Monty Metoyer
@montyman60.bsky.social
Episcopal Priest and member of General Convention
Fountain pens in, my world, is my other job…
Fountain pens in, my world, is my other job…
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"At Downey Memorial Christian church on Thursday, officers reportedly arrested a man in the parking lot then pointed a gun at senior pastor Tanya Lopez..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘To not speak out is to be complicit’: LA faith leaders mobilize amid Ice raids
Since federal agents descended on the city, faith leaders have rallied congregants, protested and devoted resources to serve immigrants
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"At Downey Memorial Christian church on Thursday, officers reportedly arrested a man in the parking lot then pointed a gun at senior pastor Tanya Lopez..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Millions of people living in the United States face the threat of deportation. Catholics are called to defend them.
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
When ICE comes for your neighbor, whose side will you be on?
Millions of people living in the United States face the threat of deportation. Catholics are called to defend them.
uscatholic.org
June 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Millions of people living in the United States face the threat of deportation. Catholics are called to defend them.
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
An excellent way to regain reading (not scrolling) skills!
June 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An excellent way to regain reading (not scrolling) skills!
True that
Here’s the thing about #Juneteenth:
It is the only Holiday recognizing that freedom and democracy take ongoing effort and dedication.
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation occurred more than two years before being enforced in Texas.
A good lesson in these difficult times.
It is the only Holiday recognizing that freedom and democracy take ongoing effort and dedication.
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation occurred more than two years before being enforced in Texas.
A good lesson in these difficult times.
On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
June 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
True that
Out of control ICE!
@bradlander.bsky.social: "I was in a DHS detention for about 3.5 hours... I'm going to sleep at home in my bed tonight, safe with my family. But at Edgardo, who I was trying to accompany, he is in ICE detention. God knows where he's going to sleep tonight. And who knows what state."
June 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Out of control ICE!
May it never happen again!
Gathered in fellowship, they were praying. Then hatred and gunfire shattered the peace of Mother Emanuel.
As the pain endures ten years later, so does the resolve. For the nine lives stolen in Charleston and their loved ones, we will keep fighting until we end gun violence.
As the pain endures ten years later, so does the resolve. For the nine lives stolen in Charleston and their loved ones, we will keep fighting until we end gun violence.
June 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
May it never happen again!
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Gathered in fellowship, they were praying. Then hatred and gunfire shattered the peace of Mother Emanuel.
As the pain endures ten years later, so does the resolve. For the nine lives stolen in Charleston and their loved ones, we will keep fighting until we end gun violence.
As the pain endures ten years later, so does the resolve. For the nine lives stolen in Charleston and their loved ones, we will keep fighting until we end gun violence.
June 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Gathered in fellowship, they were praying. Then hatred and gunfire shattered the peace of Mother Emanuel.
As the pain endures ten years later, so does the resolve. For the nine lives stolen in Charleston and their loved ones, we will keep fighting until we end gun violence.
As the pain endures ten years later, so does the resolve. For the nine lives stolen in Charleston and their loved ones, we will keep fighting until we end gun violence.
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This one of abrupt shift into lunacy is tragically common now and I park it at the feet of social media and its irresponsible leaders. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Minnesota shooting suspect went from youthful evangelizer to far-right zealot
Residents in Vance Boelter’s hometown are struggling to reconcile what they knew of him with the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This one of abrupt shift into lunacy is tragically common now and I park it at the feet of social media and its irresponsible leaders. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod affirms trans, other gender non-conforming people episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/06/09/s...
Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod affirms trans, other gender non-conforming people
[Scottish Episcopal Church] On June 7, the final day of General Synod 2025, members backed a motion that affirmed transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming and intersex people within the churc…
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June 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod affirms trans, other gender non-conforming people episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/06/09/s...
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We are literally the only people who SHOULD be on these lands by any birthright. Say it louder for those in the back.🪶
June 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
We are literally the only people who SHOULD be on these lands by any birthright. Say it louder for those in the back.🪶
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Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.
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An 80 year old veteran who, while using his walker to get to the steps of the capital to peacefully protest, is arrested after he stepped past the barriers the police put to prevent them from walking to the capital.
They took away his walker.
This needs to go viral.
They took away his walker.
This needs to go viral.
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An 80 year old veteran who, while using his walker to get to the steps of the capital to peacefully protest, is arrested after he stepped past the barriers the police put to prevent them from walking to the capital.
They took away his walker.
This needs to go viral.
They took away his walker.
This needs to go viral.
My Home State!
June 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My Home State!
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"Sheriff has history of cop-like behavior"
Florida Sheriff Who Threatened to Kill Protesters Has History of Corruption, Racial Profiling and Bribery Accusations
Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey and his office have been sued multiple times throughout the years, including for false arrest and imprisonment.
www.latintimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Sheriff has history of cop-like behavior"
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Speaking truth!
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
If you haven’t heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove… you have now.
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
June 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Speaking truth!
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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I wrote for @sojo.net this week about Walter Brueggemann’s towering legacy and his powerful impact on Sojourners over the last five decades. May we all keep imagining a future that’s more generous and radically more just than empire seeks to impose on us.
"As Brueggemann repeatedly pointed out, one of empire’s key projects is to shrink our imagination until the future we imagine doesn’t threaten its agenda."
The 'Dangerous Oddness' of Walter Brueggemann
The late theologian saw the direction the country was headed, and he knew the key to fighting it was to start dreaming bigger.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I wrote for @sojo.net this week about Walter Brueggemann’s towering legacy and his powerful impact on Sojourners over the last five decades. May we all keep imagining a future that’s more generous and radically more just than empire seeks to impose on us.
True that. Send them home
California national guard troops and marines deployed to LA to help restore order have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they don't want to join.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
True that. Send them home
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Is literally every member of this administration high on an unbelievable amount of drugs at all times?
June 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Is literally every member of this administration high on an unbelievable amount of drugs at all times?
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"I can speak for every immigrant when I say this: No immigrant wants to live in the United States undocumented. In a land filled with countless opportunities, the pathways to citizenship are intentionally complicated and limiting for many."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/o...
My Milford classmate was detained by ICE. I live in fear that it could happen to me. - The Boston Globe
I invite you to open your mind and try to have empathy for a situation you have never had to experience.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"I can speak for every immigrant when I say this: No immigrant wants to live in the United States undocumented. In a land filled with countless opportunities, the pathways to citizenship are intentionally complicated and limiting for many."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/12/o...
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The dictator putting Marines on our streets had his thugs rough up a sitting senator. That's not a "distraction" from anything, fascism is just here now. Like the Resistance said it would be from the start, because we've read a book about how fascism works.
June 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The dictator putting Marines on our streets had his thugs rough up a sitting senator. That's not a "distraction" from anything, fascism is just here now. Like the Resistance said it would be from the start, because we've read a book about how fascism works.
Amen. So needed
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.
June 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Amen. So needed
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This is a ‘Kairos moment’ for faith communities that affirm the dignity & rights of LGBTQ+ people—especially trans & nonbinary people. Christian nationalism’s attacks on LGBTQ+ people are also an attack on our deep belief in God’s inclusive love. ⚓️
read it all:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
read it all:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights
It’s long past time we foregrounded trans people in the fight for dignity and democracy.
www.thenation.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is a ‘Kairos moment’ for faith communities that affirm the dignity & rights of LGBTQ+ people—especially trans & nonbinary people. Christian nationalism’s attacks on LGBTQ+ people are also an attack on our deep belief in God’s inclusive love. ⚓️
read it all:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
read it all:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...