I’ve often wondered why God, in Jesus, chose to come into this world incarnate as a baby in a vulnerable community occupied by a violent government. God could have come at any time into any group of people; could have come in power, or, at least, in peace.
“God is on the side of the oppressed. How can we stay silent? The church always has to raise its voice.”
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202602/at-an-ice-detention-center-liturgy-becomes-protest/
When words lose their force, when we don’t know what to say, neutrality starts to feel tempting. If we can’t add anything to the conversation, if it’s all been said before, then why should we raise our voice? This, too, is how violence advances.
"She wrote gorgeous prose embedded with care for the human heart, for its loneliness and sadness and hope."
While @cassroseklein.bsky.social might be talking about food writer M.F.K Fisher in this piece, she is also describing her own writing.
Enjoy this beautiful read:
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
aww Kristen!!! thank you🤍🤍 your writing as inspired me so much!!
Deadline extended! please share around :)
aww thank you Kristen!!<3
I have a new culture column in @sojo.net called "Outlines" :) here is the first one in the December issue! (which has so many amazing articles in it) sojo.net/sojoshare/Nz...
Many annulment cases are connected to domestic violence or other forms of abuse. And the process can be difficult and time consuming. Is it time for the church to reconsider how it looks at annulments—especially for those who have experienced abuse?
today the US government is transferring sacred Apache land to a mining corporation. I spoke to some folks who have been fighting this for years; still praying for a miracle
We spoke to U.S. Catholic Magazine about debt injustice:
[Debt Collective] points out that relief is "literally in the Lord’s prayer." It’s the ultra-rich who are culpable, [they] say— billionaires hoarding wealth, against biblical teaching. They're committing sins.”
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
Grateful to be interviewed by @cassroseklein.bsky.social for such a thorough article on debt and the Jubilee for @uscatholic.bsky.social.
uscatholic.org/articles/202...
i'm so obsessed these live albums are insane
thank you so so much for speaking with me Dean!!!
Sunday reading: @votang.bsky.social's blog post about a recent visit to the Houston MFA on a super hot day. Thinking of everyone in Texas right now.
whyever.blog/2025/06/30/d...
so grateful for Kristen and her writing!!
aww thank you so much Kristen!!!! this means so much to me🥹💛💛
a delight to research and write about Shaker gift drawings for @sojo.net 🤍https://sojo.net/sojoshare/NzIzNTl8MjM2MTgyfDE3NTAyNzYyMDZ8NQ==
this is such an excellent exhibit, loved getting to write about it!
Support Midwest Immigration Bond Fund this #indiebookstoreday! We're hosting a reading & teach-in with Alejandra Oliva, Diego Báez, Daniel Borzutzky, Faisal Mohyuddin & Angelica Julia Dávila with all proceeds going to MIBF to pay immigration bonds to free individuals from ICE custody. Sat, 6:30 pm!
todos todos todos 🤍 I was at World Youth Day with a group from @dignityusa.bsky.social when we heard him say these words. we will miss him so much
“The artist is the witness of the invisible, and the work of art is the strongest proof that incarnation is possible.” —Pope Francis on artists and faith
I wrote about the ways that the Trump admin has been purposely fucking with the visibility of ICE enforcement/the increased invisibility of undocumented people in daily life/feeling called into visibility as a neighbor
www.commonwealmagazine.org/ICE-immigrat...
"Engage in the world, you lovely valentines—engage engage, be involved, have courage to accept the responsibility of being alive, dare I say the responsibility you have to the Other, the Other who is your neighbor." from All Possible Cranberries, the latest by @cassroseklein.bsky.social
thank you Kristen!!! so grateful to be in writing community with you💛
JD Vance @JDVance Just google "ordo amoris." Aside from that, the idea that there isn't a hierarchy of obligations violates basic common sense. Does Rory really think his moral duties to his own children are the same as his duties to a stranger who lives thousands of miles away? Does anyone?
![6. Christians know very well that it is only by affirming the infinite dignity of all that our own identity as persons and as communities reaches its maturity. Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups. In other words: the human person is not a mere individual, relatively expansive, with some philanthropic feelings! The human person is a subject with dignity who, through the constitutive relationship with all, especially with the poorest, can gradually mature in his identity and vocation. The trueordo amoristhat must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan” (cf.Lk10:25-37), that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wyylw3fkelfztdgh3c3u3svw/bafkreiauhuolfyg2p6ykkucstokjrdwteu4cez4bbjbe6g5ctewv26cw7e)
6. Christians know very well that it is only by affirming the infinite dignity of all that our own identity as persons and as communities reaches its maturity. Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups. In other words: the human person is not a mere individual, relatively expansive, with some philanthropic feelings! The human person is a subject with dignity who, through the constitutive relationship with all, especially with the poorest, can gradually mature in his identity and vocation. The trueordo amoristhat must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan” (cf.Lk10:25-37), that is, by meditating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.[3]
JD Vance last month on the left, vs. Pope Francis today on the right.
latest blog post about the joy of archives and other things :) snowflakesandroses.com/2025/02/10/a...
Thinking a lot about this interview I did with Eric Martin last year—talked about his experience in Charlottesville in 2017 and what enemy love looks like in a fascist creep uscatholic.org/articles/202...
i cant wait to read it!
