revroninexile
@revroninexile.bsky.social
Semi-retired progressive pastor on the east end of Long Island. Exploring the links between contemplation, Christian mysticism, and social justice. I'm a Democratic Socialist revroninexile.com. https://rongarner.substack.com
Let me get this straight the current Commander-in-Chief avoided the draft because of fabricated bone spurs and now he wants to remove our transgender siblings from patriotically serving. Don't be deceived by his wrapping his arms around the flag.
May 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Let me get this straight the current Commander-in-Chief avoided the draft because of fabricated bone spurs and now he wants to remove our transgender siblings from patriotically serving. Don't be deceived by his wrapping his arms around the flag.
The Trump budget makes drastic cuts in the social safety net. But calls for a 13% raise in Defense (war) spending. The majority of it will go to Defense contractors - not to troops. And drastic cuts are being made to the VA. Budgets are moral documents. This one is immoral.
May 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Trump budget makes drastic cuts in the social safety net. But calls for a 13% raise in Defense (war) spending. The majority of it will go to Defense contractors - not to troops. And drastic cuts are being made to the VA. Budgets are moral documents. This one is immoral.
I've always preferred the King James Version word "mammon" to the later translations "money" or "wealth". "Mammon" defined by Merriam-Webster: material wealth or possessions especially as having a debasing influence. How much of our current move to authoritarianism is debased by billionaires?
April 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I've always preferred the King James Version word "mammon" to the later translations "money" or "wealth". "Mammon" defined by Merriam-Webster: material wealth or possessions especially as having a debasing influence. How much of our current move to authoritarianism is debased by billionaires?
When Jesus became the Christ
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April 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When Jesus became the Christ
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As government workers are being fired, the social safety net is being decimated; how many politicians are talking about reducing the bloated defense (war) budget?
April 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
As government workers are being fired, the social safety net is being decimated; how many politicians are talking about reducing the bloated defense (war) budget?
Medicaid matters! Don't cut it, expand it. There are still poor folks who have little or no access to healthcare.
April 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Medicaid matters! Don't cut it, expand it. There are still poor folks who have little or no access to healthcare.
If you're wondering how the US could be in bed with the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator"; t is part of our corrupt history in El Salvador. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated and nuns were raped and murdered by men trained at the "School of the Americas"at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
April 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you're wondering how the US could be in bed with the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator"; t is part of our corrupt history in El Salvador. Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated and nuns were raped and murdered by men trained at the "School of the Americas"at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
April 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
April 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC
April 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
April 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
April 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Photos from yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
Every time I look at these photos I hear Tracy Chapman singing, "The tables are starting to turn; people gonna rise up and get's what theirs."
April 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Every time I look at these photos I hear Tracy Chapman singing, "The tables are starting to turn; people gonna rise up and get's what theirs."
Photos from today's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
April 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Photos from today's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
Photos from today's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
April 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Photos from today's Hands Off demonstration in NYC.
Hey, anybody can bankrupt a casino. It takes tool to bankrupt a country!
April 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey, anybody can bankrupt a casino. It takes tool to bankrupt a country!
I'm not wealthy, but I am sure glad my 401K was converted to my protected pension income before this hapless president crashed the stock market.
April 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'm not wealthy, but I am sure glad my 401K was converted to my protected pension income before this hapless president crashed the stock market.
Today is the anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Oscar Romero, Presente'
“There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried” Oscar Romero
“There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried” Oscar Romero
March 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today is the anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Oscar Romero, Presente'
“There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried” Oscar Romero
“There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried” Oscar Romero
It's really rich that Trump would tell Zelensky that "you don't have any cards." This from a man who bankrupted a casino.
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's really rich that Trump would tell Zelensky that "you don't have any cards." This from a man who bankrupted a casino.
Latest photo of Elon Musk waving goodbye to democracy.
February 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Latest photo of Elon Musk waving goodbye to democracy.
An enormous military budget, tax cuts for the wealthy, and drastic cuts in medicaid for our poorest citizens; again we forget that our nation's budget is a moral document.
February 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
An enormous military budget, tax cuts for the wealthy, and drastic cuts in medicaid for our poorest citizens; again we forget that our nation's budget is a moral document.
With the threat of detention camps and mass deportations on the horizon the work of Rural and Migrant Ministry of New York will become more pressing on eastern Long Island. Our undocumented workers are reaping an unjust harvest.
Icon by Kelly Lattimore reminds me of detention camp or border wall.
Icon by Kelly Lattimore reminds me of detention camp or border wall.
December 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
With the threat of detention camps and mass deportations on the horizon the work of Rural and Migrant Ministry of New York will become more pressing on eastern Long Island. Our undocumented workers are reaping an unjust harvest.
Icon by Kelly Lattimore reminds me of detention camp or border wall.
Icon by Kelly Lattimore reminds me of detention camp or border wall.