Jerad
@j-rock.bsky.social
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I swore out loud in front of my kids when watching this sermon. NOT out of anger: it's just that no polite words could convey the emotional impact her narrative of God's power created inside of me. The feeling was so explosive that release was essential. www.centennialumc.org/media/6mn459...
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 - Roseville Campus
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November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I swore out loud in front of my kids when watching this sermon. NOT out of anger: it's just that no polite words could convey the emotional impact her narrative of God's power created inside of me. The feeling was so explosive that release was essential. www.centennialumc.org/media/6mn459...
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I feel like I've seen this before:
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I feel like I've seen this before:
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
I've never seen the northern lights so colorful to the naked eye.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I've never seen the northern lights so colorful to the naked eye.
"Moral imagination is what reminds us that not every response to evil is good." -Justin Giboney, Pres. of the (&) campaign.
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Moral imagination is what reminds us that not every response to evil is good." -Justin Giboney, Pres. of the (&) campaign.
At Transform Minnesota's evening about depolarization, Rachel Wightman of Concordia University Saint Paul says "to love your neighbor is to not share misinformation." Be a truth-teller and check your sources.
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
At Transform Minnesota's evening about depolarization, Rachel Wightman of Concordia University Saint Paul says "to love your neighbor is to not share misinformation." Be a truth-teller and check your sources.
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
I got to guest preach again this morning. One dude said "I'm going to go home and watch this again on YouTube right away."
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
October 26, 2025 Centennial UMC Roseville Campus Worship Service
YouTube video by Centennial UMC
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October 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I got to guest preach again this morning. One dude said "I'm going to go home and watch this again on YouTube right away."
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
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After being awarded the Strengthening Democracy Field Test funding from @pascl-stanford.bsky.social , we spent 2024 working with @mjbsp.bsky.social and 700 participants to strengthen MCC Respectful Conversations with @civity.bsky.social 's storytelling tool. This paper is one peacebuilding outcome.
Can we Boost Intensive Depolarization Events Using Light Touch Interventions?: https://osf.io/f9a76
October 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
After being awarded the Strengthening Democracy Field Test funding from @pascl-stanford.bsky.social , we spent 2024 working with @mjbsp.bsky.social and 700 participants to strengthen MCC Respectful Conversations with @civity.bsky.social 's storytelling tool. This paper is one peacebuilding outcome.
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It would be fun if the data were more conclusive, but that isn't how science always goes!
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It would be fun if the data were more conclusive, but that isn't how science always goes!
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
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We paired the Minnesota Council of Churches' Respectful Conversations program (intensive, stewarded by @j-rock.bsky.social) with a video intervention developed by @civity.bsky.social (light touch) that was effective at reducing partisan animosity in the Strengthening Democracy Challenge.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We paired the Minnesota Council of Churches' Respectful Conversations program (intensive, stewarded by @j-rock.bsky.social) with a video intervention developed by @civity.bsky.social (light touch) that was effective at reducing partisan animosity in the Strengthening Democracy Challenge.
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This preprint reports on a project with @j-rock.bsky.social.
We merged a light touch intervention (typical of survey experiments) w/ an intensive intervention (more typical of practitioner efforts) for reducing toxic polarization to see if we could cheaply boost 🚀 the more intensive intervention
We merged a light touch intervention (typical of survey experiments) w/ an intensive intervention (more typical of practitioner efforts) for reducing toxic polarization to see if we could cheaply boost 🚀 the more intensive intervention
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This preprint reports on a project with @j-rock.bsky.social.
We merged a light touch intervention (typical of survey experiments) w/ an intensive intervention (more typical of practitioner efforts) for reducing toxic polarization to see if we could cheaply boost 🚀 the more intensive intervention
We merged a light touch intervention (typical of survey experiments) w/ an intensive intervention (more typical of practitioner efforts) for reducing toxic polarization to see if we could cheaply boost 🚀 the more intensive intervention
Christ is the true vine, and when we live in alignment with his purpose we bear great fruit. Plus, the character Hebrews might have known as "akkabish Adam." My guest sermon this morning.
www.youtube.com/live/-qUteJJ...
www.youtube.com/live/-qUteJJ...
October 12, 2025 Centennial UMC Roseville Campus Worship Service
YouTube video by Centennial UMC
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October 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Christ is the true vine, and when we live in alignment with his purpose we bear great fruit. Plus, the character Hebrews might have known as "akkabish Adam." My guest sermon this morning.
www.youtube.com/live/-qUteJJ...
www.youtube.com/live/-qUteJJ...
Share your favorite black and white movie
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Share your favorite black and white movie
Hilarious take! But also, good for the insurance cos.
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hilarious take! But also, good for the insurance cos.
But I landed tickets for his First Ave show next March!
Don't know where I've been but just heard about this guy today. After 90 minutes I can say his YT is 100% bangers and some of his wordsmithing lands like a punch to the gut. All his tour dates, including March 1 at The Cedar in Minneapolis, are sold out but maybe there's room for extra nights...
Jesse Welles’ UHC song whips, I gotta post it in 2 parts because of Bsky’s video limit, and here’s part 1 (part 2 goes way harder fyi)
volume up
volume up
September 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
But I landed tickets for his First Ave show next March!
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Roommate's grandfather is demonstrating more restraint and responsibility than our premier media outlets
September 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Roommate's grandfather is demonstrating more restraint and responsibility than our premier media outlets
Every time I catch a cobweb while I'm walking through a doorway I pause to appreciate the spider's ambition.
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Every time I catch a cobweb while I'm walking through a doorway I pause to appreciate the spider's ambition.
Anybody else just get followed here by like 20 bots?
August 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Anybody else just get followed here by like 20 bots?
A 1940s headline dug up by @brezwrites.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A 1940s headline dug up by @brezwrites.bsky.social
Going to YouTube university + researching the right replacement part, I basically paid myself $140/hr to replace my car's right side mirror compared to what the dealer would have charged.
I received two major awards in the last two months, but I feel similarly proud of this accomplishment.
I received two major awards in the last two months, but I feel similarly proud of this accomplishment.
June 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Going to YouTube university + researching the right replacement part, I basically paid myself $140/hr to replace my car's right side mirror compared to what the dealer would have charged.
I received two major awards in the last two months, but I feel similarly proud of this accomplishment.
I received two major awards in the last two months, but I feel similarly proud of this accomplishment.
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
@tellthestories.bsky.social I'm catching up on emails. Congrats on the DMin!
June 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
@tellthestories.bsky.social I'm catching up on emails. Congrats on the DMin!
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WIRED magazine has some notes regarding "How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance."
wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com/story/how-to...
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
WIRED magazine has some notes regarding "How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance."
wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com/story/how-to...
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Bluesky, how much should you spend on a first date? I think it's $200.
May 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Bluesky, how much should you spend on a first date? I think it's $200.
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