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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 1d

How about CHRINOS. Has an ironic ring to it.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 1d

CHRINOS — CHRistians In Name Only

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 3d

Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe a tipping point? It is more than a resistance movement now. In Chicago, we see the church bearing witness to justice and the loving non-violence of Jesus in the face of institutional evil. As it was for Dr. King and Oscar Romero, this is faith in action.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Hundreds of people joined a delegation of Catholic priests and nuns marching to the Broadview detention site to hold communion, but they were turned away with no reason given. A total of 15 protesters...

chicago.suntimes.com

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 5d

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 2d

Very atypical for Hassam, but beautiful nonetheless.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe a tipping point? It is more than a resistance movement now. In Chicago, we see the church bearing witness to justice and the loving non-violence of Jesus in the face of institutional evil. As it was for Dr. King and Oscar Romero, this is faith in action.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Hundreds of people joined a delegation of Catholic priests and nuns marching to the Broadview detention site to hold communion, but they were turned away with no reason given. A total of 15 protesters...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Bodmin Hermit @bodminhermit.bsky.social · 4d

HERMIT RULE 11:
Live one day at a time. Take advantage of the moments and the dawns. Discover in each moment, in landscapes, in music and in all manifestations of beauty, the depth of your true interior solitude.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 4d

My neighborhood, Southern Connecticut river in October. #blessed

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 5d

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 9d

If X is like WWE wrestling,
Bluesky is more like Olympic curling.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 9d

The new Jeff Tweedy album is so good! So much good music in one place!

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 11d

The whole series was amazing!

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 11d

Close. It was actually the game in which Lenny Dykstra hit the walk off home run in the ninth inning with Wally Bachman on base.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 11d

I will be reading (and teaching) Ulysses again soon!

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 11d

I have saved my old ticket stub for the greatest postseason game I ever attended. Feel free to respond if you remember what happened. #Mets #lgm

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 12d

Very excited to listen to this one!

William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 12d

And I think every Mets fan I know instantly recoils and shrinks when they hear the voices of Ravech, Cone, and Perez.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 12d

Despite being Nomar.

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 14d

"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, & who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."
--Dr. King "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 23d

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 18d

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William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 12d

They are CHRINOs

William M @playingtothetide.bsky.social · 13d

Did Vanilla Fudge actually have any popularity in the UK? They strike me as a band that would’ve had a big appeal in the states, but perhaps not in the UK.

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