For Such a Time As This
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Jesus follower -- lifting the voice of love through spiritually grounded, joy-fueled activism
"Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden... where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society."
—John Lewis, Across That Bridge
—John Lewis, Across That Bridge
July 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden... where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society."
—John Lewis, Across That Bridge
—John Lewis, Across That Bridge
"Courage is not a calculation of the mind. It is a choice of the heart. We are here because we choose courage." Valarie Kaur from the protests in LA. Revolutionary Love!
June 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Courage is not a calculation of the mind. It is a choice of the heart. We are here because we choose courage." Valarie Kaur from the protests in LA. Revolutionary Love!
In times of darkness, what a blessing to feast our souls on the new images from Vera Rubin Observatory! God's creation is so beautiful! Thank you, Vera, for showing us the stars in a new way. ❤️
Check out all the first images here:
rubinobservatory.org
Check out all the first images here:
rubinobservatory.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In times of darkness, what a blessing to feast our souls on the new images from Vera Rubin Observatory! God's creation is so beautiful! Thank you, Vera, for showing us the stars in a new way. ❤️
Check out all the first images here:
rubinobservatory.org
Check out all the first images here:
rubinobservatory.org
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (Middle Church!) and Father Richard Rohr team up for today's Daily Meditation at Center for Action and Contemplation. Check out the full post on creating communities of change.
cac.org/daily-medita...
cac.org/daily-medita...
June 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (Middle Church!) and Father Richard Rohr team up for today's Daily Meditation at Center for Action and Contemplation. Check out the full post on creating communities of change.
cac.org/daily-medita...
cac.org/daily-medita...
Yesterday, Sisters and supporters went to Capital Hill to lift up the voice of LOVE in the face of the hideous budget bill. Let's join them in calling our Senators to act for the people, not the billionaires.
June 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Yesterday, Sisters and supporters went to Capital Hill to lift up the voice of LOVE in the face of the hideous budget bill. Let's join them in calling our Senators to act for the people, not the billionaires.
Just discovered this amazing prayer resource at Franciscan Action Network (FAN). Check them out for powerful inspiration!
franciscanaction.org/prayers/
franciscanaction.org/prayers/
Prayers - Franciscan Action Network
franciscanaction.org
June 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just discovered this amazing prayer resource at Franciscan Action Network (FAN). Check them out for powerful inspiration!
franciscanaction.org/prayers/
franciscanaction.org/prayers/
It's not to late to join today's BibleTelling session(s). Experience the JOY of New Beginnings -- and thoughtful community! BRILLIANT storyteller Sheila Arnold on deck today, will surely be a treat!
June 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's not to late to join today's BibleTelling session(s). Experience the JOY of New Beginnings -- and thoughtful community! BRILLIANT storyteller Sheila Arnold on deck today, will surely be a treat!
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BibleTelling Session #4 "New Beginnings”
Join me in 7-week online class which continues June 17, 2025. 3 class times: Tuesdays, all ET- 12:30pm; 6:30pm & 9:30. No charge, registration req'd.
12:30pm: tinyurl.com/AfternoonBT; 6:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningEarly; 9:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningLate
Join me in 7-week online class which continues June 17, 2025. 3 class times: Tuesdays, all ET- 12:30pm; 6:30pm & 9:30. No charge, registration req'd.
12:30pm: tinyurl.com/AfternoonBT; 6:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningEarly; 9:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningLate
June 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
BibleTelling Session #4 "New Beginnings”
Join me in 7-week online class which continues June 17, 2025. 3 class times: Tuesdays, all ET- 12:30pm; 6:30pm & 9:30. No charge, registration req'd.
12:30pm: tinyurl.com/AfternoonBT; 6:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningEarly; 9:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningLate
Join me in 7-week online class which continues June 17, 2025. 3 class times: Tuesdays, all ET- 12:30pm; 6:30pm & 9:30. No charge, registration req'd.
12:30pm: tinyurl.com/AfternoonBT; 6:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningEarly; 9:30pm: tinyurl.com/BeginningLate
On June 5th, the great Walter Brueggemann moved beyond. His passion for justice and scholarly creativity is here with us in his words.
These times call for LAMENT. Let's honor Brueggemann by finding inspiration in his words and carrying his indomitable energy into our activism.
These times call for LAMENT. Let's honor Brueggemann by finding inspiration in his words and carrying his indomitable energy into our activism.
June 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
On June 5th, the great Walter Brueggemann moved beyond. His passion for justice and scholarly creativity is here with us in his words.
These times call for LAMENT. Let's honor Brueggemann by finding inspiration in his words and carrying his indomitable energy into our activism.
These times call for LAMENT. Let's honor Brueggemann by finding inspiration in his words and carrying his indomitable energy into our activism.
"Where LAMENT is absent... justice questions disappear into civility and docility. The order of the day comes to seem absolute, beyond question, and we are left with only grim obedience and eventually despair."
Walter Brueggemann, "The Costly Loss of Lament"
Walter Brueggemann, "The Costly Loss of Lament"
June 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"Where LAMENT is absent... justice questions disappear into civility and docility. The order of the day comes to seem absolute, beyond question, and we are left with only grim obedience and eventually despair."
Walter Brueggemann, "The Costly Loss of Lament"
Walter Brueggemann, "The Costly Loss of Lament"
Get your theology geek on and check out Brueggemann's (scholarly) writing about the importance of Lament:
individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/C...
individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/C...
individual.utoronto.ca
June 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Get your theology geek on and check out Brueggemann's (scholarly) writing about the importance of Lament:
individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/C...
individual.utoronto.ca/mfkolarcik/C...
Judd "the Dragon Slayer" Legum is the truthteller I rely on for quality analysis of the facts behind the headlines. Today: "A new war based on manipulated intelligence" lays out the timeline clearly and shows the administration's stunning disregard for its own intelligence community analysis.
June 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Judd "the Dragon Slayer" Legum is the truthteller I rely on for quality analysis of the facts behind the headlines. Today: "A new war based on manipulated intelligence" lays out the timeline clearly and shows the administration's stunning disregard for its own intelligence community analysis.
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from "Visions of Christian Unity"
by Olav Fykse Tveit
by Olav Fykse Tveit
June 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
from "Visions of Christian Unity"
by Olav Fykse Tveit
by Olav Fykse Tveit
Hope for Iran. Hope for the US. Hope for creation. Hope for us all. Check out Tveit's brilliant essay on what it means to be church in our world today at:
www.oikoumene.org/publications...
Tveit is the former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, now Bishop of the Church of Norway.
www.oikoumene.org/publications...
Tveit is the former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, now Bishop of the Church of Norway.
Visions of Christian Unity
In this volume, Olav Fykse Tveit sketches an ecumenical movement that reveals a horizon of hope and illumines many of our most pressing global challenges. Rather than focusing inward, Tveit envisions ...
www.oikoumene.org
June 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hope for Iran. Hope for the US. Hope for creation. Hope for us all. Check out Tveit's brilliant essay on what it means to be church in our world today at:
www.oikoumene.org/publications...
Tveit is the former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, now Bishop of the Church of Norway.
www.oikoumene.org/publications...
Tveit is the former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, now Bishop of the Church of Norway.
Who would Jesus bomb?
📢 NO ONE!
📢 NO ONE!
June 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Who would Jesus bomb?
📢 NO ONE!
📢 NO ONE!
You can read more of Pope Leo's thoughts about peace, and also education in nonviolence, in his address to Italian bishops here:
press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Yes, Pope Leo, let's "transform fear of the other into an opportunity for encounter."
press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Yes, Pope Leo, let's "transform fear of the other into an opportunity for encounter."
Audience with the Bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference
press.vatican.va
June 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
You can read more of Pope Leo's thoughts about peace, and also education in nonviolence, in his address to Italian bishops here:
press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Yes, Pope Leo, let's "transform fear of the other into an opportunity for encounter."
press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Yes, Pope Leo, let's "transform fear of the other into an opportunity for encounter."
I love that Leo's vision for The Church is to "become a “house of peace”, where one learns how to defuse hostility through dialogue, where justice is practiced and forgiveness is cherished." Amen and amen!
Let's roll up our sleeves, church! We've got some work to do.....
Let's roll up our sleeves, church! We've got some work to do.....
June 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I love that Leo's vision for The Church is to "become a “house of peace”, where one learns how to defuse hostility through dialogue, where justice is practiced and forgiveness is cherished." Amen and amen!
Let's roll up our sleeves, church! We've got some work to do.....
Let's roll up our sleeves, church! We've got some work to do.....
Check out the new chant from Libana! So beautiful! Perfect for meditation -- for such a time as this. May we know the way!
libana.com/single/14715...
libana.com/single/14715...
May We Know the Way (2025, single)
May We Know the Way (2025, single) by LIBANA
libana.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Check out the new chant from Libana! So beautiful! Perfect for meditation -- for such a time as this. May we know the way!
libana.com/single/14715...
libana.com/single/14715...