Adam Robersmith
@adamrobersmith.bsky.social
Teacher, scholar, artist & clergyperson (UU & AODA); gardener, forest-dweller, contemplative & epicure; queer, progressive, earth-centered & Universalist.
I have alphabet soup before & after my name: Rev, DMin, PhD.
#Ecotheology #PublicIntimacy #UUABoard
I have alphabet soup before & after my name: Rev, DMin, PhD.
#Ecotheology #PublicIntimacy #UUABoard
Today’s delight while taking the dogs on a walk: a praying mantis that clearly belongs on an oak tree.
I have loved them since I was little:
Meditative and still, decisive in action,
hiding in plain sight, and confident even in the face of larger, powerful beings. /|\
I have loved them since I was little:
Meditative and still, decisive in action,
hiding in plain sight, and confident even in the face of larger, powerful beings. /|\
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Today’s delight while taking the dogs on a walk: a praying mantis that clearly belongs on an oak tree.
I have loved them since I was little:
Meditative and still, decisive in action,
hiding in plain sight, and confident even in the face of larger, powerful beings. /|\
I have loved them since I was little:
Meditative and still, decisive in action,
hiding in plain sight, and confident even in the face of larger, powerful beings. /|\
A couple of good omens on my walk today: a powerful seed and transformative emergence!
September 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A couple of good omens on my walk today: a powerful seed and transformative emergence!
Here’s another good book along similar lines!
August 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Here’s another good book along similar lines!
Chamber is in recess, so it’s a good moment for a pic or two, including the really pretty wall treatment! (A little frivolity amidst everything isn’t bad.)
May 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Chamber is in recess, so it’s a good moment for a pic or two, including the really pretty wall treatment! (A little frivolity amidst everything isn’t bad.)
Back to the CT state capitol with Equality CT advocating for HB6913, to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in long term care facilities!
May 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Back to the CT state capitol with Equality CT advocating for HB6913, to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in long term care facilities!
At the CT state capitol with colleagues for Transgender Day of Visibility events and meetings with legislators! 🏳️⚧️🥳
March 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
At the CT state capitol with colleagues for Transgender Day of Visibility events and meetings with legislators! 🏳️⚧️🥳
At the CT State Capitol to offer a prayer for irejn.org ‘s legislative prayer breakfast today: interfaith, community-based work is bringing me hope these days. I hope you are finding ways to connect with those who lift you up, restore your spirits, and prompt you to act!
March 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
At the CT State Capitol to offer a prayer for irejn.org ‘s legislative prayer breakfast today: interfaith, community-based work is bringing me hope these days. I hope you are finding ways to connect with those who lift you up, restore your spirits, and prompt you to act!
Last week I got the gay fix of my entire lifetime…if you’re able to get to Broadway for this one, and want to see something hilarious, ridiculous, and completely self-aware…please go! It was fantastic!
January 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Last week I got the gay fix of my entire lifetime…if you’re able to get to Broadway for this one, and want to see something hilarious, ridiculous, and completely self-aware…please go! It was fantastic!
It’s the day after the longest night of the year, so we engaged the value, meaning, and beauty of the dark in today’s worship. /|\
I started “Darkness, Luminous and Deep” by considering darkness in art, particularly these two paintings by American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).
I started “Darkness, Luminous and Deep” by considering darkness in art, particularly these two paintings by American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).
December 22, 2024 at 8:38 PM
It’s the day after the longest night of the year, so we engaged the value, meaning, and beauty of the dark in today’s worship. /|\
I started “Darkness, Luminous and Deep” by considering darkness in art, particularly these two paintings by American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).
I started “Darkness, Luminous and Deep” by considering darkness in art, particularly these two paintings by American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).
I am about to grade 8 final projects in one go while also finalizing orders of service for all the holiday services: Solstice, Christmas Eve early and late, & Hanukkah.
Blessed Yuletide!
Pray for me. 😳
#AcademicSky
#ParishMinistry
#UnitarianUniversalist
Blessed Yuletide!
Pray for me. 😳
#AcademicSky
#ParishMinistry
#UnitarianUniversalist
December 20, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I am about to grade 8 final projects in one go while also finalizing orders of service for all the holiday services: Solstice, Christmas Eve early and late, & Hanukkah.
Blessed Yuletide!
Pray for me. 😳
#AcademicSky
#ParishMinistry
#UnitarianUniversalist
Blessed Yuletide!
Pray for me. 😳
#AcademicSky
#ParishMinistry
#UnitarianUniversalist
I literally just preached yesterday on generosity and greed with this as a metaphor! And yes, I used myself as an example. 😂
December 16, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I literally just preached yesterday on generosity and greed with this as a metaphor! And yes, I used myself as an example. 😂
Today, I preached about dragons: yarn & tea dragons, specifically. Me, at my worst. How having a hoard is disrespectful to those resources and the sources of those resources, too.
Using resources well and wisely is part of interconnection & exchange, part of healthy #ecotheology & #economics. /|\
Using resources well and wisely is part of interconnection & exchange, part of healthy #ecotheology & #economics. /|\
December 15, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Today, I preached about dragons: yarn & tea dragons, specifically. Me, at my worst. How having a hoard is disrespectful to those resources and the sources of those resources, too.
Using resources well and wisely is part of interconnection & exchange, part of healthy #ecotheology & #economics. /|\
Using resources well and wisely is part of interconnection & exchange, part of healthy #ecotheology & #economics. /|\
Greed makes the world small. It disconnects, but worse, it spreads that disconnection by limiting what can be shared.
Applying deep generosity to our resources changes everything. It makes more goodness available. It encourages us to grow, to transform, to thrive, to keep improving the world.
Applying deep generosity to our resources changes everything. It makes more goodness available. It encourages us to grow, to transform, to thrive, to keep improving the world.
December 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Greed makes the world small. It disconnects, but worse, it spreads that disconnection by limiting what can be shared.
Applying deep generosity to our resources changes everything. It makes more goodness available. It encourages us to grow, to transform, to thrive, to keep improving the world.
Applying deep generosity to our resources changes everything. It makes more goodness available. It encourages us to grow, to transform, to thrive, to keep improving the world.
Had a wonderful discussion with clergy & activists this week about how we show up in the world, share genuine selves with others as our work, and keep ourselves healthy and well-boundaried.
I’m looking forward to more discussions in 2025 about #PublicIntimacy thru @meadvillelombard.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to more discussions in 2025 about #PublicIntimacy thru @meadvillelombard.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Had a wonderful discussion with clergy & activists this week about how we show up in the world, share genuine selves with others as our work, and keep ourselves healthy and well-boundaried.
I’m looking forward to more discussions in 2025 about #PublicIntimacy thru @meadvillelombard.bsky.social
I’m looking forward to more discussions in 2025 about #PublicIntimacy thru @meadvillelombard.bsky.social
Sometimes I rediscover and am sustained by my own words! This passage is from “Cherishing Our World: Avoiding Despair in Environmental Justice Work” in
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December 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Sometimes I rediscover and am sustained by my own words! This passage is from “Cherishing Our World: Avoiding Despair in Environmental Justice Work” in
www.uuabookstore.org/Justice-on-E...
www.uuabookstore.org/Justice-on-E...
Today I am leaning into…
faith and hope and deep, abiding love over fear—to act from the knowledge that we will save what is of great worth and sacredness to us. Let us refuse to be made immobile by fear and despair, instead choosing one more faithful action in every moment.
faith and hope and deep, abiding love over fear—to act from the knowledge that we will save what is of great worth and sacredness to us. Let us refuse to be made immobile by fear and despair, instead choosing one more faithful action in every moment.
December 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Today I am leaning into…
faith and hope and deep, abiding love over fear—to act from the knowledge that we will save what is of great worth and sacredness to us. Let us refuse to be made immobile by fear and despair, instead choosing one more faithful action in every moment.
faith and hope and deep, abiding love over fear—to act from the knowledge that we will save what is of great worth and sacredness to us. Let us refuse to be made immobile by fear and despair, instead choosing one more faithful action in every moment.
One of the things that I value about a platform like this is that by embracing and discussing the fullness of ourselves, we can make resistance to domination a daily part of life, in big and small ways.
Protest or worship, journalism or theater, gardening or climate justice, all of it has a place.
Protest or worship, journalism or theater, gardening or climate justice, all of it has a place.
December 1, 2024 at 8:19 PM
One of the things that I value about a platform like this is that by embracing and discussing the fullness of ourselves, we can make resistance to domination a daily part of life, in big and small ways.
Protest or worship, journalism or theater, gardening or climate justice, all of it has a place.
Protest or worship, journalism or theater, gardening or climate justice, all of it has a place.
We’re in low mountain forests here—when we moved in I just kept saying to myself “We live ~here~”
It’s a special spot—especially because we have black bears that wander through our yard regularly!
This is a young one in our front yard. ☺️
It’s a special spot—especially because we have black bears that wander through our yard regularly!
This is a young one in our front yard. ☺️
November 23, 2024 at 10:50 PM
We’re in low mountain forests here—when we moved in I just kept saying to myself “We live ~here~”
It’s a special spot—especially because we have black bears that wander through our yard regularly!
This is a young one in our front yard. ☺️
It’s a special spot—especially because we have black bears that wander through our yard regularly!
This is a young one in our front yard. ☺️
Lovely!
This is the view from my back door—no ocean, but plenty of woods.
This is the view from my back door—no ocean, but plenty of woods.
November 23, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Lovely!
This is the view from my back door—no ocean, but plenty of woods.
This is the view from my back door—no ocean, but plenty of woods.