Reposted by Rev. MonicaAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov. 972134943377 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Absolutely disgusted to hear @vanhollen.senate.gov on @the1a.org this morning making excuses for the Democratic party - all their hopes on the midterms, as if our democracy won't be a pile of splinters two years from now. 110 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 18/02/2025What's needed right now is a general strike of all federal workers, from the highest levels all the way down. A demonstration, all at once, of what will be lost. Could our communities come together to support striking workers? 030 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/02/2025Real fun to be a regular plane passenger sitting in an airport today. 672208163 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaKatelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA. 1342399407 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 04/02/2025"A mass demonstration, as anyone who has ever organized any successful campaign will tell you, is the last step you take, not the first... the big rally isn't the spark that launches your movement. It's the victory lap." Srdja Popovic, Blueprint for Revolution 010 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaDoug Underhill @dunderhill.bsky.social · 03/02/2025It's always just white supremacy. 074 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025As Dorothy Thompson famously noted in 1941, “Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t…go Nazi." That’s one reason to shore up connection to your inner life. (If you’re not directly targeted by this admin.) But it’s not the only one. 210115 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Ezra Klein this morning: "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him." 010 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 30/01/2025In case it needs to be said: "woke" doesn't cause plane crashes. 031 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Remember that overwhelm is their strategy rn. Pace yourself. Read long form. Take walks. Cook. Dip in and out when you need to. 020 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I went to the great lake and asked the water do you have anything to tell us about what's to come? and she said "come in waves - it is not one big swell that changes the shore" 030 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2025I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message. 172510227916381 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Reading through "62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year" and noting all the ones I want to add to my TBR list makes me realize that shopping for books is a distinct hobby from reading them 😁nytimes.comOpinion | 62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year (Gift Article)An eclectic list of works that influenced, intrigued and entertained our guests. 030 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 13/12/2024imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio 10245234310708 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12/12/2024NEW via me and @yonat.bsky.social: Faith leaders are expressing dismay over new Trump will allow immigration raids at churches. Trump's faith advisers defended the idea, but Rev. Gabe Salguero said news is “sending a deep chill down the spine" of Latino evangelicals religionnews.com/2024/12/12/f...religionnews.comFaith leaders express dismay amid report Trump will allow immigration raids at churches(RNS) — ‘I have 30 kids in a Sunday school class — I don’t know who is documented and undocumented,’ said one Latino pastor. 53923 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Return of the Biblically Accurate Angel ™️ tree topper! BE NOT AFRAID 👁️🗨️👁️🗨️👁️🗨️ 1161 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Busy reading this, will rejoin society in a few days (as per usual when reading @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social ) 020 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place! 3563596314 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Blessed are you, beginning to have an inkling that what once grounded you is still there at the heart of things. - Kate Bowler #advent 010 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 01/12/2024We must live lives of unstoppable hope. - Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna #adventopen.substack.comUnstoppable Hope (Advent I)We must live lives of unstoppable hope. 010 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaCooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Two vital pieces of info b4 Black Friday: 1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them. 2. Amazon workers are on strike www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...google.comAmazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black FridayWorkers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis 5943552682 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 28/11/2024If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart May this day bless you with love, comfort, laughter, and gratitude. 020 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Jimmy Kimmel just DESTROYED Donald Trump’s entire administration. 🤣 22092172803 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I keep seeing op/eds wondering why people aren't freaking out the same way they did in 2016. I mean, maybe it's just acceptance and despair... maybe. But it could also be that people realized that freaking out just wastes energy that could be put to use in supporting each other and strategizing. 1131 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Just finished seeing #Conclave - fantastic movie with an ending I did NOT see coming! Scarlet velvet & marble, foibles and frailty, scandal and hope. "The church is what happens NEXT." 000 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD 11645469912312 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Preachers, pay attention to this excellent advice. 240 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Someone just told me about this theory that more zombie movies get made during Republican administrations, and during Democratic admins it's vampire movies. No proof, but... I want to believe it.media.tenor.coma man with a ring on his finger looks at the camera .Alt: Lestat the vampire looks at the camera . 130 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaShay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024My latest on the blog, if you exist in non-profit or organizing spaces, please read. H.R.9495 isn't dead. The GOP is trying to ram it through. blackgirlinmaine.com/current-even...blackgirlinmaine.comThe chaos and HR 9495: A time-sensitive read | Shay Stewart-BouleyThe first Trump term was one of collective trauma and almost daily chaos. Yet it seems that people have forgotten just how chaotic those times were. No doubt as we went from almost daily unimaginable ... 49460 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 17/11/2024fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things: 1) "nah, I'm not doing that" 2) "nah, you're not doing that" a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one 9985723071 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Snowing in SLC, a nice day to huddle under a blanket and read. ❄️ 1110 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024If you are NOT a parent of a #trans kid, we need you to speak up. NOW. Don't let these kids become the narrative about why Democrats lost the election. 0101 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 14/11/2024This is awesome. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...nytimes.comThe Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of BankruptcyThe satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements. 020 0
Reposted by Rev. MonicaDiana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 13/11/2024This is, of course, the "shock and awe" portion of the program. It is designed to make you capitulate. 814431 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 13/11/2024What comes to mind when you think of the word "liberal"? 301 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Wisdom from my windowsill gods today: Unicorn = be yourself Spaceman = do the work only you can do (SPACESHIP!!! 🚀) Mandalorian = offer care to the vulnerable Buddha = let that shit go 050 0
Rev. Monica @mddobbins.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Figuring out what you think and feel is so much more important right now than synthesizing 1000 different people's opinions. 1111 0