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Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

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Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University. I write about Revelation and gender, queer hermeneutics. Currently working on a book about color, race, and Revelation. Originally from PDX. I love dogs. I craft and make art.

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Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

GIF of Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys. His head is shaved and a caption reads, “maybe the human race deserves to be wiped out.”

April 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Blue and pink graphic that reads: YOU are invited to Resisting Anti-Trans & Anti-Queer
“Bible Bashing” in These Times
An online strategizing and resource-sharing session for LGBTQIA2S+
and affirming clergy, educators, and community leaders.
March 4 @ 4-5:30 pm (ET)
Facilitated by Karri Alldredge (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) and
Lynn R. Huber (Elon University [no relation to the other Elon])

Bring an idea to share (e.g., social media resource, letter template, sermon
language, gathering idea) if you have one. Come if you need some!
We will have folx there prepared to share.

Included QR code but link will be in response.

February 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Red background with inverse white print that reads, Remember This Feb 14- St Valentine resisted the emperor. What better way to show your valentine you love than with your own act of defiance?”

February 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Happy Lunar New Year! In honor of #yearofthesnake here’s a #Roman statuette of a snake next to a small goddess figurine. Both from a domestic shrine in Pompeii and now in the Naples Archaeological Mueum. #ancient

Two small bronze statuettes. One is a nude goddess and the other a coiled snake.

January 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

And here’s another #bird pic. An osprey hunting. Taken in Estacada, OR. #birdphotography

An osprey flying against a blue sky with light clouds. Wings are spread and it is looking down.

January 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

I’m big into #birds and #birdphotography even though I haven’t been birding much over the past year. This popped up on my phone today and I love it. Cedar Waxwings were one of the birds that got me excited about birding. Here they are sharing a mulberry during mating season. Taken in NC.

One cedar waxwing feeds a green mulberry to another. They are sitting in a mulberry tree.

January 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

My #TinyBoss (below) thanks you in advance.

An elderly chihuahua in a pink coat sits in a bed with towels and an obvious pee pad. She has a wonky ear and looks like she’s about 300 years old.

January 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Stan thinks you’re doing a great job! #dogs #blskydogs

A Yorker mix wearing a leopard print hoodie
sitting on a green chair with a red plaid blanket.

January 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

I’m reading this for my current writing project and the discussions of myth, history, and remembering are great. Quiroga is clear and insightful. Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, White Mythic Space: Racism, the First World War, and Battlefield 1 (2022). #books #academicwriting #writing

Pink cover with images of soldiers. Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, White Mythic Space: Racism, the First World War, and Battlefield 1. Video Games and the Humanities.

January 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

An amphora covered in fossilized material from the sea. There is a small bit of gilding at the top.

January 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Love this ancient Isis and Horus repaired by artist Naoko Fukumaru on display at the Portland Japanese Gardens. #kintsugi #ancient 🏺

Statuette of Isis nursing Horus. It has obvious repairs done with gold.

January 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Put together a personal #2025ReadingChallenge inspired by @bookriot.bsky.social #reading #readingchallenge #blskybooks #books #thingsimdoingthatarenotwriting

A notes list: 1. Read a 2025 release by a BIPOC author.
2. Reread a childhood favorite book.
3. Read a book about immigration or refugees.
4. Read a translated book.
5. Read a book about a piece of media I know little or nothing about (a TV show, a movie, a band, etc).
6. Read literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author.
7. Read a book set in a country I’ve visited.
8. Read a book set in a country I’d like to visit.
9. Read a nonfiction book about nature or the environment.
10. Read a genre-blending book.
11. Read a book about little-known history.
12. Read a queer YA book.
13. Read a book published the year I was born (1969).
14. Read a book published the year I graduated from high school (1988).
15. Read a book published the year I graduated from college (1992).
16. Read a book published the year I graduated from seminary (1996).

A notes list: 17. Read a book published the year I finished my PhD (2004).
18. Read a book about a moral panic.
19. Read a fiction book with a non-human protagonist.
20. Read a book related to the history of Oregon.
21. Read a book related to the history of NC.
22. Read a book set in a university.
23. Read a book with a one word title.
24. Read a book based on an ancient myth.
25. Read a book selected by my spouse.

January 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

My day so far. Senior chi likes to be held and when she falls asleep the bones in her neck dissolve. This is why I can’t get work done. #seniordog #blskydog #academicdogs

A senior chihuahua being held by a smiling human attendant. The background is foggy Portland, OR.

Chihuahua is sleeping with her head completely thrown back. Her tongue hangs outside her mouth and she is missing teeth.

January 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Love this piece and museum.

Two people pointing at a minaret shaped hannukiah in a museum display case.

December 26, 2024 at 4:41 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

2. The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

December 7, 2024 at 8:07 PM

Lynn Huber

@lhuber.bsky.social

I’ll bite.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

1. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge