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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her

@elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social
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Author of Five Loaves, Two Fish, Twelve Volunteers: Growing A Relational Food Ministry. Writer on poverty, wealth, Christian Life. Church consultant helping tiny congregations get out of the building. Co-housing consultant on conflict. Quilter, traveler.

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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I rarely preach on the ascension. But I really like what I had to say this time. actbechurchnow.kit.com/posts/act-be...
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Act! Be Church Now. Ascension .... what?
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It can be overwhelming to witness/experience/take in all the injustices of the moment; the good news is that *they're all connected.* So it your little corner of work involves pulling at one of the threads, you're helping to unravel the whole damn cloth. (Ursula Wolf-Rocca tweet 2/23/22)
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My next newsletter "Act! Be the Church of the Unknown God" is coming Tuesday. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating. actbechurchnow.kit.com
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Big Lie is not that there was a stolen election, it is that in Matthew 25, Jesus didn't really mean what he said.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
(From Mary Luti, edited to fit) Mt 25, the identification that Jesus declares between himself and the least of these is not sentimental, psychological, or metaphorical, but real and absolute. Blasphemy against Jesus is not AI-images; it is systematic, violent uncoupling of Jesus from his true body.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Hey! I've got an excerpt in Red Letter Christians! redletterchristians.org/2026/03/23/s...
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Storing Wealth: Luke 12:16-21
Many people don’t feel wealthy even if they have a comfortable income because of a modern source of anxiety that doesn’t come up in the Bible: retirement. Today, the average person lives years…
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. —Isaiah 58:12 God suggests that we, the community, we are the restorer of our streets. Following MSP's lead, lets do it.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
My first Podcast starts tomorrow! 3-5 minute Lenten Meditations, with three pre-Lent starters. Here are links to all the different podcast apps so you can find it in the app you use. actbechurchnow.kit.com/posts/podcas...
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Podcast Invitation: When Did We See You? Lenten Meditations
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Psalm 15 Who may abide in your tent? Dwell on your holy hill? Walk blamelessly, speak truth, no slander or evil to friends or neighbors. Despise the wicked, honor those who fear God. Stand by oaths, do not charge interest or pay bribes. Those who do these things shall never be moved.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Interesting article that suggests to me that one of the side affects of getting universal health care would be that we make different choices on immunization schedules. We have so many people fall through the cracks. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d...
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Why Denmark's vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States
With its vaccine schedule, “Denmark has made a values choice to accept preventable hospitalizations and illnesses that other countries have chosen to prevent.”
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It's getting real!
Dark purple background, medium purple bookcover: When Did We See You? A Lenten Exploration of Poverty & Wealth. The book cover has an engraved purple/black eye with a cold coin in place of the Iris. Coming January 2026.
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Imagine the world you want, friends, 'cause it's definitely more plausible and functional than whatever this is.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Remember the days when the police were brave and protected us? Did such a time exist or were they always more afraid than we are? (Real questions, I don't know the history.)
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Habakkuk 1:2-4 Lord, how long shall I cry help, & you will not listen? Cry violence & you will not save? Why make me see wrongdoing & trouble? Destruction & violence, strife & contention arise. The law becomes slack; justice never prevails. The wicked surround the righteous; judgment is perverted.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Amos 8:4-7 Listen, you who trample the needy, and bring to ruin the poor, listen you who rush to make food servings smaller and more expensive, listen you with false balances and you who fail to leave the last of the harvest for the poor. God promises not to forget your deeds.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. They are piercing a lot of other people with grief, too.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This is the way.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I can think of a few others, as well.
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PeetX @peet-x.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
perfection in geometry #architecture #church #lines #photography #photographersofbluesky
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
62 years ago today. The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Amos 6:4-7. Woe to those with beds of ivory, eating lambs and calves. Those who sing idle songs, drink wine, and anoint themselves with finest oils, and are not grieved over the ruin around them. They shall be the first into exile. The word of God according to Amos.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
When God began creating ... the earth was complete chaos, ... God said, “Let there be light,” it was. God saw the light was good (from Gen 1:1-4). Remember that it is in chaos that new things are created. Look for what is good, water it, and tend it, celebrate each small good thing.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This is church.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I'm a Christian. As such I'm in favor of protecting all people from gun violence. Strict training, licensing, and restrictions on capacity. And I believe in the constitution and the right to states to maintain well regulated militias. Only love overcomes hate. Only light overcomes shadows.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Okay, I want one of these.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Washington DC - the bells of this church are ringing in support of the protest! 😁
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Michael O' 🇮🇪🇺🇲🇨🇦 @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
BBC News - Historic pilgrimage for LGBTQ+ Catholics at Vatican www.bbc.com/news/article...
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LGBTQ+ Catholics make historic pilgrimage at Vatican
Some 1,400 LGBTQ+ people are taking part for the first time in a pilgrimage to mark the Vatican's Jubilee Year.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Following Jesus is Risky. And yet, that's what we do. We need the moral courage to do what is right even though others might disapprove. actbechurchnow.kit.com/posts/do-not...
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Do not fear to Act! Be Church Now
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Plan now for how our cities will resist being taken over. Pol Pot's strategy was to relocate city folk to farms. What is the goal here? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Resistance to Trump’s D.C. crackdown is taking many forms
Residents want solutions to crime, but many who live here say aggressive federal law enforcement tactics threaten civil rights and instill a sense of fear, not safety.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
James 5:1a,4 Come now, rich people, weep, wail for the miseries that are coming... Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Are you preparing for what is to come? “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit" Luke 12:35 actbechurchnow.kit.com/posts/be-chu...
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Be Church that is prepared.
A thief in the night scripture, be prepared, get ready
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Jesus told us to feed the hungry, to release the captives, to welcome the stranger. Seems pretty clear to me.
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Anti-ICE poster seen in Sodo, Seattle
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Okay, heard GOP thinks the low employment figures are good because it was 74000 US BORN new jobs, not foreign born. I tried to track how they'd know. They track such things and there WAS a spate of great US BORN new jobs. In 2023. Hmm, wonder what caused that? www.brookings.edu/articles/str...
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The strong labor market has boosted US-born employment | Brookings
U.S.-born and foreign-born employment have exceeded published data because recent immigration inflows have not yet been captured.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Check out my newsletter for churches that want to be part of the resistance. actbechurchnow.kit.com/posts
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Act! Be Church Now
Join this newsletter to imagine a vibrant, relevant church that is focused on serving community. Join us to chat about how to make a difference in difficult times. Join us to hear what other churches ...
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I'm thinking of buying a John Deere. Any suggestions for what to buy? I have no land.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Free newsletter on how churches can act to deal with the US world as it is now. We can Be Church by protecting our neighbors. actbechurchnow.kit.com/posts
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Act! Be Church Now
Join this free newsletter to imagine a vibrant, relevant church that is focused on serving community. Join us to chat about how to make a difference in difficult times. Join us to hear about what othe...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
PSALM 1 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I think Jeremiah said the same thing. Micah. Isaiah. Etc.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Deuteronomy 10:19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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A Marlborough father left for work. Now he fears deportation, even with no criminal record.
The arrest is an example of a growing number of immigrants who are detained with no criminal record.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/02/2025
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
“… the Trump administration, just 2 weeks old, is already facing lawsuits arguing that it violated the religious freedom of Christians in the U.S.” religionnews.com/2025/02/05/a...
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Amid criticism from religious detractors, Vance speaks at religious freedom summit
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The speech came as the Trump administration, just 2 weeks old, is already facing lawsuits arguing that it violated the religious freedom of Christians in the U.S.
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Another Blog Post! If you'd like to join Act! Be Church Now, send me a DM, text, or email. Hopefully the free Newsletter starts on Friday. www.elizabethmaemagill.com/blog/act-be-...
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Act! Be Church Now--Protect
Share now, to be able to Protect Later I've always been a little bit uncomfortable with the ministry of the church in the first century. The idea that a church would focus on caring for members,...
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What can we do as church to protect our members and our neighbors? If you'd like to be join my free newsletter send me your email by DM, text, or email. www.elizabethmaemagill.com/blog/act-be-...
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Act! Be Church Now--Protect
Share now, to be able to Protect Later I've always been a little bit uncomfortable with the ministry of the church in the first century. The idea that a church would focus on caring for members,...
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Elizabeth Mae Magill (Liz) She/Her @elizabethmaemagill.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Second Blog--sharing as resistance. Act! Be Church Now. If you'd like to receive on my free email newsletter send me your email address in a DM (Does bluesky have direct messages????) Or email or text me. I hope to send the first issue on Friday! www.elizabethmaemagill.com/blog/act-be-...
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Act! Be Church Now-Share
Share with Each Other There are a fair number of negative commentaries about the earliest church gatherings. They are disdainful of the Christian practice of caring for each other. The biggest rebuke....
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God @thegodshow.com · 02/02/2025
I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them. Celebrate thy diversity. Love each other.
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