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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · 7d

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By the Gates of Babylon and on the Road to Jerusalem

Practice gratitude and seek the welfare of everyone, even your enemies! It is countercultural, but so was Jesus.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · 10d

A little faith and a whole lot of work.
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Mulberry Trees

Messy, but yielding abundant fruit

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · 15d

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

A parable for our time.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · 15d

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Who Are You Going to Serve?

Bob Dylan was right: you gotta serve somebody

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Sewing Division

Jesus will be baptized by fire and if we play our cards right, we might be as well. You gotta choose.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Filling Your Barn With Self

Or in the case of Iowa, filling our lands with pig manure and our waters with nitrates and E coli.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Aug 5

This is so similar to what Hitler did. "With its ‘Homeland Heritage’ Campaign Trump’s DHS is Leaning Sharply into ‘Blood and Soil’ Ideology" religiondispatches.org/with-its-hom...

With its 'Homeland Heritage' Campaign Trump's DHS is Leaning Sharply into 'Blood and Soil' Ideology

Last week was a bad week of social media posts from the Department of Homeland Security. Videos claiming a militarized Border Patrol is God’s will; memes about ICE funding assisting in mass deportatio...

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Aug 5

Be aware of the Orwellian nightmare in which we find ourselves.

Naaman the Silly 'un. @danielbentley.bsky.social · Aug 4

Update on Soo Go. 📕

Bp. Heyd reports that ICE will soon release her from detention.

Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Jul 16

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We All Walk the Road to Jericho

Let us walk it with compassion for all.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Jun 11

So practice the Gospel! We live in a world of plenty, but the empires want us to think "scarcity". That way they can have it all and leave the rest of us to fight for the crumbs instead of living the way God intended. #WalterBrueggeman #EmpireKills. Thanks to #KenSehested of #PrayerAndPolitiks

Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Jun 10

What would bring you to #protest? People of faith have been doing so for generations. Chalice Press has this collection of books on protest: myemail.constantcontact.com/What-would-m...

What would make you protest?

Email from Chalice Press Your journey to a more faithful world starts here. View as Webpage Protest Isn't a Dirty Word — It's a Faithful One Parades and protests are in the news a lot this month. In a

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Jun 7

Let's remember that Pentecost is about empowering us!
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Veni Sancte Spiritus

Better than Powdermilk Biscuits to do what needs to be done.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · May 25

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House of Love

Or how Henry Nouwen and St. Clare help us learn Jesus' commandment to love one another.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · May 20

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A New Road to Walk

Thoughts on John 13:31-35

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · May 11

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They are my Shepherds.

Following Jesus' example, and that of Tabitha, in times of turmoil as I look for hope.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Apr 25

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Resurrection: Jesus' and Mine

Or how the crucifixion and resurrection is meant to bring us true life and love, not fear and retribution.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Apr 17

Perhaps God's #empathy was the reason for the cross and the resurrection.
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Empathy: Holy Week in One Word

All of Jesus' life was one of empathy and if Christianity is anything, it is empathy.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Apr 5

John's Gospel: a lesson in extravagance. #JarOfNard #MaryAndMartha #GiveEverythingYouHaveAway
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Come to Bethany and Let Down your Hair

Extravagance knows no bounds, and neither should we with what we have to give.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Apr 1

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A Prodigious Parable

Or how everyone in this story wastes something, or do they? The one who gave the most gets the most.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Mar 22

The beauty of education and experience is that it leaves us open to seeing things in multiple ways. Sin is not simple!

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Miserable Offenders

Who is to blame for the fruitless fig tree? Hint: it is the tree (or the gardener or the owner or the fact that fig trees don't grow in Iowa.)

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Mar 9

It's Lent!

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Deja Vu Temptation

Or how the cycle of imperial sin just keeps repeating itself and how you need to lose your life.

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Feb 11

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Feb 11

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When a Politician’s Party Trumps Their Church

How do you respond if the world’s wealthiest man attacks your church?

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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches @trinitycluster.bsky.social · Feb 8

Our bishop rocks!. We are here for everyone. Not your grandparents Episcopal Church! Visit to Trinity Carroll and discussion on welcoming everyone!

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Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social · Feb 6

I fully expect Christians themselves to be targeted by this “anti-Christian bias” task force—the wrong kind of Christians who don’t support the agenda of right-wing Christian supremacy.

Reuters @reuters.com · Feb 6

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Trump says he will sign order targeting anti-Christian bias

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will create a commission on religious liberty and a faith office at the White House.

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