Gordon Burton Hill, M.Div., C.P.E., A.I.A.
@therevqueerly.bsky.social
80+yr old, Queer Homo; former Social Service Worker; Minister; Chaplain (Psych.&Addictions); Clinical Pastoral Counsellor(non-pathologizing); non-Theist; beyond post-modernist; life-long 'Seeker'; Skeptic; Free Thinker; Human to dog & cat persons
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March 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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As "westernized" Christians sing with glee:
"Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and Heaven and nature sing...
"Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and Heaven and nature sing...
December 19, 2024 at 3:47 AM
As "westernized" Christians sing with glee:
"Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and Heaven and nature sing...
"Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and Heaven and nature sing...
"O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord . . . !"
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord . . . !"
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 AM
"O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord . . . !"
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord . . . !"
"What is a holy person?
The one who is aware of others' suffering."
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~ Kabir, (1440-1580), considered both an Indian Sufi and Brahmin mystic, saint & poet
The one who is aware of others' suffering."
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~ Kabir, (1440-1580), considered both an Indian Sufi and Brahmin mystic, saint & poet
December 16, 2024 at 1:58 AM
"What is a holy person?
The one who is aware of others' suffering."
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~ Kabir, (1440-1580), considered both an Indian Sufi and Brahmin mystic, saint & poet
The one who is aware of others' suffering."
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~ Kabir, (1440-1580), considered both an Indian Sufi and Brahmin mystic, saint & poet
"[Neighbours are] not those whom I find in my path, but rather those in whose path I place myself, those whom I approach and actively seek."
~ Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, (1928-2024), Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology
~ Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, (1928-2024), Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology
December 15, 2024 at 8:34 PM
"[Neighbours are] not those whom I find in my path, but rather those in whose path I place myself, those whom I approach and actively seek."
~ Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, (1928-2024), Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology
~ Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, (1928-2024), Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology
"Divinity is not something supernatural that ever and again invades the natural order in a crashing miracle. Divinity is not in some remote heaven, seated on a throne. Divinity is love. Wherever goodness, beauty, truth, love, are-there is the divine."
~ The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
~ The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
December 15, 2024 at 8:28 PM
"Divinity is not something supernatural that ever and again invades the natural order in a crashing miracle. Divinity is not in some remote heaven, seated on a throne. Divinity is love. Wherever goodness, beauty, truth, love, are-there is the divine."
~ The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
~ The Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come."
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
December 9, 2024 at 2:05 AM
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come."
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"The Lord is coming, always coming.
When you have ears to hear and eyes to see,
you will recognize them at any moment of your life.
Life is Advent;
life is recognizing the coming of the Lord"
~ Fr. Henri Nouwen, PhD Psychology
When you have ears to hear and eyes to see,
you will recognize them at any moment of your life.
Life is Advent;
life is recognizing the coming of the Lord"
~ Fr. Henri Nouwen, PhD Psychology
December 9, 2024 at 2:04 AM
"The Lord is coming, always coming.
When you have ears to hear and eyes to see,
you will recognize them at any moment of your life.
Life is Advent;
life is recognizing the coming of the Lord"
~ Fr. Henri Nouwen, PhD Psychology
When you have ears to hear and eyes to see,
you will recognize them at any moment of your life.
Life is Advent;
life is recognizing the coming of the Lord"
~ Fr. Henri Nouwen, PhD Psychology
"A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes
...and is completely dependent
on the fact that the door of freedom
has to be opened from the outside,
is not a bad picture of Advent."
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
...and is completely dependent
on the fact that the door of freedom
has to be opened from the outside,
is not a bad picture of Advent."
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
December 9, 2024 at 2:03 AM
"A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes
...and is completely dependent
on the fact that the door of freedom
has to be opened from the outside,
is not a bad picture of Advent."
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
...and is completely dependent
on the fact that the door of freedom
has to be opened from the outside,
is not a bad picture of Advent."
The Rev. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Divinity is not something supernatural that ever and again invades the natural order in a crashing miracle. Divinity is not in some remote heaven, seated on a throne. Divinity is love. Wherever goodness, beauty, truth, love, are-there is the divine."
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
December 9, 2024 at 2:01 AM
"Divinity is not something supernatural that ever and again invades the natural order in a crashing miracle. Divinity is not in some remote heaven, seated on a throne. Divinity is love. Wherever goodness, beauty, truth, love, are-there is the divine."
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
This is Raphael Lemkin's definition of Genocide. He was a Polish Jew (1900-1959) - an activist & advocate through WW II for what became The Genocide Convention. During WW II, he campaigned vigorously to raise awareness of the Nazi atrocities.
Was he "anti-Semitic"? 😏🙄🤔
Was he "anti-Semitic"? 😏🙄🤔
December 6, 2024 at 10:42 PM
This is Raphael Lemkin's definition of Genocide. He was a Polish Jew (1900-1959) - an activist & advocate through WW II for what became The Genocide Convention. During WW II, he campaigned vigorously to raise awareness of the Nazi atrocities.
Was he "anti-Semitic"? 😏🙄🤔
Was he "anti-Semitic"? 😏🙄🤔
Dec 6, 1989: In memory of:
Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
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Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
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December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Dec 6, 1989: In memory of:
Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
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Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
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December 2, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Today, November 29th, 2024, is the annual International Day of Solidarity with The Palestinian People. On this day, in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine.This year, the theme is:
❗ ❗ ❗ "A Crisis of Our Humanity" ❗ ❗ ❗
❗ ❗ ❗ "A Crisis of Our Humanity" ❗ ❗ ❗
November 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Today, November 29th, 2024, is the annual International Day of Solidarity with The Palestinian People. On this day, in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine.This year, the theme is:
❗ ❗ ❗ "A Crisis of Our Humanity" ❗ ❗ ❗
❗ ❗ ❗ "A Crisis of Our Humanity" ❗ ❗ ❗
"The human species, my intuition tells me,
is not outside the cosmic process
and is not an accident.
It is as much a part of the universe as the trees,
the mountains, the aurora, and the stars."
~ Richard E. Byrd, (1888-1957)
is not outside the cosmic process
and is not an accident.
It is as much a part of the universe as the trees,
the mountains, the aurora, and the stars."
~ Richard E. Byrd, (1888-1957)
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 AM
"The human species, my intuition tells me,
is not outside the cosmic process
and is not an accident.
It is as much a part of the universe as the trees,
the mountains, the aurora, and the stars."
~ Richard E. Byrd, (1888-1957)
is not outside the cosmic process
and is not an accident.
It is as much a part of the universe as the trees,
the mountains, the aurora, and the stars."
~ Richard E. Byrd, (1888-1957)
"Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality."
~ James A. Baldwin
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~ James A. Baldwin
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November 26, 2024 at 3:43 AM
"Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality."
~ James A. Baldwin
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~ James A. Baldwin
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"Even so, one step from my grave,
I believe that cruelty, spite,
The powers of darkness will in time
Be crushed by the spirit of light."
~ Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960)
I believe that cruelty, spite,
The powers of darkness will in time
Be crushed by the spirit of light."
~ Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960)
November 20, 2024 at 2:41 AM
"Even so, one step from my grave,
I believe that cruelty, spite,
The powers of darkness will in time
Be crushed by the spirit of light."
~ Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960)
I believe that cruelty, spite,
The powers of darkness will in time
Be crushed by the spirit of light."
~ Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960)
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
~ Emma Lazarus, (1849-1887), Author, 'The New Colossus'
~ Emma Lazarus, (1849-1887), Author, 'The New Colossus'
November 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
~ Emma Lazarus, (1849-1887), Author, 'The New Colossus'
~ Emma Lazarus, (1849-1887), Author, 'The New Colossus'
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
~ Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'
~ Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'
November 19, 2024 at 3:40 AM
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
~ Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'
~ Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'
"For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice."
~ Dr. Cornel West, Philosopher, Theologian, Activist, Social Critic
_____[With the N.A.R. prophetic chicanery all around, I turn to Cornel West for affirmation]
~ Dr. Cornel West, Philosopher, Theologian, Activist, Social Critic
_____[With the N.A.R. prophetic chicanery all around, I turn to Cornel West for affirmation]
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 AM
"For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice."
~ Dr. Cornel West, Philosopher, Theologian, Activist, Social Critic
_____[With the N.A.R. prophetic chicanery all around, I turn to Cornel West for affirmation]
~ Dr. Cornel West, Philosopher, Theologian, Activist, Social Critic
_____[With the N.A.R. prophetic chicanery all around, I turn to Cornel West for affirmation]
"An ideology that divides the world into those who are worth more and those who are worth less, into superior and inferior beings, does not have to reach the dimensions of the German genocide to be wrong."
Amira Hass, (b.1956), Journalist with Haaretz, reporting on Palestine where she also lives
Amira Hass, (b.1956), Journalist with Haaretz, reporting on Palestine where she also lives
November 18, 2024 at 3:33 AM
"An ideology that divides the world into those who are worth more and those who are worth less, into superior and inferior beings, does not have to reach the dimensions of the German genocide to be wrong."
Amira Hass, (b.1956), Journalist with Haaretz, reporting on Palestine where she also lives
Amira Hass, (b.1956), Journalist with Haaretz, reporting on Palestine where she also lives
Introducing Ms Lillian, that cat/person companion for whom I am her 'human'. She is about 12 yrs old now. Somehow, she got lost and was picked up as a stray, Nothing is known of her background. Over the last year+ she has become lovingly loyal. All of my dog & cat companions have been 'rescues'❣️
November 16, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Introducing Ms Lillian, that cat/person companion for whom I am her 'human'. She is about 12 yrs old now. Somehow, she got lost and was picked up as a stray, Nothing is known of her background. Over the last year+ she has become lovingly loyal. All of my dog & cat companions have been 'rescues'❣️