Turns out that when you trust people, they become trustworthy

#Nokings protest in Carlsbad, CA was easily 4x the size of any previous protests. Energy was great, and it seemed like nearly every car driving by honked in support.

JEEZ LOUISE THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THING WRONG WITH BEING AUTISTIC

IF OUR SOCIETY OF APPLES COULD STOP PATHOLOGIZING ORANGES FOR A MOMENT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD

@laurajanegrace.bsky.social you are such a freaking rock star, my kiddo just saw a clip of you playing at Pappy & Harriet’s wearing the bead bracelet they made for you and they are totally freaking out! Thanks for making a teenager’s day (and mine with the amazing show on Friday night!)

If your church isn’t ridiculing empire today, what are you even doing?

Church planter problems solved - now we finally have palms to burn for next Ash Wednesday!

As a priest, I appreciate a variety of religious experiences. But my personal favorite is going to @laurajanegrace.bsky.social’s shows and screaming my lungs out, which I will be doing tonight!

Oceanside, CA. Civic center was totally full and people lined Coast Highway for several blocks.

I’m one of those punk rockers that also not-so-secretly loves The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers, and so this song (and really this whole album) is like a taste of heaven to me.

Not to brag or anything, but I’m pretty sure I’m the only preacher in the world that quoted @laurajanegrace.bsky.social ‘s new single (“God’s D*ck”) in a sermon this past Sunday.

Chaparral Psalms: in the chaparral, a tree need not be planted by streams of water to prosper. They have learned how to turn even the slightest drizzle into full blooming prosperity.

Proud to be a part of one of the faith communities involved in this. Lots of powerful words in the complaint, but this stuck out to me from TEC’s section: “the church is one body…an injury to one is an injury to the whole denomination.”

Been trying to discern lately what solidarity really means in my particular context.

And then I came across Hebrews 12:4 in yesterday’s morning office:

“In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.”

What am I willing to risk?

As the expected Christian Nationalism EO came in, I’m seeing a bunch of “this isn’t real Christianity” noise in my mentions.

Nope.

Christian friends. 1/x 🧵

This is 💯 part of the history of Christianity, dating to Constantine, to the Holy Roman Empire, forced conversions, Inquisitions, +

In honor of Martin Buber’s birthday, a quote from “Good and Evil”:
“The prophetic insight teaches that a human community can only truly exist in so far as it becomes a true community of human beings.”

Psalm 75:4: “I will say to the boasters, ‘Boast no more’, and to the wicked, ‘Do not toss your horns.”

But the non-wicked can still toss horns, right? 🤘🤘🤘

I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.

They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.

Such powerful and timely words in todays Daily Office readings - Isaiah’s pronouncement of welcome to outcasts, the fruit of the Spirit, and the transfigured Christ with a glory that the world’s powers cannot comprehend.