Heather Young
@heathermyoung.bsky.social
Retired - Volunteer teacher and tutor in our local jail - Jesus girl - Hopeful human who believes we can learn to co-exist and love each other better if we'll listen deeply to our stories - live with my hubby in Madison, WI.
My church, the United Methodists, are signatories to this important lawsuit suing the Trump administration for violating our religious freedoms regarding our serving of immigrants and immigrant communities. Hope some of your churches are too. Here's the lawsuit if you want to read it.
February 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My church, the United Methodists, are signatories to this important lawsuit suing the Trump administration for violating our religious freedoms regarding our serving of immigrants and immigrant communities. Hope some of your churches are too. Here's the lawsuit if you want to read it.
@erinhmoon.bsky.social This line that you wrote in your new book made me cry "I could either spend the rest of my life in service to a thin version of a weak God who worked only in the suburbs of America and didn't align with anything I read about, or I could take the one I saw in Scripture
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@erinhmoon.bsky.social This line that you wrote in your new book made me cry "I could either spend the rest of my life in service to a thin version of a weak God who worked only in the suburbs of America and didn't align with anything I read about, or I could take the one I saw in Scripture
“When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.”
Benjamin Cremer
Benjamin Cremer
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“When you worship power, compassion and mercy will look like sins.”
Benjamin Cremer
Benjamin Cremer
Reposted by Heather Young
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
"By the end of the second century, Roman officials were not particularly aware of the nuances of Christian teaching, but they did know what the word 'bishop' meant-it meant someone who kept on agitating about the needs of the poor." -N.T. Wright
January 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"By the end of the second century, Roman officials were not particularly aware of the nuances of Christian teaching, but they did know what the word 'bishop' meant-it meant someone who kept on agitating about the needs of the poor." -N.T. Wright
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment
January 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment
"She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."
Homage to the blessing of friendship from Toni Morrison's book, Beloved. I'm so grateful for the times in my life this gift has been given to me.
Homage to the blessing of friendship from Toni Morrison's book, Beloved. I'm so grateful for the times in my life this gift has been given to me.
January 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
"She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."
Homage to the blessing of friendship from Toni Morrison's book, Beloved. I'm so grateful for the times in my life this gift has been given to me.
Homage to the blessing of friendship from Toni Morrison's book, Beloved. I'm so grateful for the times in my life this gift has been given to me.