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Tim Kobler

@timkobler.bsky.social
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United Methodist campus minister and progressive pastor. 🏳️‍🌈 He/Him Faithfully LGBTQIA 💙🦋💙 Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m sharing “Grieving Differently: Queering the Stages of Grief” by Timoth Sylvia because its invitation matters: your grief deserves room to be honest, not pressure to be more convenient. Explore the book at www.GrievingDifferently.com.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My view from Queen’s Harbour in Toronto.
A  white ship with three sails on Lake Ontario, with dramatic clouds at sunset.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I’m visiting my hometown this week, and I got to see my cousin working on his latest mural downtown. It’s looking great! #marion #illinois #publicart
Two men are painting a monochrome mural of Abraham Lincoln’s face on the side of a building using a hydraulic lift.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Found a morrel in my yard this morning. It’s bigger than my hand, and the largest on I’ve ever found.
A large morrel mushroom rests on an oak tabletop.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Bible in a Minute - Daniel 7
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Just thinking about that episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is kidnapped by the Cardassians, and they try to break his spirit by showing him four bright lights. How many lights are there, they ask? Picard answers: Four. But each time he answers, he's tortured. No, Gul Madred says. There are FIVE lights.
There are four lights. Gul Madred knows it, Picard knows it, we know it.
But his captors keep insisting: There are FIVE lights in front of you.
This is not a post about Star Trek.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
IYKYK
A comic drawing of the Cincinnati skyline with a helicopter dropping turkeys onto the city below. It’s a reference to the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Post your favorite “The Lord of The Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
May her memory be a blessing. #JaneGoodall
Jane Goodall bowing her head, and a chimpanzee reaches its right hand toward her forehead.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Next time you think art doesn’t matter, consider how scared the fascists are of sidewalk chalk.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
A child holds a sign which reads, “Our lives are worth more than your guns.”
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Bible in a Minute- Isaiah 23
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Meta is evil. Calling this sensitive content is beyond ridiculous! #meta #censorship #zuckerberg
A side by side image, one saying Sensitive Content with a gray background, the other a yellow background with hand-drawn letters saying “Immigrants make the country great.” This is from Instagram, where they are censoring these types of images.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Well, surprise, surprise!
• washingtondc.craigslist.org
Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC
T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m.
Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area.
Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda.
We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast and local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform.
compensation: Flat Fee of $1,000, paid in cryptocurrency
- Provided by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Wishing you joy in this Pride month! #Pride2025
Two rainbow pie charts indicating that Pride is much more than just parades and rainbows. It’s advocacy, feeling free and at home in one’s skin, survival, and many other things.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
IYKYK
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Sorry. It had to be done.
A meme from the movie, Miss Congeniality. A contestant is asked, “Describe your perfect date.” Her reply, “That’s a tough one. I’d have to say April 25, because it’s not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.”
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
March in support of reinstating DEI at the University of Michigan. Tuesday, 4/22 at 5pm.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Palm Sunday blessings, folks!
A toy action figure of an older man with a white beard wearing a clergy robe with accessories including a Bible, a chalice, and palm branches.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Watching the April snow falling in Michigan.
A man with a long white beard and newsboy cap looks out the window of a dimly lit room.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
SE Michigan folks, terrible news from Jackson.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Me in my thoughtful spot.
A man with a large silver beard gazes out a window.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
LOL!
Mon Mothma says, “Many Bothans were inadvertently added to a Signal group chat to bring us this information.”
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Luna took an emergency trip to the vet, after getting a deep puncture wound at doggie daycare. She’s feeling pretty ruff. #rescuedogsofbluesky
A brown mixed-breed rescue dog is being treated by a veterinarian. The dog is wearing a harness with her name, Luna.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Luna says, “It’s time to play ball!” #rescuedogsofbluesky #rescuedog
A brown, medium-sized mixed breed dog lays on a wooden floor with a red ball. She’s looking toward the camera as though asking to play ball.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Well…no surprise here. #trumptaxcuts
A bar graph showing that the biggest tax breaks in Trump’s proposed tax policy strongly benefit the super rich.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A chart showing the GOP tax plan impact. Higher salaries garner lower taxes. Lower salaries show significant tax increases.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Saturday morning sleepies.
A brown, medium-sized rescue dog naps in a green arm chair in front of a sunny window.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I loved this little apartment from my stay in Florence, Italy.
An artist’s apartment in the old section of Florence, Italy. The ceiling has wooden beams. There is an open window looking out to the cobblestone street below. There are multicolor works of art hanging on the walls.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
From my visit to the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy (2016)
A view of the sky, looking up from the center of the courtyard at the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Me speaking at our MLK Day event as our community stands with our immigrant neighbors and friends.
A bald man with a beard and glasses speaks at a podium while wearing a red clergy stole.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.” - Sojourner Truth
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The Joker has opened the doors to Arkham. Disgraceful! #pardons
Trump dressed as “The Joker” from Batman.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I began the day speaking at a community vigil where we renewed our commitment to our immigrant neighbors as a sanctuary city. I’m closing out the day singing with our queer chorus. I’m feeling a good kind of tired…at least for today.
A white man with a silver beard and glasses smiles in the midst of a chorus during rehearsal.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I don’t know who made this meme, but this is my 2025, so far.
A painting of the Madonna and Child. The Child says, “I cannot even.” The Madonna says, “Nor I, child. Nor I.”
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
SE Michigan folx, join us on Jan 20 for an Interfaith Vigil of Solidarity for Our Immigrant Neighbors and Friends. Gather outside Hill Auditorium at 11am for a silent march to the Federal Building. We stand with our immigrant neighbors!
INTERFAITH VIGIL OF SOLIDARITY FOR OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
SILENT MARCH 
SPEAKERS 
COMMUNITY-BUILDING

Gather for Silent Witness across from Hill Auditorium at 11:00 am

Silent March to Federal Building for Speakers at 11:45 am

Coffee and hot chocolate at Wesley Foundation building at  12:15 pm

JANUARY 20, 2025
Sponsored by Washtenaw
Congregational Sanctuary
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
The cast of BBC’s “The Repair Shop” pose in front of their barn.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
2025 is here! The challenges we’ll face are NOT at sprint, and NOT even a marathon. This is a relay, and we all need each other to make it to the finish line.
An image of a track. 
2025 is here!
The challenges we’ll face are NOT a sprint, and NOT even a marathon. This is a relay, and we all need each other to make it to the finish line.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
My party plans for #NYE.
Tickets in-hand to stay home on the couch for New Year’s Eve.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
If only I could de-stress as thoroughly as Chai. #catsofbluesky #frankiesayrelax
A Siamese cat lays on the back of a soft, green chair in front of a window.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
He was a great example of humble faith. Rest in peace, Pres. Carter.
A photo of former president Jimmy Carter looking into the distance.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
“Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.“ - Elise Wiesel
A photo of Ellie Wiesel.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Painfully true.
George Bailey and family gather with the community at the end of the film, “It’s a Wonderful LIfe.” The caption reads, “The reason It’s a Wonderful LIfe (1946) holds up so well is that George’s line, “You know how long it takes a working man to save $5000?” has somehow not aged even slightly.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Post you from a different era in your life.
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I’ve been to 29 cities on this list. What’s your score? For the record, here are the cities I’ve visited: Washington, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Miami, Indianapolis, Columbus, Phoenix, Jacksonville (cont’d in comments)
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“Your ‘yes’ to God requires your ‘no’ to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression, and violation of the weak and poor…” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I’m thankful for the Bluesky community!
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Tim Kobler @timkobler.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I’m at my Mom’s place for Thanksgiving. There will be lots of time that needs to be filled, so let’s go!
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