McGowin
@mcgowin.bsky.social
Husband. Dad of 3. Co-Pastor @AdvocateWheaton in IL. I love good food, sweet tea, and all stories.
This Christmas, our invitation to the global church — and to Western Christians in particular — is to remember where the story began. To remember that Bethlehem is not a myth but a place where people still live. If the Christian world is to honor the meaning of Christmas,
December 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This Christmas, our invitation to the global church — and to Western Christians in particular — is to remember where the story began. To remember that Bethlehem is not a myth but a place where people still live. If the Christian world is to honor the meaning of Christmas,
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"Prophecy is radical, it goes right to the root of the issue: rootedness in status is actually rootlessness and doesn’t bear good fruit. Prophecy is pruning: only truth can proceed."
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social:
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social:
Prophets, Pharisees, and Preparing for the Kingdom — CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE
Prophecy is radical, it goes right to the root of the issue: rootedness in status is actually rootlessness and doesn’t bear good fruit. Prophecy is pruning: only truth can proceed. Lies, slandering, a...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Prophecy is radical, it goes right to the root of the issue: rootedness in status is actually rootlessness and doesn’t bear good fruit. Prophecy is pruning: only truth can proceed."
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social:
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social:
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Our little church, @advocatewheaton.bsky.social, which is only three years-old, has gotten significant online attention recently. Much of it has been positive, focusing on the activism of our lay people... 1/5
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Our little church, @advocatewheaton.bsky.social, which is only three years-old, has gotten significant online attention recently. Much of it has been positive, focusing on the activism of our lay people... 1/5
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A collet for the consecration of Samuel Seabury
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A collet for the consecration of Samuel Seabury
For Families Facing Hunger During the Government Shutdown
God of sustenance, who fed your people in the wilderness and satisfied the hungry with good things, hear the cries of families increasingly fearing the loss of food assistance as the government shutdown continues.
God of sustenance, who fed your people in the wilderness and satisfied the hungry with good things, hear the cries of families increasingly fearing the loss of food assistance as the government shutdown continues.
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For Families Facing Hunger During the Government Shutdown
God of sustenance, who fed your people in the wilderness and satisfied the hungry with good things, hear the cries of families increasingly fearing the loss of food assistance as the government shutdown continues.
God of sustenance, who fed your people in the wilderness and satisfied the hungry with good things, hear the cries of families increasingly fearing the loss of food assistance as the government shutdown continues.
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"The truth of the Church as Christ’s body is alive and active and doing what Christ commands it to do: justify the ungodly."
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social
It’s Not the Pharisee’s House — CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE
If the Church is the body of Christ, which scripture testifies that it is, then it must be a place where God invites us to learn to tell the truth, about ourselves and about him. The Pharisee’s tithes...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"The truth of the Church as Christ’s body is alive and active and doing what Christ commands it to do: justify the ungodly."
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social
Read Sunday's sermon from @aaronmharrison.bsky.social
A Prayer for Weary Advocates:
God of justice, you gave your prophets bold voices and strength when they spoke truth in lands that rejected them. We turn to you with heavy hearts as the news bears constant witness to cruelty, violence, and fear, and your peace advocates are weary.
God of justice, you gave your prophets bold voices and strength when they spoke truth in lands that rejected them. We turn to you with heavy hearts as the news bears constant witness to cruelty, violence, and fear, and your peace advocates are weary.
August 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A Prayer for Weary Advocates:
God of justice, you gave your prophets bold voices and strength when they spoke truth in lands that rejected them. We turn to you with heavy hearts as the news bears constant witness to cruelty, violence, and fear, and your peace advocates are weary.
God of justice, you gave your prophets bold voices and strength when they spoke truth in lands that rejected them. We turn to you with heavy hearts as the news bears constant witness to cruelty, violence, and fear, and your peace advocates are weary.
Today many remember James “Jimmy” Baldwin.
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
August 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today many remember James “Jimmy” Baldwin.
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
#JamesBaldwin
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
July 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
+Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. And may the Lord have mercy on those of us who remain. Amen.
June 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
+Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. And may the Lord have mercy on those of us who remain. Amen.
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A collect for the Feast of St. Blandina and her companions:
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A collect for the Feast of St. Blandina and her companions:
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Jesus: show me the novel you are reading.
Me: I’m not really reading one rn.
J: you have spoken truly, for you are trying to read 4 novels rn and they’re all over 800 pages long.
Me, changing the subject: what’s your opinion, do audiobooks count as reading?
Me: I’m not really reading one rn.
J: you have spoken truly, for you are trying to read 4 novels rn and they’re all over 800 pages long.
Me, changing the subject: what’s your opinion, do audiobooks count as reading?
May 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Jesus: show me the novel you are reading.
Me: I’m not really reading one rn.
J: you have spoken truly, for you are trying to read 4 novels rn and they’re all over 800 pages long.
Me, changing the subject: what’s your opinion, do audiobooks count as reading?
Me: I’m not really reading one rn.
J: you have spoken truly, for you are trying to read 4 novels rn and they’re all over 800 pages long.
Me, changing the subject: what’s your opinion, do audiobooks count as reading?
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A collect for the Feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzus:
May 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A collect for the Feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzus:
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Join us tonight at 6:30 as we mark Maundy Thursday.
More information regarding this service, as well as a full list of additional Holy Week services, can be found at our Upcoming Events page:
www.christouradvocate.org/upcoming-eve...
More information regarding this service, as well as a full list of additional Holy Week services, can be found at our Upcoming Events page:
www.christouradvocate.org/upcoming-eve...
April 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Join us tonight at 6:30 as we mark Maundy Thursday.
More information regarding this service, as well as a full list of additional Holy Week services, can be found at our Upcoming Events page:
www.christouradvocate.org/upcoming-eve...
More information regarding this service, as well as a full list of additional Holy Week services, can be found at our Upcoming Events page:
www.christouradvocate.org/upcoming-eve...
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A Collect for the Feast of St. Perpetua & St. Felicity
(Icon by Br. Robert Lentz, OFM
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(Icon by Br. Robert Lentz, OFM
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March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A Collect for the Feast of St. Perpetua & St. Felicity
(Icon by Br. Robert Lentz, OFM
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(Icon by Br. Robert Lentz, OFM
trinitystores.com/collections/...)
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...Raise up a host of courageous Shiphrahs and Puas—neighbors, co-workers, and other bystanders—to disrupt deportation efforts and make the measures so slow, painstaking, and costly as to be utterly abandoned.
Lord, in your mercy; Hear our prayer.
Lord, in your mercy; Hear our prayer.
January 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
...Raise up a host of courageous Shiphrahs and Puas—neighbors, co-workers, and other bystanders—to disrupt deportation efforts and make the measures so slow, painstaking, and costly as to be utterly abandoned.
Lord, in your mercy; Hear our prayer.
Lord, in your mercy; Hear our prayer.
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Prayers on the Eve of Mass Deportations 🧵
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January 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Prayers on the Eve of Mass Deportations 🧵
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www.christouradvocate.org/blog/prayers...
Eeeek! It’s ready for download. #householdsoffaith
January 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Eeeek! It’s ready for download. #householdsoffaith