l invite you to celebrate a true Christian Christmas, one that does not consist in banquets or drunkenness or an exchange of meaningless gifts, but that truly reaches the destitution of our poor people —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Very interesting take on Wes Streetings' recent display of ignorance with regards to what he claims is an 'overdiagnosis' crisis.

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Why the dead 'father of liberation theology' still matters

Gustavo Gutiérrez continues to speak to Christians today

By Bill Tammeus ( @billtammeus.bsky.social )
Nov 28, 2025

“The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.” Gustavo Gutierrez

Publication day! My article “Wounded for Us: Disability Theology’s Contribution to Christology” is now available in the Journal of Disability & Religion. Let me know if you don’t have access and would like a PDF. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

There is a certain comfort in hopelessness. It allows us to guard our hearts from being wounded again. The gospel calls us to the dangerous work of believing that God might indeed be active in our world that in the midst of so much darkness there is still space for light.

I used to stay out of euthanasia debates because I wanted to listen well and allow for the possibility of ending unnecessary suffering in old age.

I know speak up against euthanasia because however the policy is written, weve seen it unnecessarily target poor and/or disabled people for early death.

Because far too many NHS experts that I trust — people like @doctoroxford.bsky.social and @paulapeters19.bsky.social — oppose the #AssistedDyingBill, I cannot support it. Instead, it’s time for a referendum on social care, palliative care, and this issue as well, when it’s ready.

#AssistUsToLive

For a country where patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be referred for palliative care than those from areas with lower rates of social depravation (Buck, Webb etc al. 2022 - BMJ), we sure do...

The Muppets could have written A Christmas Carol but Charles Dickens could never have written "no cheeses for us meeces"

I will say that theological diversity in general is good. People who disagree with us should not be labelled as either ignorant or unfaithful. We can hold to our own convictions, while respecting the differences of others. #theology

"What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life." - Henri Nouwen

Zephaniah 2:3 (CEB)

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land who practice his justice; seek righteousness; seek humility. Maybe you will be hidden on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Jesus was born into hardship and disappointment. Yet in that very real, very disillusioned, very raw place—he brought peace, hope, joy. He brought love. That comforts me. Walk with me through the season of Advent (begins next Sunday). amyjuliabecker.com/advent-devot...