Becky Durham
@beckydurham.bsky.social
PC(USA) Pastor in Kentucky. she/her
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Becky Durham
@beckydurham.bsky.social
· Nov 9
I’m a Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor serving a church in Western KY. I’m an LGBTQ+ ally, know which color heart represents each Taylor Swift album, and am working for the day when justice rolls down like waters.
Me to Detective Olivia Benson: it’s like you never even read VC Andrews books in the eighth grade. Obviously the boyfriend is the secret son of her father and his mother. That’s why his mother didn’t want them to date each other.
October 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Me to Detective Olivia Benson: it’s like you never even read VC Andrews books in the eighth grade. Obviously the boyfriend is the secret son of her father and his mother. That’s why his mother didn’t want them to date each other.
Accidentally bought the kind of Claritin that’s like a communion wafer.
October 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Accidentally bought the kind of Claritin that’s like a communion wafer.
In the most not dramatic way possible I’m saying that I do not like the Year C Fall Revises Common Lectionary.
And I love the gospel of Luke so it’s a real shame it’s like this.
And I love the gospel of Luke so it’s a real shame it’s like this.
September 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In the most not dramatic way possible I’m saying that I do not like the Year C Fall Revises Common Lectionary.
And I love the gospel of Luke so it’s a real shame it’s like this.
And I love the gospel of Luke so it’s a real shame it’s like this.
Happy Survivor premiere date to all who celebrate!
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happy Survivor premiere date to all who celebrate!
With my mom at the hospital.
Them: how are you feeling?
My mom: this is my daughter. She’s a minister. She did her chaplain residency at this hospital.
Them: how are you feeling?
My mom: this is my daughter. She’s a minister. She did her chaplain residency at this hospital.
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
With my mom at the hospital.
Them: how are you feeling?
My mom: this is my daughter. She’s a minister. She did her chaplain residency at this hospital.
Them: how are you feeling?
My mom: this is my daughter. She’s a minister. She did her chaplain residency at this hospital.
I always feel like I’m cheating when I have a Sunday off.
Here’s to music and choir directors and worship committees who lead hymn sings when the pastor takes a Sunday off!
We’re going to the lake.
Here’s to music and choir directors and worship committees who lead hymn sings when the pastor takes a Sunday off!
We’re going to the lake.
July 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I always feel like I’m cheating when I have a Sunday off.
Here’s to music and choir directors and worship committees who lead hymn sings when the pastor takes a Sunday off!
We’re going to the lake.
Here’s to music and choir directors and worship committees who lead hymn sings when the pastor takes a Sunday off!
We’re going to the lake.
This whole week has been hard. So exhausted this afternoon. 🩵
July 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This whole week has been hard. So exhausted this afternoon. 🩵
Some cat photos from the last few weeks 😸
July 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Some cat photos from the last few weeks 😸
Air conditioner is broken(ish). And I’m still under a blanket.
July 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Air conditioner is broken(ish). And I’m still under a blanket.
Reposted by Becky Durham
Cue the tax the churches arguments
1. All churches pay taxes
2. Teeny tiny churches that run soup kitchens, given community space for AA, counseling, charity etc at low/no cost and host daycare etc can’t afford it
3. POC, immigrants and Black churches would be hit the hardest
1. All churches pay taxes
2. Teeny tiny churches that run soup kitchens, given community space for AA, counseling, charity etc at low/no cost and host daycare etc can’t afford it
3. POC, immigrants and Black churches would be hit the hardest
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Cue the tax the churches arguments
1. All churches pay taxes
2. Teeny tiny churches that run soup kitchens, given community space for AA, counseling, charity etc at low/no cost and host daycare etc can’t afford it
3. POC, immigrants and Black churches would be hit the hardest
1. All churches pay taxes
2. Teeny tiny churches that run soup kitchens, given community space for AA, counseling, charity etc at low/no cost and host daycare etc can’t afford it
3. POC, immigrants and Black churches would be hit the hardest
Watched The Amazing Race S15 E5 in anticipation of Brooke and @briceizyah.bsky.social recapping the episode. It did not disappoint—🛟🛝😱
July 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Watched The Amazing Race S15 E5 in anticipation of Brooke and @briceizyah.bsky.social recapping the episode. It did not disappoint—🛟🛝😱
What. A. Day.
How’s everyone doing?
How’s everyone doing?
June 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What. A. Day.
How’s everyone doing?
How’s everyone doing?
Happy Trinity Sunday to all you heretics out there! ☘️🥚🧊
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy Trinity Sunday to all you heretics out there! ☘️🥚🧊
I love protest chants.
June 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I love protest chants.
“The real cause of tuberculosis is us. And that’s bad news, but it’s also good news.” John Green in Everything is Tuberculosis.
Excellent, important book. Audio is read by the author.
Excellent, important book. Audio is read by the author.
June 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“The real cause of tuberculosis is us. And that’s bad news, but it’s also good news.” John Green in Everything is Tuberculosis.
Excellent, important book. Audio is read by the author.
Excellent, important book. Audio is read by the author.
For the next 3 weeks I’m doing a time study (the Stewardship team wants to create a Narrative Budget).
1) no wonder I’m exhausted
2) I may have ADD
1) no wonder I’m exhausted
2) I may have ADD
June 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
For the next 3 weeks I’m doing a time study (the Stewardship team wants to create a Narrative Budget).
1) no wonder I’m exhausted
2) I may have ADD
1) no wonder I’m exhausted
2) I may have ADD
It’s giving everyone else sat down after the hymn, but you missed the cue and are standing through the gospel reading. #survivor48
If my brain ever tries to remind me of my cringe moments I will be showing her this #Survivor48
May 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s giving everyone else sat down after the hymn, but you missed the cue and are standing through the gospel reading. #survivor48
It’s a cozy, rainy Saturday night. #catsofbluesky
May 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s a cozy, rainy Saturday night. #catsofbluesky
Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary’s Revelation series through Eastertide. Eugene Peterson’s book is just wonderful and inspiring.
May 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary’s Revelation series through Eastertide. Eugene Peterson’s book is just wonderful and inspiring.
Sometimes, when I'm writing liturgy for the Sunday service, I think, "Does this sound like we are in a cult?" And sometimes the answer is too much of a yes.
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sometimes, when I'm writing liturgy for the Sunday service, I think, "Does this sound like we are in a cult?" And sometimes the answer is too much of a yes.
Reposted by Becky Durham
On Sunday, Rev. Jimmie Hawkins of the PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness sat on the steps of the Capitol to protest federal budget cuts to programs aiding the poor. He was joined by Rev. William Barber II, director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. (1/)
April 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
On Sunday, Rev. Jimmie Hawkins of the PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness sat on the steps of the Capitol to protest federal budget cuts to programs aiding the poor. He was joined by Rev. William Barber II, director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. (1/)
This is a Marvel appreciation post. We have such a snuggly kitty.
April 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a Marvel appreciation post. We have such a snuggly kitty.
“Do you really want to know where I was April 29?”
Planet Fitness, Kroger, work, the dentist.
#thisoneisfortheswifties
Planet Fitness, Kroger, work, the dentist.
#thisoneisfortheswifties
April 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Do you really want to know where I was April 29?”
Planet Fitness, Kroger, work, the dentist.
#thisoneisfortheswifties
Planet Fitness, Kroger, work, the dentist.
#thisoneisfortheswifties
Marvel says “good morning!”
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Marvel says “good morning!”