David R. Brockman, Ph.D.
@drdrbrockman.bsky.social
It's a great day to vote, Texas!
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's a great day to vote, Texas!
Here's part of what we Episcopalian Christians promise God and one another in our baptismal covenant. (Book of Common Prayer, 304-05)
Good to keep in mind in these troubled times.
Good to keep in mind in these troubled times.
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Here's part of what we Episcopalian Christians promise God and one another in our baptismal covenant. (Book of Common Prayer, 304-05)
Good to keep in mind in these troubled times.
Good to keep in mind in these troubled times.
According to the Met DC Police dept, crime is not down 100 percent. Overall crime down 8%, violent crime down 27%, property crime down 5%. But who's counting, right? mpdc.dc.gov
September 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
According to the Met DC Police dept, crime is not down 100 percent. Overall crime down 8%, violent crime down 27%, property crime down 5%. But who's counting, right? mpdc.dc.gov
I'd be impressed if one of my religion & politics students knew that, too. As for the framers' possible mindfulness of Europe's history of relig conflict, there's a passage in Madison's 1785 "Memorial" which might be relevant (founders.archives.gov/documents/Ma...). I quoted it in a recent article
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'd be impressed if one of my religion & politics students knew that, too. As for the framers' possible mindfulness of Europe's history of relig conflict, there's a passage in Madison's 1785 "Memorial" which might be relevant (founders.archives.gov/documents/Ma...). I quoted it in a recent article
Starting my 2nd week as a full-time Visiting Lecturer here at TCU. The campus is especially beautiful at dawn
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Starting my 2nd week as a full-time Visiting Lecturer here at TCU. The campus is especially beautiful at dawn
😄 courtesy @borowitzreport.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
😄 courtesy @borowitzreport.bsky.social
Slapstick waiting to happen
July 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Slapstick waiting to happen
2/2 More from the @newrepublic.com article:
June 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
2/2 More from the @newrepublic.com article:
What a gift to be able to step out to the backyard and pluck a few tomatoes off the vine for tonight's dinner, and know that they'll taste aMAZing 🍅
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What a gift to be able to step out to the backyard and pluck a few tomatoes off the vine for tonight's dinner, and know that they'll taste aMAZing 🍅
The relevance of this Horst Strempel work speaks for itself
June 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The relevance of this Horst Strempel work speaks for itself
My 1st time to see a Di Chirico IRL, after loving his work in books for decades. At @kimbellartmuseum.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My 1st time to see a Di Chirico IRL, after loving his work in books for decades. At @kimbellartmuseum.bsky.social
Sporting my @americansunited.bsky.social shirt this Sunday morning #1A
June 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sporting my @americansunited.bsky.social shirt this Sunday morning #1A
Re the Tarrant County TX gerrymander attempt: The UCLA Voting Rights Project appears to agree that the map approved along party lines this week is racially gerrymandered - per FW Star-Telegram:
June 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Re the Tarrant County TX gerrymander attempt: The UCLA Voting Rights Project appears to agree that the map approved along party lines this week is racially gerrymandered - per FW Star-Telegram:
Here's my writing "desk" for the next several days (along with my writing partner, Noah). @efbrockman.bsky.social is here in NE Texas for a religious retreat, and Noah and I tagged along
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Here's my writing "desk" for the next several days (along with my writing partner, Noah). @efbrockman.bsky.social is here in NE Texas for a religious retreat, and Noah and I tagged along
2/2 When the heaviest rain passed, we continued driving north, and passed an area south of Hamilton where the hail was piled up like sleet, and an eerie fog hung over the road. Wild Texas weather. #txwx
May 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
2/2 When the heaviest rain passed, we continued driving north, and passed an area south of Hamilton where the hail was piled up like sleet, and an eerie fog hung over the road. Wild Texas weather. #txwx
Yesterday, when @efbrockman.bsky.social & I were driving back from Fredericksburg on 281 between Evant and Hamilton, we saw this wall cloud (?) looming ahead of us. After checking the radar, we turned back and pulled in to a gas station just as the storm hit. Torrential rain, wicked winds. 1/2
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yesterday, when @efbrockman.bsky.social & I were driving back from Fredericksburg on 281 between Evant and Hamilton, we saw this wall cloud (?) looming ahead of us. After checking the radar, we turned back and pulled in to a gas station just as the storm hit. Torrential rain, wicked winds. 1/2
#INBOX: @ffrf.org, @aclu.org & @americansunited.bsky.social announce lawsuit to stop Texas' SB10, which mandates the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. "SB 10 is blatantly unconstitutional," they say in a joint statement
May 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#INBOX: @ffrf.org, @aclu.org & @americansunited.bsky.social announce lawsuit to stop Texas' SB10, which mandates the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. "SB 10 is blatantly unconstitutional," they say in a joint statement
🎵 What a difference a day makes
Hello from Fredericksburg!
Hello from Fredericksburg!
May 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎵 What a difference a day makes
Hello from Fredericksburg!
Hello from Fredericksburg!
INBOX: Mayors of Fort Worth, Arlington urge a delay in Tarrant’s ‘flawed’ redistricting - @star-telegram.com www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...
May 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
INBOX: Mayors of Fort Worth, Arlington urge a delay in Tarrant’s ‘flawed’ redistricting - @star-telegram.com www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...
Cumulus mammatus clouds over east #FortWorth in advance of storms. IIRC, a sign of atmospheric turbulence
#txwx #dfwwx
#txwx #dfwwx
May 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Cumulus mammatus clouds over east #FortWorth in advance of storms. IIRC, a sign of atmospheric turbulence
#txwx #dfwwx
#txwx #dfwwx
Watching an @rns.org webinar on Faith-Based Lawsuits During Trump 2.0, with panelists including my Episcopal presiding bishop Sean Rowe & @lizrplatt.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Watching an @rns.org webinar on Faith-Based Lawsuits During Trump 2.0, with panelists including my Episcopal presiding bishop Sean Rowe & @lizrplatt.bsky.social
Here is the text of the #SCOTUS extension of the injunction. Link: www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
May 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here is the text of the #SCOTUS extension of the injunction. Link: www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...