Rev. Todd Weir
@revtoddweir.bsky.social
Progressive UCC pastor serving in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Interested in creation spirituality, kayaking, cooking, and mindful contemplation.
Proteins without environmental impact could be a piece of the sustainability puzzle.
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Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: April 25, 2025
Solein, FOOD FROM THIN AIR, is scaling up fast!
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April 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Proteins without environmental impact could be a piece of the sustainability puzzle.
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If judges can be arrested for impeding ICE investigations, it should follow that State Department officials can be arrested for ignoring court orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Wisconsin Judge Arrested, Accused of Shielding Immigrant From Federal Agents
Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on suspicion that she “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from” an immigrant being pursued by the authorities, the F.B.I. director said in a social media pos...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If judges can be arrested for impeding ICE investigations, it should follow that State Department officials can be arrested for ignoring court orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
True freedom is not just the absence of chains but the presence of purpose. It's not the right to do anything—it's the responsibility to choose what is good, meaningful, and true.
Freedom is for something, not just from something
Lent begins with temptations to live with unfreedom
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March 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
True freedom is not just the absence of chains but the presence of purpose. It's not the right to do anything—it's the responsibility to choose what is good, meaningful, and true.
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
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March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick often said that we are not fulfilled unless we find a purpose bigger than ourselves. But an important detail is left out. When you find that purpose bigger than your self-interest, it will scare you.
Push Out to Deeper Waters
How are you being called to risk and grow?
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February 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Harry Emerson Fosdick often said that we are not fulfilled unless we find a purpose bigger than ourselves. But an important detail is left out. When you find that purpose bigger than your self-interest, it will scare you.
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I’m quoting one of the best humans I know @timlongman.bsky.social This is shaping into a humanitarian disaster.
Having worked extensively with USAID in the DR Congo since 2007, I can attest that the staff there are fantastic people who worked hard to promote health and development in challenging circumstances. To treat them so poorly is a dark mark of shame on the Trump/Musk administration.
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’m quoting one of the best humans I know @timlongman.bsky.social This is shaping into a humanitarian disaster.
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Having worked extensively with USAID in the DR Congo since 2007, I can attest that the staff there are fantastic people who worked hard to promote health and development in challenging circumstances. To treat them so poorly is a dark mark of shame on the Trump/Musk administration.
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Having worked extensively with USAID in the DR Congo since 2007, I can attest that the staff there are fantastic people who worked hard to promote health and development in challenging circumstances. To treat them so poorly is a dark mark of shame on the Trump/Musk administration.
it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Diversity made America great.
Don't follow people who keep coming in second place.
Don't follow people who keep coming in second place.
February 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Diversity made America great.
Don't follow people who keep coming in second place.
Don't follow people who keep coming in second place.
For the record, US airlines went 16 years without a fatal crash.
Also, Tesla cars have the highest fatality record of any auto company. Math and common sense say no to DOGE.
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Also, Tesla cars have the highest fatality record of any auto company. Math and common sense say no to DOGE.
Source: www.roadandtrack.com/.../tesla-ha...
February 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
For the record, US airlines went 16 years without a fatal crash.
Also, Tesla cars have the highest fatality record of any auto company. Math and common sense say no to DOGE.
Source: www.roadandtrack.com/.../tesla-ha...
Also, Tesla cars have the highest fatality record of any auto company. Math and common sense say no to DOGE.
Source: www.roadandtrack.com/.../tesla-ha...
I spent time reading statements on immigration from many denominations this week, including Episcopal, Roman Catholic, SBC, UCC and Lutheran churches. Immigration is not a partisan political issue for the church but a bedrock ministry. 70 percent of refugees resettled are assisted by churches.
Prophets Without Honor
We must tell stories worth living, even when it is hard.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I spent time reading statements on immigration from many denominations this week, including Episcopal, Roman Catholic, SBC, UCC and Lutheran churches. Immigration is not a partisan political issue for the church but a bedrock ministry. 70 percent of refugees resettled are assisted by churches.
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For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For the visual learners...
Just wait till MAGA starts attempting to fill condoms with bombs to attack Democrats. Now that Fox has floated the idea, somebody is going to try it.
January 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just wait till MAGA starts attempting to fill condoms with bombs to attack Democrats. Now that Fox has floated the idea, somebody is going to try it.
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I just read "Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump." Check it out!
January 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I just read "Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump." Check it out!
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These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.
Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans
Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans
January 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.
Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans
Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans
The point of gaslighting is to make us afraid that we are truly alone. It is not just dread of an enemy, but the fear that our friends and allies will abandon us. Friendship is essential to staying grounded in truth.
January 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The point of gaslighting is to make us afraid that we are truly alone. It is not just dread of an enemy, but the fear that our friends and allies will abandon us. Friendship is essential to staying grounded in truth.
Moving inside feels like the ethos of the Trump era. Only a few people can come inside out of the cold, and there isn’t the character to endure discomfort or take on hard things.
MaryAnn McKibben Dana on Substack
Somebody held his inauguration outside despite 19 degree temperatures and managed to draw this crowd.
But I guess not everybody has what it takes.
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January 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Moving inside feels like the ethos of the Trump era. Only a few people can come inside out of the cold, and there isn’t the character to endure discomfort or take on hard things.
"Spirituality is not about achieving something but receiving something. It is about living in a continuous awareness that we are the beloved of God." Henri Nouwen
Beyond Resolutions
The waters of baptism and a life of grace
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January 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Spirituality is not about achieving something but receiving something. It is about living in a continuous awareness that we are the beloved of God." Henri Nouwen
Don't miss this inspiring summary of Jimmy Carter's legacy.
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December 29, 2024
Former President Jimmy Carter died today, December 29, 2024, at age 100 after a life characterized by a dedication to human rights.
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December 30, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Don't miss this inspiring summary of Jimmy Carter's legacy.
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