ThinkingOutLoudWithAkua
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👩🏿🏫:Theologian @yaledivinityschool
👩🏿:✝️Christian faith #AllThingsBiFaith 💗💜💙#LGBTQinChrist
📚:African politics history labour movements, religion gender & sexuality
👩🏿:✝️Christian faith #AllThingsBiFaith 💗💜💙#LGBTQinChrist
📚:African politics history labour movements, religion gender & sexuality
"The Bible is best seen as a script that inspires faithful ab-lib among its readers, rather than a verbatim mindset that seeks to reproduce a blend of environment and original text cannot be recreated centuries later"
-- Rev Dr Andrew Wilkes
-- Rev Dr Andrew Wilkes
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
"The Bible is best seen as a script that inspires faithful ab-lib among its readers, rather than a verbatim mindset that seeks to reproduce a blend of environment and original text cannot be recreated centuries later"
-- Rev Dr Andrew Wilkes
-- Rev Dr Andrew Wilkes
Reading for my Systematic Theology Class
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Reading for my Systematic Theology Class
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Example: The German Christian Movement of the 1930s-40s.
October 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Example: The German Christian Movement of the 1930s-40s.
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You don’t need to have many Bibles. One Bible is ok too. The best Bible is the Bible you will read every day.
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You don’t need to have many Bibles. One Bible is ok too. The best Bible is the Bible you will read every day.
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As the old socialist Catholic Dominican theologian put it:
"As long as Christian morality is thought to be mainly about whether and when people should go to bed, no bishops are going to be crucified. And this is depressing."
-- Herbert McCabe, O. P.
"As long as Christian morality is thought to be mainly about whether and when people should go to bed, no bishops are going to be crucified. And this is depressing."
-- Herbert McCabe, O. P.
i’m sure ICE guys with their guns and masks fancy themselves big brave men, but when you see real, honest courage it knocks you on your ass. it’s a glimpse of something holy.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 1:51 AM
As the old socialist Catholic Dominican theologian put it:
"As long as Christian morality is thought to be mainly about whether and when people should go to bed, no bishops are going to be crucified. And this is depressing."
-- Herbert McCabe, O. P.
"As long as Christian morality is thought to be mainly about whether and when people should go to bed, no bishops are going to be crucified. And this is depressing."
-- Herbert McCabe, O. P.
"Canadian socialists should embrace what makes us Canadian as well as socialists... It also means generating ideas with Canadian historical and cultural salience rather than reflexively following the lead of the Left in the United States"
jacobin.com/2026/01/cana...
jacobin.com/2026/01/cana...
To Emulate Zohran, Rebuild Left Institutions
Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made...
jacobin.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"Canadian socialists should embrace what makes us Canadian as well as socialists... It also means generating ideas with Canadian historical and cultural salience rather than reflexively following the lead of the Left in the United States"
jacobin.com/2026/01/cana...
jacobin.com/2026/01/cana...
Good eats 😋
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Good eats 😋
Good eats 😋
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Good eats 😋
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Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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I'm glad people not getting married and not having kids is being normalized. In that group, there are a LOT of people who shouldn't have even considered doing either one of those things in the first place. Society shouldn't put one ounce of pressure on them to do so.
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm glad people not getting married and not having kids is being normalized. In that group, there are a LOT of people who shouldn't have even considered doing either one of those things in the first place. Society shouldn't put one ounce of pressure on them to do so.
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I see some responses here from yt people saying that so and so are “just as American as me.” And, while I appreciate that sentiment probably comes from a good place, I’d like to gently suggest changing your own orientation so that you recognize YOU do not represent the standard of “Americanness”
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I see some responses here from yt people saying that so and so are “just as American as me.” And, while I appreciate that sentiment probably comes from a good place, I’d like to gently suggest changing your own orientation so that you recognize YOU do not represent the standard of “Americanness”
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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Quick question for Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, who has been on an anti-DEI tear lately:
Why is it you can understand the need for lawmakers to take positive action to address systemic inequalities -- but *only* when those systemic issues target "young men?"
Source: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Why is it you can understand the need for lawmakers to take positive action to address systemic inequalities -- but *only* when those systemic issues target "young men?"
Source: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Quick question for Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, who has been on an anti-DEI tear lately:
Why is it you can understand the need for lawmakers to take positive action to address systemic inequalities -- but *only* when those systemic issues target "young men?"
Source: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Why is it you can understand the need for lawmakers to take positive action to address systemic inequalities -- but *only* when those systemic issues target "young men?"
Source: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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If you’re looking to support on the ground Jamaican orgs, We Change Jamaica focuses on gender equality and LBGTQ+ inclusion & they are putting together aid packages for queer & trans Jamaicans who don’t feel safe going to shelters.
gofund.me/09619a41e
gofund.me/09619a41e
Donate to Emergency Relief for LBTQ Jamaicans After Hurricane Melissa, organized by Sudean Peters
My name is Sudean Peters, and I am the Executive Director of … Sudean Peters needs your support for Emergency Relief for LBTQ Jamaicans After Hurricane Melissa
gofund.me
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you’re looking to support on the ground Jamaican orgs, We Change Jamaica focuses on gender equality and LBGTQ+ inclusion & they are putting together aid packages for queer & trans Jamaicans who don’t feel safe going to shelters.
gofund.me/09619a41e
gofund.me/09619a41e
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Category 5 coming to the island and the unseriousness is afoot 🇯🇲
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Category 5 coming to the island and the unseriousness is afoot 🇯🇲
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The US poverty rate was *higher* in the 1950 and 1960s than it is even right now lol. Why the nostalgia for the economy of the 1950s? The creation of the middle class obscures the conditions of poor due to the cultural capital the former has compared to the latter....kind of like today.
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The US poverty rate was *higher* in the 1950 and 1960s than it is even right now lol. Why the nostalgia for the economy of the 1950s? The creation of the middle class obscures the conditions of poor due to the cultural capital the former has compared to the latter....kind of like today.
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I find it strange how rarely people in the U.S. and outside of it truly contend with how VAST the country is geographically.
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I find it strange how rarely people in the U.S. and outside of it truly contend with how VAST the country is geographically.
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
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"Politically homeless" = bougie conservative. Has all the same beliefs as the rabble but doesnt like their presentation.
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Politically homeless" = bougie conservative. Has all the same beliefs as the rabble but doesnt like their presentation.
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One of the best ideas I ever got was to create a personal museum for yourself. Saving artifacts and objects that define your life's journey as if you had to create exhibits for someone else to see your story.
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One of the best ideas I ever got was to create a personal museum for yourself. Saving artifacts and objects that define your life's journey as if you had to create exhibits for someone else to see your story.
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I think its nothing wrong with straight men engaging in a little gender affirming care. Hit the weights, get into some curated, constructive violence, take some risks, shoot your shot at some woman and laugh with the homies about how she curved you. But mfs be taking that shit too far.
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I think its nothing wrong with straight men engaging in a little gender affirming care. Hit the weights, get into some curated, constructive violence, take some risks, shoot your shot at some woman and laugh with the homies about how she curved you. But mfs be taking that shit too far.