Joseph Givens
@josephenfrance.bsky.social
Just a guy who lives in France and works with displaced people. I’m trying to help make the world just a little bit better.
A large segment of the Christian population has forgotten Christ. We have forgotten the commands to love every human. We have failed to notice the constant commands throughout the Bible to care for the poor and homeless.
I will not stop saying these things. I will not be silenced.
I will not stop saying these things. I will not be silenced.
Build a Longer Table
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October 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A large segment of the Christian population has forgotten Christ. We have forgotten the commands to love every human. We have failed to notice the constant commands throughout the Bible to care for the poor and homeless.
I will not stop saying these things. I will not be silenced.
I will not stop saying these things. I will not be silenced.
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When you’re too dumb to tell the difference between imitating and mocking.
August 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
When you’re too dumb to tell the difference between imitating and mocking.
August 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The UK's new scheme isn't really about compassion.
When Safety Comes at Someone Else’s Expense
Things in France and the UK are changing. We’re happy to acknowledge that there are new opportunities for our friends to cross to the UK to claim asylum without having to make the harrowing sea-crossi...
www.givenscalais.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The UK's new scheme isn't really about compassion.
Theology is good. Or perhaps I should say, good theology is good: the kind that follows the words of Jesus when he tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Not the kind that asks the question, ”Who is my neighbor?“
May 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Theology is good. Or perhaps I should say, good theology is good: the kind that follows the words of Jesus when he tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Not the kind that asks the question, ”Who is my neighbor?“
Forgive us, Father. Have mercy.
Failing the Commandments, Clinging to Mercy
Father, You gave us two rules and we didn’t keep either of them. The story of humanity is the story of you telling us the same things over and over and of us failing to follow. For some reason we h…
coffeeandtheology.net
April 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Forgive us, Father. Have mercy.
“God on the Corner.” He’s addicted to heroin.
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“God on the Corner.” He’s addicted to heroin.
Reposted by Joseph Givens
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
Does anyone else feel like this whole thing is meant to create a crisis, and that Trump will present himself as the only one who can lead us through the crisis? That’s a play we might have seen somewhere before…
Retail sales came in weaker than expected, another bad sign for the US economy | CNN Business
Spending at US retailers last month was much weaker than expected, in a troubling sign that the American shopper could be starting to tap out.
amp.cnn.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Does anyone else feel like this whole thing is meant to create a crisis, and that Trump will present himself as the only one who can lead us through the crisis? That’s a play we might have seen somewhere before…
As an American in France, it shames me to see what people think about my country.
March 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
As an American in France, it shames me to see what people think about my country.
Happy birthday to this beautiful, amazing, wonderful wife! @racheloges.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Happy birthday to this beautiful, amazing, wonderful wife! @racheloges.bsky.social
Yeah, there’s no surprise here.
March 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Yeah, there’s no surprise here.
I’m so glad to see people standing up to autocracy. Are we next? One can only hope.
This is the Serbian people protesting their pro-Putin autocratic regime.
Similar uprising in Hungary against GOP darling Viktor Orban.
Our time is coming.
Similar uprising in Hungary against GOP darling Viktor Orban.
Our time is coming.
Hundreds of thousands gathered against impunity, autogenocide, and oligarchy. A government that doesn't stand with it's people, stands against them. #3E #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy #SerbiaProtests
March 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’m so glad to see people standing up to autocracy. Are we next? One can only hope.
Saint Peter said it best, "Love covers a multitude of sins."
Carrots and Screen Time: Parenting Fails, Love Wins
“Dad, when I grow up I’m going to make a high speed maglev train that can take people to the UK. It’s going to have two cars for people with passports who have to pay for their tickets and special sec...
www.givenscalais.org
March 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Saint Peter said it best, "Love covers a multitude of sins."
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Swasticars are rockin🤣🤣
#GVerse Tesla's St Albans dealership just got a makeover. $TSLA 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
March 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Swasticars are rockin🤣🤣
“And I tried
Oh, I tried
So hard to be good
But the world rewards us when we’re bad.”
-Muse
Oh, I tried
So hard to be good
But the world rewards us when we’re bad.”
-Muse
March 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“And I tried
Oh, I tried
So hard to be good
But the world rewards us when we’re bad.”
-Muse
Oh, I tried
So hard to be good
But the world rewards us when we’re bad.”
-Muse
After that night
A spark of police flairs
And teargas
Bombs,
The night lit up
Like midday.
Another “migrant,”
Helpless,
Is harmed
By
The chemicals
Mixing
Diesel and Seawater
A toxic, fiery combination
On your exposed skin.
But now you are “home.”
A spark of police flairs
And teargas
Bombs,
The night lit up
Like midday.
Another “migrant,”
Helpless,
Is harmed
By
The chemicals
Mixing
Diesel and Seawater
A toxic, fiery combination
On your exposed skin.
But now you are “home.”
March 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
After that night
A spark of police flairs
And teargas
Bombs,
The night lit up
Like midday.
Another “migrant,”
Helpless,
Is harmed
By
The chemicals
Mixing
Diesel and Seawater
A toxic, fiery combination
On your exposed skin.
But now you are “home.”
A spark of police flairs
And teargas
Bombs,
The night lit up
Like midday.
Another “migrant,”
Helpless,
Is harmed
By
The chemicals
Mixing
Diesel and Seawater
A toxic, fiery combination
On your exposed skin.
But now you are “home.”
Reposted by Joseph Givens
And then they lied about it.
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. (Gift Article)
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team included a big error.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
And then they lied about it.
When the walls crash down on this place we call home.
And you sit with your head in your hands and wonder why nobody warned you about this.
Remember just one thing:
We tried. You just weren’t
Listening.
And you sit with your head in your hands and wonder why nobody warned you about this.
Remember just one thing:
We tried. You just weren’t
Listening.
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When the walls crash down on this place we call home.
And you sit with your head in your hands and wonder why nobody warned you about this.
Remember just one thing:
We tried. You just weren’t
Listening.
And you sit with your head in your hands and wonder why nobody warned you about this.
Remember just one thing:
We tried. You just weren’t
Listening.
Goodbye, my home. I know that you’ll never be the place where I grew up again.
But I can’t just let you die.
But I can’t just let you die.
February 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Goodbye, my home. I know that you’ll never be the place where I grew up again.
But I can’t just let you die.
But I can’t just let you die.
I’m so proud of Elijah for competing in his very first Rubik’s cube competition! He didn’t have the best time, but it also wasn’t the worst, at just over one minute.
He’s doing better than I am. It’s taken me at least 35 years to solve a Rubik’s cube.
He’s doing better than I am. It’s taken me at least 35 years to solve a Rubik’s cube.
February 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’m so proud of Elijah for competing in his very first Rubik’s cube competition! He didn’t have the best time, but it also wasn’t the worst, at just over one minute.
He’s doing better than I am. It’s taken me at least 35 years to solve a Rubik’s cube.
He’s doing better than I am. It’s taken me at least 35 years to solve a Rubik’s cube.
It wasn’t until I was about 30 years old that I took a chance and started to see a therapist. My darkness closed in on me to the point where I thought I would be crippled and unable to carry out a normal life for fear of the constant judgment of others. Talking with the therapist helped.
Thank God for Antidepressants (Seriously)
**This is a repost from my other website: givenscalais.org Hey, everyone! I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. I’ve started to write a few things, but they’ve never really been…
coffeeandtheology.net
February 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It wasn’t until I was about 30 years old that I took a chance and started to see a therapist. My darkness closed in on me to the point where I thought I would be crippled and unable to carry out a normal life for fear of the constant judgment of others. Talking with the therapist helped.
And then I remember.
My idealism has not faded with age.
It just seems that it
Might have become a little
Smaller.
My idealism has not faded with age.
It just seems that it
Might have become a little
Smaller.
Shoots of Spring
I was a young idealist. I thought the world could change, That green shoots of spring would emerge From the dark frosty ground. If I could just say the right words Then people would hear; Their min…
coffeeandtheology.net
February 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
And then I remember.
My idealism has not faded with age.
It just seems that it
Might have become a little
Smaller.
My idealism has not faded with age.
It just seems that it
Might have become a little
Smaller.