Reposted by Erin NiemanDaniel Bentley @danielbentley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Good morning. Abolish the death penalty. 1184
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"...when we promote human flourishing, we reclaim ourselves as healthy human beings and move beyond our roles as consumers. Then we are more able to expand our responsibilities as good friends and coworkers, and to make better choices that directly impact the common good." 000
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Recently we moved into a new rental house and the (digital!) clock on the stove seems to fall behind shortly after resetting it. I'll set it one morning and by the next day it will be 6 minutes behind my phone. This is a new one for me... 010
Reposted by Erin NiemanKidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 29/05/2026In which I hopefully have not unduly kicked a hornets nest. Here is my attempt at navigating the current AI and Ministry question. 📕theodramatist.comOn AI and Ministry: Discipline, Not Abstinence — theodramatistGenerative AI isn't uniquely unethical—but it must never write a sermon, prayer, or liturgy. A priest's case for discipline over abstinence in ministry. 491
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 13/05/2026On a quest to reduce the number of nearly-empty containers in the pantry before the move, and I'm proud to report my "emptied eight containers" granola is really good 120
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I think "enjoys 'Enriching Our Worship' enough to make a Bluesky bot" has to be my teeny tiny Episcopal niche ⚓ @eow-no-context.bsky.social 050
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Somehow I'm now in my "waking up early for yard sales" era 010
Reposted by Erin NiemanBCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 05/04/2026In Easter Season, add Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. 05121
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 02/02/2026"If you purchased gumbo, don't forget to pick it up at the green pickup truck in the parking lot following our closing prayers" ⚓ My first Diocese of Mississippi Annual Council is in the books! 0100
Reposted by Erin NiemanGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/01/2026BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it. 26101452814
Reposted by Erin NiemanMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/01/2026How to help Minnesota (and yourself): a clear, straightforward guide of steps you can take naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...naomikritzer.comHow To Help if You are Outside MinnesotaLast edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa… 210563
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 18/01/2026And this is why the Buffalo Bills are the best team in the NFL youtu.be/7sEHv-iKrYU?...youtu.beBuffalo Bills Joke - Joe PeraYouTube video by Joe Pera 000
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Terrible, heartbreaking news There's a fundraiser for the rebuilding effort here, join me in donating if you can: www.bethisraelms.org 011
Reposted by Erin Niemanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/01/2026rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks 168191863059
Reposted by Erin NiemanHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 09/01/2026So yes: abolish ICE. I am glad that call is becoming more common! But then build on what is being revealed by this open violence to be open to abolishing ALL systems of dominating violence. Prisons and policing are doing the same thing, just more cleanly and so it seems “legal.” Still domination. 1206
Reposted by Erin NiemanKidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 04/01/2026I still think it's nuts that we have to even hedge around "you don't have to like kids" as though there were any other class of human being that you could publicly say, and in generally leftish spaces!, "you don't have to like (x) class of people, but you should maybe tolerate them" 46811
Reposted by Erin Niemanthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread 701814232
Reposted by Erin NiemanNBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/11/2025BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC 241179653925
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Happy walking the dog with a headlamp season to all who celebrate 010
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I just saw a used furniture listing that mentioned a "smoke free, kid free home." Pets and smoking I get for allergy reasons, but kids?! 100
Reposted by Erin NiemanKaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025can't stop thinking of how little kids died in chapel, praying on the first day of fall term, but somehow Charlie Kirk--a man who accepted school shootings as the guarantor of unconstrained gun access--is the martyr. may God have mercy on the innocent; Charlie Kirk was not of them. 144892
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 14/09/2025“The most common question we get, by a lot, is: Is this actually God I am talking to?” This was a disturbing read: AI can't replace encounters with God through sacraments and in community ⚓ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...nytimes.comFinding God in the App Store 090
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The EfM video about the Sisters of St. Mary is so so good ⚓ 1100
Reposted by Erin NiemanSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025I can’t believe it’s even necessary to say that NO city in ANY country deserves or should be INVADED by its federal government. I thought we cared about people. Isn’t that the real point? Everyone needs liberation, most of all the people who don’t know. 101497242
Reposted by Erin NiemanSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi. 723548852
Reposted by Erin NiemanHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 22/08/2025Every act of liberation is an act of resurrection! 071
Reposted by Erin NiemanJordan Haynie Ware @godwelcomesall.bsky.social · 16/08/2025This is a good article in many ways, but as a feminist dissertator, I would like to take up the author's free gift and assert that feminizing a digital assistant is not quite the empowerment its creators seem to think it. www.christiancentury.org/features/pri...christiancentury.orgThe priesthood of all chatbots?I’m sure there are good uses for AI in our churches. Prayer and preaching aren’t among... 1131
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Even when I'm not in Sewanee, I still have the urge to wave at each passing vehicle. This does not scale well. 020
Reposted by Erin NiemanErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/06/2025My more optimistic take on the whole “did the protests do anything” debate is that here is value to showing you are not alone and that a massive number of people are willing to come out and be public even in very far right areas. Organization takes time and a diversity of tactics is a positive. 431959267
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 10/05/2025"He may be a millionaire, a billionaire — whatever kind of ‘aire he is,” she said. “But what we need here is clean air.” www.politico.com/news/2025/05...politico.com'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in MemphisThe company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations. 010
Reposted by Erin NiemanHannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 09/05/2025It's a vampire movie that's somehow actually about the blues? Fantastic movie. Stylish. That one shot, wow. (You know the one.) 252
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This is me with both literal papers and web browser tabs 😔 010
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I continue to be surprised by how many professional chefs on Guy's Grocery Games have never cooked with tofu. It's so versatile, and not just for vegetarians! 100
Reposted by Erin Niemanthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter. 313159611
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 21/04/2025A few years back, a priest friend gave a sermon about the wedding of Cana with a refrain of "Jesus keeps the party going." That's how the last 24 hours have felt. Happy Easter y'all! ⚓ 0140
Reposted by Erin NiemanSilky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This is why we must fight for everyone. Whether they’ve been incarcerated or have had contact with the criminal legal system or are merely undocumented. When you accept that some people are deserving of detention and deportation the scope of who is eligible is always under threat of expanding. 131768587
Reposted by Erin NiemanPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana. 284109195499
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Have you ever wanted to eat red beans and rice, pancakes, and king cake all in one meal? If so, church Mardi Gras celebrations may be for you ⚓ 0100
Erin Nieman @erin-on.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Nothing better than running on a sunny 55 degree day and blasting Against Me! for most of it 100
Reposted by Erin NiemanKeegan Osinski @keeganosinski.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Revoking healthcare from millions of people is an interesting strategy to Make America Healthy Again. 071