Persis 🙏🕊️📚🧶
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“What the church now requires "by faith," I suggest,
• is to run risks for justice in a brutalizing society;
• is to run risks for forgiveness in a vengeful society;
• is to run risks for hospitality in an exclusionary society;”
A Gospel of Hope, Walter Brueggemann, pgs. 70-71.
• is to run risks for justice in a brutalizing society;
• is to run risks for forgiveness in a vengeful society;
• is to run risks for hospitality in an exclusionary society;”
A Gospel of Hope, Walter Brueggemann, pgs. 70-71.
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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I designed a very tall mural for www.bdcolomiers.com/
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I designed a very tall mural for www.bdcolomiers.com/
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
New project: Among the Shadows Cowl with Madeline Tosh Unwind DK in Accra Evening colorway. The yarn is dyed in a tape so you frog and then knit. I don’t think I would use this yarn for anything more complicated than basic stitches because of the crimping.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New project: Among the Shadows Cowl with Madeline Tosh Unwind DK in Accra Evening colorway. The yarn is dyed in a tape so you frog and then knit. I don’t think I would use this yarn for anything more complicated than basic stitches because of the crimping.
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www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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If you'd like to give a book this holiday season to a kid in my class, I am hoping to give all 66 a copy of one of my favorites, Charlotte's Web. Thank you.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you'd like to give a book this holiday season to a kid in my class, I am hoping to give all 66 a copy of one of my favorites, Charlotte's Web. Thank you.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hal hadn’t survived three Thanksgivings by being stupid.
“Do not let yourself be deceived by those who under the banner of truth tear down reality”
For Such a Time As This: An Emergency Devotional, Hanna Reichel, pg. 24.
For Such a Time As This: An Emergency Devotional, Hanna Reichel, pg. 24.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Do not let yourself be deceived by those who under the banner of truth tear down reality”
For Such a Time As This: An Emergency Devotional, Hanna Reichel, pg. 24.
For Such a Time As This: An Emergency Devotional, Hanna Reichel, pg. 24.
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Good morning, beloved.
Help someone find a reason to love.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Help someone find a reason to love.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Help someone find a reason to love.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Help someone find a reason to love.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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"Sometimes, when brothers and sisters stand together for the sake of justice, Big Brother chickens out." reformedjournal.com/2025/11/17/m...
Meeting Big Brother at the ICE Office - Reformed Journal
Not long ago, I was part of a group from our church that accompanied Javier to the local office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Others from our congregation, pa...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Sometimes, when brothers and sisters stand together for the sake of justice, Big Brother chickens out." reformedjournal.com/2025/11/17/m...
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The nativity trio featuring Baby Jesus, Mary, & Joseph is available in 4 skin tones, which you can mix & match. I have a few ready to go in each style. They make wonderful, unique gifts. $35 + $8 shipped.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The nativity trio featuring Baby Jesus, Mary, & Joseph is available in 4 skin tones, which you can mix & match. I have a few ready to go in each style. They make wonderful, unique gifts. $35 + $8 shipped.
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To Hell with anyone and everyone who works to protect Jeffrey Epstein and his perverted friends.
These women had their childhoods stolen from them by those sick freaks.
These women had their childhoods stolen from them by those sick freaks.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
To Hell with anyone and everyone who works to protect Jeffrey Epstein and his perverted friends.
These women had their childhoods stolen from them by those sick freaks.
These women had their childhoods stolen from them by those sick freaks.
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I thought about Mike Johnson and the other professing Christians who have worked extremely hard to protect the accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein, the pedophile - whoever they are.
I wondered “why do these supposedly Christian people do this?”
Then I realized. This is what some of them do at church.
I wondered “why do these supposedly Christian people do this?”
Then I realized. This is what some of them do at church.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I thought about Mike Johnson and the other professing Christians who have worked extremely hard to protect the accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein, the pedophile - whoever they are.
I wondered “why do these supposedly Christian people do this?”
Then I realized. This is what some of them do at church.
I wondered “why do these supposedly Christian people do this?”
Then I realized. This is what some of them do at church.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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3 of the 4 happened here in chicago. each one is an outrage.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
3 of the 4 happened here in chicago. each one is an outrage.
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Remember, you're under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend reading books, drinking multiple kettles of tea, and indulging in a scandalous amount of croissants.
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Remember, you're under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend reading books, drinking multiple kettles of tea, and indulging in a scandalous amount of croissants.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your desire to inhale the pages of every book you pick up is something you never need to apologize for.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your desire to inhale the pages of every book you pick up is something you never need to apologize for.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
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The Epstein list isn’t like team sports
We don’t care if it takes down Democrats
We don’t care if it takes down progressives
We don’t care if it takes down our fave celebrity
If you raped children, you must be held accountable
If you trafficked children, same
I don’t care what side you’re on
We don’t care if it takes down Democrats
We don’t care if it takes down progressives
We don’t care if it takes down our fave celebrity
If you raped children, you must be held accountable
If you trafficked children, same
I don’t care what side you’re on
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The Epstein list isn’t like team sports
We don’t care if it takes down Democrats
We don’t care if it takes down progressives
We don’t care if it takes down our fave celebrity
If you raped children, you must be held accountable
If you trafficked children, same
I don’t care what side you’re on
We don’t care if it takes down Democrats
We don’t care if it takes down progressives
We don’t care if it takes down our fave celebrity
If you raped children, you must be held accountable
If you trafficked children, same
I don’t care what side you’re on
“The journey out of colonial abuse begins with the word "no." No, I will no longer be a peon in your game. No, my identity is not given to me by you. No, you will not think for me and tell me how I should feel.” Adrian Jacobs
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“The journey out of colonial abuse begins with the word "no." No, I will no longer be a peon in your game. No, my identity is not given to me by you. No, you will not think for me and tell me how I should feel.” Adrian Jacobs
I received a work email about a trade show -
“You don’t want to miss out on attending IBS!”
👀 Maybe they need to rename it. 😬
“You don’t want to miss out on attending IBS!”
👀 Maybe they need to rename it. 😬
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I received a work email about a trade show -
“You don’t want to miss out on attending IBS!”
👀 Maybe they need to rename it. 😬
“You don’t want to miss out on attending IBS!”
👀 Maybe they need to rename it. 😬
No wonder I couldn’t leave a message on my senator’s line. Shame indeed.
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
No wonder I couldn’t leave a message on my senator’s line. Shame indeed.