Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026It's absolutely infuriating that the eugenicists in this administration want to pour tens of millions of dollars into "curing" autism while the research that actually supports disabled people gets gutted. Because they don't want to help the disabled. They want to erase them. 015762
Reposted by Kevin O’Farrellustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026how it feels to be the junior scholar proposing a Bold New Idea at a conference 114612
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellBen Fulford @benmfulford.bsky.social · 28/06/2026During the record-breaking heatwave this past week, the Church of England published a theological response to the environmental crises. 'Hope for All Creation' is a teaching document of the Church's House of Bishops. 1/ 2106
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Reminds me of when a scholar at a conference on tech and faith told me he would baptize a robot no questions asked At the same conference, someone else argued in their paper that automated robot prayers were no different than prayers offered in a church service 141
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellDaniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I see that preorder is now available for the forthcoming T&T Clark Handbook on Disability & Christian Theology. I wrote the chapter on redemption, so while I’m biased, I think this will be one of the most significant contributions to disability theology to date. www.bloomsbury.com/ca/tt-clark-...bloomsbury.com 0102
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellIan is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi @poetinbabylon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026It’s wild they’re out here posting just war doctrine, a doctrine that so many of us on the more pacifistic ends of Christianity have often thought poorly of!, and it sounds RADICAL in light of this admin ☠️☠️☠️ 3438
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I was invited to be on an interfaith panel focused on church state relationship in the US with most prompts focusing on first amendment and “edge” case scenarios Any recommendations from folks on recent poli sci books / articles related to the topic? 000
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellSara Carter-Easter @sce007.bsky.social · 27/11/2025I am taking this week off, but I was up early to attend the excellent conclusion of Project Bonhoeffer's Fall seminar sessions. This final session tackled Bonhoeffer and the world of alternative facts. @kevinofarrell.bsky.social work got a well deserved shout out. youtu.be/WrHXBAwlm7A?...youtu.beTruth, Lies and Folly: Bonhoeffer and the World of Alternative Facts - 27th November 2025YouTube video by Project Bonhoeffer 191
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 20/11/2025I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT. 2182117571
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellKidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 13/10/2025From @benjamindcrosby.bsky.socialbencrosby.substack.comWhy we're tempted to - and shouldn't - embrace declineOr, what I learned at diocesan synod, with a little help from Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates 4243
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellRT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Sad day for the Anglican Communion: www.christiandaily.com/news/nigeria...christiandaily.comNigeria’s Anglican Church breaks from Church of England over appointment of newly elected same-sex affirming Archbishop of CanterburyNigeria’s Anglican Primate, Archbishop Henry Ndukuba, has declared that the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, is severing her spiritual ties and can no longer recognize the leadership of the Chur... 4203
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/10/2025As the procession reaches Broadview, priests have been denied access to ICE detention facility in order to bring the Eucharist to detainees. 314769
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I’m grateful to finally have this resource I co-authored out in the wild. This new edition aims to equip churches (particularly in the global south) for disability ministry.joniandfriends.orgNew Edition of Beyond Suffering: Transforming Disability Ministry Worldwide | Joni and FriendsOver one billion people worldwide live with a disability, and that number is growing every day. Churches are on the front lines of ministering to those with... 021
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025The hardcover version seems slightly overpriced 130
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Learn from one of the best on a very important and timely topic 141
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellDave Lilley @davidofbuffalo.bsky.social · 18/08/2025The Hebrew Scriptures state that such prior problems multiply—rather than reduce—the wrongdoing of further harm. On Mt Sinai, the Lord declared allegiance with those who have preexisting conditions, and gave a law declaring Israel shall not be if it does not share God's compassion (e.g. Ex 22:21-7). 161
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 12/08/2025"Most of the promotion of A.I. in schools boils down to: Well, it’s happening, and so students need to know. But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students." 824880
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Get it while you can. It’ll change your life 161
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Reviews on my Bonhoeffer book are coming out and no one’s called me stupid yet. Theology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... Studies in Christian Ethics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comBook Review: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a Theology of the Exception by Kevin O’Farrell - Cody Bivins-Starr, 2025 160
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellChristianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 27/06/2025On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers who fled persecution for their Christian faith were detained by ICE in Los Angeles. The arrests add to a growing number of church members taken despite lawful status.christianitytoday.comICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity TodayOn Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status. 11171111
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California. 7903853813501
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 11/05/2025One of my fav bits of non-commentary on the pope was when a tv anchor said “it’s important to note that he is Augustinian.” When asked why it was important, she answered “well it is an order in the Catholic Church” and nothing else 140
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/05/2025In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. "I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️ 211499283
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellJonathan Howard @jhoward.bsky.social · 08/05/2025who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI 5054151308
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellBridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Also from Pope Francis’s Stations of the Cross meditations: “An economy in which the ninety-nine are more important than the one is inhumane. Yet we have built a world that works like that: a world of calculation and algorithms, of cold logic and implacable interests.” 0407
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Apparently Lacan once took the Heideggers on a road trip and his driving was so erratic Martin thought Lacan was testing his authentic being towards deathopen.spotify.comDrivingOverthink · Episode 050
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellJulius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 05/04/2025France, the country of true justice 311925418
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."theatlantic.comAn ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran PrisonThe Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return. 71678343
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Two experiences of the Uffizi Me vs my small child 030
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/03/2025The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...time.comWhat the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedExclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S. 803152446083
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is a great resource from Sociedad Biblia. They are making simple language Bibles that are accessible to people with intellectual disability. They limit the vocab and simplify sentences. They have translated parables, and are now translating the gospel of Luke, Acts, and OT stories. 130
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellKevin Hargaden @kevinhargaden.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"For Holland (and, frankly, all serious historians and theologians), Western Christianity’s genius is in its pluralism..." Such grounded wisdom in this little essay 042
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Just had dinner with pastors in Barcelona who shared so much wisdom from their history: highlights include navigating religious oppression under Franco, transforming dying churches in a minority faith community (baptists), and 18 year olds coming together to reconcile church divisions of past gens 140
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellKylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!" 6992313062
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Headed back to the UK for the first time since leaving 4 years ago. Feels weird to not go to Faberdeen but it will be good to connect with friends in Bristol and Nottingham. 030
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellAli Messer @freereed59.net · 11/03/2025www.theguardian.com/society/2025... This is deeply wrong. Coping with disability already brings suffering, discrimination, poverty. There is no evidence that those claiming PIP do so fraudulently. There is evidence wealth is not taxed effectively. Labour do better.theguardian.comStarmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cutsPM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit 3107
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellAberdeen Divinity @abdndivinity.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Now live from Prof. Brock's Scott Hawkins Lecture! Click through to read more on his thoughts on AI and Ethical Intelligence! blog.smu.edu/maguireethic...blog.smu.eduAI, Power, and the Future of Autonomy: Key Insights from the 2025 Scott Hawkins LectureArtificial intelligence is reshaping political power in ways we barely understand, embedding itself into economic and governance structures that shape human behavior—often without our explicit consent... 052
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/03/2025NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared. 15863123237
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellDaniel Rempel @drempel.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Really excellent work by @kevinofarrell.bsky.social. 1101
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I can’t handle this painfully naive editorial from my local town paper: “When did the boss asking for a list of accomplishments become a burden? And when did defying the boss become OK?” 120
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellSalvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Very sorry to hear of the death of Martin Marty, church historian and interpreter of the history of American religion. www.rblandmark.com/2025/02/26/r...rblandmark.comRev. Martin Marty, formerly of Riverside, dies at 97 - Riverside-Brookfield LandmarkMartin Emil Marty, a notable former Riverside resident, religious historian and retired University of Chicago Divinity School professor, died in his Minneapolis care community on Feb. 25, 2025. He was... 083
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellAmy Julia Becker @amyjuliabecker.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This is helpful to explain threats to disability rights at the moment. I loved her conclusion: "While the politicians are still reciting the same script, our revolutionary predecessors gave us a new story. We are a valuable part of our communities, we belong here, & we’ve been shown how to fight.”time.comA Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I've Known My Whole LifeAttorneys general from 17 states have argued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be declared unconstitutional 041
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025In-n-out edition of “woe’s hollow” in severance 031
Kevin O’Farrell @kevinofarrell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I went to Ukraine in 2021 for my organization. I traveled through the west and my final days were spent in Kyiv. On my finale day, it was their 30th anniversary of independence. I attended their parades and marches. /1 122
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellHamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18/02/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w... 391703644
Reposted by Kevin O’FarrellRob Mickey @robmickey.bsky.social · 15/02/2025How does he have time to read Carl Schmitt?? 3144