The Rev. Andy McQuery
@frandym.bsky.social
Episcopal priest with opinions. Anglo-Catholic. Yalie. Actual orthodoxy is diverse, inclusive, and compassionate; otherwise it’s just bigotry in vestments. Opera fan. 🏳️🌈 🐈🐈⬛
Pinned
Naming cruelty, bigotry, dishonesty, and criminality is not “partisanship.” Excusing it is.
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President Trump appoints HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. Poet Laureate.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
President Trump appoints HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. Poet Laureate.
The Song of Solomon it most definitely is not 🤢
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Song of Solomon it most definitely is not 🤢
Good church today! We do okay for a town of 8,000 souls. Next week back to “smells & bells” for our feast of title, Christ the King.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Good church today! We do okay for a town of 8,000 souls. Next week back to “smells & bells” for our feast of title, Christ the King.
Okay, okay, BUT, I think we’re forgetting how old Joe Biden is.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Okay, okay, BUT, I think we’re forgetting how old Joe Biden is.
That feeling like everything is entirely, unbelievably, obviously wrong and yet no one will do anything is why we have eschatology.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
That feeling like everything is entirely, unbelievably, obviously wrong and yet no one will do anything is why we have eschatology.
Science: Water boils at lower temperatures at higher altitudes because atmospheric pressure decreases with elevation.
JD Vance: I disagree.
JD Vance: I disagree.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Science: Water boils at lower temperatures at higher altitudes because atmospheric pressure decreases with elevation.
JD Vance: I disagree.
JD Vance: I disagree.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Clergy Mondays, amiright?
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Clergy Mondays, amiright?
In which I learned that saying “You are all most welcome” when inviting people to coffee sounds like “you are *almost* welcome” and so I will endeavor not to say that again. 😔
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In which I learned that saying “You are all most welcome” when inviting people to coffee sounds like “you are *almost* welcome” and so I will endeavor not to say that again. 😔
“Love is praxis, not theory.”
— Leonardo Boff, “Salvation and Liberation”
— Leonardo Boff, “Salvation and Liberation”
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Love is praxis, not theory.”
— Leonardo Boff, “Salvation and Liberation”
— Leonardo Boff, “Salvation and Liberation”
Did I enjoy "sleeping in" this morning. No. My body woke itself up at what it thought was the regular time of 6:30, but it was only 5:30. On a day off. I also fell asleep at 8:30 last night. I hate this.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Did I enjoy "sleeping in" this morning. No. My body woke itself up at what it thought was the regular time of 6:30, but it was only 5:30. On a day off. I also fell asleep at 8:30 last night. I hate this.
So I have a couple of free-range cats who seem to prefer my backyard. Sunshine is ready for Halloween, trying reeeaaallly hard to be scary, while Pepper is not trying, like, at all.
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So I have a couple of free-range cats who seem to prefer my backyard. Sunshine is ready for Halloween, trying reeeaaallly hard to be scary, while Pepper is not trying, like, at all.
I kind of wish I could pay someone to dress up and hand out candy at my house so I could just go upstairs and read but okay we’re doing this. Grateful my town has defined hours for trick-or-treating, boundaries = good.
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I kind of wish I could pay someone to dress up and hand out candy at my house so I could just go upstairs and read but okay we’re doing this. Grateful my town has defined hours for trick-or-treating, boundaries = good.
Scenes from a day off
October 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Scenes from a day off
First: prayer. For truth, accountability, healing, and, God willing, reconciliation. But tonight I want to pray on behalf of all faithful LGBTQ+ Anglicans who have been scapegoated and demonized by this group who imagined their moral superiority prevented them from sharing a church with us.
Anglican Church Archbishop accused of sexual misconduct
Archbishop Steve Wood, who heads the Anglican Church of North America, faces of sexual harassment allegations. This marks the latest in a string of crises to rock the small, conservative denomination.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
First: prayer. For truth, accountability, healing, and, God willing, reconciliation. But tonight I want to pray on behalf of all faithful LGBTQ+ Anglicans who have been scapegoated and demonized by this group who imagined their moral superiority prevented them from sharing a church with us.
😳 Like, we understand that Darth Vader wasn't *good,* right? A character who was more machine than human, so driven by a bitter need for domination that he blew up a planet just to prove that he could?
Republicans: [applause]
Republicans: [applause]
Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
😳 Like, we understand that Darth Vader wasn't *good,* right? A character who was more machine than human, so driven by a bitter need for domination that he blew up a planet just to prove that he could?
Republicans: [applause]
Republicans: [applause]
Okay, but let's not forget how old Joe Biden is.
October 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Okay, but let's not forget how old Joe Biden is.
He’s such an asshole, I love him so much
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
He’s such an asshole, I love him so much
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
Willamette
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Willamette
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: if you think a penis is a prerequisite for ordination, you’ll end up with a church run by a bunch of dicks.
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: if you think a penis is a prerequisite for ordination, you’ll end up with a church run by a bunch of dicks.
I want to be put in a sensory deprivation tank while I listen to Karajan’s recording of Parsifal. Or, if they charge by the minute, the Boulez.
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I want to be put in a sensory deprivation tank while I listen to Karajan’s recording of Parsifal. Or, if they charge by the minute, the Boulez.
I feel like maybe poll numbers are irrelevant if the party in power intends never to concede another election?
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I feel like maybe poll numbers are irrelevant if the party in power intends never to concede another election?