Jana MacDonald
@janamacdon.bsky.social
✍🏻 Writes at The Gathering Place
🕊️ Studies Peace & Justice at The Jim Forest Institute (SSU)
✨ INFJ, 1w2
📍 Nutmegger
💚 Interests: all animals, micro homesteading, basic carpentry, house plants, hiking/backpacking, the Jesus Way
🕊️ Studies Peace & Justice at The Jim Forest Institute (SSU)
✨ INFJ, 1w2
📍 Nutmegger
💚 Interests: all animals, micro homesteading, basic carpentry, house plants, hiking/backpacking, the Jesus Way
Pinned
An open letter to Christian women—but really it's a letter for all of us. #resist
It Has Always Been Women
Faithful resistance in a time of moral crisis
janamacdon.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
An open letter to Christian women—but really it's a letter for all of us. #resist
Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here.
February 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here.
These are dark days. Take a lesson from the tulips: reach for the light.
January 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
These are dark days. Take a lesson from the tulips: reach for the light.
The MAGA movement is incompatible with the teachings of Christ. "Christians cannot follow Trump and Jesus."
Inauguration week was a collision of two Christianities
(RNS) — Between the Christianity of Trump and the Christianity of Christ, we recognize the widest possible difference.
religionnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The MAGA movement is incompatible with the teachings of Christ. "Christians cannot follow Trump and Jesus."
Reposted by Jana MacDonald
"California paid in a lot more [to the federal government] than it got back — $83 billion in total. So did Washington state and much of the Northeast. Most red states were in the reverse position, getting much more from DC than they paid in return."
In Praise of California
It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"California paid in a lot more [to the federal government] than it got back — $83 billion in total. So did Washington state and much of the Northeast. Most red states were in the reverse position, getting much more from DC than they paid in return."
I'm sharing the only haiku I ever wrote, just because I think we could all use a little hope right now. ✨
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I'm sharing the only haiku I ever wrote, just because I think we could all use a little hope right now. ✨
👋🏼 I'm new to Bluesky, and it will take me a minute to figure out a new platform. If this one gets hijacked too, you can also find me on Substack.
The Gathering Place | Jana MacDonald | Substack
A newsletter about living faith beyond church walls. Click to read The Gathering Place, by Jana MacDonald, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
janamacdon.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
👋🏼 I'm new to Bluesky, and it will take me a minute to figure out a new platform. If this one gets hijacked too, you can also find me on Substack.