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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

As "westernized" Christians sing with glee: "Joy to the world the Lord is come Let earth receive her king Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and Heaven and nature sing...

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord . . . !"

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others' suffering." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kabir, (1440-1580), considered both an Indian Sufi and Brahmin mystic, saint & poet

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

"[Neighbours are] not those whom I find in my path, but rather those in whose path I place myself, those whom I approach and actively seek." ~ Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, (1928-2024), Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

"Divinity is not something supernatural that ever and again invades the natural order in a crashing miracle. Divinity is not in some remote heaven, seated on a throne. Divinity is love. Wherever goodness, beauty, truth, love, are-there is the divine." ~ The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize them at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord" ~ Fr. Henri Nouwen, PhD Psychology

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes ...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent." The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This is Raphael Lemkin's definition of Genocide. He was a Polish Jew (1900-1959) - an activist & advocate through WW II for what became The Genocide Convention. During WW II, he campaigned vigorously to raise awareness of the Nazi atrocities. Was he "anti-Semitic"? 😏🙄🤔

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Dec 6, 1989: In memory of: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. ->2

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Today, November 29th, 2024, is the annual International Day of Solidarity with The Palestinian People. On this day, in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine.This year, the theme is: ❗ ❗ ❗ "A Crisis of Our Humanity" ❗ ❗ ❗

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"The human species, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much a part of the universe as the trees, the mountains, the aurora, and the stars." ~ Richard E. Byrd, (1888-1957)

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality." ~ James A. Baldwin ->2🧵

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

"Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by the spirit of light." ~ Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960)

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door." ~ Emma Lazarus, (1849-1887), Author, 'The New Colossus'

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." ~ Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice." ~ Dr. Cornel West, Philosopher, Theologian, Activist, Social Critic _____[With the N.A.R. prophetic chicanery all around, I turn to Cornel West for affirmation]

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

"An ideology that divides the world into those who are worth more and those who are worth less, into superior and inferior beings, does not have to reach the dimensions of the German genocide to be wrong." Amira Hass, (b.1956), Journalist with Haaretz, reporting on Palestine where she also lives

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Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A. @therevqueerly.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Introducing Ms Lillian, that cat/person companion for whom I am her 'human'. She is about 12 yrs old now. Somehow, she got lost and was picked up as a stray, Nothing is known of her background. Over the last year+ she has become lovingly loyal. All of my dog & cat companions have been 'rescues'❣️

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