I’ve enjoyed connecting with many here. Thank you for your informative and often very kind posts. I’ll be signing off later this week and wish everyone well.
David Cassidy
@dcassidytkc.bsky.social
Spreading rumors of a world-changing hope and living at the pace of grace. Spanish River Church. Author of Indispensable - A Guide to Christian Basics
John 17 - so great! Jesus prays for the holiness of his people, the unity of his people, the protection of his people, the mission of his people, & the safe arrival of his people in glory. I have exactly zero confidence in our ability today but total confidence in Jesus' prayers.
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
When Christ called his first apostles they were "casting their nets" and "mending their nets" (Matt 4). Both casting and mending are the essential work of ministry - seeking to bring people to faith and seeing the broken and torn restored/equipped. Let’s grow churches doing both.
Look, the world has gone after him. - John 12 And so it shall. But before this we must give thanks that he went after the world!
The only type of Protestant Christianity that is substantially growing? Non-denoms I have a theory as to why: Non-denoms thrive on the declining institutional trust in the U.S. I test that theory in a new post today - and there's something there. www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/is-distrus...
Is Distrust Driving the Rise in Non-Denominationalism?
I always tell people I’m not biased against groups like Hindus, lesbians, or vegans.
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Unity in the Church is * Historical - one with the Apostles in the Faith (Jn 17) * Spiritual - “of the Spirit” (Ephesians 4) * Personal - we can “dwell together in unity” in the household of God (Ps 133) With Jesus, let us pray and strive for this unity today as a witness to his love.
We are all in the heating and lighting business. “He was a burning and shining light.” - Jesus about John the Baptist. In these often chilly, dark days, bring the luminous flame of Christ’s mercy to all.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.
For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.
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The Christian’s Vocation: A Life of Generous Care for the Poor — David P. Cassidy
One cannot separate one's actions towards those broken by want and violence from one's faith any more than one can separate the heart from the body and expect to live. It is impossible.
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The sermons offered today begin with empty pantries, with broken, barren messengers going to a friend in the middle of the night and saying "Lend me three loaves, for a friend has come to me from afar and I have nothing to set before him." The generosity of grace has stocked her cupboard with the…
Looking at the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5, I can't help observing that any notion of holiness that makes us less loving, less kind, less joyful, less patient, less peaceful, etc. is, well... mistaken. Holiness is love on fire not condescension on ice.
Sometimes my prayers only get as far as “Our Father” And that is ok.
Make Christianity Christian again. (To quote @dcassidytkc.bsky.social)
Dostoyevsky in Brothers Karamazov: "The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others."
"Jesus...dismisses a limited love as...out step with the much more expansive love of God....even when we first care for the needs of our family and the family of God, we are not to then look upon our responsibilities as fulfilled but as begun." www.davidpcassidy.com/blog/thomas-...
Augustine, Aquinas, the Veep, and the Ordo Amoris — David P. Cassidy
Scripture teaches us, “So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” (Galatians 6:9-10). The Christian’s responsibility and p...
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Some Trump evangelicals are also attacking evangelical organizations who have taken money–any money– from the federal government, including USAID. Most of these attacks are based on bad information, outright falsehoods, and politically-motivated spin. currentpub.com/2025/02/07/t...
Trump evangelicals are going after Christian institutions that take federal funds.
Thousands and thousands of Christian organizations, including Trump acolyte Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse, have taken federal money to help advance
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Prayer is not a utility plugged in to get our will done but an invitation to communion with God where we discover his will and give ourselves to his purpose.
“This do in remembrance” -said by One who never forgets his promise & watches over his word to do it. We are spiritual amnesiacs but he wont forget us or forsake us. His promise and purpose will stand forever.
The embrace of grace and mercy is far more powerful than the grip of guilt and shame.
The dreams God gives will take us to places we could not imagine being but only by asking of us sacrifices we could not have imagined making. The word we've been given to hold on to is a word that tests the soul until the promise finds fulfillment.
"I will arise and go to my father..." The words of the Prodigal are the waking words of us all every day. We head for those waiting arms because we know that - somehow - the love there is greater than the sin and brokenness of where we've been. My friend, mercy is new every morning. Rejoice.
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
People are not talking much about the fact that the shooter that murdered a precious Latina teenager at Antioch High School yesterday was obsessed with right wing anti-immigration extremism. 😭💔🙏🏾