Elaine Elizabeth Belz
@eebelz.bsky.social
Theologian, poet, Detroiter, churchgeek.
Asst Prof, Theology, etseminary.edu
Cathedral Choir; Docent; etc., detroitcathedral.org
Some of my writing:
https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts?author=61a8100919657473c2d902d1
https://beltmag.com/putting-down-roots
Asst Prof, Theology, etseminary.edu
Cathedral Choir; Docent; etc., detroitcathedral.org
Some of my writing:
https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts?author=61a8100919657473c2d902d1
https://beltmag.com/putting-down-roots
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THIS Saturday:
December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
THIS Saturday:
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
On hope and hopelessness for the Third Sunday in Advent.
It's Gaudete Sunday, but I'm striking a less joyful note, I guess.
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It's Gaudete Sunday, but I'm striking a less joyful note, I guess.
eebelz.com/2025/12/14/a...
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
On hope and hopelessness for the Third Sunday in Advent.
It's Gaudete Sunday, but I'm striking a less joyful note, I guess.
eebelz.com/2025/12/14/a...
It's Gaudete Sunday, but I'm striking a less joyful note, I guess.
eebelz.com/2025/12/14/a...
I'm hearing a lot of younger YouTubers pronouncing the articles "a" and "the" as "ay" and "thee" regardless of what comes after them. Is this a misguided attempt to speak clearly on video, or is it a shift in pronunciation happening IRL somewhere among younger generations? I'm not hearing it IRL.
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm hearing a lot of younger YouTubers pronouncing the articles "a" and "the" as "ay" and "thee" regardless of what comes after them. Is this a misguided attempt to speak clearly on video, or is it a shift in pronunciation happening IRL somewhere among younger generations? I'm not hearing it IRL.
Sent to my work email. So sweet! You know, if I actually wrote fiction, it would be a lovely email to receive.
Alas, dear spammer, *your* work does not "carr[y] an honesty and emotional depth that feels both grounded and profoundly human."
Alas, dear spammer, *your* work does not "carr[y] an honesty and emotional depth that feels both grounded and profoundly human."
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Sent to my work email. So sweet! You know, if I actually wrote fiction, it would be a lovely email to receive.
Alas, dear spammer, *your* work does not "carr[y] an honesty and emotional depth that feels both grounded and profoundly human."
Alas, dear spammer, *your* work does not "carr[y] an honesty and emotional depth that feels both grounded and profoundly human."
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This was recorded at Theology Beer Camp 2025. (I wasn't there. I like theology, but not beer; although that wasn't the issue. Time & money, as always, right?) So glad they shared this:
This was recorded at Theology Beer Camp 2025. (I wasn't there. I like theology, but not beer; although that wasn't the issue. Time & money, as always, right?) So glad they shared this:
Bonhoeffer’s Witness Against Christian Nationalism
Homebrewed Christianity Podcast with Tripp Fuller
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December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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This was recorded at Theology Beer Camp 2025. (I wasn't there. I like theology, but not beer; although that wasn't the issue. Time & money, as always, right?) So glad they shared this:
This was recorded at Theology Beer Camp 2025. (I wasn't there. I like theology, but not beer; although that wasn't the issue. Time & money, as always, right?) So glad they shared this:
Yes, MS Word, I do wish to add both homoousios and homoiousios to the dictionary. Glaring omissions on your part.
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yes, MS Word, I do wish to add both homoousios and homoiousios to the dictionary. Glaring omissions on your part.
Advent II
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Advent II
Year A—December 6, 2025 Readings:Isaiah 11:1-10Romans 15:4-13Matthew 3:1-12Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 The Tree of Jesse, illustration from the Queen Mary Psalter, c. 1310-1320. English large-format psalte…
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December 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Advent II
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The monthly, first-Saturday test of the local alarm system's siren feels strangely comforting: it means we're still in the first week of the month that already seems to be flying by.
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The monthly, first-Saturday test of the local alarm system's siren feels strangely comforting: it means we're still in the first week of the month that already seems to be flying by.
The little dead mouse I found in my office was, doubtless, overwhelmed by the number of books—“Where to begin? Oh, where to begin!?”—and its little heart gave out.
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The little dead mouse I found in my office was, doubtless, overwhelmed by the number of books—“Where to begin? Oh, where to begin!?”—and its little heart gave out.
Please clap.
I just removed a dead mouse from my office, without having to call my sister to have someone (virtually) there with me.
I hope that was the one that pooped on my desk May've been the one I saw run out of my bathroom (I didn't see which way it went).
I wonder how many more I'll find.
I just removed a dead mouse from my office, without having to call my sister to have someone (virtually) there with me.
I hope that was the one that pooped on my desk May've been the one I saw run out of my bathroom (I didn't see which way it went).
I wonder how many more I'll find.
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Please clap.
I just removed a dead mouse from my office, without having to call my sister to have someone (virtually) there with me.
I hope that was the one that pooped on my desk May've been the one I saw run out of my bathroom (I didn't see which way it went).
I wonder how many more I'll find.
I just removed a dead mouse from my office, without having to call my sister to have someone (virtually) there with me.
I hope that was the one that pooped on my desk May've been the one I saw run out of my bathroom (I didn't see which way it went).
I wonder how many more I'll find.
I’m often plagued by some annoying tune in my head that goes on for days, but…the old Geritol jingle? Really?
(I guess you’re “not too young for Geritol” if you remember those commercials.)
(I guess you’re “not too young for Geritol” if you remember those commercials.)
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I’m often plagued by some annoying tune in my head that goes on for days, but…the old Geritol jingle? Really?
(I guess you’re “not too young for Geritol” if you remember those commercials.)
(I guess you’re “not too young for Geritol” if you remember those commercials.)
...and compromised their own principles of liberty for all by enslaving people and carefully working the institution of slavery right into the foundation of this nation.
By today’s standards, the Founding Fathers were unauthorized immigrants who invaded sovereign land, imposed foreign governance, & violently displaced Indigenous nations
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
...and compromised their own principles of liberty for all by enslaving people and carefully working the institution of slavery right into the foundation of this nation.
Forgive me...I need to scream this into the void:
Just because you know how to use graphic design software doesn't mean you know how to design.
Just because you know how to use graphic design software doesn't mean you know how to design.
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Forgive me...I need to scream this into the void:
Just because you know how to use graphic design software doesn't mean you know how to design.
Just because you know how to use graphic design software doesn't mean you know how to design.
Here's a great alternative to Amazon when you buy books for the holidays. Feel free to use this link for 20% off:
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December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here's a great alternative to Amazon when you buy books for the holidays. Feel free to use this link for 20% off:
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If you fall for a billionaire telling you to hate your neighbors, especially if you claim to be Christian, I don't know, man. That's pretty stupid.
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you fall for a billionaire telling you to hate your neighbors, especially if you claim to be Christian, I don't know, man. That's pretty stupid.
Good morning from the window in my stairwell.
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Good morning from the window in my stairwell.
Tomorrow's Thanksgiving?
It's 37F outside?
Fine, I'll take the ACs out of the windows.
It's 37F outside?
Fine, I'll take the ACs out of the windows.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Tomorrow's Thanksgiving?
It's 37F outside?
Fine, I'll take the ACs out of the windows.
It's 37F outside?
Fine, I'll take the ACs out of the windows.
Dang it, I just realized I have a new-ish poem whose central metaphor is picking pennies up off the ground.
Nickels, then?
Nickels, then?
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Dang it, I just realized I have a new-ish poem whose central metaphor is picking pennies up off the ground.
Nickels, then?
Nickels, then?
From the pest control service. We're actually more concerned with keeping out roaches & mice than with capturing photos, but I see those 3 trying to go up the stairs. Good work.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From the pest control service. We're actually more concerned with keeping out roaches & mice than with capturing photos, but I see those 3 trying to go up the stairs. Good work.
We know the explanation, though.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We know the explanation, though.
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
111! Rest in Power, Ms. Fletcher. You earned it.
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
111! Rest in Power, Ms. Fletcher. You earned it.