“If you are watching this right now and you’re thinking I don’t want a king in this county, good news: Neither do we. And you can be part of this.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
We’re mobilizing nationwide on June 14 to say No Kings. Find an event near you or start one: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
A Cottage Conversation with Sen. Chris Coons
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Frost at Giverny, by Claude Monet
Frost at Giverny, by Claude Monet | Monet for inspiration #monet #impressionist #inspiration #print #art #artoftheday #artwork #color #creative #paint #painting
Vincent's Bedroom
Vincent's Bedroom, 1888
Trump and House Republicans are trying to sneak through a dangerous bill that would block millions of American citizens from registering to vote...
The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.
Gift of the artist
The Knife Thrower (Le Lanceur de couteaux) from Jazz, 1947
United Methodists have joined with more than two dozen Christian and Jewish bodies in filing a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration policy that allows immigration enforcement within houses of worship.
www.umnews.org/en/news/unit...
United Methodist aid efforts in Africa are suffering, and thousands of employees aren’t getting their paychecks, after the Trump administration froze funding to the federal agency that provides aid and development help around the world.
www.umnews.org/en/news/usai...
Charing Cross Bridge
Your daily dose of French impressionist art by Claude Monet.
#art #french #monet #impressionism #19thCentury
Moving from Fear to Love.
scotterickson.substack.com/p/fear-sees-...
"Fear wants you to wait for the right time to start. Love wants you to just start singing."
Unclean Lips - The Corners by Nadia Bolz-Weber.
sermon starts at 19:04
Olive Grove - Orange Sky
Olive Grove - Orange Sky, 1889
USAID. So incredibly frustrating to see the randomness of cost cuts, wholesale wiping out programs that save lives. It beggars the imagination. I am so sad to see this happening.
Humility is a superpower...
God be in your head, and in your understanding.
God be in your eyes, and in your looking.
God be in your mouth, and in your speaking.
God be in your heart, and in your thinking.
God be at your end, and at your departing.
(SARUM LITURGY, ENGLAND, 13TH CENT., ALT.)
There are more things to pay attention to as we navigate this Twilight Zone era...
The Clergy Housing Allowance Exemption
www.gcfa.org/resource/the...
Gratitude practice isn’t about pacifying our painful or challenging times - it’s about recognizing them and finding self-compassion as we do the work.
- Alex Elle
" Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."
- Psalms 51:10-12 NIV
For #RFK day #2, a song that name-checks how his "kisses the ring"
““We used to dream of Camelot.
Now RFK is all we’ve got.
He’s done and said some kooky things.
But he always told us to eat clean."
Find it everywhere.
Easy listen here, at Bandcamp:
ericfolkerth.bandcamp.com/track/empero...
The Gourds
The Gourds, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16091
I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
Happy Birthday, Kansas.
Ad astra per aspera.
"May we, through our faith, be instruments of God’s love, reconciliation, and healing, working toward a world where peace, justice, and the love of Christ shine brightly."
~Rev Bev Roscoe, Vice Chair NFAMLP
"May we commit ourselves to pray, to act, and to work for a world where peace reigns, and where every person is treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve as children of God.
~Rev Bev Roscoe, Vice Chair NFAMLP
May we all seek to be agents of hope, reconciliation, and healing to those who are being affected by evil.
