@revjanetedwards.bsky.social
Ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 1977, schooled in organizing and ministry by the LGBTQIA+ faith community during the constitutional change prompted by the gospel truth that there is no "but" in God's love for all.
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 126.5: Tho we sow wth tears, may we reap wth #joy, dear #Christ! Do r present tears nourish r #honesty & there4 r joy? I'll ponder ths as I make ths my #prayer 2da. How'll #Jesus help us in ths #spiritual work 2da? Wht's possible 4 us in the world then? Wht's r crop? #PCUSA
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 34.16: Feed us #justice, dear #Christ! Ok, we clearly have #Trump insisting his lies r #truth. Who do we have whom we can trust 2 tell us the truth, making ths my #prayer. How'll #Jesus feed ur community justice 2da? How'll u join in tht? Will tht bring some #peace? How? #PCUSA
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 34.16: Feed us #justice, dear #Christ! Ok, we clearly have #Trump insisting his lies r #truth. Who do we have whom we can trust 2 tell us the truth, making ths my #prayer. How'll #Jesus feed ur community justice 2da? How'll u join in tht? Will tht bring some #peace? How? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm 1 Peter 1.12: Establish us in the #truth, dear #Christ! Ths's my fervent #prayer 2da in the face of #Trump being the man described here & his lying being contagious, constantly endangering us all. How'll #Jesus so establish u in truth 2da? Wht r u able 2 do frm #love then? #PCUSA
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 28.25: Manifest Ur holiness in us, dear #Christ! Ths was my #prayer on ths day last year, 2, after #Trump's win. Ths was r witness yesterday over the Parkway East. Were we manifesting #Jesus' holiness? Wht's His answer 2 ths prayer 2da? How do u see His holiness 2da? #PCUSA
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I #pray 2da frm 1 Peter 4.19: We'll continue 2 do #good, dear #Christ! Actually, I'm pretty sure John Wesley said this but it's ok. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social is clearly a good Methodist, something I admire abt her. How'll #Jesus receive ur #prayer here? Wht good will u attempt 2da? Thanks. #PCUSA
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 24.24: May we know by #grace tht U r the #Lord #God, dear #Christ! 4 Ezekiel in the #Bible here, it's destruction & vengeance tht reveal God as Lord. I changed tht 2 grace. Is tht ok wth u? How'll #Jesus answer ths #prayer 4 u 2da? Will He help u shine in the darkness? #PCUSA
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 121.7: Keep us frm all evil, dear #Christ! I saw the movie, Nuremberg. It challenged me profoundly abt r own time, making ths my #prayer. #Jesus reminds me 2da tht the line btwn good and evil runs thru every #heart. Wht's His reply 2 u? Wht r ur feelings abt ths 2da? #PCUSA
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I #pray 2da frm 1 Peter 2.25: Guard r souls, dear #Christ! I confess, I haven't felt tht I needed a guard 4 my soul until now, making ths my #prayer. Serious threats 2 r souls r near & powerful. Can u name some? Murder in the Caribbean in r name, 4 example. How'll #Jesus guard ur soul 2da? #PCUSA
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 18.10: Find us acting faithfully, dear #Christ! The prophet in the #Bible here lists in storytelling style the acts of #faith tht rise from the oasis Gibran speaks of, in the #heart, not the #mind. Do ur actions make ths ur #prayer? Wht'll #Jesus find in ur activity 2da? #PCUSA
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 18.10: Find us acting faithfully, dear #Christ! The prophet in the #Bible here lists in storytelling style the acts of #faith tht rise from the oasis Gibran speaks of, in the #heart, not the #mind. Do ur actions make ths ur #prayer? Wht'll #Jesus find in ur activity 2da? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.149: In Ur #justice preserve us, dear #Christ! A friend mourned wth me yesterday tht justice has disappeared, prompting ths #prayer, I think. Humans r both individual & communal wth #love in both. #Jesus' reply 2da will b in the public square. Where do u receive it? #PCUSA
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.149: In Ur #justice preserve us, dear #Christ! A friend mourned wth me yesterday tht justice has disappeared, prompting ths #prayer, I think. Humans r both individual & communal wth #love in both. #Jesus' reply 2da will b in the public square. Where do u receive it? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm James 5.7: Cultivate #patience in us, dear #Christ! The writer in the #Bible here offers the image of the farmer waiting patiently 4 "the precious crop." Is a precious #democracy r crop, making ths r #prayer? How'll #Jesus cultivate patience in u & 4 wht crop? #PCUSA #faith #hope
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 13.23: Save us frm the wicked's hand, dear #Christ! Ths same plea rose frm the #Bible last year just after the election. The problem wth the wicked's misery is they drag the rest of us in2 it. Ths is what they want, making ths my #prayer. Wht'll #Jesus do 2 save us 2da? #PCUSA
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.121: Do not leave us 2 r oppressors, dear #Christ! Propaganda complicates, things, misleading the oppressed 2 embrace their oppressor as their champion, making ths my #prayer. Will #Jesus help us side wth the oppressed 2da? Wht does tht feel like & require of us? #PCUSA
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 6.1: See tht Ur word comes 2 us 2da, dear #Christ! "In the beginning was the word" establishes the mystery in "the word." #Jesus is the word & proclaims it, making this my #prayer. Mayb not like a prophet but in some way Jesus' word will come 2da. How'll it come 2 u? #PCUSA
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I #pray 2da frm James 1.4: Let endurance have its full effect, so tht we may be mature & complete, dear #Christ! Here we r, facing the same foe as Churchill, making ths my #prayer 2da. How will #Jesus fortify u 4 the marathon struggle b4 us 2da & most likely 4 a good while 2 come? #PCUSA #faithful
November 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.116: Let us not b put 2 #shame in r #hope, dear #Christ! Ths corrosion's the connection btwn shame & hope, making ths my #prayer 2da. #Trump & #MAGA project their shame on2 us, threatening r hope in change 2 protect their power. How'll #Jesus bolster r hope 2da? #PCUSA
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I #pray 2da frm Ezek. 1.20: Wherever the #spirit goes, we'll go, 2, dear #Christ! Henri Nouwen was 1 of my 1st teachers in seminary. He turned ths very heady Presbyterian 2ward the spirit, basically leading me 2 ths #prayer 2da. How'll we keep ths promise 2 #Jesus? Is it thru action? #PCUSA #faith
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I #pray 2da frm John 20.19: Grant us Ur #peace, dear #Christ! I 1st heard in seminary of the Quaker habit of greeting ppl with "Peace." I said, "I'm taking tht." I also learned ths is in the #Bible & present custom 4 Jews & Muslims. I guess this #prayer is my habit. How'll #Jesus reply 2da? #PCUSA
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I #pray 2da frm Lam. 1.19: Revive r strength, dear #Christ! I treasure ths #wisdom, "If u worry, why pray; if u pray, why worry?" We need marathon strength rite now 2 #resist, making ths my #prayer. Jesus' reply 2 me 2da is taking hold of my worries, releasing my strength. Know wht I'm saying #PCUSA
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm Lam. 1.19: Revive r strength, dear #Christ! I treasure ths #wisdom, "If u worry, why pray; if u pray, why worry?" We need marathon strength rite now 2 #resist, making ths my #prayer. Jesus' reply 2 me 2da is taking hold of my worries, releasing my strength. Know wht I'm saying #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm John 18.37: Testify b4 us 2 the #truth, dear #Christ! I confess, Pilate's ?, "Wht's truth?" is also mine. Still, truth's slippery in ths world, making ths my #prayer. Sojourner Truth's #faith inspires me 2 trust #Jesus & watch 4 His answer 2 us 2da. It'll prevail. #PCUSA #Christian
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I #pray 2da frm Jer. 48.5: Hear r cry of anguish, dear #Christ! I've watched The Help countless times. Aside frm the white savior motif, is the depiction of race relations in Alabama accurate? Does her anguish capture my #prayer? How will #Jesus let us know He has heard us 2da? Wht then? #PCUSA
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.66: Teach us good judgment, dear #Christ! Poor, warped--dare I say evil--judgment's so in our face da in &da out right now, making ths my #prayer. Already, #Jesus, through Ms. Forde, answers my #prayer. They teach me 2 start wth humble listening 2da. Will u join me? #PCUSA
October 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I #pray 2da frm #Psalm 119.66: Teach us good judgment, dear #Christ! Poor, warped--dare I say evil--judgment's so in our face da in &da out right now, making ths my #prayer. Already, #Jesus, through Ms. Forde, answers my #prayer. They teach me 2 start wth humble listening 2da. Will u join me? #PCUSA
I #pray 2da frm John 16.1: Keep us frm stumbling, dear #Christ! Wth 2 bionic hips, I'm careful abt stumbling but I don't think tht's wht #Jesus means here. Wht am I asking 4 as I make ths my #prayer 2da? Wht stumble will He keep us frm 2da? Wht stumbling block's out there 2 trip us up? #PCUSA #love
October 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I #pray 2da frm Jer. 40.3: We mean 2 obey Ur voice, dear Christ! Is it fair 4 me 2 claim ths as I make ths my #prayer 4 others? Maybe, if it's my sincere yearning 4 them. Thru wht voice will #Jesus speak 2 u 2da? Will it be a call 2 obey frm Him 2da? Will tht b a hard choice 2 obey Him? #PCUSA #God
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I #pray 2da frm John 14.16-17: Give us the #Spirit of #truth, dear #Christ! The #MAGA assault on truth right now disturbs me more than any other aspect of their movement. It poisons all our souls, making this my #prayer. How will #Jesus help us 2 discern the truth 2da? Wht healing comes then? #PCUSA
October 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I #pray 2da frm John 14.16-17: Give us the #Spirit of #truth, dear #Christ! The #MAGA assault on truth right now disturbs me more than any other aspect of their movement. It poisons all our souls, making this my #prayer. How will #Jesus help us 2 discern the truth 2da? Wht healing comes then? #PCUSA