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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your fate is not yet sealed. Even in the darkest night, a star will shine, a bell will chime, a path will be revealed. ~ Pam Muñoz Ryan

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It was lovely being in Cambridge earlier this week

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. ~ Henri Nouwen

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster, (1/2) Photo taken at Duke Chapel

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh (Photo taken in my kitchen sometime in 2018)

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Allan R. Bevere @arbevere.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Good night, folks.

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Struggle, resilience, and defiance matter, but I think there is even more to a holy waiting charged with God’s divine fecundity.” – @revrachelmann.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/voices/holy-...

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Holy impatience

I’m tired of waiting for justice. But I am learning to face a world coming to an end with the gift of God who is World Without...

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Allan R. Bevere @arbevere.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Reflections on the Gospel (Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52) - 9A after Pentecost, Proper 12 [17] - (07.26.2026) ___ Instead of depicting the kingdom as an earthly movement of great power, Jesus paints pictures of the life people live in the everyday. preacherslectionarynotebook.substack.com/p/the-preach...

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The Preacher's Lectionary Notebook - The Quiet Character of the Kingdom

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Year A)

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

What is done for love becomes wholly fruitful. ~ Thomas à Kempis

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Allan R. Bevere @arbevere.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Joel Green is one of the best New Testament scholars currently writing. I commend this to your reading on this July 4th. HT: David E Fitch joelbgreen.substack.com/p/a-kingdom-...

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A Kingdom “Not of This World”? John’s Gospel and the Reign of Jesus

Serving God’s Royal Rule (11)

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NPR @npr.org · 01/07/2026

As he marches on, his flag blows back into his face, leaving him unaware he is only a step away from a perilous fall. As usual with Banksy's art, the statue presents a sharp critique of society. n.pr/4xXkwph

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Greetings from London, where Banksy's flag man is a warning cry

As he marches on, his flag blows back into his face, leaving him unaware he is only a step away from a perilous fall. As usual with Banksy's art, the statue presents a sharp critique of society.

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

“What do people—whether patriarchal firebrands like Douglas Wilson or our own clergy, legislators, colleagues, and neighbors—actually mean when they say that something is traditional?” – Jennifer Kaalund www.christiancentury.org/online-colum...

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Gospel women versus the theobros

The Gospel of Mark does not ask whether women are capable of faith. It asks whether anyone is prepared to hear and believe their...

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness,

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. ~ Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Rev Dr Donna Fowler-Marchant @stillmorevile.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Lord, make me more like you in the inward disposition of my heart, then shall my outward conduct be agreeable to your word and will. ~ Mary Entwisle (manuscript Journal of Mary Entwisle, Methodist Archives and Research Center, Rylands Library, Manchester) Photo taken at New Room, Bristol

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