Fr. Ethan Alexander Jewett
@jackedpriest.bsky.social
Maverick priest, jacked gym bro, and theological provocateur with a penchant for cheap ramen and teen dramas. Spirituality, social justice, and a dash of sexual magic.
What happens when the Church forces you to put the gay part of yourself in the closet to get ordained?
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Split Apart
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What happens when the Church forces you to put the gay part of yourself in the closet to get ordained?
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Why I don’t send Christmas cards anymore. Who agrees with me? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Christmas Cards
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Why I don’t send Christmas cards anymore. Who agrees with me? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
There’s some wisdom here for surviving our own upside-down dystopia. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Stranger Things Than These
A Metaphor for Modern Times
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December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
There’s some wisdom here for surviving our own upside-down dystopia. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we planned, so we have to improvise. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Coat Check
A Meditation for Midweek
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we planned, so we have to improvise. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
It’s hard for queer people at the holidays when we lose members of our chosen families. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Remembering Gordon
Celebrating the Chosen Family We Have Lost
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November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s hard for queer people at the holidays when we lose members of our chosen families. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
What if crisis management is a strength to be embraced rather than a situation to be solved? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpriest/p/buckle-up?r=40licp&utm_medium=ios
Buckle Up
A Meditation for Midweek
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November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What if crisis management is a strength to be embraced rather than a situation to be solved? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpriest/p/buckle-up?r=40licp&utm_medium=ios
Christian theology needs to be translated into language and idioms that resonate with queer culture. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
In the Language of the People
Translating Christian Belief for Queer Communities
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November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Christian theology needs to be translated into language and idioms that resonate with queer culture. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
What makes a good daddy is not success, but poise and confidence in confronting adversity. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Imposter Syndrome
A Meditation for Midweek
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November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What makes a good daddy is not success, but poise and confidence in confronting adversity. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
No, we don’t ever stop fighting for all God’s people.
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People of Hope and Rebellion
A Sermon for Hard Times
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
No, we don’t ever stop fighting for all God’s people.
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Why can’t I shut up about being gay? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Gay Word Vomit
A Meditation for Midweek
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Why can’t I shut up about being gay? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
The Kingdom of God, not the Empire of Caesar. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A Year of Abundance
Dismantling Empire to Build the Kingdom of Heaven
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November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Kingdom of God, not the Empire of Caesar. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Sometimes, we just need a few distractions to recenter ourselves. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Placid Distractions
A Meditation for Midweek
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October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sometimes, we just need a few distractions to recenter ourselves. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Be watchful. Be vigilant. Demolishing the People’s House is a sign of dismantling our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Demolishing the People's House
A Reflection on St. Paul and American Democracy
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October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Be watchful. Be vigilant. Demolishing the People’s House is a sign of dismantling our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
It was rude sexual awakening, but it taught me a lot about myself. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A Rude Awakening
A Meditation for Midweek
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October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It was rude sexual awakening, but it taught me a lot about myself. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
What to do when you feel like you’re drowning. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Keeping Your Head Above Water
Learning to Count Your Blessings in Times of Trial
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October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What to do when you feel like you’re drowning. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Can you tell the truth about your gay self in non-gay spaces? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Tourists and Trespassers
Telling the Gay Truth About Ourselves When It's Hard
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October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Can you tell the truth about your gay self in non-gay spaces? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
We must never forget our history.
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The Sodomy Gods Will Watch Over Us
A Meditation for Midweek
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October 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We must never forget our history.
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Code-switching is a skill all gay men have to learn and practice to navigate the complexities of surviving in a heteronormative world.
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Defiant or Demure
Code-Switching and the Pitfall of Passing Privilege
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September 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Code-switching is a skill all gay men have to learn and practice to navigate the complexities of surviving in a heteronormative world.
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When you’ve spent your childhood been called a sissy, a pansy, and wimp, curating a masc, muscular physique is an act of defiance.
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Sweat, Muscle and Masculinity
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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September 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When you’ve spent your childhood been called a sissy, a pansy, and wimp, curating a masc, muscular physique is an act of defiance.
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Is the Church really equipped to welcome all LGBTQ+ people, or is it simply paying lip service to progressivism?
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Are All Welcome?
The Fight for the Church's Respectability (Behind the Collar Series #9)
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September 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Is the Church really equipped to welcome all LGBTQ+ people, or is it simply paying lip service to progressivism?
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Gay men love the things that happen in dark spaces. It’s part of our history of liberation. Subscribe to read the full reflection.
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In the Dark Room
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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September 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Gay men love the things that happen in dark spaces. It’s part of our history of liberation. Subscribe to read the full reflection.
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