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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I am co-leading a 4 part conversation series on sacred activism. It starts next Tuesday. Are you interested in joining?

Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Please comment your interest below 👇🏻 or simply DM me to enroll. We begin next Tuesday, May 6th, and we look forward to welcoming you all!

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Time is almost up to sign up for our 4-part conversation series “Alchemising Activism…” Phoebe and I are so excited to offer this to you to counter the depletion, the hopelessness, the overwhelm, and the uncertainty we are witnessing in activism today.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This is eye opening for us if we are willing to go inward and change the parts of ourselves that mirror what we see in leadership we dislike or disagree with. Remember! All we can change is ourselves.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Feels like there's a great deal to learn about ourselves from what we're seeing world leaders doing. How are we unnecessarily raising the stakes in our own communities, when it comes to collaboration, energetic exchanges, and cooperation? We need to have a good hard look at ourselves.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This is the most important most lifegiving conversation that we could possibly have right now. This is the most vital and courageous offering I have ever personally taken part in. Please consider joining us and adding your voice to the conversations we will have together. ALL ARE WELCOME.

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OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation @onespiritorg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” 🌟 – Desmond Tutu Inspiration for your Monday 💭

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sending you huge, warm hugs, and big, wonderful hopes.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It’s ok to feel however you feel about it. I had jumped to conclusions about your feelings… may have something to do with what the last rain means in my neck of the woods (finally some sun), but it still wasn’t ok for me to assume that and I’m sorry. 💕

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Allll about the little joys ☺️

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Activism as it stands today doesn’t offer this. It offers more violence, more rigidity, more depletion. Are you curious to know more about sacred activism? Comment “YES” below!

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

When it comes to being a reverend, I expand the term to encompass more and more of what the world needs. Right now, my biggest focus is on all the ways sacred activism can bring about true, lasting, living peace in ways that we can act upon ourselves, fully within our own power and means.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

It’s okay that you can’t be visible, can’t be vocal about the issue, or can’t let yourselves be vulnerable on Trans Visibility Day for your own safety and self-protection, or the safety and protection of someone you love. I still want to acknowledge you. I am still very glad you exist. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

On Trans Visibility Day, I not only celebrate my trans loved ones who have the freedom to be visible— I also celebrate those who don’t.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On my way to Seattle on urgent semi-pastoral care business. Please keep me and my loved ones in your prayers. Please also take this as your cue to be kinder to one another, to take care of loved ones in direct & active ways, and to help people who are suffering without the need for intermediation.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

DELIGHTED to announce Andrew Harvey, founder of the Institute for Sacred Activism, mystic, scholar, Rumi translator, and author of many spiritual books including co-authoring the “Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” WILL BE JOINING US for our kickoff gathering for Alchemising Activism. Yes, JOIN US!

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

ICYMI… I made a huge announcement today! And right after I posted it, I got even bigger news about it that will be an EVEN BIGGER announcement we will make soon. For now, soak in the info, ask me anything, and know that there’s a really cool surprise to come shortly!!!

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT... This offering which has been brewing between myself and my beloved colleague Phoebe O'Regan for many moons... ❤️‍🔥 If you are feeling the call to join us comment “activism” and I will send you over the booking details. If you have any questions at all please let me know 🌿

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

WATCH THIS SPACE. Tomorrow, a beloved colleague and I are announcing a very special partnership in creating a sacred activism community JUST FOR YOU, in response to this moment we are living through together. I AM SO EXCITED.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This was my best friend’s card pull for 2025 around NYE. Sending to him! (You met him, Tim in the “peace within” group!)

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Best to keep the conversation going?

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This month’s theme is “RECOVERING A SENSE OF POWER,” a worthy and important topic for the moment in history in which we find ourselves. Join us in creative community to take part!

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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Small acts of kindness and resistance matter. Every conversation, every moment of care and every refusal to give in adds up. You don’t have to do everything. Just do something.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I hold a Monthly #TheArtistsWay Gathering online. The March gathering is 1 week from today! Would love for you to join us, no matter where you are along your TAW journey. Best part? PAY WHAT YOU CAN-- your ticket purchase admits you into all our gatherings in 2025! www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-artist...

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The Artist's Way Monthly Gathering

A monthly gathering for participants in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way to share your experiences, challenges, and celebrations

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“HOPE” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 28 Hope is brave, radical, & dangerous. Hope is necessary and appropriate. Hope will lead us to despair If we confuse it with expectation. If we remain open and patient, Hope will reward us with miracles. It always does. Thank you for joining me for #monthofministry!

A bouquet of lavender, pink and red & gold tulips is arranged in a handmade vase with a clouds & rainbows motif. The vase sits on a wooden table in an old cottage kitchen with a bright yellow ceiling. Springtime sunlight beams through the glass doors in the background. A tall, blurry pine tree peers inside to view the scene.

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Interfaith America @interfaithamerica.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

With #Ramadan set to begin at the end of the week for billions of Muslims around the world, it's time to test your knowledge of the holy month of fasting, introspection, and prayer. Test your knowledge and let us know what you learned in the comments! www.interfaithamerica.org/resources/ra...

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How much do you know about Ramadan?

Billions of Muslims around the world observe Ramadan every year. Test your knowledge about the holy month with this interactive quiz!

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Creative expression is the most potent spiritual practice, and when you work with me, you will come to realize this truth more deeply than ever before: Creativity IS spirituality. #monthofministry #creativityisspirituality

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

“MAGIC” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 27 Creativity is magic. Our Creator gave us all the gift to create. How is this not magic? Why do we so often take this gift for granted? ➕

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

…letting your own answers emerge from within your own heart. If you need to feel heard and understood, I simply listen to you. #monthofministry

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

“LISTENING” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 26 There’s no point in being a healer, in being clergy, or in offering spiritual guidance, if I didn’t know how to listen. Deep listening is the primary healing method I utilize, offering minimal feedback and no advice… ➕

Rev April smiles quietly beside a window in a sunny cafe along a canal in Amsterdam.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

“OPENNESS” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 25 The most powerful antidote to despair is openness. My favorite flavors of openness are: 💫 suspense of judgment 💫 willingness to be incorrect 💫 expectation of miracles They’re rare, but the good news is they can be cultivated with effort. #monthofministry

A small, faded old handmade sign that reads “WARNING! DO NOT ENTER” is slowly being swallowed into the center of a tree trunk in North Omaha, Nebraska.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

When I allow my mistakes, I accept the errors of others more readily, too. It is a portal for both atonement and forgiveness. Radical imperfection has been the practice behind my most prolific seasons as an artist and my most potent work as a pastor. #monthofministry

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“PRACTICE” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 24 Just like nature, I commit myself to the practice of radical imperfection. It forces me to favor action over inaction, while also encouraging me to take accountability… ➕

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

There it was. Grief— unaddressed, unadulterated— ready for me to notice it. I finally allowed grief to happen. It hurt, but when it was finished, I was free. #monthofministry

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

“ACCEPTANCE” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 23 A big might-have-been in my life haunted me for decades. I ruminated over it constantly, at times obsessively. I confronted it through healing modalities. I eventually tried to reconnect to it and claim it, only to relive my loss once again. And then?… ➕

Rev April wears a pair of dark sunglasses, a ballcap, a pair of noise canceling headphones, and a white daisy behind her ear as she smiles broadly, brandishing her teeth, while posing playfully in her front garden.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

People see big bad news as a mandate to inform ourselves and others. We make a bigger difference if we took bad news as a signal to care more deeply for ourselves and others, for our health and our world. #monthofministry

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“WISDOM” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 22 To paraphrase Michael Meade, we don’t have too many knowledge gaps in society. What we have too many of, and too wide, are wisdom gaps. Where I see this most acutely is with current affairs… ➕

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We may even manifest war. War lets us justify our refusal to honor the sacred. We can hate ourselves until it kills everyone and everything around us. Death will find us all anyhow, but heaven forbid we face the intimacy of that. #monthofministry

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

“WAR” MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 21 We humans will do almost anything to avoid the intimacy of the sacred. We would rather isolate, divide, distract, fret, starve, condemn, and destroy ourselves or anyone else… ➕

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Wonderful to see this idea gain traction on here. Check out the YT show my colleague and I produce to discuss topics around maintaining spiritual and mental wellness in challenging global circumstances. Season 3 launches in a few weeks! youtube.com/@subconsciou...

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Subconscious Sundays

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Hermien Vos @hermienvos.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We are more than this, and we can do better than this. We talk of dreamers as if they’re fools not rooted in reality. What if we’re in this mess because we stopped dreaming dreams worth dreaming. What if we allowed ourselves to be idealists again, dreamers of new and better realities for everyone

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I too have moved away. There are still ways to hold space with them, I promise you 🙏

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Notice how they are saying to “SIT DOWN with” your loved ones “right now.” Be in space with people and start talking about how we are going to meet our own needs, the needs our leaders are failing to serve. It IS about survival, and it’s NOT too late.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I want to talk about how much more vulnerable it feels to talk about our lives instead of current events.

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Rev April Kling @revaprilkling.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I like that you’re saying to sit down with them instead of bombarding their DMs with random content.

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