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Betty Romero-Fischer
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Still a hopeful do gooder in spite of everything
Reading stories of Germans standing with and supporting Ukrainians. This is the hope I needed today.
February 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Anyone who wants to know— in a nutshell— what America is like today just needs to check out The White House’s X account. Even 4 weeks ago this would have been unbelievable.
February 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Wait, how is Bridget Jones a spinoff on Pride and Preju— oh.
February 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Serena Williams— is there anything this legend can’t do? What a queen.
February 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Anyone else feel something maybe akin to grief upon finishing the last novel in a beloved series? Just got through the latest Jackson Brodie. Kate Atkinson, what a writer.
January 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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I just started a new list: "LGBTQIA+ Affirming Clergy," for those willing to provide faith-based solidarity, support, and services. I make no assumptions, so please share widely and drop your handle if you want to be added. #FollowFriday #christian #jewish #muslim #buddhist bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I got on the bird app for some minutes tonight and, well, deeply regretted it.
December 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM
And so here we are at Christmas
December 24, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Hot flashes in winter mean the top half of you sweating like crazy and you need to take your sweater off while keeping thermal leggings and flannel pants on because your legs and feet are still so cold. Welcome to my life, folks.
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Advent, week 2: Lit the Peace candle tonight. Breathing in trust, breathing out worry. Will 2025 be a a more peace-filled year? I know that’s what so many are praying for. 🙏🏾
December 8, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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December 7, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Thanks to all the atheists out there just doing the right thing without me threatening you with fire and brimstone.
December 8, 2024 at 12:22 AM
So today is St Nicholas Day (der Nikolaus-Tag) and I wake up to chocolate in my boots, which will end up with R, because kidney problems. Um, thank you? Maybe next year I ask for Audible credits.
December 6, 2024 at 8:06 AM
“If you want to have the best Christmas you’ve ever had, lean into Advent.” Peri Zahnd. My ambitions for this year aren’t quite so lofty, but I appreciate the sentiment. What I do want is meaning. What I want is Emmanuel.
December 2, 2024 at 7:04 AM
“Hope is trust extended to the future.”

We lit the hope candle tonight amid uncertainty and questions about what next year might bring.
December 1, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Ready for tomorrow. More for Advent—for meaning, waiting, quietness, truth… and yes, beauty, too— rather than the noise and glitz of Christmas, which seems to intensify each year. (Crediting R for the wreath because he’s the decorator in chief at home).
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
As an adult who moved to another country and who's feeling somewhat unmoored, I need new meaningful holiday traditions. Especially at this time of year, when the faith-centeredness of Christmas that I grew up with is completely absent.
November 29, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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The meme I didn't know I needed
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I think, with all the hard & ugly that's been going on, we need the hope that Advent brings more than ever. My heart, which has been battered and broken, needs respite.

So let's start with this: Kate Bowler's 2024 Advent Playlist from the Everything Happens Project

open.spotify.com/playlist/7cF...
the weary world rejoices
Playlist · Everything Happens · 72 items · 1.6K saves
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Ok, now Barbara Brown Taylor. "It is sometimes hard to tell whether you are being killed or saved by the hands that turn your life upside down.” You can always tell when people have gone through things.
November 27, 2024 at 6:54 AM
"The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better." Why has nobody said this before and how did Richard Rohr get so wise?
November 27, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Live shot of refugees from X arriving here:
November 12, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Is this the anti former bird app? It feels so… safe.
November 12, 2024 at 10:23 PM