Marguerite
@margueritek.bsky.social
Standard issue Episcopal church lady. Oblate in the Order of Julian of Norwich.
Ora et labora. she/her
Ora et labora. she/her
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Marguerite
@margueritek.bsky.social
· Jul 15
I'm gonna try and go back to Friday fasting from social media.
Saying this out loud here so as to make myself do it.
Saying this out loud here so as to make myself do it.
Dear @cebm.bsky.social . The pageant was just beautiful. Telling this story, in this way, year after year, moves its truth into our souls and hearts. 🕯
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Dear @cebm.bsky.social . The pageant was just beautiful. Telling this story, in this way, year after year, moves its truth into our souls and hearts. 🕯
Happy Stir Up Sunday. 🕯
December 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy Stir Up Sunday. 🕯
Weird to have a dream about ice cream on the coldest night of the year.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Weird to have a dream about ice cream on the coldest night of the year.
It was stunning, and familiar, because I've seen this ministry in real life.
The phone call with Louise is such an encapsulation of congregational ministry
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It was stunning, and familiar, because I've seen this ministry in real life.
Matthew 24 E P.
It's so easy to focus on the stones being all knocked down there, but tonight how wickedness turns men's love cold felt very apt. 🕯
It's so easy to focus on the stones being all knocked down there, but tonight how wickedness turns men's love cold felt very apt. 🕯
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Matthew 24 E P.
It's so easy to focus on the stones being all knocked down there, but tonight how wickedness turns men's love cold felt very apt. 🕯
It's so easy to focus on the stones being all knocked down there, but tonight how wickedness turns men's love cold felt very apt. 🕯
Just a coincidence (?) that my non-religious husband decided to bake bread on St Lucy's feast day. 🕯
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just a coincidence (?) that my non-religious husband decided to bake bread on St Lucy's feast day. 🕯
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December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Seriously, if you've ever walked by a church, or said any kind of prayer, you need to watch Wake Up Dead Man. 🕯
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Seriously, if you've ever walked by a church, or said any kind of prayer, you need to watch Wake Up Dead Man. 🕯
OMG!
Wake Up Dead Man was just so wonderful. How did they do it? 🕯
😭 at the closing hymn.
Wake Up Dead Man was just so wonderful. How did they do it? 🕯
😭 at the closing hymn.
December 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
OMG!
Wake Up Dead Man was just so wonderful. How did they do it? 🕯
😭 at the closing hymn.
Wake Up Dead Man was just so wonderful. How did they do it? 🕯
😭 at the closing hymn.
Made a new Compline booklet for myself.
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Made a new Compline booklet for myself.
Precisely!
Meister Eckhart reflects on Matthew 5:3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” talking about “internal” poverty, saying that a poor in spirit person is “someone who desires, knows, and possesses nothing.”
For Eckhart, this has to do with preparing for the Nativity.
For Eckhart, this has to do with preparing for the Nativity.
December 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Precisely!
Absolutely brilliant! Loved it. 😭
Forgive the baseball analogy, but the CofE hit it out of the park.
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Absolutely brilliant! Loved it. 😭
When our daughter was little she desperately wanted to wear a candle crown on St Lucy Day, so I made her one with construction paper candles.
No photo of that avaiable.
No photo of that avaiable.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When our daughter was little she desperately wanted to wear a candle crown on St Lucy Day, so I made her one with construction paper candles.
No photo of that avaiable.
No photo of that avaiable.
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Christ is always in Christmas and He doesn’t need the “help” of politicians who want to divide and frighten is for their own ends. Everyone is welcome this Christmas.
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Christ is always in Christmas and He doesn’t need the “help” of politicians who want to divide and frighten is for their own ends. Everyone is welcome this Christmas.
Happy Feast of St Lucy. ❤️😊🕯
December 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Happy Feast of St Lucy. ❤️😊🕯
Thisis the way to wear a scarf.
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thisis the way to wear a scarf.
Ten days until the solstice.
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ten days until the solstice.
This year I'm taking full advantage of the Advent prayers in St Augustine's Prayer Book.
December 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This year I'm taking full advantage of the Advent prayers in St Augustine's Prayer Book.
🎵 Ya gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole.🎵
Way down in the hole.🎵
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
🎵 Ya gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole.🎵
Way down in the hole.🎵
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"Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Tincher has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees."
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Please join us for Advent Vespers at 7:00pm tomorrow, or on our YouTube channel anytime afterwards. Link to the livestream will be shared right after our midweek eucharist tomorrow.
Take a break mid week, and hold some time to get ready for the great mystery of Christmas.
(2/3)
Take a break mid week, and hold some time to get ready for the great mystery of Christmas.
(2/3)
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please join us for Advent Vespers at 7:00pm tomorrow, or on our YouTube channel anytime afterwards. Link to the livestream will be shared right after our midweek eucharist tomorrow.
Take a break mid week, and hold some time to get ready for the great mystery of Christmas.
(2/3)
Take a break mid week, and hold some time to get ready for the great mystery of Christmas.
(2/3)
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An important message for Advent, Christmas, and always ⚓️
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
An important message for Advent, Christmas, and always ⚓️
Connections
Puzzle #913
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Puzzle #913
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December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Connections
Puzzle #913
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Rare win
Puzzle #913
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Rare win
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So sick of these DEI fonts taking jobs from deserving white fonts
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
So sick of these DEI fonts taking jobs from deserving white fonts