Steve Lindsley
@slindsley.bsky.social
Church consultant and coach. Presbyterian pastor. Singer/songwriter. Husband/father. Collector of reasonably-priced bourbons.
Everyone’s a part of us. https://linktr.ee/lindsley_consulting_coaching
Everyone’s a part of us. https://linktr.ee/lindsley_consulting_coaching
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Republican governors have sent National Guard troops to Democratic-led Washington, D.C., even though cities in their states all have higher rates of violent crime than the nation’s capital. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
September 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Republican governors have sent National Guard troops to Democratic-led Washington, D.C., even though cities in their states all have higher rates of violent crime than the nation’s capital. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
An update from our world - the speed of things, wonderful advice from someone who's been there, and dogs in the hospital. CaringBridge link below. Thanks so much for your prayers and support. www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
July 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
An update from our world - the speed of things, wonderful advice from someone who's been there, and dogs in the hospital. CaringBridge link below. Thanks so much for your prayers and support. www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
Quite literally, our government has become the very thing that Jesus and the prophets spent lifetimes railing against.
July 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Quite literally, our government has become the very thing that Jesus and the prophets spent lifetimes railing against.
The effects of the “big beautiful bill” currently before the Senate impact many people in many different ways. Here’s how it’s impacting mine. If you hate cancer as much as I do, you cannot support the bill in its current fashion. Please educate yourself and call your representatives in Congress.
June 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The effects of the “big beautiful bill” currently before the Senate impact many people in many different ways. Here’s how it’s impacting mine. If you hate cancer as much as I do, you cannot support the bill in its current fashion. Please educate yourself and call your representatives in Congress.
We continue on our journey. Know that your generosity helps with things in-home care, acupuncture and other non-traditional treatments, and other medical expenses not covered by insurance. Thank you! gofund.me/da605c19
Donate to Support Lorie's fight against pancreatic cancer, organized by Steve Lindsley
On April 1st, 2025, we received devastating news: Lorie has pancreatic … Steve Lindsley needs your support for Support Lorie's fight against pancreatic cancer
gofund.me
June 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We continue on our journey. Know that your generosity helps with things in-home care, acupuncture and other non-traditional treatments, and other medical expenses not covered by insurance. Thank you! gofund.me/da605c19
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Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?
Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.
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Working lots of things at the moment, but I'll say this: Several experts I've spoken to see the elevation of Pope Leo XIV — the first U.S. pope — as a de facto rebuke of Trump or, perhaps more accurately, of the broader global political trends he represents.
More in a bit.
More in a bit.
May 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Working lots of things at the moment, but I'll say this: Several experts I've spoken to see the elevation of Pope Leo XIV — the first U.S. pope — as a de facto rebuke of Trump or, perhaps more accurately, of the broader global political trends he represents.
More in a bit.
More in a bit.
I think my favorite thing about the new pope so far are his previous tweets taking JD Vance to the mat on his insanely flawed theology.
May 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I think my favorite thing about the new pope so far are his previous tweets taking JD Vance to the mat on his insanely flawed theology.
Hey all - here's the latest from our world. In Lorie's own words, it's been a roller coaster week. Thank you so, so much for riding alongside us.
www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
April 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hey all - here's the latest from our world. In Lorie's own words, it's been a roller coaster week. Thank you so, so much for riding alongside us.
www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Thanks so much for your support! ❤️ gofund.me/81bc8138
Donate to Support Lorie's fight against pancreatic cancer, organized by Steve Lindsley
On April 1st, 2025, we received devastating news: Lorie has pancreatic … Steve Lindsley needs your support for Support Lorie's fight against pancreatic cancer
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April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thanks so much for your support! ❤️ gofund.me/81bc8138
At her insistence that I keep the gig (and my insistence that she has someone here while I’m gigging), I’ll be playing some tunes this evening at Oaklore Distilling Company in nearby Matthews, starting at 6pm. Expect the normal mix of songs, although the tip jar will take on a different look.
April 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
At her insistence that I keep the gig (and my insistence that she has someone here while I’m gigging), I’ll be playing some tunes this evening at Oaklore Distilling Company in nearby Matthews, starting at 6pm. Expect the normal mix of songs, although the tip jar will take on a different look.
So a lot has happened in my world this past week. Sharing this so you can catch up on the news about my wife. If you’re so inclined, there’s a link to a GoFundMe. We’re grateful for the love & support of so many. Thank you! www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
CaringBridge
Help ensure no one goes through a health journey alone.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So a lot has happened in my world this past week. Sharing this so you can catch up on the news about my wife. If you’re so inclined, there’s a link to a GoFundMe. We’re grateful for the love & support of so many. Thank you! www.caringbridge.org/site/af5cd20...
Let’s be clear: if an arsonist sets a house on fire, he is not a hero if he later puts the fire out.
April 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let’s be clear: if an arsonist sets a house on fire, he is not a hero if he later puts the fire out.
I picked a good time (two weeks ago) to get a subscription to The Atlantic. Sheesh….
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I picked a good time (two weeks ago) to get a subscription to The Atlantic. Sheesh….
When the @presoutlook.bsky.social gets banned…. 😞
Presbyterian Outlook banned by Instagram: What happened and where to find us now
Presbyterian Outlook’s Instagram was suspended by Meta without explanation. Learn what happened and where to find us now.
@Terimott.bsky.social #Meta
Presbyterian Outlook’s Instagram was suspended by Meta without explanation. Learn what happened and where to find us now.
@Terimott.bsky.social #Meta
Presbyterian Outlook banned by Instagram - The Presbyterian Outlook
Presbyterian Outlook’s Instagram was suspended by Meta without explanation. Learn what happened and where to find us now
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March 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When the @presoutlook.bsky.social gets banned…. 😞
He 👏🏻 does 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 care 👏🏻 that 👏🏻 you’re 👏🏻 paying 👏🏻 more 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 eggs.
March 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
He 👏🏻 does 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 care 👏🏻 that 👏🏻 you’re 👏🏻 paying 👏🏻 more 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 eggs.
Happy to share that I am now a Working Genius Certified Facilitator! Would love to work with your team to enhance productivity and foster greater professional fulfillment for each individual.
March 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Happy to share that I am now a Working Genius Certified Facilitator! Would love to work with your team to enhance productivity and foster greater professional fulfillment for each individual.
“Wonder is a liberation practice.”
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“Wonder is a liberation practice.”
Don’t think for a moment this “just happened.” Invite Zelenskyy under the pretense of an amicable meeting, facilitate it devolving into a shouting match. Now the US can position it as “on them” and lean even further into Putin, which has been the end game all along.
February 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Don’t think for a moment this “just happened.” Invite Zelenskyy under the pretense of an amicable meeting, facilitate it devolving into a shouting match. Now the US can position it as “on them” and lean even further into Putin, which has been the end game all along.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
“Bad ideas do a lot of the work of building autocracy. By forcing us to engage with them, they make our conversations, our media and our society dumber - (plunging) us into an anxious state in which thinking is difficult. That kind of anxiety is key to totalitarian control.”
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Admonitions to obey the law will not stop Trump and will not dissuade his supporters,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones.”
“Admonitions to obey the law will not stop Trump and will not dissuade his supporters,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones.”
Opinion | The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To
Amid an onslaught of bad ideas, Democrats need to muster a better vision for the future.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Bad ideas do a lot of the work of building autocracy. By forcing us to engage with them, they make our conversations, our media and our society dumber - (plunging) us into an anxious state in which thinking is difficult. That kind of anxiety is key to totalitarian control.”
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Presbyterian Church of Okemos, Michigan reaffirms baptism vows for a boy named Zach, a beloved member and transgender youth
LOUISVILLE — Last month on Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Presbyterian Church of Okemos, Michigan, engaged in a memorable and meaningful reaffirmation of baptism vows for one of its beloved members, Zach...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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