Thomas Mann
12.03.2026 13:28
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Thomas Mann
The election of the Rev. Winnie Varghese, a queer woman of Indian descent, as dean of America’s largest Episcopal church represents a number of historic firsts.
religionnews.com/2025/07/18/w...
TOMORROW August 2 at 26 Federal Plaza, 10am . The Episcopal Diocese of New York, the The Interfaith Center of New York, and New York Immigration Coalition will host a public vigil and prayer gathering calling for the immediate release of Yeonsoo Go, daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, who was unlawfully detained by ICE following a routine immigration hearing. 🙏 Faith leaders and people of moral conscience will gather to offer prayers, bear witness, and call for justice and compassion in the face of unjust detention practices. Faith leaders across New York are calling for Yeonsoo's immediate release and for broader accountability in how ICE is targeting immigrants, students, and family members. 💐 Participants are invited to bring flowers and cards for Yeonsoo and others who are unjustly detained. 📣 Speakers will include: 📢The Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York 📢Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition Other faith leaders and advocates ✨WHY✨ On Thursday, July 31, Yeonsoo Go appeared for what was expected to be a routine visa hearing. After the judge scheduled her next court appearance for October, she was unexpectedly and unlawfully detained by ICE agents as she exited the courtroom. . Yeonsoo is the daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, an Episcopal priest, and a beloved member of her community. Her detention represents a disturbing and unacceptable escalation of enforcement against individuals in good standing with pending immigration cases. #ice #detention #onesingleact #episcopal #immediaterelease #justice #lovethyneighbor
TOMORROW August 2 at 26 Federal Plaza, 10am . The Episcopal Diocese of New York, the The Interfaith Center of New York, and New York Immigration Coalition will host a public vigil and prayer gathering calling for the immediate release of Yeonsoo Go, daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, who was unlawfully detained by ICE following a routine immigration hearing. 🙏 Faith leaders and people of moral conscience will gather to offer prayers, bear witness, and call for justice and compassion in the face of unjust detention practices. Faith leaders across New York are calling for Yeonsoo's immediate release and for broader accountability in how ICE is targeting immigrants, students, and family members. 💐 Participants are invited to bring flowers and cards for Yeonsoo and others who are unjustly detained. 📣 Speakers will include: 📢The Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York 📢Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition Other faith leaders and advocates ✨WHY✨ On Thursday, July 31, Yeonsoo Go appeared for what was expected to be a routine visa hearing. After the judge scheduled her next court appearance for October, she was unexpectedly and unlawfully detained by ICE agents as she exited the courtroom. . Yeonsoo is the daughter of the Rev. Kyrie Kim, an Episcopal priest, and a beloved member of her community. Her detention represents a disturbing and unacceptable escalation of enforcement against individuals in good standing with pending immigration cases. #ice #detention #onesingleact #episcopal #immediaterelease #justice #lovethyneighbor
Daughter of an Episcopal priest arrested and detained following her routine visa hearing.
Plato's original adaptation of Watership Down.
I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
I’ve got to get myself an Adorno mug.
Fact of the day: Lithuanian bishops in 1602 recorded that people in the region gathered at churches on certain days and threw chickens at the altar.
Church authorities could not explain why.
Francis Young, Silence of the Gods (Cambridge University Press 2025), 264.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Marble School (in conjunction with St. John’s, Ocean Springs), has been offering Morning Prayer, An Order of Service for Noonday, Evening Prayer, and Compline every day. The service of prayer is made via Zoom. St. John’s, Ocean Springs, then webcasts
8:00 am, noon, 4:00 pm, and 8:00 pm MP, Noonday, EP, and Compline. You are invited!
Its always fun to find ephemeral, and sometimes scarce items by well known authors. This essay about the 1930 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops might seem niche but actually provides insight into The Waste Land and Eliot's political/religious framework.
Just in time for Trinity Sunday.
OPINION: Walter Brueggemann showed that prophets break the silence not to shout down the empire, but to sing out another world.
religionnews.com/2025/06/05/g...
It would be hard to overstate how influential Brueggemann was on my theology and spiritual formation. He’s the person I’ve quoted the most in my writing. His books occupy more space on my shelf than any other writer. A HUGE loss, but a life spectacularly lived.
ChatGPT is an over eager intern who sometimes lies to you.
And a red guitar
Given the distinguished look, the suspenders, and the gentle confidence—I’m going to say:
Groundbreaking jazz composer.
The image resembles Dave Brubeck.
So: Not a postmodern Greek theologian. Unless, of course, we’re doing theology in 5/4 time.
based on the stylish white suit, refined expression, and Mediterranean aura, I would guess:
Postmodern Greek theologian.
Christos Yannaras?
I appreciate the appeal of the “language as pointing and naming” view—it echoes a kind of common-sense empiricism. But even that act of pointing is itself saturated with metaphor. What does it mean to “point” in a world of abstractions, emotions, values, or time?
As shepherd of this beloved parish, it is with a very heavy heart that I share with you the news of the death of two of our newer members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. They were gunned down Wednesday evening outside the Capital Jewish Museum here in Washington, in what appears to be a targeted attack. They were attending a conference of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Both were members of the Israeli embassy staff. Yaron was a researcher in the political department, while Sarah organized U.S. missions to Israel. Drawn to Christ, their spiritual journeys of faith led them to our parish, where they had been faithfully participating for several months, beautiful lights in our midst. In their hunger to know and to belong, they even attended our Newcomers Series. They were soon to be engaged. In fact, Sarah, originally from Kansas, was to accompany Yaron this Sunday to Israel to meet his family for the first time. Together we pray for them. And we lift in prayer all their loved ones. Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servants Yaron and Sarah. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, sheep of your own fold, lambs of your own flock, sinners of your own redeeming. Receive them into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen. May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. With you in Christ, Dominique+
Photo of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim on a small table in front of a lit Pascal Candle (used in the Easter season and at baptisms and at funerals) that is near the altar in the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes, which is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
The Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. This photo and message from the Rector were posted on Facebook earlier today. ⚓️
A lovely obituary written for Alasdair MacIntyre written by one of his former grad students
www.wordonfire.org/articles/rem...
RIP to a real one
In college, I once went to Prof. MacIntyre's office hours... The phone rang. He took the call, listened, then said curtly to phone, 'I'm sorry, I can't help you now, I'm busy." He put down the receiver, snorted.
"That was Time Magazine. They want to know what's wrong with morality in America today."
Language never escapes metaphorical structure. Every act of naming, defining, or describing draws upon a prior metaphor, endlessly deferred. There is no bottom—only a mysterious, generative, self-referring chain.
Happy Birthday to David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist of the Talking Heads, born on this day in 1952, Dumbarton, Scotland
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Earliest Live Video, Live at CBGB's,1975)
#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #davidbyrne #talkingheads #history #otd
