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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm writing a new sermon, "Coming Back to Life": When despair threatens to overwhelm us, we recall that the well of spirit is infinite, bubbling up from the depths of the soul to slake our thirst & quicken our courage. I'll preach it tomorrow in Boston & next Sun. in Reading. linktr.ee/revfredsmall

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Join me this Sunday for a multifaith conversation on spirituality, social justice & faith-grounded advocacy. Our panel will highlight building coalitions across differences when the climate crisis, authoritarianism & weaponized bigotry threaten us all. Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Honored to be interviewed with fellow activists Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor & Eric Segal on Boston Public Radio @wgbh.org about our arrests at Burlington ICE HQ for attempting to deliver food & essentials to detainees. Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYWQ... (Starts 2:08:31, ends 2:29:27)

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Beloved Salem MA community leader Blanca Martinez has again been ordered to report to #ICE HQ in Burlington, where she risks immediate detention. A polio survivor, Blanca could die if denied treatment in custody. Please join me in prayer, song & vigil for Blanca 7am Tues. 9/16! bit.ly/BlancaUpdates

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

On Labor Day, Prayers for Liberty, an interfaith group dedicated to democracy, due process & human rights, will walk from Lexington to Boston to bear witness against growing authoritarianism. Join us for any portion of the walk or at stops along the way! #DefendDemocracy www.prayersforliberty.org

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Dear friends in the Boston area: Wondering what any of us in a blue state can do to resist the tidal wave of willful cruelty? Please wake up early and join me in Burlington tomorrow morning. #LoveThyNeighbor. P.S. Everyone is thy neighbor.--God

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"When we lose our fear, they lose their power." --Kenyan human rights activist Wanjira Wanjiru, quoted by Bob Forrant at #NOKINGS Lowell, June 14, 2025 #NoKingsDay debunk.media/debunk-speak... @maindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Afterward I thanked @aclum.bsky.social ED Carol Rose for defending #RumeysaOzturk & other victims of ICE abuse. Who should join our conversation but Lewis Hyde, author of "The Gift" and one of the foremost public intellectuals in the US? The brainpower in this photo is off the charts! @aclu.org

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Terrific rally in Boston today to #freedavidhuerta & #endICEraids. 300 people, mostly union, inspiring speakers, rousing chants like "Come for one--face us all!" @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social liked my sign. #goodtrouble, friends. @seiu.org @32bjseiu.bsky.social @seiu509.bsky.social 1/2

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

@revmariama.bsky.social White-Hammond addresses nearly 200 people gathered @embraceboston.org, many of whom walked 12 miles from Lexington to pray for democracy & bear witness to our government's assault on human rights, civil liberties & due process of law. #PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com 1/3

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This Friday, May 30, clergy of many faiths will walk from Lexington to Boston praying for democracy and bearing witness to threats to vulnerable communities, civil liberties and due process. Please join or support us! #PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com www.masscouncilofchurches.org/wp-content/u...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Signs of the times in historic Concord, Massachusetts, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the "the shot heard round the world." #NoKings #DefendDemocracy @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @trahan.house.gov @senatormikebarrett.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Join @billmckibben.bsky.social @revyearwood.bsky.social @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social @antoniquesmith.bsky.social 6:30pm this Sat 4/26 Boston's Old North Church for "Green Light for #ClimateJustice" multifaith service of celebration & resolve. @greenfaith.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/events/green...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Rumeysa has been unlawfully confined for more than 2 weeks in a private prison in Louisiana cut off from friends & loved ones. I pray for her daily. But Rumeysa deserves more than prayers. She deserves her freedom. #FreeRumeysaÖztürk @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social 5/5

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

"Rumeysa reminds us daily of the importance of protecting children, cultivating joy, and connecting to our own deeper humanity. We are not the same without her steady, gentle presence." #FreeRumeysaÖztürk 4/5 as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

"She is on the wall with her byline in an article about refugee representation in children's television and in a colorful Istanbul postcard; she is in the red swivel chair that she always sits in. . . ." #FreeRumeysaÖztürk 3/5 as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

“Today, she is still everywhere with us. She is in the Turkish tea we brewed this morning; she is at the top of our inboxes, planning the pastries she would bring to our iftar tomorrow evening . . ." #FreeRumeysaÖztürk 2/5 as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

16 days ago #RumeysaÖztürk was abducted a mile from my house by masked ICE agents. Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and PhD candidate @TuftsUniversity described by her colleagues as "a kind, gentle, and service-minded person." More about Rumeysa . . . 1/5 as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Know any Vermonters looking for uplift in these troubled times? This Sun 10am I'll preach my best traveling sermon "The Peace of Trees" at Champlain Valley UU in Middlebury & 12:30pm lead my workshop "Give Light: Spiritual Support for Climate Engagement." @billmckibben.bsky.social @350vt.bsky.social

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

When I called my dentist just now, an AI receptionist answered. I wonder if they've already laid off the human being "she" replaced. This is not the future most of us want, just the future billionaires want. I don't know if we can stop them, but I know we have to try. mobilize.us/s/oNePd8

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"Boorish people do boorish things. Isn't it yourself you should reproach--for not anticipating they'd act this way? And now you're astonished that he's gone and done it. It was you who did the wrong. By assuming that someone with those traits deserved your trust." Marcus Aurelius, 2d century C.E.

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Sometimes a #coup is a military junta with tanks in the streets. Sometimes it's a billionaire tech bro with a passcode & a mean streak. Please join me at noon this Friday #ValentinesDay at the Bandstand on Boston Common to protect democracy & our vulnerable neighbors. #LoveIsResistance #StopTheCoup

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

"Don't be anxious. Concentrate on what you have to do. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being. Then do it, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy." --Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E. Photo: Matheo JBT courtesy of @unsplash.com

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Evil: the same old thing. No matter what happens, keep this in mind. It's the same old thing, from one end of the world to the other. It fills the history books, ancient and modern, and the cities, and the houses too. Nothing new at all. Familiar, transient. --Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Alarmed by Trump's plans to kill renewable energy & trash the planet to enrich the broligarchs? Find out how we can stop them at @sierraclub.bsky.social's first-ever Virtual Climate Action Hour next Wednesday 1/29 4pm ET: sierraclub.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #environmentaljustice #thefutureisours

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

In these unsettled and unsettling times, music in community can heal. Please join Betsy Rose and me this Tuesday evening for "Sing On! A Post-Election Evening of Song, Spirit, and Community." Info at mailchi.mp/betsyrosemus.... Register to receive the Zoom link at www.betsyrosemusic.org/contact/.

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This Sunday will mark a first for me--leading worship and performing a concert the same day! At 10 am I'll preach on "The Peace of Trees" at uusaratoga.org. At 7 pm I'll be at legendary folk venue Caffe Lena. Join me at either or both--live or livestreamed! www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-small...

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Feeling post-election grief, despair, or numbness? If you're near eastern MA, please join me at 10:30 this Sunday morning at www.ucmh.org where I'll preach on "Unwavering Love": how to get through Trump 2.0 in communities of compassion, justice, and resistance. (Photo by Bekky Bekks via Unsplash)

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. --James Baldwin, "For Nothing Is Fixed" Photo: Dimitry B courtesy of @unsplash

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

For nothing is fixed, forever, forever, forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. . . .

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

#EverythingPossible is coming to North Carolina this week & next! In a time of #DontSayGay, #transphobia & book bans, "Everything Possible" is "a real breath of fresh air."--The National (Scotland) North Carolina tour itinerary: linktr.ee/revfredsmall @nosycrowus.bsky.social @firestorm.bsky.social

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Its heartwarming, inclusive message and Alison Brown's magical illustrations make #EverythingPossible an ideal holiday gift for young and old! Join me this Monday, Dec. 11, at Medford Public Library for my final 2023 event or find it at your local bookseller or bookshop.org. @nosycrowus.bsky.social

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

New add to my Florida #EverythingPossible tour! An Evening of Music for Peace & Justice 7 pm this Sat. Nov. 18 at UU Congregation of the Palm Beaches to benefit ICRC humanitarian aid in the Middle East. Tix @ eventbrite.com/e/fred-small... "Big-hearted & inspirational"--WaPo @nosycrowus.bsky.social

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Rev. Fred Small @revfredsmall.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

Thanks to Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg for kicking off my Florida #EverythingPossible tour in style. We laughed, we cried, we sang! Please share my itinerary with your Florida peeps: linktr.ee/revfredsmall #freedomtoread #freedomtolove #freedomtobe #kidlit #lgbtq+ @nosycrowus.bsky.social

Fred in a blue polo shirt holding his Gibson acoustic guitar next to a colorful Tombolo Books chalkboard advertising "Storytime + Sing-Along with author + musician Fred Small and his book Everything Possible"

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