Knothead, Feral Lutheran Pastor
@knothead9620.bsky.social
He/him. USN vet. Dad. Husband. Same name on TikTok. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. If you want to come for them, you gotta come through me. Nazis suck.
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I recently heard that passages like Luke 4:16-21 are good news for some people and bad news for others. I respectfully disagree. The good news of Jesus is "good news of great joy for all people." For the poor AND the rich. For the captives AND the captors. For the oppressed AND the oppressors.
This whole thread from @riotgrlerin.bsky.social is brilliant, as usual. You should be following her.
August 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This whole thread from @riotgrlerin.bsky.social is brilliant, as usual. You should be following her.
"I hate inflatable yard deco-"
"Perhaps I've been too hasty."
"Perhaps I've been too hasty."
August 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"I hate inflatable yard deco-"
"Perhaps I've been too hasty."
"Perhaps I've been too hasty."
Regional medical system: "We value the role of chaplains as members of the hospice care team, and we appreciate your grad degree, board certification, and 21 yrs of experience. Therefore, we're offering you a position that pays less than your denomination mandates for someone fresh from seminary."
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Regional medical system: "We value the role of chaplains as members of the hospice care team, and we appreciate your grad degree, board certification, and 21 yrs of experience. Therefore, we're offering you a position that pays less than your denomination mandates for someone fresh from seminary."
"Castellio eventually took up residence in Basel, where the city and church authorities were rapidly developing the principle that no one who hated Calvin could be all bad." -Diarmid MacCullough
I've never been prouder of my tenuous Swiss roots.
I've never been prouder of my tenuous Swiss roots.
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Castellio eventually took up residence in Basel, where the city and church authorities were rapidly developing the principle that no one who hated Calvin could be all bad." -Diarmid MacCullough
I've never been prouder of my tenuous Swiss roots.
I've never been prouder of my tenuous Swiss roots.
Evening prayer by the fire pit. Come join us!
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August 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Evening prayer by the fire pit. Come join us!
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Watch closely when a cash register asks if you want to round up for charity. Lowe's recently invited me to round up for hurricane relief, which I'm all in favor of. One of the orgs, though, was Samaritan's Purse, run by Franklin Graham. I declined and sent $ to an organization I trust instead.
June 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Watch closely when a cash register asks if you want to round up for charity. Lowe's recently invited me to round up for hurricane relief, which I'm all in favor of. One of the orgs, though, was Samaritan's Purse, run by Franklin Graham. I declined and sent $ to an organization I trust instead.
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Scripture is often misapplied to America but this one fits like a glove
June 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Scripture is often misapplied to America but this one fits like a glove
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"As Brueggemann repeatedly pointed out, one of empire’s key projects is to shrink our imagination until the future we imagine doesn’t threaten its agenda."
The 'Dangerous Oddness' of Walter Brueggemann
The late theologian saw the direction the country was headed, and he knew the key to fighting it was to start dreaming bigger.
buff.ly
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"As Brueggemann repeatedly pointed out, one of empire’s key projects is to shrink our imagination until the future we imagine doesn’t threaten its agenda."
I have never done cosplay, but now I have an overwhelming urge to dress up like a Disney princess and go give ICE agents big wet sloppy kisses.
With alt text.
This is the way!
This is the way!
June 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I have never done cosplay, but now I have an overwhelming urge to dress up like a Disney princess and go give ICE agents big wet sloppy kisses.
This is silly and childish, and a complete waste of money by an administration that claims to be rooting out waste. All because Trump's tiny self-esteem needs to erase anything Biden did. Pathetic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden
Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names.
apnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is silly and childish, and a complete waste of money by an administration that claims to be rooting out waste. All because Trump's tiny self-esteem needs to erase anything Biden did. Pathetic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Just passed a big banner reading
ORGAN COOKOUT
SUNDAY 2 PM
Then I realized it was in front of a church and is actually advertising an organ *concert*.
I need a vacation.
ORGAN COOKOUT
SUNDAY 2 PM
Then I realized it was in front of a church and is actually advertising an organ *concert*.
I need a vacation.
June 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just passed a big banner reading
ORGAN COOKOUT
SUNDAY 2 PM
Then I realized it was in front of a church and is actually advertising an organ *concert*.
I need a vacation.
ORGAN COOKOUT
SUNDAY 2 PM
Then I realized it was in front of a church and is actually advertising an organ *concert*.
I need a vacation.
Bill goes to the hospital with an impacted bowel. His friends hurry to help. Joe brings a dozen bran muffins. Mike brings a gallon of prune juice. Ted brings a batch of freshly baked oatmeal bars. Seeing this, Bill's nurse smiles with wonder and says, "With friends like these, who needs enemas?"
June 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Bill goes to the hospital with an impacted bowel. His friends hurry to help. Joe brings a dozen bran muffins. Mike brings a gallon of prune juice. Ted brings a batch of freshly baked oatmeal bars. Seeing this, Bill's nurse smiles with wonder and says, "With friends like these, who needs enemas?"
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We just adopted a memorial directing the Churchwide Assembly to standardize the timing of ELCA-required training, ten minutes after being told that, according to the ELCA Office of the Secretary, the training in question is not required.
June 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We just adopted a memorial directing the Churchwide Assembly to standardize the timing of ELCA-required training, ten minutes after being told that, according to the ELCA Office of the Secretary, the training in question is not required.
For context, the US Navy has 74 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in service. Continuing to send ships and crews that just returned from high-stress combat deployments to the border is poor personnel management and poor materiel management.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-sends-m...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-sends-m...
Trump's Pentagon keeps sending destroyers that fought in the Red Sea to the US southern border — a fourth one is on its way
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Cole is the latest warship to go from the US Navy's counter-Houthi mission to America's backyard.
www.businessinsider.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For context, the US Navy has 74 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in service. Continuing to send ships and crews that just returned from high-stress combat deployments to the border is poor personnel management and poor materiel management.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-sends-m...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-sends-m...
We talk a lot about the decline in trust in institutions but we often miss a key point: huge numbers of institutions, from government to business to the church, have proven themselves untrustworthy. If people don't trust us, it's often because we deserve it.
June 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We talk a lot about the decline in trust in institutions but we often miss a key point: huge numbers of institutions, from government to business to the church, have proven themselves untrustworthy. If people don't trust us, it's often because we deserve it.
In honor of the end of the most talked-about bromance of the year. Apparently the Tangerine Tragedy is no longer feeling the Muskrat love.
youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV...
youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV...
Captain & Tennille MUSKRAT LOVE
YouTube video by Darren Q.
youtube.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In honor of the end of the most talked-about bromance of the year. Apparently the Tangerine Tragedy is no longer feeling the Muskrat love.
youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV...
youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV...
The ELCA: "We need fresh ideas and new blood!"
Also the ELCA: <nominates the same people for positions of leadership over and over and over again>
Also the ELCA: <nominates the same people for positions of leadership over and over and over again>
June 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The ELCA: "We need fresh ideas and new blood!"
Also the ELCA: <nominates the same people for positions of leadership over and over and over again>
Also the ELCA: <nominates the same people for positions of leadership over and over and over again>
The bishop uses the rules of procedure to move the 2nd ballot up before everyone is in the room.
Bios of three nominees aren't published before the second ballot.
2nd ballot is changed to paper instead of electronic.
Not inspiring a lot of trust in the integrity of the process.
#lsselca2025
Bios of three nominees aren't published before the second ballot.
2nd ballot is changed to paper instead of electronic.
Not inspiring a lot of trust in the integrity of the process.
#lsselca2025
June 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The bishop uses the rules of procedure to move the 2nd ballot up before everyone is in the room.
Bios of three nominees aren't published before the second ballot.
2nd ballot is changed to paper instead of electronic.
Not inspiring a lot of trust in the integrity of the process.
#lsselca2025
Bios of three nominees aren't published before the second ballot.
2nd ballot is changed to paper instead of electronic.
Not inspiring a lot of trust in the integrity of the process.
#lsselca2025
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
Seventeen years later and this song is as relevant as it ever was. And President Dexter is kinda creepily prophetic.
youtu.be/oObL3Ajmr2Y?...
youtu.be/oObL3Ajmr2Y?...
The Offspring - Stuff is Messed Up
YouTube video by The Offspring
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Seventeen years later and this song is as relevant as it ever was. And President Dexter is kinda creepily prophetic.
youtu.be/oObL3Ajmr2Y?...
youtu.be/oObL3Ajmr2Y?...
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first they came for the white South Africans, and I didn't speak out— because no one is coming for the white South Africans, you deranged paranoid lunatics. what the fuck is wrong with you
May 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
first they came for the white South Africans, and I didn't speak out— because no one is coming for the white South Africans, you deranged paranoid lunatics. what the fuck is wrong with you
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Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was raised to respect LEOs. As an adult, stories like this have tempered that respect. LEOs, if you want the respect and trust of the public, you MUST stop shielding the lawless in your own ranks.
NEW: We identified at least 14 officers in the Chicago Police Department who, according to disciplinary records, have faced multiple accusations of sexual assault or misconduct in the past 10 years.
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I was raised to respect LEOs. As an adult, stories like this have tempered that respect. LEOs, if you want the respect and trust of the public, you MUST stop shielding the lawless in your own ranks.