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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Church leaders: equipping and enabling your people to lead alongside and even instead of you is a good and necessary form of rebellion against the powers that be.

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Nelba Márquez-Greene 🇵🇷 @nelbamg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Today I was reminded I have very little in common with Christians but so much in common with Christ. That is enough for me. I support none of today or anything it stood for. And neither would Jesus. Good night everyone… and grievers especially.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

If you’re feeling distressed right now, that is absolutely valid. One thing that helped me feel more grounded was cracking open some history & learning what those who came before us did in worse conditions, with less, & still won. Learning from them will be key. Today is a good day for that.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Sometimes trying to form in folks a radically different view of scripture, community, and church as a whole can feel really overwhelming and like fighting against a current that will never slow down. And then sometimes you get sent a voice memo like this and then all of a sudden you're floating 😭💕

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The problem with believing every wrong we see come out of the church is due to poor or insufficient biblical interpretation is that the proposed solution (better education, instruction, etc.) will only continue to divide and give autonomous power to the privileged, the able-bodied, and the few.

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Anthony Parrott @pastorparrott.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Jesus's declaration of the Kingdom of God was never about superficial harmony. Jesus drew lines, stood on the side of the marginalized and oppressed, and invited us to join him. As the world continues to turn its back on those on the margins, Christians have an obligation to join Jesus’ side.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Declaring confidently, "I do not fit into spaces that were not built for me" shouldn't be the hot take it feels like it is. But then you realize this is true of most women when it comes to most religious institutions currently available to us. And then ya, it sounds kind of absurd.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"If I weren't me, I'd be in an Episcopal church right now. But I am me, and as free from the stains of evangelical culture many mainline denominations appear to be, people like me still don’t really fit there." Reflecting on my love of, but ultimate discontentment within mainline churches today.

nicolemason.substack.com

Why I Am Not Episcopalian

Or Methodist, or PC(USA), or any other denomination you are sure i'd love!

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Small church perks: My Christmas gift to each of our members is a personalized Scott the Painter print that made me think of them along with a handwritten letter as to why. This is the part of pastoring I've always loved. Praise God for a church infrastructure that allows me to thrive within it.

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Eugene Kim @eugenepkim.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

For any chance at a better future, the Church must shift from a hierarchical mindset to a network one. This will require challenging many underlying assumptions about "church" and learning a whole new set of skills for how we relate to one another.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I am far too long-winded and not near quippy enough for 300 character limits. This place scares me.

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Sarah (Beth) Southern @sarahbsouthern.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Read widely. Read beyond what’s “allowed.” Read work that makes you squirm. Read perspectives that challenge your assumptions. As someone raised in fundamentalism, I didn’t read widely until far too late. It’s never too late and still, I wish I’d started sooner. I wish I’d known better.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Think it's about time for a formal introduction! I'm Nicole! ✨ I spent the first 7 years of my ministry career in complementarian spaces before being yeeted out for good in 2021. ✨ I'm a Latina who often jokes my white side colonized the shit out of my Hispanic side for my first 25 years of life.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

"I slowly leaned over toward my husband and whispered a truth I would ruminate on for the following week: I don’t think white women know what community means And as we drove home and reflected further, my husband would add some brilliant insight: 1/3

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy: Learning to make my own masa from scratch and slowly healing three generations of mother/daughter wounds in doing so

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Fr. Joash P. Thomas @joashpthomas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

So many of us were jolted to the reality of the brokenness of US evangelicalism in 2016 and 2020. Some of us continued to do the hard work of decolonizing our theology and learning from voices on the margins within the US Church who have been saying similar things for centuries now. 1/2

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Daily reminder that simply switching to a more progressive version of your evangelical past will do very little to actually heal your faith. i.e. -just go to a progressive church -with a progressive lead pastor -who will recommend progressive devotionals -and teach from progressive commentaries 🧵

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

Definition of “kakistocracy” as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Would love to know what happened to all the Sound of Freedom fanatics. Guess it's only concerning when brown people are depicted as traffickers.

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I will never for the life of me understand why white evangelicals insist on non- religious teachers educating their children about the Bible? It's almost like it has nothing to do with religious or faith based education, but everything to do with power and control. We ain't okay in Texas y'all.

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Chanequa Walker-Barnes @drchanequa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Should people just leave off the few token women of color they put on these lists of women in theology, biblical studies, etc., and call them what they are: White women in theology, biblical studies, etc.?

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Amy Julia Becker @amyjuliabecker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Want to make your church more welcoming? Invite individuals with disabilities to lead in reading or prayer on Sunday mornings.

Penny stands at the front of the church holding a mic and leading the congregation in reading the Lord's prayer

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nicole mason @nicolemason.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Gonna go ahead and establish this space as the kind of radical I wish to see in the world and come out swinging: De-colonizing our faith means decentering the Bible as our primary source of understanding God and decentering Sunday mornings as our primary source of belonging.

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