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Jonathan Grieser

@djgrieser.bsky.social
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“Crypto-liberal Laudian.” Episcopal priest, cat feeder, ballroom dancer. Spent 15 years toiling in the fields of academe: teaching religious studies and researching early modern religious history.

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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 7h
Wizard of Oz
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now, if only an early modernist would do the same. I could catch up on the scholarship I've missed over the last 20 years
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Update, today the administration notified her that another of her students was a victim of sexual assault
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cosmo posing
Buff cat posing on his throne
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“you get those photos for the weed communion wafers ad?” “sure did, boss. real sexy, just like you asked.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
promise kept
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Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
After 6 years of this, one would think that Episcopal clergy would know how to mute and unmute themselves on zoom ⚓️
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The last 2 days of ministry: lunch with my fellow Episcopal rectors in the area; a zoom about Flock cameras; outreach committee meeting; conversation with long-time members about funeral prep; and an encounter with a man who was baptized Episcopalian in another country and is now curious about faith
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Zenz @therealzenz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wow...this is messed up. A Department chair notified of sexual misconduct is generally obligated to report that to Compliance. Chair in this case previously had a sexual relationship with that professor, and still felt like she could decide on her own to do nothing. captimes.com/news/educati...
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I was in academia for many years until I entered full-time parish ministry. I saw a lot of things and heard a lot of things. My wife is Academic Staff at UW Madison now and has seen way more than I ever did. To think this sort of thing still happens today is so depressing.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Niche Anglican post: are all the bishops in ACNA under presentment or do they have more bishops than priests, deacons, and laypeople? ⚓️
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
According to my trip odometer, I rode 270 miles in August #ebike #biketowork
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My personal goal before retirement: to memorize Eucharistic Prayers 1 and 2 in Rite I and A and B in Rite 2. I’ve got a few years and I’m almost there. #badeyesight ⚓️
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Zenz @therealzenz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Monday's special Madison Council meeting about the city's clearing of Willy&Baldwin worth a watch. Mayor says plans to clear it developed largely in secret to prevent a leak; city acted from safety concerns and increasing number of homeless rather than protesters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8h0...
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Common Council: Meeting of August 24, 2026
YouTube video by City of Madison Wisconsin
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Somewhat surprisingly, Dami seems uninterested in the results of Dancing With the Stars: the Next Pro. Perhaps he saw the spoilers on social media
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/2) Since I haven't seen anyone else mention this one... It was an open secret that Dolly Parton secretly funded a massive number of southern high school bands, most especially predominantly Black high schools. A marching band member in her youth, Dolly never forgot the joy that playing snare drum
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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026
my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.
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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The process for electing a new bishop for the Diocese of Wisconsin dropped today. Kind of bizarre. I probably should have read the proposed Constitution and Canons more closely. Now I wonder what other oddities are hidden there. Oh well, not my problem. I’m staying clear of it. ⚓️
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We've been watching Eva Longoria's series on French cuisine. It's a lot of fun but episode 7 on French culinary history is lame. Haute cuisine apparently began with Louis XIV, not Catherine de Medici.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A story I’ve never told: in the mid 80s I was involved with a homeless ministry in Boston led by a gay pastor. For fundraisers he regularly had house parties sponsored by the NAMBLA. I was deeply bothered then and said nothing.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A rare sighting: the boys sitting together
Two buff cats sitting together on a chair
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Never underestimate the pro-Thanksgiving voting block in Wisconsin
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
From time to time, Cosmo decides he needs to take out his frustration on a roll of toilet paper
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bishop Gunter has called for the election of his successor as Bishop of the Diocese of Wisconsin. I had hoped to retire before him but alas.⚓️
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I haven’t posted about the killing of Corey Ruiz here because I’m struggling to make sense of it and my own complex feelings. I plan on sending something to my congregation tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s the statement from MOSES: www.mosesmadison.org/moses-statem...
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MOSES Statement about the Killing of Corey Ruiz - MOSES Madison
MOSES Statement about the Killing of Corey Ruiz July 23, 2026 by Saundra Brown, MOSES President MOSES grieves the killing of Corey Ruiz by a Madison police officer, who shot […]
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hey! I'm getting pretty good at this! Anthropeum.com · Jul 22 2026 🟦🟩🟩🟨🟦🟦🟦🟥🟩🟨 75,680 · top 6% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I’ve been an Episcopal priest for twenty years. I have never before had a bishop issue an “annual charge to the clergy.” I find it rather odd. On a positive note, the year is more than half over. 😏 ⚓️
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Interesting times in Wisconsin politics: In the Democraticrace for governor, Sara Rodriguez dropped out after a finance scandal; David Crowder, who had dropped out 2 weeks ago dropped back in with an endorsement from Gov. Evers. #Wisconsin
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Best result so far: Anthropeum.com · Jul 16 2026 🟩🟩🟦🟩🟩🟦🟩🟩🟦🟩 83,020 · top 5% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I had a lovely midwestern/southern dinner tonight. Corn on the cob, summer squash sautéed with vidalia onions, grilled strip steak. Meanwhile, I prepared artisanal spaghettini with parmigiano reggiano and local butter for my convalescent spouse.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Ah, he's wearing pink in the confessional as well
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Watching an Italian procedural. The priest presiding at the requiem mass is wearing a pink chasuble
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“Father, where did you go on vacation?” “I took my wife to the ER, twice.” Last night’s visit was especially memorable. 9 hours before admission. The place was teeming with Madison and UW police. I finally asked what was going on. The answer: Phish concert.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Born on this day in 1593, in Rome, Artemisia Gentileschi. One of the great painters of Baroque Italy. Endured shit and painted about it. Here, herself as a martyr, Saint Catherine, 1616.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In 1985, I was taking Stanley Tambiah's "Magic, Science, and Religion" class at Harvard. One day he showed us a photo of a group of Thai Buddhist monks blessing a new printer. I blessed the new dishwasher we got at church in 2011 that replaced a 1939 model It's worked well for 15 years.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"It's absolutely bonkers!"
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Worth a read every year. But this year? For the 250th? It's scorching. Read it to you family or friends. Find a town square and read it out loud. Repost it. Nothing you hear today will frame this country better. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass
This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
14yrs ago, Francis phoned the airline on his own to book a ticket for Jorge Bergoglio to Lampedusa, but Vatican protocol stepped in and the trip was scheduled — tomorrow Leo makes same trek to the “Isle of Tears” off Sicily’s coast to send a message to world leaders about welcoming migrants.
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I've had a couple of former students nominated to the episcopacy (one currently serving) but this is the first and very likely only time someone I was sponsoring priest for, even briefly, is a nominee for bishop. Prayers for them, the other candidates, and the diocese
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Ha!
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Oh good… more Augustine. We just didn’t have enough (he’s the top Latin author at 5 million words). But seriously, this is great. www.medievalists.net/2026/06/lost...
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Lost Writings of Saint Augustine Found in Medieval Manuscript - Medievalists.net
Two previously unknown sermons by St Augustine have been identified in a twelfth-century manuscript preserved in Poland, adding new texts to the extensive body of writings left by one of Christianity’...
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
In my twenty years as a priest, I have worked with seven people in various stages of the discernment and ordination process: two to the diaconate and five to the priesthood. Of the latter, two decided not to pursue ordination after being granted postulancy. The fifth was just granted postulancy ⚓
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 21/06/2026
The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover
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Jonathan Grieser @djgrieser.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
JFC!
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