Kacie
@papuakacie.bsky.social
American missionary wrestling with American politics and the American church’s response. Mother of three, working on an MA in counseling. Living in Indonesia most of the time.
We are watching the Jim Carey Christmas Carol, which in my opinion is underrated. It’s intense but super faithful to the original story and full of the symbolism Dickens puts in it.
Dickens sees the spirit that is light and reveals and says, “Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold?”
“I am”
Dickens sees the spirit that is light and reveals and says, “Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold?”
“I am”
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are watching the Jim Carey Christmas Carol, which in my opinion is underrated. It’s intense but super faithful to the original story and full of the symbolism Dickens puts in it.
Dickens sees the spirit that is light and reveals and says, “Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold?”
“I am”
Dickens sees the spirit that is light and reveals and says, “Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold?”
“I am”
First photo - Kristi Noem, 2025. 2nd photo - DC Stevenson (KKK Grand Dragon), 1923. Third photo - Donald Trump - 2025.
The rhetoric and sentiments are increasingly the same.
Read Stevenson’s message: blog.history.in.gov/america-firs...
The rhetoric and sentiments are increasingly the same.
Read Stevenson’s message: blog.history.in.gov/america-firs...
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
First photo - Kristi Noem, 2025. 2nd photo - DC Stevenson (KKK Grand Dragon), 1923. Third photo - Donald Trump - 2025.
The rhetoric and sentiments are increasingly the same.
Read Stevenson’s message: blog.history.in.gov/america-firs...
The rhetoric and sentiments are increasingly the same.
Read Stevenson’s message: blog.history.in.gov/america-firs...
Candace Owens used to be be annoying and right-wing. Now she might be actually crazy?
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Candace Owens used to be be annoying and right-wing. Now she might be actually crazy?
I ❤️ Susan Wise Bauer. See the original on Facebook for the full statement.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I ❤️ Susan Wise Bauer. See the original on Facebook for the full statement.
This is incredibly well-written.
How does a couple live and serve and lead in the US for 35 years, only to be suddenly sent back to a country that no longer feels like home?
In-depth, complicated, and heartfelt reporting by
@andyrolsen.bsky.social for @christianitytoday.com:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/ice-...
In-depth, complicated, and heartfelt reporting by
@andyrolsen.bsky.social for @christianitytoday.com:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/ice-...
They Led at Saddleback Church. ICE Said They Were Safe. - Christianity Today
A Colombian couple prayed with neighbors and raised their children in one of America’s most influential churches. What did we gain from their deportation?
www.christianitytoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is incredibly well-written.
We could have been different. 😮💨
Roads Not Taken: On the exit ramps Evangelicals ignored www.commonwealmagazine.org/roads-not-ta... @commonwealmagazine
Roads Not Taken
In 1998, the Christian right was at a crossroads. Tragically, it took a path leading into the arms of Donald Trump.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We could have been different. 😮💨
I know kids that went to Lane Tech, I know this area. Even if you think a daycare employee that is undocumented should be deported, do you get how horrendous these optics are?? It’s so crazy…
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I know kids that went to Lane Tech, I know this area. Even if you think a daycare employee that is undocumented should be deported, do you get how horrendous these optics are?? It’s so crazy…
I just visited Italy and was so uncomfortable with the way Mary was portrayed sometimes. This feels like a big deal. www.usccb.org/news/2025/ma...
Mary, mother of Jesus and all believers, is not co-redeemer, Vatican says
With the approval of Pope Leo XIV, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a long document on the titles of love and respect Catholics have for...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just visited Italy and was so uncomfortable with the way Mary was portrayed sometimes. This feels like a big deal. www.usccb.org/news/2025/ma...
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“The scarcity of people of color…has led those who are not familiar with his entire oeuvre to draw the conclusion that his vision was of a White America, free of immigrants and people of color. But nothing could have been further from the truth.” 1/
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Opinion | We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion — USA TODAY
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“The scarcity of people of color…has led those who are not familiar with his entire oeuvre to draw the conclusion that his vision was of a White America, free of immigrants and people of color. But nothing could have been further from the truth.” 1/
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Asmr from outside my house at sunset last night. I was out wrestling in prayer for a young mom who teeters between life and death at the hospital in our town. It’s a treatable disease but she only just started medication. Will her body hold out long enough for the medicine to start working?
November 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Asmr from outside my house at sunset last night. I was out wrestling in prayer for a young mom who teeters between life and death at the hospital in our town. It’s a treatable disease but she only just started medication. Will her body hold out long enough for the medicine to start working?
I was discouraged by visiting the Vatican. But the next day the Catacombs of Priscilla …
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The faithful witness of the church in the Catacombs of Priscilla
The earliest Christian art, a value for women, and wealth used to serve
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November 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I was discouraged by visiting the Vatican. But the next day the Catacombs of Priscilla …
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Being a non-sports-person scrolling through my social media feeds right now feels a little like wandering into the middle of a Pentecostal prayer service.
Everyone is talking at once and I cannot understand one word of what they are saying, but they are all very excited about whatever it is. (Yay?)
Everyone is talking at once and I cannot understand one word of what they are saying, but they are all very excited about whatever it is. (Yay?)
a woman is crying and says she is still speaking in tongues .
Alt: a woman is crying and says she is still speaking in tongues .
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November 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Being a non-sports-person scrolling through my social media feeds right now feels a little like wandering into the middle of a Pentecostal prayer service.
Everyone is talking at once and I cannot understand one word of what they are saying, but they are all very excited about whatever it is. (Yay?)
Everyone is talking at once and I cannot understand one word of what they are saying, but they are all very excited about whatever it is. (Yay?)
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I recently gave my own account of what it’s been like living through Operation Midway Blitz and the terror us Chicagoans have experienced.
www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
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Everyday Evangelical Resistance For My Chicago Neighbors
Historians talk about the danger of presentist history. They rarely talk about what happens when presentist history is unavoidable.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I recently gave my own account of what it’s been like living through Operation Midway Blitz and the terror us Chicagoans have experienced.
www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
The DHS using Tolkien to try to legitimize the actions of ICE. There indeed won’t be a Shire if there are orcs making raids and dragging Gandalf from Bilbo’s birthday party because he’s not a hobbit.
Sorry, that’s a mess, but so is what they posted!
Sorry, that’s a mess, but so is what they posted!
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The DHS using Tolkien to try to legitimize the actions of ICE. There indeed won’t be a Shire if there are orcs making raids and dragging Gandalf from Bilbo’s birthday party because he’s not a hobbit.
Sorry, that’s a mess, but so is what they posted!
Sorry, that’s a mess, but so is what they posted!
My impressions of the Vatican
open.substack.com/pub/thewellt...
open.substack.com/pub/thewellt...
Visiting the Vatican as a Protestant
Facing what happens when the Church is tied to politics and power
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October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My impressions of the Vatican
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Guys. Let Trump renovate the White House and keep your eyes on real issues.
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Guys. Let Trump renovate the White House and keep your eyes on real issues.
So much that is externally beautiful during the Renaissance. It all looks externally religious, but I grew sobered as I walked, pondering it all and comparing it to our own day.
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Florence: the beauty and corruption of Medici patronage
Pondering the effects of money and power on religion during the Renaissance
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October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So much that is externally beautiful during the Renaissance. It all looks externally religious, but I grew sobered as I walked, pondering it all and comparing it to our own day.
open.substack.com/pub/thewellt...
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The President of the United States.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The President of the United States.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
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I reflect on the use of the gospel at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
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I reflect on the use of the gospel at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
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The Gospel of God and Country
Listening to Memorial Words to Make Sense of a Cultural Moment
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October 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New post.
I reflect on the use of the gospel at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...
I reflect on the use of the gospel at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...
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I continue to feel shocked that the White House posts videos to celebrate men in chains. I showed this video to my daughter and she was shocked. “Why are they doing that to them?! Those guys are just like us here! They are just trying to make a home!”
I continue to feel shocked that the White House posts videos to celebrate men in chains. I showed this video to my daughter and she was shocked. “Why are they doing that to them?! Those guys are just like us here! They are just trying to make a home!”
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I continue to feel shocked that the White House posts videos to celebrate men in chains. I showed this video to my daughter and she was shocked. “Why are they doing that to them?! Those guys are just like us here! They are just trying to make a home!”
I continue to feel shocked that the White House posts videos to celebrate men in chains. I showed this video to my daughter and she was shocked. “Why are they doing that to them?! Those guys are just like us here! They are just trying to make a home!”
Actually laughed out loud today to read online discussion of the wokeness of Tim Keller and David Platt. Never thought I’d see the day.
(See Allie Beth Stuckey’s instagram stories and comments)
(See Allie Beth Stuckey’s instagram stories and comments)
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Actually laughed out loud today to read online discussion of the wokeness of Tim Keller and David Platt. Never thought I’d see the day.
(See Allie Beth Stuckey’s instagram stories and comments)
(See Allie Beth Stuckey’s instagram stories and comments)
This whole thread reacting to Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
"You see, Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus. He knew if he'd get all of you rowing in the streams of liberty, you'd come to its source, and that's the Lord."
--Rob McCoy, Kirk's pastor
Sooo... what exactly does that mean? If we follow Kirk's politics we'll become Christians?
--Rob McCoy, Kirk's pastor
Sooo... what exactly does that mean? If we follow Kirk's politics we'll become Christians?
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This whole thread reacting to Charlie Kirk’s memorial.
Allie Beth Stuckey: It’s not cancel culture…. no, you’ve got a character problem. Like, you’re probably possessed by a demon, and if you’re possessed by a demon, I don’t want you to be a pediatric nurse, call me crazy. I don’t want you to be at therapist.
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Allie Beth Stuckey: It’s not cancel culture…. no, you’ve got a character problem. Like, you’re probably possessed by a demon, and if you’re possessed by a demon, I don’t want you to be a pediatric nurse, call me crazy. I don’t want you to be at therapist.
All these people on the right trying to nuance definitions of free speech to defend what’s happening now, but were up in arms when there were firings from private employers when people didn’t get a covid vaccination, and private social media platforms moderated their conspiracy theories.
September 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
All these people on the right trying to nuance definitions of free speech to defend what’s happening now, but were up in arms when there were firings from private employers when people didn’t get a covid vaccination, and private social media platforms moderated their conspiracy theories.
It is my belief that many Christians in America are actually Christian nationalists. Some knowingly so, some without any understanding of the difference. From a Christian nationalist perspective, someone who makes political gains and ties them to faith IS a religious hero. So of course…
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It is my belief that many Christians in America are actually Christian nationalists. Some knowingly so, some without any understanding of the difference. From a Christian nationalist perspective, someone who makes political gains and ties them to faith IS a religious hero. So of course…