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A great articleby a Presbyterian pastor friend and an ELCA pastor I don't yet know. It's getting some expected right hate right now, so if you read & like it, please indicate at the bottom that you think this is a trustworthy article.
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Pastors: Christian Nationalism Is Everything but Christian | Opinion
Empathy rather than the idolatry of power will actually make our nation strong.
www.newsweek.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A great articleby a Presbyterian pastor friend and an ELCA pastor I don't yet know. It's getting some expected right hate right now, so if you read & like it, please indicate at the bottom that you think this is a trustworthy article.
@revmatthewschultz.bsky.social
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Because she sang a song….
It’s the birthday of Billie Holiday, a survivor of abuse & an enemy of the state who was targeted by the FBI through her use of narcotics for bringing lynching to light, & died handcuffed to her hospital bed.
April 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Because she sang a song….
'The President is a dangerous threat': Lutheran bishops take a stand
www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...
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'The President is a dangerous threat to religious liberty': Lutheran bishops take a stand
Who gets to decide what is Christian? What does religious liberty look like today? With so much unsettling and destabilizing news coming from the new administration in Washington, DC, it’s hard to kee...
www.alternet.org
March 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
'The President is a dangerous threat': Lutheran bishops take a stand
www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...
www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...
and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. Jer 7:5-7
March 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. Jer 7:5-7
For if you truly amend your ways & your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, & the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place,
March 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
For if you truly amend your ways & your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, & the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place,
The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Psalm146:9
Psalm146:9
March 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Psalm146:9
Psalm146:9
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
Job 29:15-17
Job 29:15-17
March 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.
Job 29:15-17
Job 29:15-17
When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in the land, wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, saying, ‘Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.’
1 Chron. 16:19-22
1 Chron. 16:19-22
March 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
When they were few in number, of little account, and strangers in the land, wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account, saying, ‘Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.’
1 Chron. 16:19-22
1 Chron. 16:19-22
Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19
Deuteronomy 27:19
March 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19
Deuteronomy 27:19
The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:34
Leviticus 19:34
March 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:34
Leviticus 19:34
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Deuteronomy 10:19
March 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Deuteronomy 10:19
‘I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’
Genesis 23:4
Genesis 23:4
March 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
‘I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.’
Genesis 23:4
Genesis 23:4
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Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots
Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
“If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
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Members of President Trump’s cabinet insisted at a House committee hearing on Wednesday that there was nothing wrong with using a consumer messaging app to discuss U.S. military plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen.
Intelligence Officials Face a Fresh Round of Questions About Signal Leak
Democrats on a House committee appeared in lock step as they confronted one of the most notable blunders of the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Members of President Trump’s cabinet insisted at a House committee hearing on Wednesday that there was nothing wrong with using a consumer messaging app to discuss U.S. military plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen.
H: Do you think it’s responsible for you, as head of the intelligence community, to RT posts from individuals aff. w/ Russian state media?
G: That retweet came from my personal account.
H: Personal account? You’re the Dir of Nat. Intelligence, not an Instagram influencer.
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G: That retweet came from my personal account.
H: Personal account? You’re the Dir of Nat. Intelligence, not an Instagram influencer.
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JUST IN: Jim Himes Absolutely Lights Into Tulsi Gabbard Over Signal Chat That Included Journalist
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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March 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
H: Do you think it’s responsible for you, as head of the intelligence community, to RT posts from individuals aff. w/ Russian state media?
G: That retweet came from my personal account.
H: Personal account? You’re the Dir of Nat. Intelligence, not an Instagram influencer.
youtu.be/CssFbN_nwg8?...
G: That retweet came from my personal account.
H: Personal account? You’re the Dir of Nat. Intelligence, not an Instagram influencer.
youtu.be/CssFbN_nwg8?...
These are HUMAN BEINGS, not $. The amount of people who will be unemployed for no fault save the whims of rich white men is staggering. The many who depend on assistance for food, clothing, counseling, medical care, and infrastructure who will but simply cut off is heartbreaking.
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
These are HUMAN BEINGS, not $. The amount of people who will be unemployed for no fault save the whims of rich white men is staggering. The many who depend on assistance for food, clothing, counseling, medical care, and infrastructure who will but simply cut off is heartbreaking.
A sick, cynical attempt to undermine the integrity some of the most honest & effective social assistance agencies in the country. Musk, Flynn, et al imperil hundreds of thousands of people. Jesus: ”Just as you didn’t do it to these, the least of these, you did not do it unto me.” Matt 25. #resist
February 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A sick, cynical attempt to undermine the integrity some of the most honest & effective social assistance agencies in the country. Musk, Flynn, et al imperil hundreds of thousands of people. Jesus: ”Just as you didn’t do it to these, the least of these, you did not do it unto me.” Matt 25. #resist
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Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a message on recent executive orders, "As a church, we are called to speak up when the government distorts or denies the image of God in each person by endangering access to protection, peace and daily bread...”
Read the full statement:
Read the full statement:
Presiding Bishop Eaton Issues Pastoral Message on Executive Orders
www.elca.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton has released a message on recent executive orders, "As a church, we are called to speak up when the government distorts or denies the image of God in each person by endangering access to protection, peace and daily bread...”
Read the full statement:
Read the full statement:
