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Pastor United Church of Christ Disappointment to my bigoted ancestors He/Him

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hi - I am a UCC pastor who:

- is LGBTQIA+ affirming
- stands in solidarity with the oppressed
- holds space for doubt, skepticism, and all kinds of theological differences
- cares about politics because politics care about you
- is not interested in converting you

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 1d

Empire can be so unserious.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 1d

“one worships the god they think others deserve”

I’ll be sitting with that for…ever. Thank you for that.

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 1d

Christianity is not a monolith. It’s hundreds and thousands of different organizations, and as unique as each individual that claims the title ‘Christian’.

Trey’s thread is helpful in fleshing this out. Thanks, Trey.

Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 1d

We have over 16 centuries worth of historical data on Christians building/aligning with empires and doing awful things to each other and others.

Stop insisting that bad actors are not “real” Christians.

Humbly sit with the fact that many real Christians do not follow Jesus. 1/6

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 7d

The worst of all natural disasters

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 20d

Man, Christians are bad at art.

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 22d

Listen to Black women. Don’t just pander for votes.

Don’t sign up for a protest. Just go.

Wash your legs.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22d

Listen to Black women unless you don't like the extremely innocuous advice they're giving in which case insist they're performative grifters. 😌☝🏾

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 28d

Violence begets
violence begets
violence begets
violence begets
violence begets…

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · 28d

They spelled preying wrong.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29d

Quite the contrast

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 30

But did we destroy his phylactery yet?

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 30

21ish

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 29

That’s so dooooope

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · Aug 29

W, but there are also other facilities that get less national attention that need to shutter.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 27

BREAKING: An email shared with The Associated Press shows "Alligator Alcatraz" will likely be empty within days.

Top Florida official says 'Alligator Alcatraz' will likely be empty within days, email shows

A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov.

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 28

Pastor here:

Your prayers be damned if they are but empty words. Those who pray without being willing to do something are the height of hypocrisy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 28

Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 27

The straight agenda is wild.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 27

Leading conservatives said they hoped Swift’s engagement would help achieve one of their top goals: Inspire a nationwide boost in (heterosexual) marriage and birth rates.

Right-wingers hope Taylor Swift will inspire a new generation of trad wives

But Swift herself once sang: "No deal / The 1950s shit they want from me."

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 27

I’m a sex educator as well as a pastor. We’ll continue to teach about transgender people, about intersex people, about the beautiful diversity of gender and sexuality.

And these states have to know that they’ll lose funding anyway.

Just do the right thing.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 26

The Trump administration directs 40 states, five territories and Washington, D.C. to remove references to transgender people from their sex education programs or risk losing federal funding.

States must ax transgender references from sex ed or risk losing funds, Trump admin says

The mandate comes just days after the Trump administration terminated funding for a sex education program in California.

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 25

Empires doing empire things.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Aug 24

A Baptist minister has been arrested in Oxford for holding a placard reading ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action’. Rev Grote of New Road Baptist Church said ‘I am doing this because of my faith. I’m doing this because I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, who broke the rules and created peace.’

Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ok - hear me out…

He gets into heaven, and then the rest of us get to throw things at him for eternity: tomatoes, dildos, the guilt of a thousand lifetimes, etc.

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Josh Rumple @joshrumple.bsky.social · Aug 19

This. I don’t want to have to dig through piles of shit to find one nugget of bronze.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · Aug 12

Not better just tilling more fertile soil.

🔻annabel @bel7776.bsky.social · Aug 12

turns out the racists are better organizers than most of us

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · Aug 12

Turns out the “edgy” group chats was just racist organizing.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Aug 11

BREAKING via AP

Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, the Prime Minister says.

Australia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state will be formalized at the United Nations in September.

Australia joins France, Britain, and Canada in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Aug 7

If the leaders aren’t leading make them do something else. Fire them all.

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 7

Update: Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.