Bryan Brock
@bhbrock.bsky.social
Pastor.
Baptist - but not THAT kind of Baptist.
Trying to live and teach the law of love.
Special Needs dad.
Baptist - but not THAT kind of Baptist.
Trying to live and teach the law of love.
Special Needs dad.
Love is the cheat-code of the universe. Don't know your next step? Choose what is loving. Don't know what to say? Say what is loving. Frustrated with the person in front of you or the person IN you? Speak love. When we choose to act in love, we choose to live in harmony with God and the universe.
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Love is the cheat-code of the universe. Don't know your next step? Choose what is loving. Don't know what to say? Say what is loving. Frustrated with the person in front of you or the person IN you? Speak love. When we choose to act in love, we choose to live in harmony with God and the universe.
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Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Even though Rubio promised life-saving aid wouldn't be interrupted, it has essentially been halted worldwide, interrupting HIV and TB treatment and threatening millions of lives. People are dying today because of these chaotic, inconsistent stop work orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
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We are watching in real time why Jesus said we can’t worship both God and money.
February 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We are watching in real time why Jesus said we can’t worship both God and money.
Everything he's doing is so he can become even richer. He does not care at all about hurting people. Follow the corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his efforts to hobble the agency.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Everything he's doing is so he can become even richer. He does not care at all about hurting people. Follow the corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
“It is nothing short of cruel.” This is a great article from Christianity Today about how the attack on USAID is hurting Christian ministries around the world.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
Is This the End of USAID? - Christianity Today
Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.
www.christianitytoday.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“It is nothing short of cruel.” This is a great article from Christianity Today about how the attack on USAID is hurting Christian ministries around the world.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
Proud to be a CBF Baptist today!
NEW: The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (which also happens to be the late President Jimmy Carter’s denomination) has joined the Quaker lawsuit against the Trump admin, arguing the ending of the sensitive locations policy “violates the religious liberty of congregations” cbf.net/cbf-joins-la...
CBF joins lawsuit to restore protections for houses of worship removed by abrupt shift in policy - CBF
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Aaron Weaver | aweaver@cbf.net February 5, 2025 DECATUR, Ga. — Out of its historic commitments to religious freedom and ministry among immigrants and refugees,...
cbf.net
February 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Proud to be a CBF Baptist today!
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Growing up, I was told that the demise of Christianity would be caused by our country rejecting God.
Now I believe it is actually caused by Christians blatantly rejecting the teachings of Jesus for the sake of political power.
Now I believe it is actually caused by Christians blatantly rejecting the teachings of Jesus for the sake of political power.
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Growing up, I was told that the demise of Christianity would be caused by our country rejecting God.
Now I believe it is actually caused by Christians blatantly rejecting the teachings of Jesus for the sake of political power.
Now I believe it is actually caused by Christians blatantly rejecting the teachings of Jesus for the sake of political power.
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Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it! Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The Trump administration says it will begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and is warning of future downsizing.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it! Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Excellent words from my Senator!
Sen. Tim Kaine tells federal employees to ignore Trump’s offer to quit with pay for months. “Don’t be fooled. He’s tricked hundreds of people with that offer. If you accept that offer and resign he’ll stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. He doesn’t have any authority to do this.”
January 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Excellent words from my Senator!
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January 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The Church has become so enmeshed with the values of empire that, when a Christian minister speaks truth to power like the Prophets + Jesus, people think it’s radical or partisan. It’s not. It’s our calling + tradition. Bishop Budde should be the rule, not the exception.
January 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Church has become so enmeshed with the values of empire that, when a Christian minister speaks truth to power like the Prophets + Jesus, people think it’s radical or partisan. It’s not. It’s our calling + tradition. Bishop Budde should be the rule, not the exception.
It's worth listening to the whole thing... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwa...
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It's worth listening to the whole thing... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwa...
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When you worship power, a sermon on the mercy of Jesus sounds like “spewing hate.”
January 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
When you worship power, a sermon on the mercy of Jesus sounds like “spewing hate.”
Amen
When we Christians are more known for our support of presidents than we are for our support of the poor, the immigrant, the marginalized, and the oppressed, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus and we have a lot of repenting to do.
January 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Amen
There are two words that are going to define this new administration: chaos and corruption. The chaos is there to cover the corruption.
(Axios) - The $TRUMP memecoin — a financial asset that didn't exist on Friday afternoon — now accounts for about 89% of Donald Trump's net worth.
www.axios.com/2025/01/19/d...
www.axios.com/2025/01/19/d...
January 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There are two words that are going to define this new administration: chaos and corruption. The chaos is there to cover the corruption.
Such a great article. Don't be fearful.
New from me: Trump is a lame duck, an old, tired, easily manipulated one, whose vanity is a useful tool. Foreign leaders like Claudia Sheinbaum are right to mock him, and American elites should uncurl from the fetal position and get in on the fun.
Poke The Bear
Donald Trump is a lame duck (not a bear)—an unusually weak one, in some ways—and he knows it.
www.offmessage.net
January 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Such a great article. Don't be fearful.
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The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of...household, neighborhood and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.
-Wendell Berry
-Wendell Berry
December 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of...household, neighborhood and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.
-Wendell Berry
-Wendell Berry
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Watching the billionaire complicity club proves:
1. Jesus was right about wealth;
2. Christian socialism was/is still a good idea.
1. Jesus was right about wealth;
2. Christian socialism was/is still a good idea.
December 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Watching the billionaire complicity club proves:
1. Jesus was right about wealth;
2. Christian socialism was/is still a good idea.
1. Jesus was right about wealth;
2. Christian socialism was/is still a good idea.
As a special needs dad with a son who has autism - this one hit home. I'm praying that the stars are aligning to begin addressing the obviously broken health insurance industry in this country.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 2:42 PM
As a special needs dad with a son who has autism - this one hit home. I'm praying that the stars are aligning to begin addressing the obviously broken health insurance industry in this country.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
Good article about the effort to encourage Biden to commute all Federal Death Row inmates' sentences to Life w/o parole.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump takes office
Joe Biden ran for president opposing the death penalty. He faces calls to commute federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Good article about the effort to encourage Biden to commute all Federal Death Row inmates' sentences to Life w/o parole.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Angela Buchdahl at Central Synagogue in NYC is one of my favorite preachers. She hit it out of the park with tonight's message. Thank you Rabbi Buchdahl! Watching Central's services every Friday night is part of this Christian pastor's soul clock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vq1...
Vayeitze: Jacon Finds His Rock, I Found My Soul Clock | Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
YouTube video by Central Synagogue
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Angela Buchdahl at Central Synagogue in NYC is one of my favorite preachers. She hit it out of the park with tonight's message. Thank you Rabbi Buchdahl! Watching Central's services every Friday night is part of this Christian pastor's soul clock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vq1...
This seems, um.... problematic?
There are 14 BILLIONAIRES that are part of the second Trump administration
December 6, 2024 at 5:50 PM
This seems, um.... problematic?
"The single most helpful concept informing my thought process might be a little unexpected, it’s the Ruth Wilson Gilmore line: “Where life is precious, life is precious.” And where it’s not, it’s not." open.substack.com/pub/newmeans...
What's a life worth?
On the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson
open.substack.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:18 AM
"The single most helpful concept informing my thought process might be a little unexpected, it’s the Ruth Wilson Gilmore line: “Where life is precious, life is precious.” And where it’s not, it’s not." open.substack.com/pub/newmeans...
Pres Biden should go further and take a stand on the death penalty. Commute the death sentences of the 40 individuals currently on federal death row to life in prison. This is the right, moral, and ethical thing to do and would put the US on the side of honoring the divinity of every person.
December 2, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Pres Biden should go further and take a stand on the death penalty. Commute the death sentences of the 40 individuals currently on federal death row to life in prison. This is the right, moral, and ethical thing to do and would put the US on the side of honoring the divinity of every person.