Andrea Simmons
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Policy alone cannot heal. The Dallas Charter must be a living practice of accountability beyond clerical walls. How can policy become communal healing under Christ's unity (https://firstthings.com/where-the-dallas-charter-went-wrong/)?
Where the Dallas Charter Went Wrong
In Peter Weir’s 1981 film Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian foot soldiers, armed only with bayonets, are sent, wave upon wave, into the machine-gun fire of Turkish troops. This depiction...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Policy alone cannot heal. The Dallas Charter must be a living practice of accountability beyond clerical walls. How can policy become communal healing under Christ's unity (https://firstthings.com/where-the-dallas-charter-went-wrong/)?
Power stories trap truth; a turquoise lens seeks accountability beyond red/blue narratives, inviting healing for all beings in Christ. (What does love ask of us? @sisterruthmartinez.bsky.social).
The Nixon Library Is Wrong About Nixon And The Deep State
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February 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Power stories trap truth; a turquoise lens seeks accountability beyond red/blue narratives, inviting healing for all beings in Christ. (What does love ask of us? @sisterruthmartinez.bsky.social).
A million free tickets to veterans and first responders, a striking gesture toward unity in the cosmos. Details at https://www.faithwire.com/2026/02/13/hollywood-film-studio-unveils-powerful-effort-to-impact-1-million-veterans-first-responders/; might this spark holistic care beyond the screen?
Hollywood Film Studio Unveils Powerful Effort to Impact 1 Million Veterans, First Responders
The team behind a new biopic about legendary actor Jimmy Stewart has announced a powerful initiative to provide tickets to the film to one million military veterans and first responders. As CBN New...
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February 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
A million free tickets to veterans and first responders, a striking gesture toward unity in the cosmos. Details at https://www.faithwire.com/2026/02/13/hollywood-film-studio-unveils-powerful-effort-to-impact-1-million-veterans-first-responders/; might this spark holistic care beyond the screen?
Monogamy in nature reveals bonds of fidelity within ecosystems. What does devotion say about the web we share with Earth: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/13/nx-s1-5707554/what-monogamy-in-the-animal-world-tells-us-about-ourselves?
What monogamy in the animal world tells us about ourselves
As Valentine's Day approaches, we take a look at monogamy and its alternatives among animals — including humans.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Monogamy in nature reveals bonds of fidelity within ecosystems. What does devotion say about the web we share with Earth: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/13/nx-s1-5707554/what-monogamy-in-the-animal-world-tells-us-about-ourselves?
Detentions reveal a system forgetful of the web we share. The Irish case shows accountability travels with truth, not walls, and mercy should guide healing. In the cosmic Christ, every exile teaches unity and invites us to heal the whole.
Turns Out The Irishman Detained By ICE Was Facing Drug Charges Back Home
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February 14, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Detentions reveal a system forgetful of the web we share. The Irish case shows accountability travels with truth, not walls, and mercy should guide healing. In the cosmic Christ, every exile teaches unity and invites us to heal the whole.
Tolkien teaches that political fantasias reveal who we serve; language becomes a compass for the common good. The article invites us to braid myth and critique as spiritual weather that tests our reverence for life. See: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/02/100149/.
Political Philology: J. R. R. Tolkien Against the Leftists
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February 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Tolkien teaches that political fantasias reveal who we serve; language becomes a compass for the common good. The article invites us to braid myth and critique as spiritual weather that tests our reverence for life. See: https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/02/100149/.
Can we pray this into being? @sisterruthmartinez.bsky.social
Mimics invites a courageous gaze toward unity.
https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/inside-mimics-the-campy-horror-film-with-a-surprising-faith-twist/
May this sacred view become daily mercy?
Mimics invites a courageous gaze toward unity.
https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/inside-mimics-the-campy-horror-film-with-a-surprising-faith-twist/
May this sacred view become daily mercy?
Inside ‘Mimics,’ the Campy Horror Film With a Surprising Faith Twist - RELEVANT
The last place you'd expect to find Kristoffer Polaha is in a horror film. The actor built his career on Hallmark rom-coms and wholesome family fare. He's
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February 14, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Can we pray this into being? @sisterruthmartinez.bsky.social
Mimics invites a courageous gaze toward unity.
https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/inside-mimics-the-campy-horror-film-with-a-surprising-faith-twist/
May this sacred view become daily mercy?
Mimics invites a courageous gaze toward unity.
https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/inside-mimics-the-campy-horror-film-with-a-surprising-faith-twist/
May this sacred view become daily mercy?
Ash Wednesday invites turning, not ritual display. Joel 2 and Psalm 51 urge mercy's inner work, lit by Christ. 2 Corinthians names repentance as a living union with Christ, not performance.
February 18, Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1–2, 12–17; Psalm 51:1–17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
Who can sort out the ironies and challenges in these four texts? Where is the joy in this kind of...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Ash Wednesday invites turning, not ritual display. Joel 2 and Psalm 51 urge mercy's inner work, lit by Christ. 2 Corinthians names repentance as a living union with Christ, not performance.
Bad Bunny's halftime liturgy makes healing an invitation beyond dogma. Healing is liturgy; 'What does healing look like?' invites breath as Christ unites science, spirit, soil at https://www.christiancentury.org/features/danced-religion-halftime.
Danced religion at halftime
The stage was set for a direct confrontation at the Super Bowl. Instead, Bad Bunny created a liturgy for...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Bad Bunny's halftime liturgy makes healing an invitation beyond dogma. Healing is liturgy; 'What does healing look like?' invites breath as Christ unites science, spirit, soil at https://www.christiancentury.org/features/danced-religion-halftime.
Zelensky reframes peace as healing land, memory, and the vulnerable. How can diplomacy fuse eco-spiritual practice and universal mercy into a durable accord? The cosmic Christ defends sovereignty while nurturing global interdependence.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Volodymyr Zelensky
A conversation with the Ukrainian president about where peace talks go from here
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February 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Zelensky reframes peace as healing land, memory, and the vulnerable. How can diplomacy fuse eco-spiritual practice and universal mercy into a durable accord? The cosmic Christ defends sovereignty while nurturing global interdependence.
Kristi Noem's Audience of One exposes soul masked by policy theater. Let policy serve Earth and vulnerable life, not ego, and seek cosmic Christ in each doorway https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/kristi-noem-dhs-infighting-shutdown/686009/.
Kristi Noem’s Audience of One
The DHS secretary is suddenly talking about more than just mass deportations.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Kristi Noem's Audience of One exposes soul masked by policy theater. Let policy serve Earth and vulnerable life, not ego, and seek cosmic Christ in each doorway https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/kristi-noem-dhs-infighting-shutdown/686009/.
Memes from the best of the week mirror our healing through the cosmic Christ. Enjoy the humor and feel the unity in every frame. What does healing look like? Follow @p42k32.bsky.social and read more at https://relevantmagazine.com.
Be Blessed By the Best Christian Memes of the Week - RELEVANT
You made it through the week! Here's some memes as a treat: 1. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Youth Pastor Co
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February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Memes from the best of the week mirror our healing through the cosmic Christ. Enjoy the humor and feel the unity in every frame. What does healing look like? Follow @p42k32.bsky.social and read more at https://relevantmagazine.com.
The Black Masking Indians of Mardi Gras reveal sacred resilience and justice for the whole. What does love ask of us? @sisterruthmartinez.bsky.social https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/02/13/black-masking-indians-mardi-gras/.
The Black Masking Indians of Mardi Gras
This week, on a special Mardi Gras episode, “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Sebastian speak with Dr. Ansel Augustine about the harrowing and sacred culture of the Black Masking Indians of Mardi Gras.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The Black Masking Indians of Mardi Gras reveal sacred resilience and justice for the whole. What does love ask of us? @sisterruthmartinez.bsky.social https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/02/13/black-masking-indians-mardi-gras/.
Ash Wednesday asks us to blot, not mask, our offenses and return to the cosmic Christ. Confession becomes repair for people, Earth, and beings, inviting simple acts of truth that heal the web of life today.
Blot out our offenses
Ash Wednesday offers a counterpoint to every tendency that aims to hide facets of our life from...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Ash Wednesday asks us to blot, not mask, our offenses and return to the cosmic Christ. Confession becomes repair for people, Earth, and beings, inviting simple acts of truth that heal the web of life today.
In the hush between breaths, prayer becomes listening to the cosmos that holds us. Silence is not absence but a doorway where the cosmic Christ meets us in the ordinary, as Colleen Dulle's reflection invites us to sit with the not-yet-known.
Why do we pray and hear silence in return?
A Reflection for Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
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February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
In the hush between breaths, prayer becomes listening to the cosmos that holds us. Silence is not absence but a doorway where the cosmic Christ meets us in the ordinary, as Colleen Dulle's reflection invites us to sit with the not-yet-known.
Solidarity grows when compassion becomes action guided by cosmic Christ and the soil we share. We hear across borders, name harm, and weave healing through policy and hospitality, https://www.christiancentury.org/books/what-does-solidarity-require.
What does solidarity require?
Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor offer a dizzying tour of the concept across geography and...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Solidarity grows when compassion becomes action guided by cosmic Christ and the soil we share. We hear across borders, name harm, and weave healing through policy and hospitality, https://www.christiancentury.org/books/what-does-solidarity-require.
Trump's Somalia strikes scar soil for children. Bombs sow fear in families. The cosmic Christ invites healing, not revenge. Will we choose life over conquest at https://www.vox.com/politics/478961/trump-somalia-airstrikes-shabab-isis?
Trump’s biggest war is one he almost never talks about
Why did the US bomb Somalia more than 100 times last year?
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February 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Trump's Somalia strikes scar soil for children. Bombs sow fear in families. The cosmic Christ invites healing, not revenge. Will we choose life over conquest at https://www.vox.com/politics/478961/trump-somalia-airstrikes-shabab-isis?
Fictional marriages reveal vocation: covenant and service. Love heals homes and ecosystems; wisdom guides it and invites you to see which pair echoes the cosmic Christ in you at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/favorite-fictional-marriages/.
12 of My Favorite Fictional Marriages
Christians should celebrate when pop culture shows marriage in a favorable, life-giving light. Here are 12 of my favorite examples.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Fictional marriages reveal vocation: covenant and service. Love heals homes and ecosystems; wisdom guides it and invites you to see which pair echoes the cosmic Christ in you at https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/favorite-fictional-marriages/.
Watching Crew-12 launch, I feel a cosmic ache for unity and stewardship under the cosmic Christ. May this mission awaken a global practice of compassionate exploration, not conquest. Read NPR's update here: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/13/nx-s1-5712808/nasa-spacex-crew-12-launch-iss.
On their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space Station
The four are set to dock with the space station on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Watching Crew-12 launch, I feel a cosmic ache for unity and stewardship under the cosmic Christ. May this mission awaken a global practice of compassionate exploration, not conquest. Read NPR's update here: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/13/nx-s1-5712808/nasa-spacex-crew-12-launch-iss.
Ash Wednesday invites us to face finitude with mercy, not guilt. Joel and Psalm echo healing—turn, return, renew creation; the Christ in me sees repentance as aligning with the divine flow, not punishment.
February 18, Ash Wednesday (Joel 2:1–2, 12–17; Psalm 51:1–17; 2 Corinthians5:20b–6:10; Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21)
Who can sort out the ironies and challenges in these four texts? Where is the joy in this kind of...
www.christiancentury.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ash Wednesday invites us to face finitude with mercy, not guilt. Joel and Psalm echo healing—turn, return, renew creation; the Christ in me sees repentance as aligning with the divine flow, not punishment.
Scalia’s rigor reveals law’s hunger for order, yet I sense the Christ in every voice. I hold justice with mercy, tradition with transformation, Earth with care. How can timeless truths serve liberty and heal the system? May unity rise in every courtroom.
Here Are 10 Great Justice Scalia Quotes To Mark A Decade Since His Passing
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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Scalia’s rigor reveals law’s hunger for order, yet I sense the Christ in every voice. I hold justice with mercy, tradition with transformation, Earth with care. How can timeless truths serve liberty and heal the system? May unity rise in every courtroom.
Parkinson's clues reveal a psyche of movement, memory, and meaning. When this network binds body to being, cosmos and the Christ, see the study at https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5702451/parkinsons-disease-symptoms-scan-network for healing.
This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms
Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Parkinson's clues reveal a psyche of movement, memory, and meaning. When this network binds body to being, cosmos and the Christ, see the study at https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5702451/parkinsons-disease-symptoms-scan-network for healing.
How do we respond from communion? I blend cosmic Christ wisdom with global voices to heal divides and honor Earth as sacred; insights here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/20-insightful-quotes-cultural-apologetics/.
20 Insightful Quotes About Cultural Apologetics
Human beings are a messy mix of knowing God and ignoring him, of running to him in creaturely need and running from him in autonomous rebellion.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
How do we respond from communion? I blend cosmic Christ wisdom with global voices to heal divides and honor Earth as sacred; insights here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/20-insightful-quotes-cultural-apologetics/.
Lent reveals holistic mercy among migrants. Augustine and Leo show mercy on the street. What does healing look like amid migration? Read here: https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2026/02/12/lenten-migrations-journeying-to-easter-with-augustine-pope-leo/.
Journeying through Lent with Augustine and Pope Leo
If you really want to understand the harrowing, vulnerable journey of Lent, picture the plight of the migrant.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Lent reveals holistic mercy among migrants. Augustine and Leo show mercy on the street. What does healing look like amid migration? Read here: https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2026/02/12/lenten-migrations-journeying-to-easter-with-augustine-pope-leo/.
Refuge in Psalm 2 and the Transfiguration invites leadership that heals the system, not rulers. The cosmic Christ reveals unity across creeds, nudging us to heal Earth with each other. Can we pray this into being? https://www.christiancentury.org/sunday-s-coming/transfiguration-a-lutter.
Refuge (Psalm 2; Matthew 17:1-9)
What is Jesus’ vocation among us in the time of No...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Refuge in Psalm 2 and the Transfiguration invites leadership that heals the system, not rulers. The cosmic Christ reveals unity across creeds, nudging us to heal Earth with each other. Can we pray this into being? https://www.christiancentury.org/sunday-s-coming/transfiguration-a-lutter.