Michelle Van Loon
@michellevanloon.bsky.social
I write about faith, spiritual growth, and culture. Now available: Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism's Nonessentials. There’s always more to say. https://linktr.ee/michellevanloon
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So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So far, in less than one year, Donald Trump has issued over TEN TIMES as many pardons as he did in his entire four-year first term. That’s a lot of criminals released onto our streets.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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The wholesale murder of people in international waters, without due process, is a crime.
If left unchecked, it will lead to more such crimes.
This is how things work.
Letting them get away with it is the same as giving them permission to keep doing it.
If left unchecked, it will lead to more such crimes.
This is how things work.
Letting them get away with it is the same as giving them permission to keep doing it.
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The wholesale murder of people in international waters, without due process, is a crime.
If left unchecked, it will lead to more such crimes.
This is how things work.
Letting them get away with it is the same as giving them permission to keep doing it.
If left unchecked, it will lead to more such crimes.
This is how things work.
Letting them get away with it is the same as giving them permission to keep doing it.
We are most fully ourselves when Christ most fully lives in us and through us. The mother shines brightest with her child in her arms, the father when he forgives his wandering son, and the artist when he or she is 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are most fully ourselves when Christ most fully lives in us and through us. The mother shines brightest with her child in her arms, the father when he forgives his wandering son, and the artist when he or she is 1/2
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‘Jesus’s ministry to the marginalized, the demonized, the sick, and the despised reveals how he specializes in rekindling bruised and smouldering wicks back into flame.’
Strong words, and so they should be!
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Strong words, and so they should be!
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I Asked. Here's What Some of You Told Me About Your Evangelicalism.
I asked.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
‘Jesus’s ministry to the marginalized, the demonized, the sick, and the despised reveals how he specializes in rekindling bruised and smouldering wicks back into flame.’
Strong words, and so they should be!
@michellevanloon.bsky.social
michellevanloon.substack.com/p/i-asked-he...
Strong words, and so they should be!
@michellevanloon.bsky.social
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I can not with her.
Meanwhile on X...
Noem: "I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."
Noem: "I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I can not with her.
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The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (Isaiah 9:2)
Advent begins.
Advent begins.
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (Isaiah 9:2)
Advent begins.
Advent begins.
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✨ Last night’s auroras over Alaska looked like angel wings opening above the forest…
One of the most breathtaking displays this region has seen in years. 🌌💜✨
One of the most breathtaking displays this region has seen in years. 🌌💜✨
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
✨ Last night’s auroras over Alaska looked like angel wings opening above the forest…
One of the most breathtaking displays this region has seen in years. 🌌💜✨
One of the most breathtaking displays this region has seen in years. 🌌💜✨
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
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If you want Pete Hegseth to be able to kill anybody he wants anytime he wants while serving up “trust me bro” as justification with zero oversight from Congress, who gives the Trump admin a blank check to do whatever it wants, then vote for the cowardly Republican enablers.
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If you want Pete Hegseth to be able to kill anybody he wants anytime he wants while serving up “trust me bro” as justification with zero oversight from Congress, who gives the Trump admin a blank check to do whatever it wants, then vote for the cowardly Republican enablers.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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I’ll spare you the rest of Trump’s statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrants—
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’ll spare you the rest of Trump’s statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrants—
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
Good books make great gifts! Moody Publishers has a sale all weekend on their entire catalog, including my books Born to Wander: Recovering The Value of Our Pilgrim Identity and Becoming Sage: Finding Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife. www.moodypublishers.com/store?q=van%...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Good books make great gifts! Moody Publishers has a sale all weekend on their entire catalog, including my books Born to Wander: Recovering The Value of Our Pilgrim Identity and Becoming Sage: Finding Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife. www.moodypublishers.com/store?q=van%...
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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Amazing photos from NASA of comets Lemon & SWAN show the towering ribbons of pink-red aurora: easy to see why it's those colors of lights people at lower latitudes usually see, as they are the ones higher in the atmosphere.
Simply gorgeous :)
#aurora #northernlights
www.popsci.com/science/come...
Simply gorgeous :)
#aurora #northernlights
www.popsci.com/science/come...
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Amazing photos from NASA of comets Lemon & SWAN show the towering ribbons of pink-red aurora: easy to see why it's those colors of lights people at lower latitudes usually see, as they are the ones higher in the atmosphere.
Simply gorgeous :)
#aurora #northernlights
www.popsci.com/science/come...
Simply gorgeous :)
#aurora #northernlights
www.popsci.com/science/come...
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There is an Amazon commercial running again this year featuring 3 older women watching kids sledding. One orders seat cushions so the 3 can go sledding, too. My question: How are these women getting up from the sleds after they complete their run down the hill? As an older woman, I have questions.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is an Amazon commercial running again this year featuring 3 older women watching kids sledding. One orders seat cushions so the 3 can go sledding, too. My question: How are these women getting up from the sleds after they complete their run down the hill? As an older woman, I have questions.