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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 6h

Good afternoon to the tiny blossom in the grass (thumb for scale) still offering its color into October for the sake of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 8h

It is because God loves us that God insists we come face to face with our own histories--individual and communal--and own the patterns of crookedness, violence, and injustice in our stories, even if we have made a great effort to pretend they are not there. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/god-...

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God Gets Past Our Defenses--October 5, 2026

God Gets Past Our Defenses--October 5, 2026 "Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard ...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 16h

Good morning to the waning moon and its companion Orion reclining among the clouds before the sun rises over this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good evening to the golden hour light shining on and through a leaf on the sidewalk, and to the shadow cast gently on the ground in this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good afternoon to the daisy and its siblings in the vase, which bring a bit of beauty indoors from out in the world that God loves…

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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What is God like? God is exactly like Jesus. That’s what scripture says. We didn’t always know that to be true, but now we do. Who would Jesus kill or bomb or execute? Nobody. The followers of Jesus follow Him & let Him be the key to understanding scripture.

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good afternoon to the mushroom growing up out of the grass of the wet ground of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good morning to the points of light shining through the holes in the colander, as the ingredients for tonight‘s chili drip off, reminding me that there are all sorts of surprising places to look for beauty in this world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good morning to the intersecting lines of a spiders web, as a new day begins in this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At the heart of who God is is decidedly NOT the motto, "Me First" or the song "My Way," but rather the choice to put others first--and a whole world full of us others, too. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/all-...

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All the Difference--October 2, 2026

All the Difference--October 2, 2026 "Let the same mind be in your that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not r...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Word for the Week: (drawn from Matthew 21:33-46) Jesus knows he will be rejected and crucified, but speaks up and lays down his life anyway. #WordForTheWeek

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October begins with a Bow Tie Thursday…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One can either shout "Me-and-My-Group-First" or one can confess, "Jesus is Lord," but you can't do both and mean it, because the way of Jesus inescapably involves a realignment of our hearts to seek the interests of others before our own. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-re...

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A Realignment of Our Minds--October 1, 2026

A Realignment of Our Minds--October 1, 2026 "If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spi...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The opening stories of the Bible depict all of creation as a complete masterpiece, whole and good. When humans break relationship with God, it breaks our relationship with everything else, too. So God's promise to save means finding a way of putting everything back together. youtu.be/trN_yD3CyRs

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What Is Salvation 03 Creation, Garden, Bow

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good morning to the brightening eastern sky, as a new day begins in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gratis a poem for September 29, 2026

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey friends! We're starting a new series here on Crazy Faith Talk, exploring some of the biggest issues and challenges that we see as hurdles for the church in the 21st century. In this first episode, we look at the challenge of "Christian" nationalism. open.spotify.com/episode/30p6...

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Episode 503: Greatest Church Hurdles, Part One--Christian Nationalism

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is what makes the Gospel good news, and not just a program for self-improvement. It's all about the promise of God not to keep track of how many times we got lost on our own in the far country. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Parade of Beloved Mess-Ups--September 30, 2026

The Parade of Beloved Mess-Ups--September 30, 2026 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going i...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good afternoon to the bee gathering the day’s meal in the church’s prairie meadow before she buzzes off into the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Like a scene in a musical, the heavenly spotlight falls on the center stage, the chorus pauses, and the suspense builds as we look for the arrival of the long-awaited main character, "the Lion of Judah"--only to find instead, a little Lamb who has been slain and is alive. youtu.be/LK2Gqak0BlQ

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Victorious Lamb 04 Ch 4 7 Review

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Hope More often than I care to admit I cannot look into the faces of those with whom I struggle the most and mean the words, “May you be treated better than you treat other people.” But I pray them daily anyway in the hope that the morning will come when they fall truthfully from my lips.

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In both the fictional family of Jesus' story and the household of God, the Father would rather we live out God's kind of love, generosity, and goodness instead of just putting on a loud show of our piety in the public square. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/beyo...

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Beyond the Performances--September 29, 2026

Beyond the Performances--September 29, 2026 [Jesus said:] “What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go an...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What lengths would God go to in order to get through to us? As Jesus adds his own take on an old love song from the ancient prophets that points ahead to the cross, maybe the right question is, "What WOULDN'T God do to help us see we are beloved?" youtu.be/WgoEI-ogMaI

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Looking Ahead 10 04 26

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning to the moon getting ready to end its vigil and hand over its duties to the sun rising over this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good afternoon to the white cabbage butterfly foraging for an afternoon meal out in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If Jesus really is God's Chosen One, then he has the authority to rearrange our priorities, our loves, and our values. He has the authority to point us in a new direction. He has the authority to change everything for us. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/who-...

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Who Does Jesus Think He Is?--September 28, 2026

Who Does Jesus Think He Is?--September 28, 2026 When [Jesus] entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him ...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good evening to the chipmunk paying a brief visit to my backyard, before scurrying off to his next appointment in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From this afternoon’s reading in Vulnerable God by Kenneth Tanner, “What the execution of the Son of God means, if it means anything, is that no one else has to be killed in order for the world to be made right again.” Amen and Amen.

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good evening to the clouds illuminated by the moon that hangs over the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good evening to the curiously dark streak in the eastern sky as the sun sinks low in the west in this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good morning to the single droplet hanging on a blade of grass suspended above the spiderweb in the lawn that is still dressed in the dew that covers this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If we live through this day, Christ will be present in us. And if it should happen that you or I breathe our last on this day, we know that there is nothing death can do to us any longer, and its power is broken, because we are held by Christ. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/chri...

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Christ Either Way--September 25, 2026

Christ Either Way--September 25, 2026 "For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain." (Philippians 1:21) Ten little words in English, but t...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good afternoon to the flowers bursting with life in the midst of autumn’s arrival in this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning to the gradient of blues in the east in the minutes before dawn comes to this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

May your Bow Tie Thursday be richly colored and blessed…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good afternoon to the overcrowded mushrooms growing at the edge of the sidewalk that leads on into the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good afternoon to the raindrops suspended within the strands of spiderweb that drape gently over yew boughs in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When Jesus talks about the last being made first, it is good news all around, because he is creating a new kind of community where all are lifted up and all become servants of one another. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-di...

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A Different Kind of Revolution--September 23, 2026

A Different Kind of Revolution--September 23, 2026 [Jesus said:] “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Matthew 20:16) So...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What do we actually MEAN when we talk about "salvation" and the God who "saves"? In our first session of our new Sunday Adult Forum series, we looked at two important biblical words and how they can be both individual and corporate, present or future. youtu.be/X_Mb4Vro9VM

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What Is Salvation 02 Big Ideas

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey friends! Check out the latest episode of our weekly podcast, "Crazy Faith Talk," for this concluding episode of our Worship Matters Q & A series! open.spotify.com/episode/6BXP...

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Episode 502: Worship Q &A, Part Seven--Online Worship

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good afternoon to the geometric patterns of the seed stems left after the clematis blossoms have lost their petals to be scattered by the wind into the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the first three chapters of Revelation, John of Patmos begins to give us a different view of the world around us--not the empire's narrative of "eternal Rome" but God's story of victory through Jesus' death and resurrection. youtu.be/qcLW2bID5p8

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Victorious Lamb 03 Ch 1 3 Review

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Better Beekeepers a poem for September 21, 2026

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good evening to the two birds flying almost wingtip to wingtip as they migrate over this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jesus seems to be telling us that from the perspective of God's Reign, we are no longer satisfied merely to ask, "What is most profitable for me?" but instead to ask, "What can I do so that everybody gets to eat?" beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/09/that...

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That All May Eat--September 22, 2026

That All May Eat--September 22, 2026 [Jesus said to the disciples:] “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the mor...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Word for the Week: (drawn from Matthew 21:23-32) Right in this moment we are given the chance to start over. What will we do with it? #WordForTheWeek

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When Jesus says things like, "Love your enemies," or "Real greatness looks like serving," why should we listen to him? Where does he get the authority? And do we dare to believe that those words are more than just one person's opinions... but the voice of God? youtu.be/hYbWvke0Kug

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Looking Ahead 09 27 26

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