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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Yes! Saint James Cathedral in Fresno stream their Spanish service via facebook. www.stjamesfresno.org

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Marguerite @margueritek.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Turns out reading Frederick Buechner while making corn chowder is a good combination. "You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn't." ❤️ Inspired to add some dried mustard.

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EOW Without Context @eow-no-context.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

God chose to be our mother in all things

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Evan Doyle @evandoyle.com · 14/03/2025

The Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande received a letter from Trump’s DHS today accusing them of human trafficking because they run a shelter for migrants—a shelter paid for, in part, *by* DHS. It is an attack on the freedom of religion, and on the trustworthiness of the govt. youtu.be/7Wl4f0bA4MI

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Bishop Michael Hunn Responds to Department of Homeland Security: Defending Our Border Ministry

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My cat Biscuit can't read a clock. And he cares not one bit about a time change. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

They are who we think they are

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Why does this week feel like 1000 years? 🫠

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 01/02/2025

Just a truly gutting piece from @christianitytoday.com about when ICE agents came to a church to arrest an immigrant last week. The whole thing is worth reading, but this section asks the big question: why was it necessary to arrest him there? www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/shou...

Media accounts largely agree about the day's events: At roughly a quarter past noon, an usher standing in the church entrance saw a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside and locked the doors. Wilson was listening to the sermon when his phone rang with an unknown number. When he silenced it, his ankle bracelet-known in Spanish as a grillete, or shackle-began buzzing. His phone rang a second time, and Wilson rose, flustered, slipping out the back of the sanctuary. The usher met him and said there were agents in the parking lot, asking for Wilson by name.
Moments later, Kenia's phone flashed with a message from her husband: Come outside.

Running into the daylight, Kenia found him handcuffed in the back of a law enforcement vehicle. "What's happening to my husband?" she asked the agents. Her mind
raced to make sense of the scene. Wilson had made all his required check-ins at an Atlanta ICE office. He had the government's permission to work and had an appointment on a court docket. He was deported once nearly 20 years ago-a significant strike on an immigrant's record-but otherwise had no criminal record.
The agents told Kenia they were looking for people with ankle bracelets, then they drove Wilson away.
Back inside, her pastor, Luis Ortiz, tried to reassure his congregation. He encouraged everyone to be calm, he told local media.
"But I could see the fear and tears on their faces."

After the service, Kenia lingered a while in a daze. When she finally went home later that afternoon, she closed herself in her room and prayed through sobs: "God, take control of my husband's life."
"It's disrespectful, what they did," Kenia told CT in Spanish. She doesn't know why ICE would arrest her husband at church. "With the bracelet they could find him anywhere."

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I don't WANT to preach this morning -- JD Vance is not a serious person, he lacks the intellectual chops to do this kind of work, so rewarding his thirst with response is undignified -- but the Spirit demands at least a brief bit of sermonizing

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Evolving Christian Faith @evolvingchristian.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Jesus said, "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." This is right after he says, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. To be a living temple of God's Spirit of Perfection is to be a vessel of mercy. To be devoid of mercy is to be devoid of the Holy Spirit.

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Laura Meyers @beecharmr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

in 1.5 hrs: Due to the number of executive orders, immigration raids, and other policy changes, EMM is scheduling an additional immigration call. EMM will share updates and resources and will be joined by the OGM & the Chief Legal Officer. zoom.us/meeting/regi... ⚓

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Episcopal Church Immigration Updates. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Due to the number of executive orders, immigration raids, and other policy changes, Episcopal Migration Ministries is scheduling an additional immigration call for Tuesday, January 28 from 1 - 2 pm ES...

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CNN @cnn.com · 27/01/2025

At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.

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Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

In response to this, Rep Mike Collins of GA tweeted that she should be deported. So let's talk about disgust again, because we are seeing disgust driven fascism in real time. 1/

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I will note that pulpit from which the Bishop gave her sermon is not only the one from which Martin Luther King Jr gave his last sermon on the Sunday before he was killed, it also contains a panel of a man being martyred, paired with an exhortation for God to open the eyes of a tyrannical leader.

A carving of a man being burned at the stake with the caption "lord open the king of England's eyes"

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Il a fait les cieux et la terre, la mer, avec tout ce qui s’y trouve. Il est l’éternel gardien de la vérité. Il rend justice aux opprimés, Il donne du pain aux affamés. Le Seigneur libère ceux qui sont enchaînés. »

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Dès qu’ils rendent leur dernier souffle, dès qu’ils retournent à la terre, leurs projets périssent avec eux. Heureux celui qui a pour secours le Dieu de Jacob, et qui met son espoir dans le Seigneur son Dieu.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

« Je veux l’acclamer toute ma vie, célébrer mon Dieu par mes chants tant que j’existerai. Ne comptez pas sur les gens influents : ce ne sont que des êtres humains, ils sont impuissants à sauver.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Feliz quien busca ayuda en el Señor * y tiene al Dios de Jacob por esperanza. Creador de cielo, tierra, mar y cuanto existe, * Dios se mantiene fiel por siempre; Da justicia al pueblo oprimido * y pan a la gente hambrienta.” Salmo 146:2-6

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

“No confíen en los poderosos, * en mortales incapaces de salvar. Expiran y regresan al polvo, * y sus planes acaban en la nada.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! * whose hope is in the LORD their God; Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; * who keeps his promise for ever; Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, * and food to those who hunger.”

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

“Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, * for there is no help in them. When they breathe their last, they return to earth, * and in that day their thoughts perish.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2025

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Pals doing pal stuff! Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

Black and white photo of a middle aged white man outdoors in white undershirt and pants, holding up a shorthaired tabby’s forepaws to make it “walk” on its hind legs. The cat appears calm, not distressed or in any discomfort.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Ironically, most penguins aren't aware that today is Penguin Awareness Day and they think it's just a regular Monday. The reason for this, of course is that they refused to adopt the new Gregorian calendar in 1582, and still adhere to the old Julian one, for tax purposes.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Collect for the Feast of the Epiphany: God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the Peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face;

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I think it might be noting that the main reason why pre-modern Christianity is so keen to pray for rulers (once Christianity is legal and it’s not a prayer to be left alone) was the strong sense that wielding power is bad for you & acting in the interests of the state strongly encourages you to sin.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

“Radical evil is loose in the world, and it finds many well-meaning people and institutions to serve its purposes. That is what the New Testament means by the ‘principalities and powers.’”–Fleming Rutledge, Advent

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

“Hell is not a place. It is a domain. It is the domain of evil, the sphere where wickedness rules. It is, I believe, necessary to posit the existence of hell as a way of acknowledging the reality and power of radical evil.”–Fleming Rutledge, Advent

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

“The overall testimony of the Old and New Testaments is that God will save us from the judgment, but he will not save us without judgment.” — Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Something has to be done about the rule of Sin and Death in the world that God made, the world that God still loves in spite of everything.”—Fleming Rutledge, Advent

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

“So let me say it again: God will save us from the judgment, but he will not save us without judgment. God being who he is, he cannot allow evil to exist forever. Something has to be done about the human heart, which constantly misleads and deceives.

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Wherever there are people willing to face danger for freedom, there is the Advent frontier. The work of God is located there.”–Fleming Rutledge, Advent

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Tonidecali @tonidecali.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

“Wherever people are willing to come out from the paralysis caused by fear and anger to active participation, there is the Advent spirit. Wherever there are voices in the darkness speaking out for light, there is the Advent hope.

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