Karen Chamis
@rabbitridge.bsky.social
Clergy. Writer. Knitter. PhD in Organizational Leadership. Surviving Adrenal Insufficiency. Vegan. Defaults to humor.
Preach!
How much longer will we tolerate evil?
How much longer will we tolerate evil?
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Preach!
How much longer will we tolerate evil?
How much longer will we tolerate evil?
These are our neighbors. They shop where we shop. Is this who we are, America?
How on earth does this make us "great"? A family torn apart, a business shuttered, pillars of the community terrorized, all for what? Rick and Jeremy will lose everything they've built here, and we will lose them. If it can happen to them, it can happen to anyone. centralcurrent.org/before-the-d...
Before the deportation
ICE agents on Veterans Day came looking for a French national and the husband of a beloved Hawley-Green business owner. Now, a new life.
centralcurrent.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These are our neighbors. They shop where we shop. Is this who we are, America?
Will be collared and acting as a safety marshall at the #NoKings rally in Syracuse today.
There is a marked difference between Patriotism and (Christian) Nationalism. The first is a love of country, the second is idolatry.
Only God is Sovereign.
There is a marked difference between Patriotism and (Christian) Nationalism. The first is a love of country, the second is idolatry.
Only God is Sovereign.
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Will be collared and acting as a safety marshall at the #NoKings rally in Syracuse today.
There is a marked difference between Patriotism and (Christian) Nationalism. The first is a love of country, the second is idolatry.
Only God is Sovereign.
There is a marked difference between Patriotism and (Christian) Nationalism. The first is a love of country, the second is idolatry.
Only God is Sovereign.
Nah… more likely raping and engaging in slave trade. Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Nah… more likely raping and engaging in slave trade. Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
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The samples have clumps.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The samples have clumps.
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No Kings Syracuse is live! Sign up and spread the word. Event is 12-2pm on Oct. 18. mobilize.us/s/HdxZnX
September 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
No Kings Syracuse is live! Sign up and spread the word. Event is 12-2pm on Oct. 18. mobilize.us/s/HdxZnX
Many of my clergy colleagues are back to wearing their collars, others make sure to have a spare in the car. The church has been invisible on this far too long.
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Many of my clergy colleagues are back to wearing their collars, others make sure to have a spare in the car. The church has been invisible on this far too long.
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Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.
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“It's essential that our houses of worship remain outside the partisan fray, unbeholden to any political figure or group. This decision could open the floodgates to dark money operations that would turn sacred spaces into fronts for shady political schemes." -Rev. @raushenbush.bsky.social
Over 1,000 Charitable Nonprofits Launch National Sign-On Letter to Defend Nonpartisanship and Public Trust
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Interfaith Alliance, the National Council of Nonprofits, American Humanist Association, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Freedom From Religion Foundation, I...
www.interfaithalliance.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“It's essential that our houses of worship remain outside the partisan fray, unbeholden to any political figure or group. This decision could open the floodgates to dark money operations that would turn sacred spaces into fronts for shady political schemes." -Rev. @raushenbush.bsky.social
This.
And who are the leaders who can do this radical work? In addition to protesting what is, we must imagine what might be… and empower those with the creativity and the courage to make it happen.
And who are the leaders who can do this radical work? In addition to protesting what is, we must imagine what might be… and empower those with the creativity and the courage to make it happen.
Whenever Trumpist rule ends, business as usual, a return to “normalcy,” a project of mere restoration of the status quo ante won’t do. America will need something akin to Radical Reconstruction - a transformative vision that presents a response commensurate with this radical assault on democracy.
June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This.
And who are the leaders who can do this radical work? In addition to protesting what is, we must imagine what might be… and empower those with the creativity and the courage to make it happen.
And who are the leaders who can do this radical work? In addition to protesting what is, we must imagine what might be… and empower those with the creativity and the courage to make it happen.
I see you, NWS. I see you. :::applause:::
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I see you, NWS. I see you. :::applause:::
A really important read.
May 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A really important read.
Echoing this as someone who lives in a similar neighborhood.
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
May 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Echoing this as someone who lives in a similar neighborhood.
And I freaked out when I realized I had pens from my previous employer
ABC reports Trump to take “flying palace” from Qatar and use it as temporary Air Force 1 before converting it to a personal possession.
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And I freaked out when I realized I had pens from my previous employer
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Used @chrislhayes.bsky.social’s book The Siren’s Call as part of a Lenten Bible Study this year.
Using the lens of how attention has become commoditized certainly adds clarity to the tariff shenanigans today.
Using the lens of how attention has become commoditized certainly adds clarity to the tariff shenanigans today.
April 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Used @chrislhayes.bsky.social’s book The Siren’s Call as part of a Lenten Bible Study this year.
Using the lens of how attention has become commoditized certainly adds clarity to the tariff shenanigans today.
Using the lens of how attention has become commoditized certainly adds clarity to the tariff shenanigans today.
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Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
April 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
Your neighbors. The kids in your son’s class. Imagine them disappeared.
Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Your neighbors. The kids in your son’s class. Imagine them disappeared.
Presbyterians were out in force at the Syracuse Hands Off rally. This is what democracy looks like!
April 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Presbyterians were out in force at the Syracuse Hands Off rally. This is what democracy looks like!
Not your average liberal rag…
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Not your average liberal rag…
Apparently, Harvard removed this link.
Hoping it's not because the first item listed is to "live your values".... and this is a sign that they are about to cave to Trump's demands.
Hoping it's not because the first item listed is to "live your values".... and this is a sign that they are about to cave to Trump's demands.
April 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Apparently, Harvard removed this link.
Hoping it's not because the first item listed is to "live your values".... and this is a sign that they are about to cave to Trump's demands.
Hoping it's not because the first item listed is to "live your values".... and this is a sign that they are about to cave to Trump's demands.
He’s right.
Notice faith communities aren’t listed?
It’s because we aren’t a threat. We weren’t a threat in Germany either.
Until we were.
Notice faith communities aren’t listed?
It’s because we aren’t a threat. We weren’t a threat in Germany either.
Until we were.
The Trump regime is working to deter dissent.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list.
This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts.
It's straight out of the fascist playbook.
March 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
He’s right.
Notice faith communities aren’t listed?
It’s because we aren’t a threat. We weren’t a threat in Germany either.
Until we were.
Notice faith communities aren’t listed?
It’s because we aren’t a threat. We weren’t a threat in Germany either.
Until we were.