.
• is to run risks for justice in a brutalizing society;
• is to run risks for forgiveness in a vengeful society;
• is to run risks for hospitality in an exclusionary society;”
A Gospel of Hope, Walter Brueggemann, pgs. 70-71.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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If our Christianity causes the abused to be ignored, the stranger to be unwelcome, kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, and our planet to be disregarded all while billionaires get richer, we've profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus' teachings.
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
If our Christianity causes the abused to be ignored, the stranger to be unwelcome, kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, and our planet to be disregarded all while billionaires get richer, we've profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus' teachings.
Life finds a way.
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Life finds a way.
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I've got a bone to pick with this.
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I've got a bone to pick with this.
“Christian nationalism may appear to align with Christianity, but it actually counteracts it. Its way of looking at the world…is often at odds with the gospel of Jesus, which preaches charity, self-sacrifice, and humility.”
Becoming by Beholding, Lanta Davis, pgs. xvi-xvii.
Becoming by Beholding, Lanta Davis, pgs. xvi-xvii.
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“Christian nationalism may appear to align with Christianity, but it actually counteracts it. Its way of looking at the world…is often at odds with the gospel of Jesus, which preaches charity, self-sacrifice, and humility.”
Becoming by Beholding, Lanta Davis, pgs. xvi-xvii.
Becoming by Beholding, Lanta Davis, pgs. xvi-xvii.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I received a work email for a trade show with the headline “Experience IBS!”
They need to rethink that acronym.
They need to rethink that acronym.
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I received a work email for a trade show with the headline “Experience IBS!”
They need to rethink that acronym.
They need to rethink that acronym.
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The true religion of Jesus is shown in our love of neighbours.
Everything else is a counterfeit.
Everything else is a counterfeit.
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The true religion of Jesus is shown in our love of neighbours.
Everything else is a counterfeit.
Everything else is a counterfeit.
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
Age verification? I punched cards for COBOL.
Age verification? I learned to type on an Apple IIE
Age verification? My first computer game was zork.
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Age verification? I punched cards for COBOL.
“When non-Indigenous groups ask
us to justify the relevance of our identity and cultural practices to our faith, how often we would like to offer the same challenge to them.”
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, pg. 161.
us to justify the relevance of our identity and cultural practices to our faith, how often we would like to offer the same challenge to them.”
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, pg. 161.
February 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
“When non-Indigenous groups ask
us to justify the relevance of our identity and cultural practices to our faith, how often we would like to offer the same challenge to them.”
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, pg. 161.
us to justify the relevance of our identity and cultural practices to our faith, how often we would like to offer the same challenge to them.”
Reading the Bible on Turtle Island, pg. 161.
There comes a point when the best thing for my mental health is to gray rock the flying monkeys.
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
There comes a point when the best thing for my mental health is to gray rock the flying monkeys.
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Because a few of you ordered a #melttheicehat, I was able to buy some things for a Mpls food pantry where my friend volunteers. They work with many immigrants. You get a cool hat & make a difference! Hats are $25 + $5 shipping. #resistice
February 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Because a few of you ordered a #melttheicehat, I was able to buy some things for a Mpls food pantry where my friend volunteers. They work with many immigrants. You get a cool hat & make a difference! Hats are $25 + $5 shipping. #resistice
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I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
How do you convince someone they are trapped in empire’s machinations when they are unwilling to see the harm of empire and unwilling to ditch it?
Is it impossible save for the Spirit opening unseeing eyes and softening hardened hearts and consciences? IOW it’s beyond mere discussion.
Is it impossible save for the Spirit opening unseeing eyes and softening hardened hearts and consciences? IOW it’s beyond mere discussion.
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
How do you convince someone they are trapped in empire’s machinations when they are unwilling to see the harm of empire and unwilling to ditch it?
Is it impossible save for the Spirit opening unseeing eyes and softening hardened hearts and consciences? IOW it’s beyond mere discussion.
Is it impossible save for the Spirit opening unseeing eyes and softening hardened hearts and consciences? IOW it’s beyond mere discussion.
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Happy Black History Month!
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
These carbon fiber foldable walking sticks are lightweight and strong. You can fit them in a bag! And they come in 3 great patterns!!!
Store: Bibipins.com
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
These carbon fiber foldable walking sticks are lightweight and strong. You can fit them in a bag! And they come in 3 great patterns!!!
Store: Bibipins.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Happy Black History Month!
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
These carbon fiber foldable walking sticks are lightweight and strong. You can fit them in a bag! And they come in 3 great patterns!!!
Store: Bibipins.com
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
These carbon fiber foldable walking sticks are lightweight and strong. You can fit them in a bag! And they come in 3 great patterns!!!
Store: Bibipins.com
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Removing a post doesn’t remove the racism.
Just like redacting names doesn’t redact the truth.
Just like redacting names doesn’t redact the truth.
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Removing a post doesn’t remove the racism.
Just like redacting names doesn’t redact the truth.
Just like redacting names doesn’t redact the truth.
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For all the knitting 🧶 warriors:
“There are several versions of the “Melt the ICE” hat on Ravelry. I suggest you check them out and make one! But if you’re not a hat person, this little Melt the ICE Badge is for you.”
Free pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
“There are several versions of the “Melt the ICE” hat on Ravelry. I suggest you check them out and make one! But if you’re not a hat person, this little Melt the ICE Badge is for you.”
Free pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
For all the knitting 🧶 warriors:
“There are several versions of the “Melt the ICE” hat on Ravelry. I suggest you check them out and make one! But if you’re not a hat person, this little Melt the ICE Badge is for you.”
Free pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
“There are several versions of the “Melt the ICE” hat on Ravelry. I suggest you check them out and make one! But if you’re not a hat person, this little Melt the ICE Badge is for you.”
Free pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
This is worth reading. 👇
🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉 In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, the e-book of Fire in the Whole is available FREE on Amazon during February! #exvangelical #antiracism #deconstruction #spiritualabuse
February 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This is worth reading. 👇
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Don't want to hear about no family values folks celebrating this. Don't want to hear about family values from people that support this. This generation here in the U.S. will be held accountable - especially Christians who continue to support this.
“The 7-year-old Gresham girl who was detained on her way to see the doctor last month is only eating bread with mayonnaise and her family has to purchase water because the water provided at the Texas detention center where they’re being held is undrinkable.”
Oregon leaders remain concerned for Gresham family detained in Texas
Immigration officers arrested the Crespo-Gonzalez family at Portland Adventist Health last month, as the family sought care for their 7-year-old daughter.
www.opb.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Don't want to hear about no family values folks celebrating this. Don't want to hear about family values from people that support this. This generation here in the U.S. will be held accountable - especially Christians who continue to support this.
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Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
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And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...