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Maren HM
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Lutheran Music Director, Choral Conductor, and Ethnomusicologist in Montana
This.
From dear friends:

“This poster was in the Lutheran Diocese in Moshi, Tanzania. Wise words.”

Barb and Larry Swingen
March 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Once again, the ones shrieking about censorship on the left for the past decade actually were just cynically projecting. The right is now employing literal, government sanctioned censorship with real consequences. Why does the left keep capitulating to these bad faith arguments?
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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NEW: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton is releasing a video, saying the church remains “steadfast” in its work & accusing Musk/others of of spreading “misinformation” and “casting baseless doubt” about “funding that supports Lutheran (orgs) across our country.”
February 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yes, we are!
February 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
From 2006-2011, I worked closely with undocumented immigrant communities. In that time, I witnessed destitute, sometimes hazardous living conditions, people subsiding on horrifically low wages, and precarious temporary work arrangements that stripped people of any predictability.
February 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I walked outside today in a sprawling park by the river, and was compelled to repeat, “I give thanks for every living thing on this planet” as I passed the leafless bushes and trees, the tufts of grass, the magpies. I give thanks.
February 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Watching this on repeat how is your day going?
This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
January 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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the best thing i ever published was a book chapter written entirely in 48 straight hours of wakefulness
January 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I fail to understand how anyone finds these people admirable.
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I look forward to much more of this clear-eyes condemnation of the Gospel of Trump.
January 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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You guys need to see this and take it in…

Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Unsolicited advice from a white progressive: If you are a liberal, leftist, or progressive seeking a community where you may find belonging that grows into a family-like bond, consider joining a church. I know this sounds counterintuitive, but many churches are revolutionary community spaces.
January 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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okay here's the thing, if you're an artist, a writer, any kind of creator: we all need to get A LOT weirder now, to fill the gap of weird Lynch has left behind.

are you with me on this
January 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Creative work matters, even in dark times.

We cannot accept pessimism as wisdom. Hope creates tenacity. Our creative acts—whether writing, preaching, organizing, or building—are not mere distractions from despair but active resistance against it.

www.parrott.ink/things-can-b...
Things Can Be Otherwise
If we believe in God's promised future, we must begin living it now
www.parrott.ink
January 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM