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Hailey Hensley

@haileydeh.bsky.social
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Professional communicator - unprofessional at nearly everything else. General confession enthusiast. Director of Comms & Evangelism for the Episcopal Diocese of NJ (but if I say something dumb, pls do not attribute it to the diocese)

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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 8h
Stellar quote from a keynote address at the ECS-NJ Gala, “Grace may be free, but ministry costs money.” Saving that for later lol.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Self-soothing by listening to “If You’re Gonna be Dumb, you Gotta be Tough” over and over.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bonus photos from a k9 blessing I could not attend :)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We blessed some animals today!! Drop your animal blessing pics from today if you have any :)! Happy feast of St. Francis everyone! Someone even brought a bunny today lol ⚓️
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Being in the Episcopal Church makes me feel youthful, and then I go home and have to message my little sister to learn what emojis we’re using for laughter now.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just found out I’m preaching for the first time ever on GAUDETE SUNDAY! Heck yes, what a win :).
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
178 days until I get to hear All Glory Laud and Honor again 😌
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good Shepherd, in Berlin NJ! Super cool church, I’m writing a story about them for the diocesan newsletter this week :)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s also ✨approved liturgy✨, this is a settled issue! I don’t have to like it for other people to do it! Idk when folks will learn that their personal liturgical preferences cannot and should not dictate the life of the whole church.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Notably, this is a THRIVING, diverse church. I’ve truly never seen anything like it. Bonus points because the priest wore a zucchetto and biretta
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Guys, I went to a sung/high Mass today except that 100 percent of the music was contemporary and even the Mass parts were contemporary settings. I was visiting with the Bishop but this is just…what this church does every Sunday. Spectacular. Anglicanism really is a big tent, I love it here. 🕯️
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, it’s certainly a weapon against good cholesterol, if nothing else
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Also lettuce, tomato, and onion (for health, obviously)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New Jersey activity of the week: Doordashed Fat Sandwiches 😌. For those outside New Jersey, a fat sandwich is a sub, except the ingredients are all fried food. Mine contains French fries, mozzarella sticks, jalepeno poppers, hot sauce, and ranch 😌.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have to say, reading Anselm is really confirming to me that as much as I love a good argument, “it logically makes sense and would reasonably follow” is just not how we should make doctrinal assertions. Sounds doctrine needs more than logic.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reading Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo and was just sent into hysterics over the genuine line “I have nothing I could raise as an objection to anything you have said. But you are scaring me just a little.” It’s nice to know medieval theologians were just like us 😌.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am so unfathomably excited to go to Renn Faire this month. This is my Super Bowl. I am doing nothing but constructing my outfit in my head all the time.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is very sweet to invite my husband to men’s group things, and he is always happy to be invited, but it’s always a little funny when the event is like “Cigars! Beer! Football! Steak!” Because my husband is more of a dungeons and dragons, fix your computer, fruity cocktail kinda guy.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Grateful to be ahead of the curve (I believe in total depravity 😌)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That makes it hard to build familiarity when you only hear each hymn 1-2 times a year. All that + the fact that some musicians and clergy will opt for music without really factoring in the congregation’s ability to sing it. The 82 has singable, familiar favorites, but many churches don’t use them.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So much of it (for me!) is that I cannot read music and there are many popular hymns in the 82 that aren’t necessarily intuitive in how they progress. In addition, because of our tradition’s love for music, many of our clergy and musicians vary the music significantly more than in other churches.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
First Sunday as a ministry intern, third-ish week of seminary, and a roaring program year in the diocese of New Jersey! I’m tired but so so happy :)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you need to know ANYTHING about the diocese of New Jersey, it’s in our newsletter this week. This thing is LONG lol. Also I redid the template, so for my NJ folks, let me know your thoughts!
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Genuinely cannot find Mexican food in Jersey that is even moderately similar to the Mexican food I grew up eating in the Carolinas and it’s devastating me. Idk if it’s a different style of cuisine or what but everything in New Jersey is comparably so dry and sad 😭.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I take 5 psychic damage every time I say the contemporary Our Father.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Which tarot deck should you buy based on who your patron saint is” type shi
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Turns out if you say that rain when it’s sunny is referred to as “the devil is beating his wife” that gives you away lol
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They got me, guys.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reading Sarum Missal for class rn. My new favorite term for the cup is “celestial beverage” lol
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A bear??? God I hope I see it
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wearing jeans today, feels like everyone knows I’m not a real pants-wearer 😔
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Something I find very funny is that when I scroll on tiktok every single mainline clergy person that appears on my feed is marked as “people you may know.” I want to be bothered by this, but statistically, I probably do know them lol.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
To be fair, we had A LOT of people for a summer Sunday
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You can do that (they may like it 😌)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NO GOD NOT DOLLY PARTON 😭 whyyyy
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just gave it a bit of a listen as someone who cannot read music. I would need to hear it maybe 5 times to have a chance of singing it well.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Listen, “it’s a sin” is also, unironically, what keeps me from texting and driving lol.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My greatest op in this life is whoever decided that the bathrooms in nice restaurants should be nearly entirely dark. Just WHY? Photo evidence of a bathroom in Brooklyn I had the displeasure of experiencing today. (Yes, all the lights are on.)
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conrad 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✝️📿 @conradelliot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Really love this picture of South Carolina's ACNA Bishop Chip and TEC Bishop Ruth laughing together joyfully at the altar of the new chapel at Porter Gaud Prep School in South Carolina! God help us to have so much joy in the Lord as to obliterate our divisions ⚓️
a photo of Episcopal Church Bishop of the diocese of South Carolina Ruth and ACNA Bishop of the diocese of South Carolina behind a chapel altar. They are smiling and laughing. Behind them is the cross and on either side there are beautiful colorful flowers.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I shall be there (I say as a semi-fake seminarian)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Garamond/Garamond Pro is my personal favorite :)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Just remembered Lana Del Rey existed, this is not good news.
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We still have power at Dio house if it’s an emergent need lol
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
One of my kids is crucifering for the first time tomorrow and I am genuinely so excited
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Life in the 21st century is so funny because what do you MEAN I just had a stress nightmare about posting something uncouth on TikTok (I have never made a tiktok lol)
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
You said PR and I thought you meant public relations 😔 I thought you were having a conversation I could engage in!
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Genuinely seeing the AI created flyers kills any desire I have to attend the event 😭 canva is FREE
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New weekly meme just dropped
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Just had a surprise 1 hour call where I had to biblically defend women being called to the priesthood. Some key quotes include “I just think women are called to a softer life, you shouldn’t have to do all that hard work!” And “How would you balance being a wife and being a priest??” 😭
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Hailey Hensley @haileydeh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
They’re going to think you’re secretly living there lol
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