Eric J Rubio
@therubioroom.bsky.social
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness | Married to Naomi | Arts Advocate & Arts Mgmt Professional | Chicago born & raised, now in Northern Virginia/DC | ericjrubio.com
"Art is what shakes up the everyday and exposes the present moment for us, enabling us to make the unexpected connections from the past to the future."
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On Freedom by Timothy Snyder - Timothy Snyder
Acclaimed Rale historian and author Timothy Snyder's on Freedom is a brilliant exploration of freedom--what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"Art is what shakes up the everyday and exposes the present moment for us, enabling us to make the unexpected connections from the past to the future."
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Whoever curates the selection at 誠品書店 eslite bookstore in Taipei is almost unbelievably good. This title was just released last week; I thought I’d need to wait until summer for it.
March 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Whoever curates the selection at 誠品書店 eslite bookstore in Taipei is almost unbelievably good. This title was just released last week; I thought I’d need to wait until summer for it.
My raw, in-the-moment thoughts at the end of this awful week in this nation's capital.
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This Awful Week in Our Nation’s Capital — Eric J. Rubio
If you are reading this and live in another part of the country or in another country, I don’t necessarily fault you if you don’t grasp the enormity of it. Those who know me well know that I’m not nor...
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January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My raw, in-the-moment thoughts at the end of this awful week in this nation's capital.
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When did a pastor calling for those in power to be merciful and compassionate to the powerless become “progressive?”
When did calls to mercy and love become “liberal?”
When did loving our neighbor and carrying one another’s burdens become partisan?
When did calls to mercy and love become “liberal?”
When did loving our neighbor and carrying one another’s burdens become partisan?
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When did a pastor calling for those in power to be merciful and compassionate to the powerless become “progressive?”
When did calls to mercy and love become “liberal?”
When did loving our neighbor and carrying one another’s burdens become partisan?
When did calls to mercy and love become “liberal?”
When did loving our neighbor and carrying one another’s burdens become partisan?
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If you’re upset by a woman prophetically speaking truth to power, allow me to introduce you to Jesus’ mom:
“God has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. God has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Luke 1:52-53
“God has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. God has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Luke 1:52-53
January 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If you’re upset by a woman prophetically speaking truth to power, allow me to introduce you to Jesus’ mom:
“God has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. God has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Luke 1:52-53
“God has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. God has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Luke 1:52-53
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If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Co-sign this. Just back inside from brushing off and shoveling around the car (condo parking lot). Did a bit of the sidewalk along the route to my parking spot as well.
Tip: With the bulk of the accumulating snow having exited the D.C. area, now is a good time to clear your sidewalks and driveways before the hard freeze overnight.
January 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Co-sign this. Just back inside from brushing off and shoveling around the car (condo parking lot). Did a bit of the sidewalk along the route to my parking spot as well.
Thank you, President Joe Biden
Thank you, Vice President Kamala Harris.
I'm glad I voted for you in 2020.
Your leadership and approach to public service has inspired me.
Thank you, Vice President Kamala Harris.
I'm glad I voted for you in 2020.
Your leadership and approach to public service has inspired me.
January 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Thank you, President Joe Biden
Thank you, Vice President Kamala Harris.
I'm glad I voted for you in 2020.
Your leadership and approach to public service has inspired me.
Thank you, Vice President Kamala Harris.
I'm glad I voted for you in 2020.
Your leadership and approach to public service has inspired me.
#ICYMI: This week, @nlrbgov.bsky.social released an "Inclusive Writing Guide," which after a quick skim I can tell is a really helpful reference for anyone who does any type of non-narrative writing in their professional contexts. (Download PDF within next 9 days!) www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
NLRB Issues Inclusive Writing Guide
In furtherance of the National Labor Relations Board’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility program, the Agency has issued an Inclusive Writing Guide for Agency employees to follow in inter...
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January 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#ICYMI: This week, @nlrbgov.bsky.social released an "Inclusive Writing Guide," which after a quick skim I can tell is a really helpful reference for anyone who does any type of non-narrative writing in their professional contexts. (Download PDF within next 9 days!) www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
No better piece of music for #Epiphany than @composerchris.bsky.social's gorgeous setting for wind band and symphonic chorus of "The First Noel." Enjoy! youtu.be/QWTBl_8mJAQ?...
The First Noel - R. Christopher Teichler
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January 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
No better piece of music for #Epiphany than @composerchris.bsky.social's gorgeous setting for wind band and symphonic chorus of "The First Noel." Enjoy! youtu.be/QWTBl_8mJAQ?...
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
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A Prayer for Christmas Morning: joining all of creation in praise of the Christ Child. A happy Christmas, friends!
(Painting: "The Nativity: Who were the First to cry Nowell? Animals: all as it befell," by Eric Gill, c. 1914.)
(Painting: "The Nativity: Who were the First to cry Nowell? Animals: all as it befell," by Eric Gill, c. 1914.)
December 25, 2024 at 2:57 PM
A Prayer for Christmas Morning: joining all of creation in praise of the Christ Child. A happy Christmas, friends!
(Painting: "The Nativity: Who were the First to cry Nowell? Animals: all as it befell," by Eric Gill, c. 1914.)
(Painting: "The Nativity: Who were the First to cry Nowell? Animals: all as it befell," by Eric Gill, c. 1914.)
Merry Christmas! Here's my annual 12 Days of Christmas Music playlist. Enjoy!
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Eric's 12 Days of Christmas 2024
Playlist · Eric Rubio · 12 items
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December 25, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Merry Christmas! Here's my annual 12 Days of Christmas Music playlist. Enjoy!
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"If all this is true, if a love like this is the blood that courses through all reality, behold, all things are new."
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When Eternity Played by the Calendar - Christianity Today
A Christmas prayer
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December 25, 2024 at 2:08 PM
"If all this is true, if a love like this is the blood that courses through all reality, behold, all things are new."
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"In a world weary of religious speech, #Christmas is the celebration of an act. That act is the display of divine vulnerability taking on the complete helplessness of a child. God wraps himself not in strength and power, but in weakness."
“‘Silent Night’ depictions of Christ’s birth are unrealistic, as plastic as decorations that appear on lawns every December,” @esaumccaulley.bsky.social writes. “And these versions of the Nativity miss something essential: the humanity of Jesus.” theatln.tc/Oku9jOh0
What ‘Silent Night’ Misunderstands About Christmas
Depictions of a quiet, peaceful manger scene miss the point.
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December 25, 2024 at 2:07 PM
"In a world weary of religious speech, #Christmas is the celebration of an act. That act is the display of divine vulnerability taking on the complete helplessness of a child. God wraps himself not in strength and power, but in weakness."
"For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man." (The Nicene Creed)
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." (John 1:5)
#MerryChristmas!
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." (John 1:5)
#MerryChristmas!
December 25, 2024 at 12:18 AM
"For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man." (The Nicene Creed)
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." (John 1:5)
#MerryChristmas!
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." (John 1:5)
#MerryChristmas!
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The crisis is not that Christians now feel politically homeless, but that we ever thought we could make our home in politics in the first place.
December 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
The crisis is not that Christians now feel politically homeless, but that we ever thought we could make our home in politics in the first place.
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In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️
December 14, 2024 at 3:24 PM
In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️
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In Advent we remember that the Spirit of God arrives, not in the nick of time, but in the fullness of time.
We go to the center of time wherein the Incarnate God enters fully into the chaos of time.
And we anticipate how Christ in his resurrection heals time:
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We go to the center of time wherein the Incarnate God enters fully into the chaos of time.
And we anticipate how Christ in his resurrection heals time:
www.wdavidotaylor.com/blog/advent-...
December 3, 2024 at 2:44 AM
In Advent we remember that the Spirit of God arrives, not in the nick of time, but in the fullness of time.
We go to the center of time wherein the Incarnate God enters fully into the chaos of time.
And we anticipate how Christ in his resurrection heals time:
www.wdavidotaylor.com/blog/advent-...
We go to the center of time wherein the Incarnate God enters fully into the chaos of time.
And we anticipate how Christ in his resurrection heals time:
www.wdavidotaylor.com/blog/advent-...
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There is a certain comfort in hopelessness. It allows us to guard our hearts from being wounded again. The gospel calls us to the dangerous work of believing that God might indeed be active in our world that in the midst of so much darkness there is still space for light.
November 30, 2024 at 10:58 PM
There is a certain comfort in hopelessness. It allows us to guard our hearts from being wounded again. The gospel calls us to the dangerous work of believing that God might indeed be active in our world that in the midst of so much darkness there is still space for light.
Just learned about this tragedy yesterday morning in Oak Park, my original hometown in Chicago suburbs. This happened in the heart of downtown, just steps away from the church where I grew up/served on staff for many years. Grieving with the community there today. Rest in peace, Detective Reddins.
An Oak Park police detective was killed Friday by a gunman who was seen leaving a bank, marking the first killing of an officer in the line of duty in the near west suburb in 86 years, officials said.
Oak Park police officer fatally wounded in Friday shooting
An Oak Park police detective was killed Friday morning by a gunman who was seen leaving a bank, marking the first killing of an officer in the line of duty in the near west suburb in 86 years, offi…
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November 30, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Just learned about this tragedy yesterday morning in Oak Park, my original hometown in Chicago suburbs. This happened in the heart of downtown, just steps away from the church where I grew up/served on staff for many years. Grieving with the community there today. Rest in peace, Detective Reddins.
#Advent begins tomorrow! I'll be using Biola University's Advent Project as part of my daily devotional time & would highly recommend it to you as well. From now through to Epiphany in January, receive a daily dose of art, music, poetry, & a short reflection.
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The Advent Project 2024
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November 30, 2024 at 12:36 PM
#Advent begins tomorrow! I'll be using Biola University's Advent Project as part of my daily devotional time & would highly recommend it to you as well. From now through to Epiphany in January, receive a daily dose of art, music, poetry, & a short reflection.
ccca.biola.edu/advent/2024
ccca.biola.edu/advent/2024
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Amen and amen:
"Theology is the never-finished discipline of learning to speak with, to and about God. Prayer, accordingly, is our most determinative speech.
Any theology, therefore, that is finally not about helping us to pray cannot be Christian."
--Stanley Hauerwas, "Prayers Plainly Spoken"
"Theology is the never-finished discipline of learning to speak with, to and about God. Prayer, accordingly, is our most determinative speech.
Any theology, therefore, that is finally not about helping us to pray cannot be Christian."
--Stanley Hauerwas, "Prayers Plainly Spoken"
November 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Amen and amen:
"Theology is the never-finished discipline of learning to speak with, to and about God. Prayer, accordingly, is our most determinative speech.
Any theology, therefore, that is finally not about helping us to pray cannot be Christian."
--Stanley Hauerwas, "Prayers Plainly Spoken"
"Theology is the never-finished discipline of learning to speak with, to and about God. Prayer, accordingly, is our most determinative speech.
Any theology, therefore, that is finally not about helping us to pray cannot be Christian."
--Stanley Hauerwas, "Prayers Plainly Spoken"