This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
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Exactly! It’s infuriating, because it’s bad faith. The repeated thing is what IS meant, and the disavowal is the “joke” (i.e., lie). Personally, I think Jesus was right when saying, “Let your yes be yes and your no be no…” Bonus if you no what “anything else” is coming from 😉
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2w agoAbout Trump’s 2028 hat tonight, reported on as a “joke,” which it is, but not as serious, which it also is —from my book The Undertow, a passage on Trump’s rhetorical “joking / not-joking” method of moving plans into possibility:
People need to stop electing humans who need psychiatric help and show signs of narcissistic personalities and/or delusions. This should not appeal to the public, and the fact that is does shows deep dysfunction
Michelle Goldberg@michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 3w agowww.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/o...
I don’t really know what to think of this company yet, or of its methods. I’m interested to learn here that it acquired the Barna group and Carey Niewhof’s leadership podcast. In fact, I stopped using info from that podcast after it went in on the “revival” hype about young men and churches. 🤔
Bob Smietana @bmietana.bsky.social · 4w agoCan the son of a garbage entrepreneur help churches adapt to the AI world? Scott Beck is betting more than $150 million that he can. religionnews.com/2026/07/09/f...
In the face of decades of papal teachings about the reality and urgency of climate change, U.S. sisters have been leaders on environmental action. In contrast, U.S. bishops have largely not been creation care leaders.
Why are sisters more engaged in environmental activism than other church leaders?
In the face of decades of papal teachings about the reality and urgency of climate change, U.S. sisters have been leaders on environmental action. In contrast, U.S. bishops have largely not been creat...
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really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.That's right.
![During the ratification debates, Senator Cowan took aim
at the Roma people too, characterizing them as undeserving
of birthright citizenship because they “wander[ed] in
gangs,” “infest[ed] society,” and “impos[ed] upon the simple
and weak everywhere.”49 And again, Senator Conness dismissed Senator Cowan’s prejudices: “The only invasion of
Pennsylvania within my recollection was an invasion very
much worse and more disastrous to the State, and more to
be feared and more feared, than that of Gypsies. It was an
invasion of rebels [at Gettysburg].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreihrli2ghfantwmdgc4pk4rr4ddt4ajq4xgnggxhs4qv4hojeppmpi)
If you haven’t seen that @bradleyonishi.bsky.social and @angeladenker.bsky.social and several others have begun putting out a daily brief on US religion and politics at Axis Mundi Media, it’s GREAT. Today’s here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Axis Daily Brief | The Surprising American Evangelical Denomination Pushing Back Against Right-Wing Extremism
Podcast Episode · Axis Daily Brief · June 29 · 10m
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Individual translations of the Bible have a long history, but they should always be treated with caution because of the potential for bias with just 1 person working. On top of that, this seems like it always was a paraphrase. Now it looks like it might have stolen from The Message. Try NRSVue? 🙂
Religion Wire@religionwire.net · last mo.The Passion Translation faces mounting rejection as churches, Bible apps pull support flip.it/652TeB
Good news!
Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · last mo.Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.
What a beautiful statement about the joys of libraries
Paper and Ink@paperandink.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen I open the library door, turn off the alarm, set down my bag, hit all the fuses to light everything, turn computers on, open the other entrance and feed the fish. I own a thing. The Kingdom of Knowledge is open. Small rural library. Every book exhales, waiting for you to read. I wait to talk.
Accurate assessment (ffrf) So disappointed in the regressive decision of the SBC. And one that doesn’t allow the Baptist principle of freedom of conscience! (Though I’m not baptist, I do teach at a Baptist affiliated institution)
@ffrf.org · 2mo agoChristian nationalism promises a return to "traditional values." For women, that's usually a threat, not a promise. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Time for white evangelical Protestants to listen to everyone else. Long past time
Robert P. Jones@robertpjones.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING NEW RESEARCH: There is now only a single major religious group (guess which!) with a majority still holding a favorable view of President Donald Trump. @melissadeckman.bsky.social , @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social and I unpack the new @prri.org data. www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/trumps-fav...
The Ethiopian manuscript tradition and church tradition are fascinating. After developing so long out of contact with other Christian traditions, Ethiopian Christianity has many distinct texts, practices, and features. I am excited for more of its heritage to be accessible to scholars worldwide
HMML@visithmml.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) has photographs of 9,000+ manuscripts microfilmed in Ethiopia from 1973–1994. Manuscript descriptions from the complete 10-volume EMML print catalog are now represented and expanded upon online in HMML Reading Room. Details: https://bit.ly/3PBBIPM
🚨BREAKING: The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Postal workers lash out against new USPS rule that helps Trump’s attack on mail-in voting
The American Postal Workers Union says it “rejects the premise” that the USPS needed to comply with Trump’s anti-mail voting order.
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Faithful witness
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 2mo agoNEW: When Sen. Andy Kim was hit w/pepper smoke outside the Delaney Hall detention center, standing next to him was a UU minister. She was hit too, as were at least 2 other faith leaders. They're part of a group of faith leaders who've been there for roughly a year. religionnews.com/2026/06/04/p...
Since I live around Tr*mp country, it’s helpful to reality check how people are viewing things around the country. I still know people all over, so it’s not hard for me to know this is true. But for some people in my area, this is disconnected from their reality, & they might really not believe it
YouGov America@today.yougov.com · 2mo agoNEW Economist/YouGov May 29-Jun 1 % who approve | disapprove of Donald Trump U.S. adult citizens 35% | 61% (-26: tied for Trump low) Last week 34% | 59% (-26) Start of term 49% | 43% (+6) Dem 4% | 96% Ind 21% | 71% Rep 83% | 16% 18-29: 30% | 65% 65+: 40% | 58% yougov.com/en-us/articl...
Perhaps “Train up a child in the way he should go, & when he is old he will not depart from it” is a sobering observation & not a formulaic promise? Christians: we can be done defending spanking. +
Grateful for this woman who showed up, and for all the others
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2mo agoLast night, this colleague who has been at Delaney pretty much non-stop and has been gassed, spoke in Roxbury NJ to try to stop a new detention center. Please watch this. She is just a mom. You can make a difference, and it is time to step up.
Don't let ICE and this administration lie to you. I saw inside Delaney Hall with my own eyes. The conditions are absolutely unacceptable.
“Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. 🧵
The Liberal BoJack@thelibbojack.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe real welfare queen in America is Jeff Bezos, worth $279 billion, who pays wages so low his workers rely on food stamps and Medicaid while he sailed on his $500 million yacht to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring because his tax rate is less than 1%.
ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.
ICE agents pepper spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark
“It’s sad, it’s a sad day," says pepper-sprayed senator.
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Historic reenactment for historic reversion of voting rights
RNS@rns.org · 3mo ago(RNS) — Faith leaders will first gather at Selma’s Tabernacle Baptist Church for a prayer service before marching silently on the Edmund Pettus Bridge toward the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery.
Evaluating college degrees as if they are vocational schools (based on after-grad earnings 4 years out) has always been a way to reduce the purpose of higher ed to monetary gain. But for people who want a degree and expertise and are willing to serve others, these metrics will always be a mismatch.
Christianity Today@christianitytoday.com · 3mo agoChristian colleges are calling a new federal regulation an “existential threat.”
My youngest kiddo saw this picture a few days ago when I was scanning hard copies. I’m the one with a scrunchie and mock turtleneck, looking like I could blend in again these days. Kid exclaimed, “you look the same!” Have been feeling pretty dang good about aging since then 😆
OPINION: (RNS) — The armed man who sought to break into the White House Correspondents' dinner hails from a long line of religious extremists looking to commit political violence in the name of God.
Is Cole Tomas Allen a religious zealot?
(RNS) — The armed man who sought to break into the White House Correspondents' dinner hails from a long line of religious extremists looking to commit political violence in the name of God.
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