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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey I appear on other platforms if that's more your jam! www.facebook.com/share/1GAf1s...

Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On one hand it's easy to dismiss Dan McClellan's interview with Joe Rogan because Rogan is a foul, misogynist, racist, fascist, whose grift is extracting wealth from the ill-informed by giving them permission to feel superior despite their ignorance. But on the other hand I feel the exact same way.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is real evil in the world, but it's not carved into pumpkins. Spooky season is fun. Let people have fun. #halloween #costumemaking #bluey #spiderman #devil

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is not a video about my sexuality. It is a video about creepy weirdos with an obsession about other people's anatomy and romantic lives, and how they should grow up. #lgbtqtok #affirmingchristian #progressiveclergy #homophobiaisntcool

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There are some prominent podcast theologians who believe some weird and gross things, but boots on the ground most people are pretty kind and decent. We could all stand to be nicer to each other. Jesus even says so. #ecumenical #episcopal #priest #gettingalong #goodpeople

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Complementarians are reactionary anti-feminists who are legitimately worse than the already problematic Christian treatment of women. It's not theology based in history. It's theology based on hating and fearing women. And it must needs be shouted down. #feminist #complementarian #sexism #misogyny

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Leaving for a job interview and my 4-year-old kisses me goodbye and tells me he loves me and then he says, "Papa just make sure you don't teach them any bad words." That is literally going to be the first thing I tell these people when I show up at this interview. I've been warned.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A little insider liturgical knowledge in case you're curious. It's Sequence Hymn, not Sequins Hymn.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of media and talk these days about the dangers of empathy. So let's look at the Old Testament first. #empathy #loveyourneighbor #compassion #oldtestament #episcopal

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Miss Church on Sunday? I gotchu fam. It absolutely doesn't fit on this apps format, but this is a sermon about the parable of the laborers in the vineyard 🙂 www.facebook.com/share/p/1E2s...

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My Google calendar says today is the first day of Fall... So if you know anyone named Adam or Eve, keep those people away from talking serpents and unidentified fruit because last time it was a bit of a to do.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can do all things in Christ. But Lord do I like *have* to fold the laundry?

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There are no "good ol, days" in Christian witness. There is nothing about our past that is better than the future we proclaim. If there is revival, true revival of our religion, it is no return to anything. It is a revival and renewal of that commitment to follow Jesus Christ even further.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In real life and in Dungeon Crawler Carl the point isn't to survive this dungeon so much as to stop yourself from becoming the kind of person who belongs here.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don't want to get too political but… ultimately every empire, corporate fiefdom, nation-state, power, and principality will ultimately bend and break against the Rock of our Salvation. The world we've built is fallen… but it will also fall.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

An uphill battle for Episcopalians (and many other beautiful faith traditions) is that we just aren't selling certainty. We teach people we are all responsible for being morally serious and working out how to live our faith. It isn't just a list of rules. I love that. But...

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have y'all ever wanted to read about just how complicated the title Lamb of God is?! Because golly do I have the article for you. Easy to read for people with no background in biblical studies, and frankly kind of fun! frsamsheridan.substack.com/p/the-lambs-...

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rest and leisure are natural for human beings. What's unnatural is systems which exploit your body. Sabbath is built into the cosmos, knit into all being by God who rests. Jesus needs to get away from the crowds sometimes. SO SHOULD YOU. #episcopal #rest #progressiveclergy #sabbath #jesuschrist

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Honey, where I come from women can be anything, including the Mother of God.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You know it'd be easy to take an old forum and turn it into a substack article. Just reread my notes, probably don't have to add much. *9 hours later* Okay I've read twenty or so peer reviewed journals on different Strongs entries for "lamb" but have I considered including rams in the article?!

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Doing late night exegesis and I learn I said something incorrect in a sermon on Jan 13th 2023... This is why people don't keep their sermon manuscripts.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This week's sub stack is about Wisdom at the crossroads in Proverbs 8 and Her description of God's delight in His Creation. Jesus makes the same case over and over again. #wisdom #life #scripture #proverbs #episcopal substack.com/@frsam2

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Why be Episcopalian? Jesus. And also I don't really care if you are. I want you to know that you are loved. I want you to be a morally serious person. I want you to care about the dignity of every human person. #episcopal #jesus #ecumenical #faith #anglican

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

TikTok removed sound from a video for copyright infringement. In my support ticket I note scholarly consensus is Genesis was written by the 5th century BCE, so I'm like 2500 years past copyright quoting and talking about the Tower of Babel. Every moment is a teachable moment. That's all I'm saying.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Competent men aren't threatened by the success of women. Good men aren't intimidated by women in general. Men who want women not to vote; or have bodily autonomy; or lead in the realms of business, politics, or religion are losers. That's why they want women to be less. They're lame.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Compromise is a morally superior position only when a failure of negotiation will result in violence against the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed. And in that case it is only 'good' if it is a tactic for dismantling and the people and systems threatening that violence.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

10 AM Sunday come see me in Suffolk at the historic Glebe Episcopal Church. So excited to worship in a totally different corner of Southern Virginia than I normally get to! And the Gospel for this week is Jesus talking about how to be the Church so like, what a cool time to be with new friends.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Y'all gotta stop calling perfectly legal detention centers " concentration camps." It really hurts the feelings of the people who support the concentration camps.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A cursory look at Milton and areal deep dive into Genesis 1-3. This morning we are talking about how to do theology and how you can do it too. Check it on it in Sub Stack now! #creation #genesis #paradiselost #theology #biblestudy

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I hear more talk about Church declined than I've ever heard people talk about how important it is to love and care for the people who are still showing up. Maybe if we were to love and care for the people who come through the doors we wouldn't need to have the other conversation so much.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rest and leisure are both very natural for human beings (so system that denies rest and exploits our bodies so billionaires can have bigger yachts is insane), and sabbath rest is built into the very fabric of the universe. You deserve a nap and a snack. #jesustok #rest #leisure #episcopal #sabbath

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This Sunday I am blessed to worship with Martin's Brandon Episcopal Church at 11 AM (18706 James River Drive, Disputana) And St Michael's Colonial Heights at 3 PM (501 Old Town Dr, Colonial Heights) Praise be God! Y'all come!

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Beyblades, but only for neocalvinists. Spinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Check out this easy follow, no theology degree required, intro to how we can use patristic theology to deepen our faith and enrich our lives now! frsamsheridan.substack.com/p/the-songs-...

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The Songs of Ascents: Learning to Read Scripture with Augustine

Fifteen psalms, a very old Bishop, and the climb Christians still make toward home

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“We do not climb our way into being loved. We climb because we are already loved, and because the love of God gives us somewhere to go.” TOMORROW!? Check out my article on Augustine's homilies on the Songs of Ascents and how they can teach us how to live in the 21st century as people of faith.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The reason we read the Creeds is literally because the big tent of theology which comprises the Episcopal Church has preachers we won't agree with! #episcopal #christian #anglican #preacher #belief

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Where’s the “All Lives Matter” caucus on ICE custody deaths and suspicious hangings ruled as suicides? Figured y'all'd be up in arms, since defending all lives was such a huge priority.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The problem with biblical inerrancy is that the Bible says God is love and calls us to be loving, but a lot of the people teaching biblical inerrancy are mean. Like, why are you trying to take women’s right to vote away? Shouldn’t you be at the food pantry? Just saying. If the Bible were inerrant.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Because I believe the things I believe I don't actually need to whine and cry and react with violence if you don't agree with me.

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Fr Sam @frsamsheridan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If the love of money is the root of all evil, is the cube of all evil corporate tax loopholes? 📈🙃

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