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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If Jesus told the Good Samaritan parable these days in the US, it would be an ICE agent in the ditch and an immigrant coming to his aid. Thank about that.

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You are Worthy of the Wedding

An early sermon for this week's gospel text (Matthew 22.1-14). You are Worthy of the Wedding theclutteredmouth.com/you-are-wort...

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Tuesday lessons from the Lectionary

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lol. Ya. I'm just thinking about the truth that your enemy is your neighbor. This is the best way I can see in society today to vizualize that.

OK, I see your point. On a 1 for 1 scale, it doesn't work. But I think the shock of the situation carries the same force. But yes, I can see how the power dynamic in relation to militaru might is different.

It may have flowed both ways, but I think the power dynamic of the story fits the ICE agent and the immigrant well.

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The Judian who got robbed and left for dead would have had extreme prejudice against the Samaritan. This wasn't just a rivalry. This was racism. At least, that's how I understand it.

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If Jesus told the Good Samaritan parable these days in the US, it would be an ICE agent in the ditch and an immigrant coming to his aid. Thank about that.

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the hill we climb. If only we dare. It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit, it’s the past we step into and how we repair it. – Amanda Gorman

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Absolutely, I can see how that would.

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so @kkdumez.bsky.social (author of Jesus and John Wayne & Live, Laugh, Love) posted this that was really eye opening about [gestures in the direction of the fuckery]. kristindumez.substack.com/p/when-the-c...

When the Christian Right comes to Canada

It’s been there all along...

But are you three smuts in a trenchcoat?

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I can't believe no one has taken this handle yet.

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Matthew 22 | Liberation and Inclusion Translation

In @litbible.net it says he was silenced, lik the king wasn't putting up with bullshit excuses. www.litbible.net/matthew-22#v12 (read the footnote)

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Matthew 22 in the Liberation and Inclusion Translation (LIT).

Or a train wreck. We'll find out.

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@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social @adhd-preacher.bsky.social I got my sermon written, but man did it take a turn. I'm posting it tomorrow (so it might be available to help someone else? maybe?). It is a turn though. I ended up nowhere I expected.

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Yeah. I think I've got my slant, but woof, this one is rough.

I find that it's still hard not to read things within the context of Evangelical (end times) world view. It's all I knew growing up. My formative years were just indoctrination. That shit sitcks with you.

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The Bible. Hell was a constant fear of my childhood as far back as I can remember. The next was a monster from Fright Night.

When We Were On Fire Again

"Yet, even on this cusp of resurrection, some of us still weep." theclutteredmouth.com/when-we-were...

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deconstruction

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Drugs are not sacramental.

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Awe shit. I just realized I'm preaching this week as well, not just writing an essay.

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It must be alright. They keep having you do it. Have some faith in your ability and the Spirit's breath.

Is... is that.... is that a meth pipe?

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BTW, I'm always impressed at your slant and the effort you put in to your preaching. Go you!

Oof. That sounds like Chaos and possible shame triggering in some people. Not a good look.

AND this is what was normative: conflict repaired by remembering the good each did. Woman did good, and deserved to be remembered for it.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... That'll preach. The gospel is for all, belonging in the mouths of all that are called that all may hear. Big inclusion. Such wide embrace.

Parables aren't always allegories. They are stories to spark our imagination of what a different kind of world could be.

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Paul's backhanded snark here is palpable. But I struggle on how the Gospel is announced from a apostolic, "calm down bitch".

What's saving me about this parable, is that it's a parable. It's not prescriptive or descriptive of God. There is something in how this plays out that is like (similar to) the Kingdom of heaven. It's not that this is how the kingdom functions.

I am not in love with this parable.

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Plus, why baptism on blessing of beast day? Francis didn't baptize the birds.