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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🫶🏼🪶 From Easter weekend

Southern plains outfit (blue satin brocade fabric with pink satin ribbon bias, yellow lace apron, breastplate belt and dragger, leggings and purse with eagle tail fan)

Camp dress attire making tortillas on oak coals

Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

He is risen, Alleluia! Happy Easter everyone. May the Lord continue to renew our faith and show us the true meaning of Easter throughout the year. I did not attend Mass for the first time in 7 years, but I attended ceremony and spent the Great Vigil in God’s beautiful creation.

The view from inside the ceremonial tipi of a NAC ceremony through the open smoke flaps, poles meet together and at the end of the pole two eagle feathers are tied blowing in the breeze

View on Patagonia lake tall trees on the banks that are lined with cattail reeds, sun is peaking over the horizon making the water golden then fade to blue reflection of the sky with clouds visible like a mirror

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Keep the red bottoms and give me Southern plains any day… new leggings getting ready to rock at Gathering of Nations 2026 “The Final Dance”

Southern plains leggings (moccasins that are high top boots to the knee) with Cheyenne pink, cobalt, powder (“Sioux”) blue and white beadwork representing a holy road, balance, and paying homage to the sacred elements in creation that remind us of the awesome power and intelligence of the Creator (mountains, rivers, four cardinal directions, seasons, reflection, balance, home, paths) they are made of brain tan natural smoked buckskin with saddle skirt soles, adorned with brass conchos.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Long time no post…. Off to church… it’s hard being involved in cultural activities and being an active member of a church. But we show up how and as we can… tired of sacrificing one for the other. Also, yes flowers in Lent since I’m reading about the Dry Bones! 🦴

Selfie. Powder blue dress with pink flowers, beaded mirror earrings by an Apache artist,

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

How it’s turning out. Structurally (shape wise) it decided to go a different direction

Tail flat fan with sunset color thread work with a center feather and drop under construction

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Dance fan under construction for Gathering of Nations “The Final Dance” 🚧

Flat fan construction, quills doweled and ready for thread and floret work.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Good pow wow today. Was very moved to see this Navajo code talker honored. He’s one of the few left, but their sacrifice and resilience is never forgotten. 🫶🏼

Taylor, Mylyle, Kevin (head man dancer) and me

Navajo code talker being honored in a good way

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I’ve been a busy bee this week. Made new moccs, a new concho belt, and belt bag set (strike-a-light, awl, knife sheath) and a new fancy ribbon skirt. 🎀 Pow wow tomorrow. 😁🫶🏼

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Spent the day exploring Fort Bowie which is now managed by the NPS. Someone mentioned massive layoffs throughout the organization and the administration trying to erase history… which of course is in the news here and there but added to the sadness of this place linked to so much cruelty.

Traditional dress in front of the adobe wall ruins of Ft Bowie.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Went to pray at one of our favorite sacred places. 🙏🏼 🔥🍂💨 🏔️ #Chiricahua #DzilŁagaiShianNde

Robin (me) in a red and rose print camp dress with a chief Joseph Pendleton blanket my sissy Vicki with a pink and rose print camp dress with a grey and pink yarn fringe shawl

Facing Chiricahua Monument Robin (me) in a red and rose print camp dress with a chief Joseph Pendleton blanket my sissy Vicki with a pink and rose print camp dress with a grey and pink yarn fringe shawl both with long dark hair

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I swear they think getting rid of the data means the problem doesn’t exist. 🫩 Lord help us be good stewards on this very good Mother Earth you’ve formed us from, and rekindle in us a connection to Her that we are increasingly losing. Allow us to see clearly our dependence on Her.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Psalm 78 let me have it this morning. God: Just do what is right, do what I am leading you to, have faith in Me, trust. Me: But… 🥺😩 God: Bad stuff will happen if you don’t listen. Me: Ok Lord I’ll do the thing. Me: *Doesn’t do the thing* *continues to do what I want* God: 🫩

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection. GOD: Say less.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I just want to say again: Anglocatholicism is NOT in vestments, music, or esthetics. It’s 100% in the theology. You can have a charismatic charism and have an Anglo-catholic ethos. You can also be a high dry American Missal substitutionary atonement with a fiddle back, ad orientem & Protestant. ⚓️

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Rosary, and the Mass… not much could have been better today. I love my church and the people who make up the body here. Small, but mighty. I pray my gut is right that we are coming to a revival in the mainline.

Photo of the Mass leaflet and Rosary guide along side the St. Augustine’s prayer book with a San Damiano rosary

Mass being celebrated ad orientem, the elevation of the Host

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

A Rosary for the Victims of DHS Agencies for the Rosary being prayed tomorrow before the Requiem Mass for the victims of ICE. I notice all the glaring errors in format now, but too tired to change. Pray with us from near or far.

Sorrowful Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary

[black and white image of Our Lady of Guadalupe]

In Memory of All Victims of DHS Agencies

St. Mary's Episcopal Church
6501 N 39th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85019

+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Opening Prayers are said
First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden
"He withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed, Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done? And to strengthen him, an angel from heaven appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground!" — Luke 22:41-44
Reflection:
Jesus enters the garden knowing suffering is coming. He feels fear, loneliness, and anguish so deep that He sweats blood.
We pray for all who live in constant fear—those who go to sleep unsure if they will be taken from their families, those who feel hunted, unseen, or disposable. We remember Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all who have suffered or died under systems that treat human lives as expendable.
Lord, you know the terror of waiting for harm to come. Stay with all who feel abandoned, and give us the courage not to turn away from their suffering.
Second Sorrowful Mystery: The Scourging at the Pillar
Scripture:
"Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged." — John 19:1
Reflection:
Jesus is bound and beaten. His body is wounded again and again, stripped of dignity.
We pray for all whose bodies and spirits have been harmed by violence, neglect, or cruelty—especially those abused by institutions meant to protect life. We remember those injured, detained, or broken by harsh policies and indifference.

Christ, in your wounded body we see every person whose humanity has been denied.
Heal what has been torn, and soften the hearts of those who inflict harm.
Third Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns Scripture:
"The soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, 'Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly." —John 19:2-3
Reflection:
Jesus is mocked, humiliated, and treated as less than human.
We pray for all who are ridiculed, dehumanized, or reduced to labels—called "illegal"
"criminal," or "other." We remember how words and power can wound as deeply as fists.
Lord Jesus, crowned with thorns, you stand with every person shamed or silenced.
Teach us to speak truth with compassion and to resist systems that profit from humiliation and fear.
Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: The Carrying of the Cross
Scripture:
"They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, to help carry his cross."
ーMark 15:21
Reflection:
Jesus stumbles under the weight of the cross, helped only briefly by a stranger.
We pray for those crushed by burdens they did not choose: families torn apart, children forced to grow up too fast, communities living under constant threat. We remember Renee, Alex, and all victims whose crosses were made heavier by injustice.
Christ, help us to be like Simon-to step in, to share the weight, to refuse to walk past suffering when we see it.

Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion
Scripture:
"When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him... esus cried out in a loud voice, Father, into your hands I commend my spirit; and when he had said this he breathed his last." — Luke 23:33, 46
Reflection:
Jesus is killed by the violence of the state, abandoned, and mourned by those who loved Him.
We pray for all who have died because systems valued control over compassion and power over mercy. We entrust Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all victims of injustice into the hands of our God of Love.
Jesus, unjustly executed, you know the suffering of innocent death. May your mercy receive the dead, comfort the grieving, and awaken us to the sacred dignity of every human life.
Hail Holy Queen
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!
Hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope!
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thy eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V. Pray for us O Holy Mother of God
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
A Concluding Prayer is Said

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Treyvon Martin would have been 31 years old today, had George Zimmerman stopped to ask a teenager walking in the rain if he needed a ride home. Instead he stalked Treyvon in the dark, and gunned him down for the crime of walking, in a hoodie, in the rain, while being black.

Treyvon Martin with a smile, backward cap, being kissed on his cheek by his father, who wears a forward cap and his arm around Treyvon’s shoulders.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“This is my body, broken for you.”

Communion
There's no bread.
The bakers have gone into hiding.
The seats at the table are empty.
The Twelve are out marching with the thousands.
The streets are filled with a new song.
Only Judas sits at Target Plaza, counting his silver, while Pontius Pilate issues a carefully-worded statement.
Meanwhile, the centurions have quotas to fill.
But out on the streets there's a Communion.
Jesus takes the city in his hands and says,
"This is my body, broken for you"

Rob Hardy
February 2, 2026

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

If you haven’t read Judge Biery’s opinion and ruling… go do it. “[…]some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.” 😮‍💨 🎤 drop

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Our God is faithful… seeing this photo of Judge Biery’s ruling made me weep in what I can only say was the gift of tears from the Holy Spirit. To be honest I have been asking God where He is in the lives of our judges and representatives, begging Him to change hearts, to speak.

Signature of Judge Fred Biery. It has a photo of Liam Rodriguez in his blue “bunny hat” scared and crying being held by his backpack by a federal agent. Below the photo Judge Biery cites two scriptures: Matthew 19:14 and John 11:35.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I’d like to acknowledge my home state for some positive news. Democrats defeated a MAGA in the US House run off election, which isn’t surprising for that seat. What is surprising: a Democrat won against a MAGA in State House District 9, a district that Mango Mussolini won by 17 points in 2024.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

1. Peep my sweatshirt. I’m feeling nostalgic and we need “wwjd” on everything these days — bring it back! (Before Korean skin care routine with makeup) 2. I’m old enough that the algorithm hypnotized me into Korean skin care. Do I look 29? (After Korean skin care routine sans makeup)

Seafoam green sweatshirt with camo box letters “WWJD” wearing contemporary-traditional elk teeth earrings

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

They did Nazi this coming, I’m sure…

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

How the bipartisan global “War on Terror” the USA has waged for decades has now been turned against its own people. I pray the future generations memorialize this evil in a way that it will never be repeated.

liberationnews.org

How the bipartisan “War on Terror” created ICE

The history of ICE, however, shows that Trump and the far-right did not build ICE or this deportation architecture overnight; it was instead handed over to them as a bipartisan product of the ramp-up ...

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Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD @marlenagraves.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This might make you feel a tad bit better: open.substack.com/pub/christia... I just wrote it (took me four hours to research and write). But I elaborated on what I shared earlier:

open.substack.com

An UnDeclared Civil War and Authoritarianism in the U.S.: Plus Hope!

Christianity and American Culture is a reader-supported publication.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

At St. Mary’s today, Mthr Samantha preached what may be known to some as a barn burner… it was a sermon that we needed to hear. Alex Pretti’s name was in the opening sentences. After Mass, our organist passed out whistles. We all knew exactly what it was for.

open.substack.com

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A candle shrines for Alex Pretti… for a life lost to an ideology that has infected our churches, our families, and our airways. I pray we will forever remember his sacrifice. “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” ‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭(NRSVU)

Candle in a dark window next to a white ceramic cross with haint blue scroll florals a pothos plant beneath

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Well… this was… sobering. 😏 I kinda feel like we’re currently on the razor edge of tipping point.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I am no poet, but I wrote down something that came on my heart recently when I was pondering the Holy Trinity. I’m putting it in the alt text of the image. I call it “Triune”

Before before, before time learned to tick, Love was already speaking.
Not alone. Never alone. Love needs an Other and God was never lonely.

The Father: source without origin, a generosity so full it spills into begetting. Not power clenched, but gift endlessly given.

The Son: Word spoken so perfectly He is the Saying itself. Facing the Father, receiving everything, and giving it all back “Yes” answering “Yes” without remainder.

Between Them no space, yet room to breathe the Spirit moves. Not a thing, not a force, but the living between, the joy that happens when Love is returned. The kiss, the fire, the breath that is both shared and sharing.

No hierarchy of distance, no rivalry of wills. Each Person wholly God, each forever turned toward the Others.
 Identity born not from isolation but from communion.
Here is motion without change, rest that is alive, unity that does not erase difference.
 A circle that never closes because it is always opening.
And from this eternal exchange this laughter of light, this music with no first note creation overflows.

We are not made by a solitary ruler, but by a God who is relationship itself. Which is why love costs us something, why joy requires sorrow, why we ache to belong.

To be made in this image is to be invited into the dance  to give, to receive, to let the Spirit teach our rhythmless hearts how to move.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: not three Gods, not one alone, but Love knowing itself, forever, and calling us by name.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I pray my gut is wrong and that the MN National Guard is not just going to be peace keepers by stifling the actions of observers and protests. They must protect observers. Pray, church, pray.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“The Lord proclaims: Do what is just and right; rescue the oppressed from the power of the oppressor. Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow. Don’t spill the blood of the innocent in this place.” -Jeremiah 22:3

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti was a nurse. He dedicated his life to helping people, and in his final moments he was trying to help a woman who had been pushed to the ground by regime soldiers as a bystander. He was pulled into the altercation. Pray for the repose of his soul. God bless the resistance.

St Michael the Archangel slaying the Gadsden snake, “Defend Us in Battle”

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

1. I am philosophically a pacifist. I struggle with this position because I am a human with the instinct to act on my fear. I just know what our Lord said, did, and what was done to Him. 2. I see exactly what OP states, the gun was removed from the protestor, and secured at the time he was shot.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 24/01/2026

ICE killed another Minnesotan. there is video and it is very bad. www.facebook.com/share/r/1aPB...

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It’s heart breaking to realize that so many Christians in my life, during my formative years in a Pentecostal/evangelical tradition seemed to have never really knew Jesus, they were just in a white supremacist social club with worship music.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A master class in pastoral care, and being a welcoming and engaging church even as a greeter, or someone in the pews. 🫶🏼

youtu.be

An Atheist visits an ORTHODOX Church (and has a surprisingly nice time)

YouTube video by Heliocentric

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The death penalty is not consistent with a pro-life ethic, not only because innocent people like Tommy Lee Walker were murdered by the state, but also because the guilty ones matter too.

abcnews.go.com

Tommy Lee Walker exonerated 70 years after execution for rape and murder of Venice Parker

Tommy Lee Walker was declared "innocent" by a Dallas court 70 years after he was executed for the rape and murder of Venice Parker.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“History doesn’t repeat itself, it only rhymes.” God have mercy on us.

Side by side photo

Left: “The Boy” is an iconic photograph of a young terrified boy, hands raised above his head, surrounded by soldiers during the final destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in April 1943. The identity of the boy remains unknown.

Right: Photograph Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5 year old who was kidnapped and detained by ICE and used as bait to lure his father into custody. He is being held in a Texas detainment camp.

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This was a moment this morning. God, I thank you for your faithfulness.

Psalm 37: Part I Noli aemulari

BCP p. 633
Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; *
do not be jealous of those who do wrong.
For they shall soon wither like the grass, *
and like the green grass fade away.
Put your trust in the LoRD and do good; *
dwell in the land and feed on its riches.
Take delight in the LORD, * and he shall give you your heart's desire.
Commit your way to the LORD and put your trust in him, * and he will bring it to pass.

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Fr Christopher Poore @christopherpoore.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A beautiful definition of reason from Rowan Williams: reason as our capacity to behold the world together, to listen to one another. "We’ve lost sight of the notion that what God gives us is the capacity to listen to one another and learn from one another in a common world."

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Robin @its-robin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I hate to amplify faux news or Bp. Barron, but I think we should all pray for him. Lord, guide Bp Barron and us all to knowledge and truth to better serve you in the marginalized, the oppressed, strangers, and the poor. Guide Pope Leo and all your bishops to righteous judgement and good counsel.

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Nikolaj Bill @nikolajbill.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Jesus: Blessed are the Meek. Bishop Barron: These are the meek. And stop calling them Nazis

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Kath 🫠💦☀️ @kathnotkathy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Same. Saying the rosary made me more compassionate. How can you not be when you really think about what it means?

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