Daniel Hazel
@daniel-hazel.bsky.social
Pastor | Doctorate | Musician | Committed to creating spaces for all, not only to be welcomed, but be accepted & needed in the Kingdom of God
Jeremiah 29:11 is often misused. The original audience heard the "plans to give you hope and a future" in the context of v. 10, which said the exile would last 70 years.
April 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Jeremiah 29:11 is often misused. The original audience heard the "plans to give you hope and a future" in the context of v. 10, which said the exile would last 70 years.
A great reminder on Ash Wednesday--
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?"
Isaiah 58:6
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?"
Isaiah 58:6
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A great reminder on Ash Wednesday--
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?"
Isaiah 58:6
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?"
Isaiah 58:6
Christian Nationalism confuses "the American way of the life" with the gospel. It forgets the American church is a small part of the global and universal Kingdom of God.
March 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Christian Nationalism confuses "the American way of the life" with the gospel. It forgets the American church is a small part of the global and universal Kingdom of God.
Reposted by Daniel Hazel
You have to be an idiot to think this is good for America, never mind the rest of the world.
March 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You have to be an idiot to think this is good for America, never mind the rest of the world.
“We witness today that God has put us in the center of this justice movement.”
February 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“We witness today that God has put us in the center of this justice movement.”
"[Jesus] forgave those who repented as well as those who did not, but he reconciled with the former while inviting the latter to take steps to be reconciled to God"
- Emily Swan
- Emily Swan
February 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"[Jesus] forgave those who repented as well as those who did not, but he reconciled with the former while inviting the latter to take steps to be reconciled to God"
- Emily Swan
- Emily Swan
We subvert the empire
"every time the Book is opened,
every time the bread is broken,
every time the cup is poured out
every time the towel is wrapped around the feet of a begger."
- Walter Brueggemann
"every time the Book is opened,
every time the bread is broken,
every time the cup is poured out
every time the towel is wrapped around the feet of a begger."
- Walter Brueggemann
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We subvert the empire
"every time the Book is opened,
every time the bread is broken,
every time the cup is poured out
every time the towel is wrapped around the feet of a begger."
- Walter Brueggemann
"every time the Book is opened,
every time the bread is broken,
every time the cup is poured out
every time the towel is wrapped around the feet of a begger."
- Walter Brueggemann
A public missiology suggests that we are welcome at God's table as much as we welcome the other.
February 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A public missiology suggests that we are welcome at God's table as much as we welcome the other.
Nothing has changed.
February 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Nothing has changed.
“We can’t believe that bomb is called security.
We can’t believe that monopoly is called democracy.
We can’t believe that gasoline prices are called foreign policy.
We can’t believe that monopoly is called democracy.
We can’t believe that gasoline prices are called foreign policy.
February 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“We can’t believe that bomb is called security.
We can’t believe that monopoly is called democracy.
We can’t believe that gasoline prices are called foreign policy.
We can’t believe that monopoly is called democracy.
We can’t believe that gasoline prices are called foreign policy.
"to purify that which IS BECOMING. That is hope!"
February 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"to purify that which IS BECOMING. That is hope!"
A poem by Bud Osborn
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A poem by Bud Osborn
Lately my daily prayer has been Habakkuk 2:14, which says, "But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea." Through this, I am reminded that the knowledge of God is found in the care for the vulnerable.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lately my daily prayer has been Habakkuk 2:14, which says, "But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea." Through this, I am reminded that the knowledge of God is found in the care for the vulnerable.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Prophetic imagination has to break the bubble the empire constructs. Prophetic imagination says that God is here; our neighbor is here.
Our immegrant neighbor.
Our gay neighbor.
Our muslim neighbor.
Our trans neighbor.
Our disabled neighbor.
Our immegrant neighbor.
Our gay neighbor.
Our muslim neighbor.
Our trans neighbor.
Our disabled neighbor.
February 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Prophetic imagination has to break the bubble the empire constructs. Prophetic imagination says that God is here; our neighbor is here.
Our immegrant neighbor.
Our gay neighbor.
Our muslim neighbor.
Our trans neighbor.
Our disabled neighbor.
Our immegrant neighbor.
Our gay neighbor.
Our muslim neighbor.
Our trans neighbor.
Our disabled neighbor.
"Militarization of our society, in the name of security or of patriotism, serves to assure perpetual war in order to maintain supremacy in the world."
- Walter Brueggemann
- Walter Brueggemann
February 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Militarization of our society, in the name of security or of patriotism, serves to assure perpetual war in order to maintain supremacy in the world."
- Walter Brueggemann
- Walter Brueggemann
I love children’s books that show what a better world looks like. These three are my favorites that talk about community, inclusion, mental health, and justice. All beautiful and deeply theological.
February 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I love children’s books that show what a better world looks like. These three are my favorites that talk about community, inclusion, mental health, and justice. All beautiful and deeply theological.
"Justice, then, is more than giving to each what is due or treating all cases equally. It requires attention to our diversities, particularly to those most marginalized. Simply put, justice involves uncovering, understanding, and rejecting oppression."
Emilie M. Townes
Emilie M. Townes
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Justice, then, is more than giving to each what is due or treating all cases equally. It requires attention to our diversities, particularly to those most marginalized. Simply put, justice involves uncovering, understanding, and rejecting oppression."
Emilie M. Townes
Emilie M. Townes
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Ethnic cleansing. The President of the United States is describing ethnic cleansing in very plain terms.
The completion of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza has been stated as the official position of the USA.
Lord, have mercy.
The completion of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza has been stated as the official position of the USA.
Lord, have mercy.
Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip
Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Ethnic cleansing. The President of the United States is describing ethnic cleansing in very plain terms.
The completion of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza has been stated as the official position of the USA.
Lord, have mercy.
The completion of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza has been stated as the official position of the USA.
Lord, have mercy.
"The problem with Christian triumphalism is that it gets away from being Christian so quickly. The goal is to win, dominate, conquer, convert--at all costs--even if that cost means lying, stealing, killing, and subverting justice.
February 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"The problem with Christian triumphalism is that it gets away from being Christian so quickly. The goal is to win, dominate, conquer, convert--at all costs--even if that cost means lying, stealing, killing, and subverting justice.
A western-centric faith views the average Christian as a white male from the USA, but when considering the movement of God in a global context, the average Christian is more like a Nigerian woman. So much changes with a multiethnic Christian praxis.
February 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A western-centric faith views the average Christian as a white male from the USA, but when considering the movement of God in a global context, the average Christian is more like a Nigerian woman. So much changes with a multiethnic Christian praxis.
"Eurocentric 'orthodoxy' does not have the monopoly on Christian thought."
@pastortrey05.com, Theologizin' Bigger, pg. 50
@pastortrey05.com, Theologizin' Bigger, pg. 50
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Eurocentric 'orthodoxy' does not have the monopoly on Christian thought."
@pastortrey05.com, Theologizin' Bigger, pg. 50
@pastortrey05.com, Theologizin' Bigger, pg. 50
“Christianity has adjusted itself much too easily to the worship of power.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
February 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Christianity has adjusted itself much too easily to the worship of power.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christian Nationalism does not have the same values as the Kingdom of God.
So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.
2 Samuel 8:15
So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.
2 Samuel 8:15
January 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Christian Nationalism does not have the same values as the Kingdom of God.
So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.
2 Samuel 8:15
So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.
2 Samuel 8:15
Evil tries to make us feel numb and want to hide, but evil does not hide from us, so we have to engage and confront the injustices.
January 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Evil tries to make us feel numb and want to hide, but evil does not hide from us, so we have to engage and confront the injustices.