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Michelle

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Mom of 2 in Ogden, UT | Building inclusive, Spirit-led communities rooted in grace and connection.

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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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a midnight prayer because I was too worried to sleep
God, Be with us, with me in this moment.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
What are you reading this summer? I’m reading this in preparation for our @cofchrist-iwest.bsky.social Book Club this fall. Sitting on my porch drinking my coffee reading a book before work is one of the best things in the whole world.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 19/06/2025
An important history lesson from the Grandmother of Juneteenth herself. op: blkcultureunlocked (via TikTok)
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This weekend's little joys: fresh raspberries and finding a thrifted shirt that perfectly matches my earnings.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 15/06/2025
“Pride is what we celebrate — not because it’s trendy or political, but because we made it,” one Utahn said. “We’re the kids who grew up, despite the hate, the fear and the silence. And now we’re living full, beautiful lives.”
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Pride posts and a promise to ‘push back’ cause fallout, in this week’s Inside Voices
“Pride is what we celebrate — not because it’s trendy or political, but because we made it,” one Utahn said. “We’re the kids who grew up, despite the hate, the fear and the silence. And now we’re living full, beautiful lives.”
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
A God of Many Names open.substack.com/pub/ogdensee...
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A God of Many Names
Trinity Sunday Sermon - Romans 5:1-5
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Happy Saturday 😍
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Every Kind of People, Every Kind of Gift open.substack.com/pub/ogdensee...
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Every Kind of People, Every Kind of Gift
Pentecost Sunday Sermon - Acts 2:1-21
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
As I prepare for my new role starting in October, there has been sone media interest. I just want to say, for the record that Community of Christ is not an offshoot, branch, or break off of the LDS Church. :)
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アンディ @andymarkle.com · 04/06/2025
My friends Carrie and Shannon were ordained to the second highest body of our church tonight. Ugh. My heart is so happy. I love how much we respect women in ministry. These two are ardent supporters of LGBTQ+ rights and Carrie has a trans son. I love them both to pieces.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
“Let the mountains ring with freedom, let the valleys sing with peace, let the rivers swell with justice, let our unity increase, may the sun’s warm healing and the ocean’s mighty roar bring the day of justice when peace shall reign forevermore “ - Community of Christ Sings #314
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Another day of @cofchristofficial.bsky.social 2025 World Conference! We started by singing Happy Birthday to our new prophet-president Stassi Cramm. 🎂 So glad to be part of a church that embraces joy and humor in the midst of serious conversations and debate.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 02/06/2025
Stassi D. Cramm was ordained the prophet-president of Community of Christ (formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), the first woman to lead the faith in its 165-year history.
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‘God calls whom God calls’: Church that traces back to Joseph Smith ordains its first female prophet-president
Stassi D. Cramm was ordained the prophet-president of Community of Christ (formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), the first woman to lead the faith in its 165-year history.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This week of church legislative meetings, worship services, dinners with friends, and trying to squeeze in work in between is brought to you by Celsius and stickers.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Jesse Blue Hayes @secularjesse.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
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アンディ @andymarkle.com · 01/06/2025
We’re here but tired. @mphillips801.bsky.social
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Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Did Paul say women can’t have authority over men? #maklelan2731 youtu.be/yOcjkEsf33s
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Did Paul say women can’t have authority over men?
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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Inland West Mission Center @cofchrist-iwest.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Our Mission Center staff are making their way to Independence Missouri for 2025 World Conference. Stay tuned for updates, photos, and more! @cofchristofficial.bsky.social
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Jesus said he came to bring good news to the poor. Those in power who are claiming they want a “Christian nation” are only bringing good news to the rich and powerful while creating cruel conditions for the poor. They want “Christianity” without the inconvenience of Christ.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I think I found my next children’s book purchase…
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Gorgeous hike today at Mueller Park Trail with friends.
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Inland West Mission Center @cofchrist-iwest.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Breath prayer is a simple spiritual practice with ancient roots, often used in the Christian tradition and similar to Buddhist mindfulness and breath awareness. It’s about slowing down, connecting with your breath, and repeating a short phrase: one part as you inhale, one part as you exhale.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We don’t have to fear the past, but we also don’t have to live in it. Regret isn’t the same as reflection. The Spirit calls us to learn from where we’ve been, while staying rooted in the grace of now. What helps you stay grounded in the present when the past feels loud?
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 23/05/2025
Oisín Rowe writes about faith, fear, and the hope that Christian community can offer trans people safety and belonging.
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The Church Can Offer Trans Refuge From Bad Theology and Bad Legislation
Many Christians have been on the wrong side of the war on transgender people. But they don't have to stay there.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Loving and present God, tonight we are showing up just as we are. We’re carrying joy, grief, weariness, wonder, questions, hope. It’s not always easy to feel your presence. Sometimes life is heavy, noisy, or uncertain, and it’s hard to know where you are. So we ask: help us find you in one another.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 19/05/2025
buff.ly/JyrHRcl via @sojourners daily Verse & Voice
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In the Episcopal Church, Frances Perkins has a feast day on May 13th. She is celebrated as a "Public Servant and Prophetic Witness,” recognizing her significant contributions to social justice and workers' rights. francesperkinscenter.org/2018/01/17/f...
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Frances and Faith: Introduction
People interested in the New Deal and related issues are sometimes unaware of the contributions made by Frances Perkins. In turn, people who recognize Frances Perkins as a national figure of rigorous…
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
“My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God.” —1 John 4:7 (The Message) We may not always understand or see God clearly, but when we choose to love each other, with kindness, compassion, and care, God becomes visible in us. Love is sacred. Love is connection.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 10/05/2025
“Neurodivergent people aren’t broken — we’re brilliant. When we’re supported, we bring hyperfocus, creative problem-solving and loyalty to our work. But we can’t contribute if we’re pushed out before we’ve even been given a fair shot.”
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Utah’s autistic community says they ‘aren’t broken,’ in this week’s Inside Voices
“Neurodivergent people aren’t broken — we’re brilliant. When we’re supported, we bring hyperfocus, creative problem-solving and loyalty to our work. But we can’t contribute if we’re pushed out before we’ve even been given a fair shot.”
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 10/05/2025
Utah religious leaders from multiple faiths used the vigil to speak out against “racist, dehumanizing policies” and in favor of ensuring Utah is “a safe place” for all.
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Find ‘courage to respond’ — Utah religious leaders pray for immigrants and refugees, condemn government crackdown
Clergy from across Utah's religious spectrum gathered to pray for immigrants and refugees.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 09/05/2025
What are small ways you can encourage the people around you today?
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The Vocation of Encouragement
The gospel account of the transfiguration of Jesus comes at a time when we desperately need its powerful message of encouragement.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“True love that comes from God is abundant, not subtractive. It makes room for more and more love. God is expansive, and so love, which is of and from God, is also expansive.” Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail @revlizzie.bsky.social
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Happy Monday! Today’s mug was gifted by a friend who saw it at a thrift store and knew I’d love it. 😍 I thought it was the perfect mug for Mental Health Awareness Month.
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention @afspnational.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The time to build emotional resilience in ourselves and our communities is now. This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and beyond, we encourage people to think about what best helps them cope with challenges and move beyond basic “self-care” to consider true resilience.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I can’t wait to read this.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
One of our Pride stickers this year says, “God is proud of you.” Just in case no one told you today, God loves you and is proud of you.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things and trying to make life worth living, and I know I don’t have to believe in everything, but I believe in that. @nikitagill.bsky.social
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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
please stop sharing this. it is completely misinformation. it is putting vulnerable people at risk. 1. the number given is for the Canadian Trans Lifeline, not suicide hotline. 2. the US Trans Lifeline, 877-565-8860, is still operational 3. Trans Lifeline is not part of the US 988 network 1/3
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the text (which, again, is misinformation) reads:

As Trump shuts down the suicide hotline, Canada has broadcasted their national hotline which now has a toll-free American version: 1-877-330-6366
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Overcast and drizzly, but still beautiful. It was good to get out on the trails again.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 25/04/2025
It's Arbor Day — plant a tree if you can. If not, go outside and marvel at their beauty. That, too, is an act of resistance.
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In An Economy of Extraction, Plant Trees
The Climate Stewardship Act would legislate the planting of over 4 billion trees by 2030.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy Friday from Emma and the rainbow kraken. I needed the extra large coffee mug option today.
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I don’t want to be invincible. I want to be astonished by loss. I want to be stunned and defeated by wonder, shocked into a new creation where only dancing is allowed. - Alfred K LaMotte
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 23/04/2025
Amy Kenny’s 'My Body Is Not a Prayer Request' — part memoir and part disability justice hermeneutic — is a challenge the church desperately needs, writes Oisín Rowe.
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Taking up a Theology of a Disabled God
Amy Kenny’s My Body Is Not a Prayer Request — part memoir and part disability justice hermeneutic — is a challenge the church desperately needs.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Lessons in Trying to Save the World by @nikitagill.bsky.social If you name it hope instead of impossible. If you hold it with tenderness. If you call it the blessing of your ancestors.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 22/04/2025
"People need to know that something will be made right. We need to know something of God’s justice — something of God’s mercy — in the land of the living."
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What Is Spiritual Abuse? And How Do We Heal From It?
An interview with Rachael Clinton Chen about how to recognize and heal from spiritual abuse, both individually and communally.
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Michelle @mphillips801.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Mourning the loss of Pope Francis today with my Catholic friends and the world. He made us better, more Christlike, and more human.
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