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Jen Kiefer
@theladyrev.bsky.social
Christ follower, aspiring subdivision homesteader, holy trouble maker, ELCA pastor
For those of you keeping score, association is not the same thing as causation.
September 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As seen at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fun fact:
The knowledge of the benefits of innoculation/vaccination dates back to the 15th/16th century in Asia.

Don't listen to the current head of HHS.

Vaccines save lives and protect communities.
September 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I feel like, at this point, this game is Michigan vs the Refs rather than New Mexico. Goodness gracious.
August 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not a great fan of the name calling but this absolutely happened.

Racism is a hell of a drug.
period reminder that incomprehensible piece of shit jerry falwell helped invent the evangelical objection to abortion so that they could gain enough political power to claw back gains made by Black Americans and other marginalized groups achieved during the Civil Rights era of the 1960's
August 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I am lamenting that within the ELCA, our disabled siblings seem to be left out of conversations regarding historically underrepresented groups.

Racism is absolutely baked into the system, but all it takes is a picture of a church sanctuary to see that ableism is, too

#elcacwa25
August 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reposted by Jen Kiefer
From Heather Cox Richardson today:

"Do not doubt, don’t second guess, and don't challenge the President of the US Donald Trump,” House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) warned GOP lawmakers. “He's the leader of the party."

That's MAGA. That's Christian nationalism in a nutshell.

SUBMISSION.
June 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The speaker also refuses to acknowledge that the term "judeo-christian," and Christian Nationalism, as a whole, are, in fact, anti-semetic.
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
May 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just tossing this out there - if Bill Gates is trying to give away $200 Billion within the next 20 years, I know where 80k could be put to good use...
May 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Have you ever noticed the administration says it's our patriotic duty to be healthier but has yet to announce plans to reduce poverty and increase access to affordable fresh foods?

In fact, their policies seem to be doing the opposite.
May 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I saw a meme yesterday about field trips being wasted on kids, and I totally felt that after having spent the day at Greenfield Village with my son. He loved it. And.
I could have spent hours just watching the craftsmen weaving fabric and blowing glass.
May 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The most recent episodes of my favorite podcast, @thehistorychicks.bsky.social tells the story of Miep Gies, one of the individuals who risked their lives to hide Anne Frank's family.

I highly recommend this episode, as well as their episode on Anne Frank.

I promise you it's relevant
May 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sometimes, parenting looks like waiting with great excitement to see what book your kid brings home from the book fair.

#ScholasticKidForLife
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Did you know you can ask your medical provider to check your measles antibody titers to see if you need a booster of the MMR vaccine?
a cartoon of a man saying now you know and knowing is half the battle .
ALT: a cartoon of a man saying now you know and knowing is half the battle .
media.tenor.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Reposted by Jen Kiefer
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.

But what the autistic people in your life hear when you spread that widely debunked misinformation is that you would prefer to have a child die a painful death from eradicated communicable disease than to be like them.

Oh, and that’s bullshit.

Hope this helps!
March 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I long for the days in which the hottest debates were Jess vs. Dean, Jess vs. Logan, and Dawson vs. Pacey

(btw, Jess and Pacey, obvi)
March 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Our budgets communicate our values.

You cannot say, in one breath, "I follow Christ," and, in the next, vote to cut health care access and food assistance to the most vulnerable in our country.

See Matt 25:31-46
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Jen Kiefer
Pay attention. Israel just evicted 40,000 Palestinians from the West Bank. From refugee camps. Tanks have rolled in and they say they will be there at least a year. Palestinians are under attack and under siege in every place in the tiny bits of land that they have been able to hold onto.
February 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by Jen Kiefer
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
ISO:
Novels similar to the Fourth Wing series written by black authors
February 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Truth is often revealed in works of art, in this case, literature

"Fourth Wing," by Rebecca Yarros, page 388
February 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reposted by Jen Kiefer
On February 8, 1788, James Madison published Federalist 51—titled “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.” 1/
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When you're so comfy, you become one with the couch.

#Caturday
February 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Reposted by Jen Kiefer
USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion annually in rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM