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Jonny Rashid

@jonnyrashid.bsky.social
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Ordained pastor with MC USA. Author. Peace, pie maker (IG: foodpastor). Egyptian. He/him. Demi/pan. What a beautiful God there must be. Views my own.

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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our prophetic voice should not fit comfortably within a political party, but rather sit on the edge, pushing parties to be more loving, more peaceful, and more just. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/christiani...
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Christianity should be prophetic, not partisan.
Our prophetic voice should not fit comfortably within a political party, but rather sit on the edge, pushing parties to be more loving, more peaceful, and more just.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Peter Beinart is wrong to separate these two things. First, Palestinian self-determination is a regular talking point in the movement. Second, he is the one separating disarming Israel from Palestinian freedom as if those things aren't tied together.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
God be with all of my Jewish friends and family on this Yom Kippur. I'm disturbed by the news in Ontario. May your love outshine the world's hate. May your values eclipse the evil in this world. I stand with you and love you. God have mercy.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The immorality of genocide is not complex. But entrepreneurs of violence always want to complicate your moral clarity. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/opposition...
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Opposition to Israel’s atrocities is the only moral option
The immorality of genocide is not complex. But entrepreneurs of violence always want to complicate your moral clarity.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Those who strive to complicate the immorality of a genocide are complicit in it.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My heart is softening a lot these days. And I do believe that, for the most part, members of the armed forces believe that what they are doing is noble. And frankly, even if I disagree, I understand the courage it takes. We can honor them without rewriting the history of these sordid wars.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Despite their ideological differences, the anniversary of 9/11 should remind us that Bush’s militarism and Trump’s authoritarianism are similarly oppressive. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/george-w-b...
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George W. Bush and Donald Trump are two sides of the same coin
Despite his efforts to rehabilitate himself, the anniversary of 9/11 should remind us that Bush’s militarism and Trump’s authoritarianism are similarly oppressive.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here's a reminder that ICE was formed by the Department of Homeland Security shortly after September 11. The seeds of fascism that are growing today were planted 25 years ago by the Bush Administration. Never forget.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An ultimate betrayal for the Pennsylvanians who voted for him. John Fetterman is a disgrace--not for not being loyal to a political party, but rather because he was dishonest about his values when he courted progressives to vote for him. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
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Sen. John Fetterman appears in GOP convention video praising Trump on supporting steelworkers
The Pennsylvania Democrat's latest appeal to the Republican Party was a remarkable move at at party's election-year convention.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Anabaptist ethics call for us to live simply, share charitably and not hoard resources. Our faith tradition lines up with the church in Acts and, I believe, with democratic socialist values." anabaptistworld.org/godless-demo...
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Godless democratic socialism? | Anabaptist World
President Trump has called democratic socialism “the biggest threat to our nation.” At a Christian gathering in Iowa, Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, said democratic socialists ...
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Appreciated Anabaptist World's review of Mennonite Action's "Courage To Enter The Song," a volume I contributed to with many other comrades. anabaptistworld.org/want-to-orga...
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Want to organize an action? | Anabaptist World
Mennonite Action, a grassroots group organizing against Israel’s war on Gaza (and recently against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s oppression of immigrants), emerged on the scene in late 2023 an...
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Pastors are not executives or special servants of God; they are workers. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/considerin...
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Considering pastoral labor on Labor Day
Pastors are not executives or special servants of God; they are workers.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The "vote blue no matter who" people are a lot quieter about Zionist Michiganders not voting for El-Sayed than they were about Arab Michiganders not voting for Harris. That's a racist double standard.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Christian nationalism is not applying Christian ethics to politics; it is applying a Christian veneer to fascism. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/what-chris...
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What Christian nationalism is and is not
Christian nationalism is not applying Christian ethics to politics; it is applying a Christian veneer to fascism.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Whatever happened to Big Foot?"
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I wonder if the folks who thought Trump was only going to arrest and deport violent criminals still think that.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ezra Klein is screaming at us that pundits are way smarter than posters. All I see is a dude whose ideas have less reach because regular people can challenge him.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I took a sabbatical for the first time in sixteen years of ministry. I’m grateful that my church has a sabbatical policy, and I think yours should too. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/five-reaso...
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Five reasons your pastor should go on sabbatical
I took a sabbatical for the first time in sixteen years of ministry. I’m grateful that my church has a sabbatical policy, and I think yours should too.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Pandemic-era organizing and activism wasn’t crazy; it offered us the opportunity to see the world in a new way and resist conformity to the patterns of the status quo. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/woke-10-ma...
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“Woke 1.0” made us more faithful to the Gospel
Pandemic-era organizing and activism wasn’t crazy; it offered us the opportunity to see the world in a new way and resist conformity to the patterns of the status quo.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Yes, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Naming that fact showcases moral clarity. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/why-gaza-i...
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Why Gaza is the moral issue of our generation
Yes, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Naming that fact showcases moral clarity.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It’s not that the genocide in Gaza is the only issue, it is the fact that candidates who name it and commit to a politics of ending it are demonstrating moral clarity. If you can’t see the truth about Israel and Palestine, what else will you fail to see the truth on?
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Both ignorant of and impressed by the engineering marvels around me, I want to lean on God, our collective discernment, and the power of the people to face their consequences. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/on-navigat...
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On navigating technology I don’t quite understand
Both ignorant of and impressed by the engineering marvels around me, I want to lean on God, our collective discernment, and the power of the people to face their consequences.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
How observing a pigeon helped me know more about who God created me to be. open.substack.com/pub/jonnyras...
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Becoming more like a Rock Pigeon
How observing a pigeon helped me know more about who God created me to be.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Recently, the Evangelical Matthew Vines penned an op-ed for the New York Times that protected himself and left the rest of the queer community vulnerable. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/you-can-be...
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You can be gay and homophobic. It matters.
Recently, the Evangelical Matthew Vines penned an op-ed for the New York Times that protected himself and left the rest of the queer community vulnerable.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The wave of electoral victories for democratic socialists in the U.S. is a welcome birthday gift on the nation’s 250th birthday. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/your-prote...
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Your protests worked.
The wave of electoral victories for democratic socialists in the U.S. is a welcome birthday gift on the nation’s 250th birthday.
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JJ 🏳️‍🌈👻 @jjr222.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A reminder: Trans rights are human rights. Non-binary rights are human rights. Intersex rights are human rights. Asexual rights are human rights. Aromantic rights are human rights. Demisexual rights are human rights. Queer rights are human rights. Solidarity. 🏳️‍🌈
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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 01/07/2026
At this point, the list of things I’m just not gon argue about anymore is longer than the human genome. You just gon have to be right. Here’s a cheat sheet tho: if you bout to hide a bigotry behind “scripture/the Bible is clear,” take your trophy & go on. I’m unavailable, lol
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As magical as it seems to fly forever, birds and humans alike need to find their resting place. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/every-soar...
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Every soaring bird eventually lands
As magical as it seems to fly forever, birds and humans alike need to find their resting place.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Try as they might, even historical-critical readers of the Bible come with theological presuppositions. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/you-cant-d...
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You can’t divorce theology from Bible study
Try as they might, even historical-critical readers of the Bible come with theological presuppositions.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Cornell’s Merlin bird identification app made an error that only true human eyesight could correct. Its error mirrors the many misperceptions of AI that fill our social media feeds. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/the-fantas...
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The Fantastical Bothsidesism of Artificial Intelligence
Cornell’s Merlin bird identification app made an error that only true human eyesight could correct. Its error mirrors the many misperceptions of AI that fill our social media feeds.
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West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship @wpmf.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Congratulations to @jonnyrashid.bsky.social for receiving the MC USA BIPOC scholarship! www.mennoniteusa.org/news/five-re...
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Five emerging leaders receive MC USA BIPOC Scholarships | Mennonite Church USA
Five students from across Mennonite Church USA are pursuing callings rooted in compassion, justice and peace as recipients of MC USA’s Scholarship for BIPOC Students.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A recent visit to a local congregation offered me a defense of organized religion. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/the-useful...
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The usefulness of liturgy for worship
A recent visit to a local congregation offered me a defense of organized religion.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Kenyatta Johnson is the acting mayor of Philadelphia.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A spontaneous discussion at the Summons to Radical Discipleship sparked my imagination and helped me to remember that we need to celebrate our unity. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/what-will-...
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What will we do the day after all is made right?
A spontaneous discussion at the Summons to Radical Discipleship sparked my imagination and helped me to remember that we need to celebrate our unity.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
After sixteen years in ministry, my gracious and loving church has offered me a sabbatical. Here are some things that I plan to do. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/my-sabbati...
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My sabbatical in three words: beaches, birding, and baseball
After sixteen years in ministry, my gracious and loving church has offered me a sabbatical. Here are some things that I plan to do.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
On this Nakba Day, may we remember that the Nakba is ongoing and continuing today. Free Palestine.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Gut-wrenching reporting from Nicholas Kristof. Free Palestine. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If only there were something in the Bible about golden statues and idols.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Neoliberals are the technocrats known for using academic language and insisting that regular people are too dumb to understand their policies and politics.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I had no idea who Hasan Piker was until people starting hating him. Now i watch his stuff and he’s all right.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
OMG, this is too funny.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Jacking up 50 threes has hurt the NBA more than flopping.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A recent survey shows that nones don’t have significant animosity toward religion, but they still aren’t gravitating toward church. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/evidently-...
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Evidently, “nones” don’t hate religion, so why aren’t more becoming religious?
A recent survey shows that nones don’t have significant animosity toward religion, but they still aren’t gravitating toward church.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/05/2026
People should consider that a consensus around treating diversity as “bullshit” contributed to an environment in which the court is comfortable doing this politically. Maybe.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Mennonite Action has become an important part of my life, in large part because of Nick Martin and Adam Ramer. I will miss them as our directors and wish them the best in what's next. And I am also excited for our future! Consider applying for our ED position. anabaptistworld.org/carrying-men...
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Carrying Mennonite Action into the future | Anabaptist World
In late October 2023, we ran into each other on the lawn outside the U.S. Capitol after joining a vigil hosted by the Jewish organization IfNotNow. We were outraged by Israel’s unfolding genocide in G...
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Canceled my Post subscription over this. Long overdue.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I'm grateful for Peter Beinart's moral clarity in the face of the fake allyship of people like Tucker Carlson. Heed Peter's words. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/o...
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The Revised Common Lectionary does us a disservice when it avoids the challenging parts of the Bible. Here, I explore 1 Peter 2:9-25. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/reading-th...
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Reading the hard parts of 1 Peter
The Revised Common Lectionary does us a disservice when it avoids the challenging parts of the Bible. Here, I explore 1 Peter 2:9-25.
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Many Mennonites participated in and supported the Nazi regime. What does that mean for us today? jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/what-do-we...
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What do we do with Mennonite complicity in the Holocaust?
Many Mennonites participated in and supported the Nazi regime. What does that mean for us today?
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Jonny Rashid @jonnyrashid.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Advocating for Palestine is morally plain, politically strategic, and keeps us all safe. Any challenger to the far-right needs to make their position clear. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/yes-palest...
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Yes, Palestine should be the 2028 litmus test
Advocating for Palestine is morally plain, politically strategic, and keeps us all safe. Any challenger to the far-right needs to make their position clear.
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