Elis
@ancientspeak.bsky.social
she/her/佢. Episcopal churchlady. Hongkonger, Southerner, feminist of color. Classics & religion nerd, now wrestling with theology.
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Pray, and let God worry.
—Martin Luther
—Martin Luther
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pray, and let God worry.
—Martin Luther
—Martin Luther
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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Them: The words מלאך and αγγελος don’t really mean ‘angel.’
Me: That’s right.
Them: We must demyth—
Me: There’s a wide variety of spiritual beings in the universe, including, but not limited to, angels, demons, devils, powers, principalities, airish beasts, thrones, heavenly f
Me: That’s right.
Them: We must demyth—
Me: There’s a wide variety of spiritual beings in the universe, including, but not limited to, angels, demons, devils, powers, principalities, airish beasts, thrones, heavenly f
October 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Them: The words מלאך and αγγελος don’t really mean ‘angel.’
Me: That’s right.
Them: We must demyth—
Me: There’s a wide variety of spiritual beings in the universe, including, but not limited to, angels, demons, devils, powers, principalities, airish beasts, thrones, heavenly f
Me: That’s right.
Them: We must demyth—
Me: There’s a wide variety of spiritual beings in the universe, including, but not limited to, angels, demons, devils, powers, principalities, airish beasts, thrones, heavenly f
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I no longer know enough about evangelicalism to know who the gatekeepers are. I still know enough to know that it’s been years since CT was one.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I no longer know enough about evangelicalism to know who the gatekeepers are. I still know enough to know that it’s been years since CT was one.
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I don't trust anyone who doesn't consult their pets when making important life decisions.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I don't trust anyone who doesn't consult their pets when making important life decisions.
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Maybe some spiritual writers could write about that, in addition to how great trees are and how wonderful it is they loved bugs as children.
The eschaton is the heavenly Jerusalem (a city), not a return to the garden.
The eschaton is the heavenly Jerusalem (a city), not a return to the garden.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Maybe some spiritual writers could write about that, in addition to how great trees are and how wonderful it is they loved bugs as children.
The eschaton is the heavenly Jerusalem (a city), not a return to the garden.
The eschaton is the heavenly Jerusalem (a city), not a return to the garden.
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I am sometimes moved to the point of bursting by the beauty of the city at night, by the people who have labored to make it beautiful, by the reality that we do not have the option to ignore each other, by the knowledge that all we have is one another.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I am sometimes moved to the point of bursting by the beauty of the city at night, by the people who have labored to make it beautiful, by the reality that we do not have the option to ignore each other, by the knowledge that all we have is one another.
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If anyone says, “I love God [in the forest],” but hates their brother or sister [begging for money on the subway], they are a liar; for whoever does not love a sibling whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
If anyone says, “I love God [in the forest],” but hates their brother or sister [begging for money on the subway], they are a liar; for whoever does not love a sibling whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
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One of my hottest takes is that I am personally exhausted by Christian nature spirituality. It’s not wrong; I have no valid objections to any of; we’ve all read Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver; I like Mary Oliver.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my hottest takes is that I am personally exhausted by Christian nature spirituality. It’s not wrong; I have no valid objections to any of; we’ve all read Annie Dillard and Mary Oliver; I like Mary Oliver.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
But the radical under-development of urban spirituality deeply frustrates me.
Will my cat let me hug her? Absolutely not.
Does she now insist on sleeping with her head laid ON my hand? Shockingly yes.
Does she now insist on sleeping with her head laid ON my hand? Shockingly yes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Will my cat let me hug her? Absolutely not.
Does she now insist on sleeping with her head laid ON my hand? Shockingly yes.
Does she now insist on sleeping with her head laid ON my hand? Shockingly yes.
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Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
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Why,
You grave but reckless senators
You grave but reckless senators
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why,
You grave but reckless senators
You grave but reckless senators
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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I understand the impulse to say "how can you celebrate one small piece of good news when [all the bad news]" or even "how can you celebrate the mere temporary absence of bad news on this topic"
but I am, and I will.
but I am, and I will.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I understand the impulse to say "how can you celebrate one small piece of good news when [all the bad news]" or even "how can you celebrate the mere temporary absence of bad news on this topic"
but I am, and I will.
but I am, and I will.
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I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God
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Just doubling down on my view that if you are anywhere left of Nazi on the political spectrum you should have no problem condemning any and all Nazi iconography
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just doubling down on my view that if you are anywhere left of Nazi on the political spectrum you should have no problem condemning any and all Nazi iconography
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Christian philosemitism and antisemitism were always only separated by an incredibly thin line.
For a decade, political support for Israel has come from conservative Christians. But now isolationism and antisemitism are changing the tone. n.pr/47IHdkv
Support for Israel among U.S. conservatives is starting to crack. Here's why
For a decade, political support for Israel has come from conservative Christians. But now isolationism and antisemitism are changing the tone.
n.pr
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Christian philosemitism and antisemitism were always only separated by an incredibly thin line.
“So I wrote a hymn this morning” is apparently a thing I say now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“So I wrote a hymn this morning” is apparently a thing I say now.
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Good morning Anglicans! I need more resources for new Anglicans that are called things like "rookie Anglican" or "an introduction to Anglican tradition" or "what is All Saints Day" that are SEO so my people quit going to ACNA resources aligned with the 2008 Jerusalem Declaration ⚓
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good morning Anglicans! I need more resources for new Anglicans that are called things like "rookie Anglican" or "an introduction to Anglican tradition" or "what is All Saints Day" that are SEO so my people quit going to ACNA resources aligned with the 2008 Jerusalem Declaration ⚓
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Being a woman priest is just being told this every day by some jerk on the internet and, on occasion, by your colleagues.
as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Being a woman priest is just being told this every day by some jerk on the internet and, on occasion, by your colleagues.
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The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.
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“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
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That we are commanded to love our enemies is not a strategy to guarantee that all enmity can be overcome, it a reminder that for Christians our lives must be determined by our loves, not our hates.
—Stanley Hauwerwas
A Better Hope
—Stanley Hauwerwas
A Better Hope
November 15, 2024 at 11:39 PM
That we are commanded to love our enemies is not a strategy to guarantee that all enmity can be overcome, it a reminder that for Christians our lives must be determined by our loves, not our hates.
—Stanley Hauwerwas
A Better Hope
—Stanley Hauwerwas
A Better Hope