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Bet. EdgewaterPCUSA.org is mad bussin’, highkey slaps. Got dank glowup after almost 130 years in Chicago. Don’t be simpin for a church that ain’t got you. We got you, fam! Pastor Kristin is the GOAT. Presby style is fire. We stan ALL cuz ALL means ALL. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
From the hymn #AbidewithMe

Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me

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January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
His confirmed last words: “Don’t touch her! Are you okay?”

He was defending a targeted victim of ICE as she was being shoved into the street

#alexpretti #alexjeffreypretti #nokings
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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#Chicago #AlexPretti vigil on Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Ave.

#nokings #handsoffchicago
January 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Did you know? We’re building nine new U.S. military bases in the #Philippines despite opposition of people in those areas

#colonization #militarization #indigenous #greenland #venezuela #iran

Read: open.substack.com/pub/gerfarin...
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
There’s always next year

#bears #chicagobears #nfl #chicago
A lament for the Bears’ post-season—without using NFL-speak
We almost made it.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
January 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Apart from the moral costs, $3T is a lot to pay for land owned by others and whose inhabitants want to remain as Danish nationals

#greenland #denmark #nomorewars #nokings
$3 trillion cost to establish the U.S. Territory of Greenland
That’s the cost of invasion, resulting payments to Denmark in a peace treaty, annualized subsidy costs Demark pays the province to sustain themselves, among other things.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this day in 1929. He is remembered at Westminster Abbey with a statue above the Great West Door—one of ten 20th-century Christian martyrs that were dedicated in 1998 by the Church and Queen Elizabeth II

#mlk #mlkday #nokings #handsoffchicago
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
These are the scholars whose work is being used to argue for women priests in the #RomanCatholic Church. Their work was used in our own #PCUSA denomination to allow women as ministers

@pcusa.bsky.social #women #womencanlead #womenpriests
Remember the scholars who proved women held pastoral roles in early Church — Edgewater Presbyterian Church
Scholars like Rosemary Radford Ruether and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza proved that women pastors are actually part of a long, often hidden history of the early Church.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
One bill would have allowed employers to not pay workers when they’re in training, education, or in-services. Another would have deducted the cost of childcare benefits from wages

@unitehere.org #1u #workersrights #fairwage #wagetheft #unionstrong
House Democrats just defeated anti-labor bill; GOP cancels other two
Despite a Republican majority, Democrats destroyed three bills meant to weaken employee protections.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
#RickGarcia proved you can be an openly LGBTQ leader and be directed by strong Christian values
Rick Garcia, LGBTQ advocate who led Equality Illinois, dies
Rick Garcia, a legendary pioneer for LGBTQ civil rights and a fierce advocate for inclusive faith, has died at 66. From the halls of Springfield to the steps of the Cathedral, Rick spent decades fight...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
January 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Even if you’re not Christian, this one might be interesting because it’s about the ideas of an early Christian sect that believed in 365 planes of existence after death

#irenaeus #theology #basilidians #pcusa
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The early presbyter Irenaeus vs. those pesky Basilidian heresies — Edgewater Presbyterian Church
I recently stumbled across a group called the Basilidians while reading a novel called "In the Name of the Worm" by Mitchell LüthI.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
#ReneeNicoleGood was one of us—including as a missionary in Northern Ireland where Catholics and Protestants are still learning to live in peace

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Presbyterians learn of Renee Nicole Good’s connections, work within denomination — Edgewater Presbyterian Church
Rev. Jihyun Oh, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PCUSA, expressed the "heartbreak and outrage" felt across the Church. In a formal call for accountability, the Stated Clerk reminded us ...
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January 11, 2026 at 1:13 AM