Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
@egtfirefall.bsky.social
Writer, editor, researcher; curates FireFall, a newsletter amplifying women leading in the church across traditions, around the world, & throughout church history.
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Pinned
Since it must be said loudly & repeatedly:
With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:
🇨🇦 Canada
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇦 Panama
🇪🇺 European Union
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇳 United Nations
With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:
🇨🇦 Canada
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇦 Panama
🇪🇺 European Union
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇳 United Nations
So does the Senate voting to keep air traffic controller $ flowing
allow deportation flights to continue unhindered,
like the kind taking a friend of a friend to a country they haven't been to since they were a kid, when they came to the US as a war refugee?
allow deportation flights to continue unhindered,
like the kind taking a friend of a friend to a country they haven't been to since they were a kid, when they came to the US as a war refugee?
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
So does the Senate voting to keep air traffic controller $ flowing
allow deportation flights to continue unhindered,
like the kind taking a friend of a friend to a country they haven't been to since they were a kid, when they came to the US as a war refugee?
allow deportation flights to continue unhindered,
like the kind taking a friend of a friend to a country they haven't been to since they were a kid, when they came to the US as a war refugee?
It wasn't perfect.
I'd been skeptical of the whole thing.
Then it saved my life.
From the bottom of my heart-
Thanks, Obama.
@barackobama.bsky.social
I'd been skeptical of the whole thing.
Then it saved my life.
From the bottom of my heart-
Thanks, Obama.
@barackobama.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It wasn't perfect.
I'd been skeptical of the whole thing.
Then it saved my life.
From the bottom of my heart-
Thanks, Obama.
@barackobama.bsky.social
I'd been skeptical of the whole thing.
Then it saved my life.
From the bottom of my heart-
Thanks, Obama.
@barackobama.bsky.social
Place & public space matter.
Deutschland erinnert an Reichspogromnacht und Mauerfall #9.November#Reichspogromnacht#Mauerfall
Deutschland erinnert an Reichspogromnacht und Mauerfall
Der 9. November ist für Deutschland in mehrfacher Hinsicht ein besonderer Tag.
www.tagesschau.de
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Place & public space matter.
WHAT?!
😂 Ok first, aside from obv freedom issues-
you can't ever stop anyone from praying, people pray silently all the time. Ask old-school Communist regimes, they tried to control it too.
Second, sounds like being around those verbal prayers may have some consciences kicking up.
DOUBLE DOWN.
😂 Ok first, aside from obv freedom issues-
you can't ever stop anyone from praying, people pray silently all the time. Ask old-school Communist regimes, they tried to control it too.
Second, sounds like being around those verbal prayers may have some consciences kicking up.
DOUBLE DOWN.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
WHAT?!
😂 Ok first, aside from obv freedom issues-
you can't ever stop anyone from praying, people pray silently all the time. Ask old-school Communist regimes, they tried to control it too.
Second, sounds like being around those verbal prayers may have some consciences kicking up.
DOUBLE DOWN.
😂 Ok first, aside from obv freedom issues-
you can't ever stop anyone from praying, people pray silently all the time. Ask old-school Communist regimes, they tried to control it too.
Second, sounds like being around those verbal prayers may have some consciences kicking up.
DOUBLE DOWN.
This.
This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area.
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
“We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”
Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
The mothers sat in a circle on Beach Street on Friday to “demand an end” to the immigration raids that have swept through the Chicago area since the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Bli...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This.
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Don't do this to scholars & writers -
especially on topics like dehumanization & Muslims.
I've been an editor & a writer. I'll never forget the time an editor berated my writing over the phone. How much worse would it have been if I weren't of Euro descent & a Christian?
Respect. The. Professor.
especially on topics like dehumanization & Muslims.
I've been an editor & a writer. I'll never forget the time an editor berated my writing over the phone. How much worse would it have been if I weren't of Euro descent & a Christian?
Respect. The. Professor.
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Don't do this to scholars & writers -
especially on topics like dehumanization & Muslims.
I've been an editor & a writer. I'll never forget the time an editor berated my writing over the phone. How much worse would it have been if I weren't of Euro descent & a Christian?
Respect. The. Professor.
especially on topics like dehumanization & Muslims.
I've been an editor & a writer. I'll never forget the time an editor berated my writing over the phone. How much worse would it have been if I weren't of Euro descent & a Christian?
Respect. The. Professor.
From the FireFall archives -
a round-up of resources by, for, & about women leading in the church and academy.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
a round-up of resources by, for, & about women leading in the church and academy.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
FireFall Vol. 6: A Prayer for Joy
Susan Angeline Collins; "Called: A Leadership Resource for Women in Ministry;" The Wynkoop Center; Rev. Joyce Tonui; Logia Scholars Database; Theologian Sweatshirt
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From the FireFall archives -
a round-up of resources by, for, & about women leading in the church and academy.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
a round-up of resources by, for, & about women leading in the church and academy.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
If you're tired of wading through
-finicky search results
-denominational/geographic silos
-church/academy divides
I compiled & organized 60+ ecumenical pages of books, resources, & orgs by for & about women leading the church thru history + around the world.
⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
-finicky search results
-denominational/geographic silos
-church/academy divides
I compiled & organized 60+ ecumenical pages of books, resources, & orgs by for & about women leading the church thru history + around the world.
⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Downloadable Resource Guide: Women Leading in the Church
Over 60 pages listing organizations, denominational resources, 400 years of books advocating women's preaching, books on women leading throughout church history, bibliographies, & more
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you're tired of wading through
-finicky search results
-denominational/geographic silos
-church/academy divides
I compiled & organized 60+ ecumenical pages of books, resources, & orgs by for & about women leading the church thru history + around the world.
⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
-finicky search results
-denominational/geographic silos
-church/academy divides
I compiled & organized 60+ ecumenical pages of books, resources, & orgs by for & about women leading the church thru history + around the world.
⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
Oh: Episcopal Diocese of TX says one of its priests, a “legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,” was detained by ICE this week while returning home from work and “calls on our representatives in power to assist.” www.epicenter.org/the-episcopa...
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Calls for Justice After Detention of Clergy Member Employed by the State of Texas - EDOT
Houston, Texas -The Episcopal Diocese of Texas expresses deep concern and calls for action following the detention of one of its priests, a legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texa...
www.epicenter.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Oh: Episcopal Diocese of TX says one of its priests, a “legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,” was detained by ICE this week while returning home from work and “calls on our representatives in power to assist.” www.epicenter.org/the-episcopa...
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
Mass is being held outside of the Broadview ICE facility good morning I hope November 1st. They requested access to provide communion to those detained inside though it's been denied they will still try after their Mass service.
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Mass is being held outside of the Broadview ICE facility good morning I hope November 1st. They requested access to provide communion to those detained inside though it's been denied they will still try after their Mass service.
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
On Nigeria:
-Several top govt leaders there are Christians.
-The first lady is herself a pastor.
-In the past year, some violence in the country has been Christians against other Christians.
-I'm acquainted w/some Methodist Nigerians.
In no way is it a simple or straightforward situation.
-Several top govt leaders there are Christians.
-The first lady is herself a pastor.
-In the past year, some violence in the country has been Christians against other Christians.
-I'm acquainted w/some Methodist Nigerians.
In no way is it a simple or straightforward situation.
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
On Nigeria:
-Several top govt leaders there are Christians.
-The first lady is herself a pastor.
-In the past year, some violence in the country has been Christians against other Christians.
-I'm acquainted w/some Methodist Nigerians.
In no way is it a simple or straightforward situation.
-Several top govt leaders there are Christians.
-The first lady is herself a pastor.
-In the past year, some violence in the country has been Christians against other Christians.
-I'm acquainted w/some Methodist Nigerians.
In no way is it a simple or straightforward situation.
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
Also, a thing that I mention sometimes but is often lost in all that’s going on:
By RNS’ count, at least 55 religious organizations — including the leaders of entire Christian and Jewish denominations — have signed on to lawsuits against the Trump admin this year, mostly related to immigration.
By RNS’ count, at least 55 religious organizations — including the leaders of entire Christian and Jewish denominations — have signed on to lawsuits against the Trump admin this year, mostly related to immigration.
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Also, a thing that I mention sometimes but is often lost in all that’s going on:
By RNS’ count, at least 55 religious organizations — including the leaders of entire Christian and Jewish denominations — have signed on to lawsuits against the Trump admin this year, mostly related to immigration.
By RNS’ count, at least 55 religious organizations — including the leaders of entire Christian and Jewish denominations — have signed on to lawsuits against the Trump admin this year, mostly related to immigration.
"Hey Elizabeth are you quietly noting the names of pets of 20thC women preachers?"
I don't know Rufus, AM I? Sorry yes in case it's not clear one was Rufus.
"Are you also quietly noting women who preached or were taken hostage by pirates and/or Nazis while aboard ships?"
[flags yes in semaphore]
I don't know Rufus, AM I? Sorry yes in case it's not clear one was Rufus.
"Are you also quietly noting women who preached or were taken hostage by pirates and/or Nazis while aboard ships?"
[flags yes in semaphore]
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Hey Elizabeth are you quietly noting the names of pets of 20thC women preachers?"
I don't know Rufus, AM I? Sorry yes in case it's not clear one was Rufus.
"Are you also quietly noting women who preached or were taken hostage by pirates and/or Nazis while aboard ships?"
[flags yes in semaphore]
I don't know Rufus, AM I? Sorry yes in case it's not clear one was Rufus.
"Are you also quietly noting women who preached or were taken hostage by pirates and/or Nazis while aboard ships?"
[flags yes in semaphore]
I watched or listened to a lot of the hearings.
Even with that, wow was all I could say after watching this.
It's framed really well.
There was so much fog + breaking news + overwhelm,
this is a helpful retrospective even aside from the subject himself.
Even with that, wow was all I could say after watching this.
It's framed really well.
There was so much fog + breaking news + overwhelm,
this is a helpful retrospective even aside from the subject himself.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I watched or listened to a lot of the hearings.
Even with that, wow was all I could say after watching this.
It's framed really well.
There was so much fog + breaking news + overwhelm,
this is a helpful retrospective even aside from the subject himself.
Even with that, wow was all I could say after watching this.
It's framed really well.
There was so much fog + breaking news + overwhelm,
this is a helpful retrospective even aside from the subject himself.
Also, if you're a citizen & they try this, don't you have the right to stay silent/in this case refuse to have your face scanned as a visual equivalent of silence? The right to stay silent is in part so you don't incriminate yourself. Isn't allowing your face to be scanned potentially incriminating?
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Also, if you're a citizen & they try this, don't you have the right to stay silent/in this case refuse to have your face scanned as a visual equivalent of silence? The right to stay silent is in part so you don't incriminate yourself. Isn't allowing your face to be scanned potentially incriminating?
Well this will be a giant lawsuit.
You can say a tech tool gives "definitive determination" all you want -
*it's not proof* and it's not judge jury and executioner.
OH MY GOSH, IF I FAIL CAPTCHA DOES THAT MEAN I'M NOT HUMAN!?
It's literally that easy to debunk this.
You can say a tech tool gives "definitive determination" all you want -
*it's not proof* and it's not judge jury and executioner.
OH MY GOSH, IF I FAIL CAPTCHA DOES THAT MEAN I'M NOT HUMAN!?
It's literally that easy to debunk this.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Well this will be a giant lawsuit.
You can say a tech tool gives "definitive determination" all you want -
*it's not proof* and it's not judge jury and executioner.
OH MY GOSH, IF I FAIL CAPTCHA DOES THAT MEAN I'M NOT HUMAN!?
It's literally that easy to debunk this.
You can say a tech tool gives "definitive determination" all you want -
*it's not proof* and it's not judge jury and executioner.
OH MY GOSH, IF I FAIL CAPTCHA DOES THAT MEAN I'M NOT HUMAN!?
It's literally that easy to debunk this.
This feels like a piece of cheese on a thin wooden slat with a metal bar pulled back, taut and at the ready.
Are they also digging a hole and covering it with branches?
Are they also digging a hole and covering it with branches?
Bank of England security guards call strike for November 13 reut.rs/3X1q0hn
Bank of England security guards call strike for November 13
Security staff at the Bank of England have voted to go on strike for 24 hours, starting at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT) on November 13, in protest at a pay freeze, trade union Unite said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This feels like a piece of cheese on a thin wooden slat with a metal bar pulled back, taut and at the ready.
Are they also digging a hole and covering it with branches?
Are they also digging a hole and covering it with branches?
I'm thankful to have a small voice in Dorothy Greco's new book on misogyny:
open.substack.com/pub/dorothyl...
open.substack.com/pub/dorothyl...
For the Love of Women Launch Day Conversation
Kelley Mathews and Dorothy Greco discuss Greco's new book on misogyny
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm thankful to have a small voice in Dorothy Greco's new book on misogyny:
open.substack.com/pub/dorothyl...
open.substack.com/pub/dorothyl...
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
The chairs in the city council chamber look like very nervous muppets
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The chairs in the city council chamber look like very nervous muppets
American clergy who aren't in Chicago -
if you want to add your name to the "in solidarity" section of this broadly ecumenical open clergy letter, there's a link to the letter in this news article.
if you want to add your name to the "in solidarity" section of this broadly ecumenical open clergy letter, there's a link to the letter in this news article.
The treatment of religious demonstrators at the facility has become a political flashpoint and, ultimately, a legal one.
religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
After clergy arrests, religious pushback to ICE expands in Chicago
(RNS) — More than 210 mostly Chicago-area clergy, representing a range of liberal and conservative traditions, have signed a letter criticizing ICE titled ‘Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview.’
religionnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
American clergy who aren't in Chicago -
if you want to add your name to the "in solidarity" section of this broadly ecumenical open clergy letter, there's a link to the letter in this news article.
if you want to add your name to the "in solidarity" section of this broadly ecumenical open clergy letter, there's a link to the letter in this news article.
I still find people talking at cameras holding tiny microphones or tiny floofball microphones disorienting.
When? Did this happen? Can we pinpoint their advent to a specific month? Year?
When did the landslide of Tiny Mics begin?
When? Did this happen? Can we pinpoint their advent to a specific month? Year?
When did the landslide of Tiny Mics begin?
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I still find people talking at cameras holding tiny microphones or tiny floofball microphones disorienting.
When? Did this happen? Can we pinpoint their advent to a specific month? Year?
When did the landslide of Tiny Mics begin?
When? Did this happen? Can we pinpoint their advent to a specific month? Year?
When did the landslide of Tiny Mics begin?
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃
Democracy scones!
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Democracy scones!
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM