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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 2d

The point of Jonah is not Nineveh’s repentance but Jonah’s fury at God’s mercy. It is a scathing parody of nationalistic religion that wants God on 'our side' and cannot stomach the possibility that God’s love extends beyond our religious and political borders, especially those considered 'enemies'.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 3d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 3d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 3d

When you demonize and mistreat the immigrant, the poor, the starving, and the marginalized, I'm not interested in hearing about your religious beliefs.

You've already shown me what they are by how you're demonizing and mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the starving, and the marginalized.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 4d

My newsletter this Sunday is called
“Jonah: A Prophetic Critique of Religious and Nationalistic Arrogance.”

In it, I invite us to explore the historical context of Jonah to see the powerful critique it offers American Christianity today.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 5d

It will always baffle me how easily people will believe that the poor, the sick, the marginalized, and the immigrant are the cause for all their problems, rather than the people in the most powerful positions in their country who refuse to fix problems and exploit them instead.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 6d

Compassion isn’t a weakness.
Empathy isn’t a sin.
Cruelty isn’t a strength.
Vengeance isn’t a virtue.

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." -Isaiah 5:20

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 11d

My newsletter this Sunday will be called, “Caring in a Cruel World.”

In it, I invite us to just name how heavy the world is right now and process together some practical ways to care for all that’s happening without burning out.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 14d

So profound, so true.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 18d

My newsletter this Sunday is called “Genuine Conversations In A World Outrage.”

In it, I invite us to consider a more creative and different approach to difficult conversations with others in our deeply polarized and volatile world.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 24d

Our only real enemy is the belief that this world is filled with enemies to be conquered rather than filled with neighbors to be loved.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 25d

My newsletter this Sunday is called, “Practicing Lament In A World of Revenge.”

In it, I invite us to take up lament as our lens to process all that is happening. From Charlie Kirk, gun violence, our country and the reputation of Christianity.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Sep 6

Tell me you have no idea who I am without telling me you have no idea who I am.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Sep 6

One of the most prevalent forms of Christian hypocrisy in our time is the aggressive push to legislate morality around every issue, from human sexuality to banning books to reproductive rights, then suddenly when it comes to mass shootings it's, "you just can't legislate the human heart. It's not a gun problem, it's a sin problem."

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh Cliff, still feeding your unhealthy obsession with me I see.

Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Sep 5

My newsletter this Sunday is called, “Anti-intellectualism isn’t a fruit of the Spirit.”

In it, I invite us to explore some of the history that led us to this moment in American life and why reason shouldn’t be seen as a threat to our faith.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anti-intellectualism has been rebranded as patriotism.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you can no longer tell the difference between spite and your faith and your patriotism, then spite IS your faith and your patriotism.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 31

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"Thoughts & Prayers."

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 29

My newsletter this Sunday is called “Thoughts and Prayers.”

In it, I invite us to look at the context of
God’s rebuke in Isaiah 1:15 and how it applies to prayer’s essential relationship to justice for the most vulnerable today.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Thoughts and prayers.”

“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 24

When our Christianity makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported and the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported, that is when we can be sure we are following someone other than Jesus.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 16

My newsletter tomorrow is called “Nationalism and Patriarchy Go Hand In Hand.”

In it, I write about how neither reflect the gospel of Jesus and provide resources to help navigate these topics in conversations with others.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 11

The reason I don’t want a “Christian nation” isn’t because I’m against Christianity.

It’s because I’ve studied church history and learned about the horrors caused by the church crawling into bed with the empire.

The separation of church and state helps keep Christianity Christian.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Aug 9

A Christianity rooted in patriarchy will always define women first and foremost by their relationship to men.

A Christianity rooted in the gospel of Jesus will always see women first and foremost as fellow human beings created in God's image.

May we understand the difference.

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