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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 1h

Isaiah dares us to see the world and our lives NOW in the same terms--to know that God's love reaches out to ALL peoples, and that breaks open the old "me and my group first" thinking that we keep falling for, time and time again. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/for-...

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For All? Yes, For All--October 12, 2026

For All? Yes, For All--October 12, 2026 "On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of we...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning to the spider kindly escorted out of the church building to enjoy the beauty of creation out in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 17h

Good evening to the gradient of blues in the western sky as a day moves toward its close in this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Good afternoon to the yellow-flowered (mock) strawberry growing in the grass and offering itself to feed some other creature in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s experiment (in watercolor): Nathanael Under the Fig Tree

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Morning Chores a poem for October 9, 2026

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Good morning to the colors of the eastern sky over the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Recommendations a poem for October 8, 2026

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Good afternoon to the shadows of petals cast on petals of the October blossoms still giving themselves away to the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The only way we get to be more Christ-like... is to keep letting Christ make us like him. The only way we come to reflect more and more fully the character of God's Reign in the world... is to let God's priorities and values shape us. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/keep...

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Keep On Keeping On--October 9, 2026

Keep On Keeping On--October 9, 2026 "I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming l...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Blessings to you on your Bow Tie Thursday…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After having spent years of his life trying to be "good enough," the apostle finally dared to believe it when Jesus said to him, "I already accept you as you are. My goodness will be yours from now on. You can trust me on that." He says the same to us, too. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/borr...

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Borrowing Goodness--October 8, 2026

Borrowing Goodness--October 8, 2026 "...not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Chr...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good morning to the praying mantis on the decorative grass outside the church, waiting to give a table blessing on a midday meal out in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good morning to the yellow flowers looking up at the sky as a blanket of clouds sweeps over this part of the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The central "salvation" event of the Hebrew Scriptures is the Exodus, in which God not only saves the Hebrews from slavery and the clutches of Pharaoh, but also protects them from the plagues, delivers them from the Sea, and gives them a new way of life. youtu.be/4Zv8jd5_vAg

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What Is Salvation 04 Exodus

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey friends! We've got a new episode of our weekly podcast, "Crazy Faith Talk," here, as we take a look at "hurdles" facing the contemporary church! Listen in here! open.spotify.com/episode/4fl4...

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Episode 504: Greatest Church Hurdles, Part Two--Clergy Shortage

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We don't dare say that our most important achievements are "rubbish," because we have a hard time believing that grace really does get the last word, and that in the end there is no need to prove our worth--only the free gift of grace that was yours already. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/jesu...

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Jesus Is For Losers--October 7, 2026

Jesus Is For Losers--October 7, 2026 "More than that, I regard everything as a loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus ...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What if the middle chapters of Revelation are not intended to give a chain of various events that must happen in a chronological sequence, but a repeated message that God--and not Empire--is truly Lord over the things that Caesar and his successors claim to be in charge of? youtu.be/qDiCdGdmmoI

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Victorious Lamb 05 Ch 8 16 Review

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good morning to the purple flowers blooming outside the hospital to greet those coming in from out in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good morning to the early fog hanging low toward the ground as a new day begins in the world that God loves…

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A faithful congregation member made an observation today in conversation in the church office this afternoon, prompting this doodle. Don't weaponize the Bible. When we lob Scripture at people like a hand grenade to attack them, the Word has a way of coming back at us like a boomerang. Amen and amen.

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's just not worth it to play, "Prove Your Worthiness to God," for two reasons: for one, none of us can rack up enough piety points or righteousness rewards, and more importantly, because we never needed to earn what God was already giving away for free. beinggraced.blogspot.com/2026/10/step...

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Stepping Off the Hamster Wheel--October 6, 2026

Stepping Off the Hamster Wheel--October 6, 2026 [Paul writes:] "If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumc...

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Word for the Week: (drawn from Matthew 22:1-14) When God throws a party, the guest list turns out to be scandalously inclusive. #WordForTheWeek

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We want to picture God's Kingdom like a team you try out for, where only the best earn a spot on the starting line-up... while Jesus keeps telling us that the Reign of God is more like a party where God invites the unexpected, unlikely, and unworthy to come and celebrate. youtu.be/BqHgWFkTOj4

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Looking Ahead 10 11 26

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Stephen Bond @impiousgalilean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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 · 04/10/2026

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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