Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD
@marlenagraves.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Spiritual Formation-AOS: U.S. cultural history; religion, politics, and inequality in Am. history; Christian nationalism; public memory; political/public theology historical trauma. Seeking our flourishing Rochester, NY🇵🇷
Pay attention:
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Pay attention:
Speaking tomorrow night --> 6:30-8pm @ Ohio State University's Christian Studies Center: Memento Mori "Remember Your Death."💀. Seems morbid but helps us prioritize + more! Here's the information. Make sure to RSVP if you're in the area & you can come! ❤️ to see u!
www.carmenhouse.org/speaker-seri...
www.carmenhouse.org/speaker-seri...
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Speaking tomorrow night --> 6:30-8pm @ Ohio State University's Christian Studies Center: Memento Mori "Remember Your Death."💀. Seems morbid but helps us prioritize + more! Here's the information. Make sure to RSVP if you're in the area & you can come! ❤️ to see u!
www.carmenhouse.org/speaker-seri...
www.carmenhouse.org/speaker-seri...
#AllSaintsDay
My Patron Saint: Macrina the Younger-sister, intellectual, theologian, practical theologian, gave all her wealth, wise, insightful, compassionate, and just. Monastic. Taught her brothers/friend, the Cappadocian Fathers, much of what they knew. She should be the 4th Cappadocian!
My Patron Saint: Macrina the Younger-sister, intellectual, theologian, practical theologian, gave all her wealth, wise, insightful, compassionate, and just. Monastic. Taught her brothers/friend, the Cappadocian Fathers, much of what they knew. She should be the 4th Cappadocian!
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#AllSaintsDay
My Patron Saint: Macrina the Younger-sister, intellectual, theologian, practical theologian, gave all her wealth, wise, insightful, compassionate, and just. Monastic. Taught her brothers/friend, the Cappadocian Fathers, much of what they knew. She should be the 4th Cappadocian!
My Patron Saint: Macrina the Younger-sister, intellectual, theologian, practical theologian, gave all her wealth, wise, insightful, compassionate, and just. Monastic. Taught her brothers/friend, the Cappadocian Fathers, much of what they knew. She should be the 4th Cappadocian!
I mean, he has a point. Have they not thought about this?
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I mean, he has a point. Have they not thought about this?
Re-upping this - real cruelty as performative cruelty.
www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08....
www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08....
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Re-upping this - real cruelty as performative cruelty.
www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08....
www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08....
Via Teri Kanefield: terikanefield.com/heres-why/
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Via Teri Kanefield: terikanefield.com/heres-why/
Via Michael Frost.
September 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Via Michael Frost.
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Republicans Are Playing Politics For Pedophiles. Our newest. open.substack.com/pub/christia...
September 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Republicans Are Playing Politics For Pedophiles. Our newest. open.substack.com/pub/christia...
Sow Love-shared via James Stillwell. May we all do this. Love to you all, keep doing the good where you are, to all you can, as much as you can, for as long as you can, however you can, to sort of paraphrase Wesley. Thank you so much @nakedpastor - your skills are so incredibly important.
August 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sow Love-shared via James Stillwell. May we all do this. Love to you all, keep doing the good where you are, to all you can, as much as you can, for as long as you can, however you can, to sort of paraphrase Wesley. Thank you so much @nakedpastor - your skills are so incredibly important.
Stephen Miller, given his role as White House deputy chief of staff for policy/the U.S. Homeland Security Advisor, shows he's behind sending troops to cities, firing of Black gov't employees/Immigration etc. The man is a white supremacist. Shadow president. Keep an eye on him.
Photo: Gage Skidmore
Photo: Gage Skidmore
August 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Stephen Miller, given his role as White House deputy chief of staff for policy/the U.S. Homeland Security Advisor, shows he's behind sending troops to cities, firing of Black gov't employees/Immigration etc. The man is a white supremacist. Shadow president. Keep an eye on him.
Photo: Gage Skidmore
Photo: Gage Skidmore
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” - Malcolm X - Photo credit: Public Domain
Me too!
Me too!
August 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” - Malcolm X - Photo credit: Public Domain
Me too!
Me too!
Didn't have the book in front of me, so I looked it up via Good Reads. Exactly right, Fr. Greg Boyle:
August 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Didn't have the book in front of me, so I looked it up via Good Reads. Exactly right, Fr. Greg Boyle:
Our newest. Jesus transgresses our labels. We would love to interact with your comments. open.substack.com/pub/christia...
August 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Our newest. Jesus transgresses our labels. We would love to interact with your comments. open.substack.com/pub/christia...
Our newest:
open.substack.com/pub/christia...
open.substack.com/pub/christia...
August 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our newest:
open.substack.com/pub/christia...
open.substack.com/pub/christia...
Just a reminder:
August 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Just a reminder:
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The truth here is so ever relevant, is so simple and profound. I think I might pop it into my next book. Sharing yet again:
Via Peter Enns from Soul Boom:
July 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Via Peter Enns from Soul Boom:
Sound familiar->in U.S.?
"The Nazis waged a tireless war against any Poles helping Jews. Posters were put up across the city announcing that it was a capital offence for Poles to provide shelter for Jews, to provide them with food or even to sell food to Jewish people."
-Martin Smith bit.ly/3GRAnjx
"The Nazis waged a tireless war against any Poles helping Jews. Posters were put up across the city announcing that it was a capital offence for Poles to provide shelter for Jews, to provide them with food or even to sell food to Jewish people."
-Martin Smith bit.ly/3GRAnjx
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sound familiar->in U.S.?
"The Nazis waged a tireless war against any Poles helping Jews. Posters were put up across the city announcing that it was a capital offence for Poles to provide shelter for Jews, to provide them with food or even to sell food to Jewish people."
-Martin Smith bit.ly/3GRAnjx
"The Nazis waged a tireless war against any Poles helping Jews. Posters were put up across the city announcing that it was a capital offence for Poles to provide shelter for Jews, to provide them with food or even to sell food to Jewish people."
-Martin Smith bit.ly/3GRAnjx