Leah D. Schade
@leahschade.bsky.social
Progressive Christian Clergy, #Preaching, #Climate, Enviro-Justice, Author, Seminary Prof, Patheos blogger, co-founder
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Stan #MichaelSheen, #GoodOmens. Views my own. No vague or purposeless DMs please.
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Stan #MichaelSheen, #GoodOmens. Views my own. No vague or purposeless DMs please.
Inspiring #NoKings rally in #LexingtonKy
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Inspiring #NoKings rally in #LexingtonKy
Nice turn-out in Lexington, KY, for the Labor Day rally supporting laborers over billionaires! #SupportUnions
September 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Nice turn-out in Lexington, KY, for the Labor Day rally supporting laborers over billionaires! #SupportUnions
Applications for the 2025-26 EcoPreacher Cohort are due Aug. 1st! We hope preachers concerned about environmental and climate issues will join us - because God's Creation needs good preaching, and good preaching needs God's Creation! thebtscenter.org/ecopreacher-...
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Applications for the 2025-26 EcoPreacher Cohort are due Aug. 1st! We hope preachers concerned about environmental and climate issues will join us - because God's Creation needs good preaching, and good preaching needs God's Creation! thebtscenter.org/ecopreacher-...
EcoPreacher Cohort 2025: If you’re a preacher looking for inspiration, collegial support, and resources for addressing environmental issues in your sermons, this monthly, online gathering is for you! Applications due Aug. 4. Cohort launches in Sept. thebtscenter.org/ecopreacher-...
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
EcoPreacher Cohort 2025: If you’re a preacher looking for inspiration, collegial support, and resources for addressing environmental issues in your sermons, this monthly, online gathering is for you! Applications due Aug. 4. Cohort launches in Sept. thebtscenter.org/ecopreacher-...
#LexingtonPrideFest y'all. This interfaith group of clergy gave blessings of love, peace, joy, forgiveness, and healing -- with a dash of glitter! #Kentucky
June 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#LexingtonPrideFest y'all. This interfaith group of clergy gave blessings of love, peace, joy, forgiveness, and healing -- with a dash of glitter! #Kentucky
Wanna see an amazing drum solo? Check out Ben Schade on "Song for Bilbao" by Pat Methany. #AnimalFromTheMuppets!
May 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Wanna see an amazing drum solo? Check out Ben Schade on "Song for Bilbao" by Pat Methany. #AnimalFromTheMuppets!
April 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
April 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Alas, thou holdeth my longing fast,
My claws caught in thy fibrous grasp.
My claws caught in thy fibrous grasp.
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Alas, thou holdeth my longing fast,
My claws caught in thy fibrous grasp.
My claws caught in thy fibrous grasp.
If cats could write Shakespearean sonnets:
O, that my claws could slice thee, Screen.
Thou bitter weave of metal mesh.
Why keep me from the buds of Spring
And block me from the Robin’s nest? 1/3
O, that my claws could slice thee, Screen.
Thou bitter weave of metal mesh.
Why keep me from the buds of Spring
And block me from the Robin’s nest? 1/3
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If cats could write Shakespearean sonnets:
O, that my claws could slice thee, Screen.
Thou bitter weave of metal mesh.
Why keep me from the buds of Spring
And block me from the Robin’s nest? 1/3
O, that my claws could slice thee, Screen.
Thou bitter weave of metal mesh.
Why keep me from the buds of Spring
And block me from the Robin’s nest? 1/3
We're gathered at Crestwood Christian Church in Lexington #Kentucky for the @ecoamerica.bsky.social #FaithAndClimateForum!
March 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We're gathered at Crestwood Christian Church in Lexington #Kentucky for the @ecoamerica.bsky.social #FaithAndClimateForum!
A helpful metaphor for framing what is happening is the image of a riptide or rip current.
Rip currents are powerful currents of water along ocean beaches that occur when tides move away from the shore. 7/26
Rip currents are powerful currents of water along ocean beaches that occur when tides move away from the shore. 7/26
February 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A helpful metaphor for framing what is happening is the image of a riptide or rip current.
Rip currents are powerful currents of water along ocean beaches that occur when tides move away from the shore. 7/26
Rip currents are powerful currents of water along ocean beaches that occur when tides move away from the shore. 7/26
This feels like a firehose, which is a tactic of authoritarian regimes. When attacks overwhelm us in volume & speed, there’s not enough time and human resources to organize. 5/26
February 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This feels like a firehose, which is a tactic of authoritarian regimes. When attacks overwhelm us in volume & speed, there’s not enough time and human resources to organize. 5/26
It’s me again, Andy Barr (R, KY)! I’m one of your #Lutheran constituents in the 6th congressional district of #Kentucky. On Feb. 6, I spoke with one of your staffers about concerns I have regarding Mike Flynn and Elon Musk accusing Lutheran social service organizations of money laundering. 1/6
February 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
These tech bros have hacked the US Treasury. The impact of this is beyond comprehension.
February 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
These tech bros have hacked the US Treasury. The impact of this is beyond comprehension.
Greetings to you, fellow Christian, #AndyBarr (R-KY). I’m one of your constituents in the #Kentucky 6th congr district. I visited your office to share my concerns regarding the direction this country is going. As I walked in, I saw this poster on your door: “I stand with Israel.” 1/6
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hello, #AndyBarr (KY-R). I’m one of your constituents in #Kentucky 6th congressional district. I came to your office in #Lexington today and met with one of your staffers to express my alarm about Elon Musk’s #COUP against our government. 1/7
February 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hello, #AndyBarr (KY-R). I’m one of your constituents in #Kentucky 6th congressional district. I came to your office in #Lexington today and met with one of your staffers to express my alarm about Elon Musk’s #COUP against our government. 1/7
Did you catch that? As people of faith, we must take hold of the hands of the wrongdoers.
That is to say, stopping fascists and oligarchs from doing evil is the loving thing to do! 15/18
That is to say, stopping fascists and oligarchs from doing evil is the loving thing to do! 15/18
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you catch that? As people of faith, we must take hold of the hands of the wrongdoers.
That is to say, stopping fascists and oligarchs from doing evil is the loving thing to do! 15/18
That is to say, stopping fascists and oligarchs from doing evil is the loving thing to do! 15/18
3 – Post signage at strategic places in your house of worship. Links to download these signs can be found in the article. 10/20 www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...
January 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
3 – Post signage at strategic places in your house of worship. Links to download these signs can be found in the article. 10/20 www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...
Bold biblical woman #3: the MOTHER who pleaded with Jesus to heal her daughter.
In Mark 7:25-30, she’s called the Syrophoenician woman. In Matthew 15:21-28, she’s called the Canaanite woman. Both stories are about a woman from outside of Jesus’s clan pleading for him to heal her daughter. 14/26
In Mark 7:25-30, she’s called the Syrophoenician woman. In Matthew 15:21-28, she’s called the Canaanite woman. Both stories are about a woman from outside of Jesus’s clan pleading for him to heal her daughter. 14/26
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bold biblical woman #3: the MOTHER who pleaded with Jesus to heal her daughter.
In Mark 7:25-30, she’s called the Syrophoenician woman. In Matthew 15:21-28, she’s called the Canaanite woman. Both stories are about a woman from outside of Jesus’s clan pleading for him to heal her daughter. 14/26
In Mark 7:25-30, she’s called the Syrophoenician woman. In Matthew 15:21-28, she’s called the Canaanite woman. Both stories are about a woman from outside of Jesus’s clan pleading for him to heal her daughter. 14/26
QUEEN ESTHER prevented genocide! King Ahasuerus's evil servant Haman was insulted when a man named Mordecai refused to bow in subservience. So Haman plotted to murder all the Jews in retaliation. Yep, another over-the-top reaction from a mere insult. 10/26
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
QUEEN ESTHER prevented genocide! King Ahasuerus's evil servant Haman was insulted when a man named Mordecai refused to bow in subservience. So Haman plotted to murder all the Jews in retaliation. Yep, another over-the-top reaction from a mere insult. 10/26
ABIGAIL (1 Kings, Ch. 25) prevented King David from murdering her family, servants, and sheepherders when her dolt of a husband refused hospitality to the king, insulting his honor. Yep, intending to kill everyone was way over the top. Here's a feast, King David; please leave us in peace. 8/26
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ABIGAIL (1 Kings, Ch. 25) prevented King David from murdering her family, servants, and sheepherders when her dolt of a husband refused hospitality to the king, insulting his honor. Yep, intending to kill everyone was way over the top. Here's a feast, King David; please leave us in peace. 8/26
Why are all the icicles facing down except for the ones on this line that are facing up? #IceRebels #nonconformity #stalagmitecicles
January 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Why are all the icicles facing down except for the ones on this line that are facing up? #IceRebels #nonconformity #stalagmitecicles