#progressivechristianity — Public Fediverse posts

James Talarico’s Sermon Exposed Christian Nationalism—and Revealed His Moral Core

This surprising connection to James Talarico explains why his sermon against Christian nationalism feels authentic—and why its progressive message matters now.

Talarico Brings Faith, Justice, and His Senate Campaign to Harris County at The Luke Church

Can James Talarico flip Texas? His appearance at The Luke reveals the multiracial, faith-centered coalition he hopes to mobilize against Ken Paxton.

Yesterday's therapy wiped me out today. Unpacking things you spent years burying leaves you feeling completely drained.

On top of that, I am grieving the church.

My faith has not wavered, but in-person worship stopped working a while ago. Looking online has been disheartening. So much of what gets recommended is prosperity preaching that turns belief into a financial investment, peddling prophecies for money while telling anyone who remains sick or struggling that they lack enough faith.

Real care gets lost in that environment. I have never experienced a community that reaches out when someone goes missing, builds accommodations from the start, and holds space for sorrow instead of demanding an instant, tidy resolution.

Jesus spent his life alongside the people religious systems pushed aside, yet finding that same heart online feels rare. If you belong to an online Christian gathering that lives this out and prioritises accessibility over spectacle, I would love to hear about it.

#FaithCommunity #AccessibilityMatters #ProgressiveChristianity #ChurchTrauma #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #FaithOnline

Minneapolis Faith Leaders Amplify Demands for ICE to Repent https://sojo.net/articles/news/minneapolis-faith-leaders-amplify-demands-ice-repent #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

‘Abolish ICE’ Is the Cry of the Prophets https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/abolish-ice-cry-prophets #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

After Maduro, Venezuelan Christians Pray for End to U.S. Imperialism https://sojo.net/articles/news/after-maduro-venezuelan-christians-pray-end-us-imperialism #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

‘Pluribus’ Turns Happiness Into a Virus, and Peace Into a Problem https://sojo.net/articles/culture/pluribus-turns-happiness-virus-and-peace-problem #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Will the U.S. Church Be Silent on Venezuela? https://sojo.net/articles/news/will-us-church-be-silent-venezuela #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

‘America First’ Resurrects the Logic of Crusades in Venezuela https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/america-first-resurrects-logic-crusades-venezuela #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Our Prayers for You in the New Year https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/our-prayers-you-new-year #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Sojourners’ Staff Prayers for 2026 https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/sojourners-staff-prayers-2026 #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/anti-ice-nativities-are-reason-season #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/bethlehem-still-reminder-joy-amid-grief #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding https://sojo.net/articles/news/dhs-bars-norma-pimentels-charity-federal-funding #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Mary Casts Down Pete Hegseth’s False God https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/mary-casts-down-pete-hegseths-false-god #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

‘Train Dreams’ Walks with Job Through Grief and Grace https://sojo.net/articles/culture/train-dreams-walks-job-through-grief-and-grace #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

8 Stories That Gave Us Hope in 2025 https://sojo.net/articles/news/8-stories-gave-us-hope-2025 #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Want to Love Your Neighbor? Grieve With Them https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/want-love-your-neighbor-grieve-them #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

In ‘Rental Family,’ Brendan Fraser Loves His Neighbor by Lying to Them https://sojo.net/articles/culture/rental-family-brendan-fraser-loves-his-neighbor-lying-them #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

‘Lord of the Rings’ Doesn’t Mean What MAGA Thinks It Does https://sojo.net/articles/culture-opinion/lord-rings-doesnt-mean-what-maga-thinks-it-does #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

I Came to the U.S. a Capitalist, Now I Support Mamdani https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/i-came-us-capitalist-now-i-support-mamdani #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Faith Leaders Share Why They Joined Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Team https://sojo.net/articles/news/faith-leaders-share-why-they-joined-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Knives Out’s Rian Johnson Says He Will Always Be a Youth Group Kid https://sojo.net/articles/culture-interview/knives-outs-rian-johnson-says-he-will-always-be-youth-group-kid #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Charlie Brown and Sufjan Know the ‘Good Grief’ of Christmas https://sojo.net/articles/culture/charlie-brown-and-sufjan-know-good-grief-christmas #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Sojourners’ Top Movies of 2025 https://sojo.net/articles/culture/sojourners-top-movies-2025 #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Christian Nationalism’s Power Rests On a Simple Proposition: No Questions https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/christian-nationalisms-power-rests-simple-proposition-no-questions #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Don’t Ignore the Darkness of Advent https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/dont-ignore-darkness-advent-1 #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Vatican Commission Says ‘No’ to Women as Catholic Deacons https://sojo.net/articles/news/vatican-commission-says-no-women-catholic-deacons-1 #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

The Only Promise Refugee Advocates Are Making Amid Trump’s Re-vetting https://sojo.net/articles/news/only-promise-refugee-advocates-are-making-amid-trumps-re-vetting #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Your Algorithm Wants You To Worship the ‘Devil’ https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/your-algorithm-wants-you-worship-devil #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Finding the Apostle Paul in the Epstein Files https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/finding-apostle-paul-epstein-files #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

"If the kingdom of God is the true human society, it is a fellowship of justice, equality, and love. But it is hard to get riches with justice, to keep them with equality, and to spend them with love." -- Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis

Getting a lot out of editing this into an ebook. Such a great work

#Christianity #ChristianSocialism #Socialism #ProgressiveChristianity

From The Politics of Jesus, byObery M. Hendricks, Jr.:

“Thus the primary purpose of biblical prophecy is to effect social and political change in a society. Prophets never uncritically support the status quo. Rather, their role is to challenge it. In our time, when many seem to think that Christianity goes hand in hand with right-wing visions of the world, it is important to remember that there has never been a conservative prophet. Prophets have never been called to conserve social orders that have stratified inequities of power and privilege and wealth; prophets have always been called to change them so all can have access to the fullest fruits of life. In fact, it was the conservative forces- those who wanted to keep things as they were - that in every instance were the most bitter opponents of the prophets and their missions for justice.”
Pp 28-29

#christianity #progressivechristianity

Pope Leo Criticizes ‘Inhuman’ Treatment of Immigrants in U.S. https://sojo.net/articles/news/pope-leo-criticizes-inhuman-treatment-immigrants-us #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

The Lesbians Coming Out After Years as Conservative Christians https://sojo.net/articles/news/lesbians-coming-out-after-years-conservative-christians #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Palestinian Christians Have a Warning for the American Church https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/palestinian-christians-have-warning-american-church #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

Charlie Kirk was Evil & Guns Are the Problem! #charliekirk #nra #guncontrol #progressivechristianity

https://www.threads.com/@revdrcalebjlines/post/DOmPdipElH6?xmt=AQF00w29rhsx8mcL0zmjYBO-DAytqh0yOujzyQlK73e2CA

Charlie Kirk Deserved the Life He Callously Denied Others https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/charlie-kirk-deserved-life-he-callously-denied-others #religion #progressivechristianity #christianleft #peace #MillMessenger

I've started listening to a biography on the famous Christian Anarchist Dorothy Day, and the way the book describes Greenwich Village in the 1910s makes me think of how people saw Moulin Rouge in the movie of the same name, as either a paradise of art and free love and open minds or a sad spectacle of sex work, shitty slums, and sleezy druggies.
#DorothyDay #ProgressiveChristianity #MoulinRouge

Please help me descend to the depths of nerdery. At least Biblical nerdery. I'm writing a translation of the Bible and trying to crowdfund this to make it my job for the next few years to translate the Bible.

I think we can all agree that among biblical translators there are far too few furry, nonbinary, tabletop gamers and far too much bias.

This translation will be released for free under a CC-BY 4.0 license when it is finished. (It's not like Zondervan or Nelson is going to be interested in an *unbiased* translation anyway.) You can use it for sermons or bible studies without limit, fill it with notes, share it with friends, or even change the parts you don't like. It's yours, do whatever you want with it.

:blobcoffeeraccoon: https://ko-fi.com/wltbible

#Bible #Scripture #Translation
#Christian #Christianity #Church
#ProgressiveChristianity
#Judaism #Jewish
#Tanakh #Tanach #Torah
#LGBTQIA2S #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT
#Transgender #Agender #Nonbinary
#Furry #FurryArt #FurryFandom
#TTRPG #DnD #DnD5e

@religion

almost forgot to share here.

You are welcome to join Sacred Pause tonight 11/24/2024 at 6 pm PST/ 7 pm RMT/ 8pm CST/ 9pm EST

if you are looking for a space to fellowship tonight and/or need to talk with other queer #christian about "going home for the holidays. there is no pressure to take the sacrament/communion if uncomfortable.

#ProgressiveChristianity #QueerChristian #LatterDaySaint

@religion
@scifi

if anyone is in need of community. i help run a #StarTrek group for my church. we look for the "Enduring Principles" and themes of Religion and Spirituality in Star Trek.

the Enduring Principles are a #CommunityOfChrist thing. major crossover with secular humanistic principles.

we meet Saturdays at 8 EST.

we're are lgbtq affirming (and led currently)

#ProgressiveChristianity #StarTrek yes we are a sect of #LatterDaySaints . there are many different traditions

My review of the book Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage & Compassion When Cruelty is Trending by John Pavlovitz – He Gets Us #bookreview #AmericanChristianity #Christianity #JohnPavlovitz #ProgressiveChristianity #religion

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2024/04/02/book-review-worth-fighting-for-finding-courage-compassion-when-cruelty-is-trending-by-john-pavlovitz-he-gets-us/

@religion

i welcome and encourage you to join us at 6 pm EST for the afternoon service to participate in the service and to hear the message.

i am still a lit from participating in the service this morning.

we discuss the establishment of Christ's kingdom, the fall of empire, ending imperialism, and our role in fulfilling Christ's mission.

https://www.youtube.com/live/hY0ZMxdJ7i4

#Christianity #ProgressiveChristianity
#LatterDaySaint

#introduction

Was born in England, parents moved the family to Bolivia, South America when I was seven, moved to the USA for college. Met my wife, got married, went to rehab for opioid addiction, became a pastor and a soccer coach and now reside in West Michigan.

Topics: #faith #recovery #soccer #theology #privacy #security #progressiveChristianity #affirmingpastor #lovewins

Any questions leave me comments below and let's chat!

If anyone is looking for a #progressive #christian community on the Fediverse, /m/OpenChristian has just been established on kbin.social.

This is run by the same moderators as r/OpenChristian on Reddit. Go check it out!

✝️ :phillypride:

#Christianity #progressivechristianity #exvangelical #religion #bible #theology #universalism #kbin #lemmy

#deconstruction #deconstructionissue #deconstructionist #deconstructionreconstruction #deconstructionreconstructionevolution #progress #progressivetheology #progressivechristian #progressivechristianity #exvangelical #exvangelicalism #agnosticchristian #athiest #exchristian

Matthew and Luke: Can we copy your homework
Mark:Sure, just change it so it isn't too obvious

#deconstruction #deconstructionissue #deconstructionist #deconstructionreconstruction #deconstructionreconstructionevolution #progress #progressivetheology #progressivechristian #progressivechristianity #exvangelical #exvangelicalism #agnosticchristian

With that being said, I would love to find more of my people here! If you’re into #spirituality #mysticism #comedy #baking #cooking #writing #ReligiousTrauma #religion #progressivechristianity #paganism #nature #food or #mocktails, let’s connect!

(Boosts appreciated even if you’re not a fan of the hashtags above.)

#deconstruction #deconstructionissue #deconstructionist #deconstructionreconstruction #deconstructionreconstructionevolution #progress #progressivetheology #progressivechristian #progressivechristianity #exvangelical #exvangelicalism #agnosticchristian #agnostic

The #Christian message is #LOVE. However, love is not what many feel when they go to #church. They feel judgment. They feel condemnation. They are made to feel fear. They are made to feel unworthy. And they are made to feel like they will never be enough, they will never measure up, and that who they are is offensive to God.
It's time to change all that, and learn once again to walk in love.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

#progressivechristian
#progressivechristianity
#ccdoc

#deconstruction #deconstructionissue #deconstructionist #deconstructionreconstruction #deconstructionreconstructionevolution #progress #progressivetheology #progressivechristian #progressivechristianity #exvangelical #exvangelicalism #agnosticchristian

We're used to thinking that physical and emotional health are important and we should take care of those aspects of our lives. We often forget spiritual health is just as important. Bring it all together. #progressivechristianity #progressivechristian

#Feminism #Bible #ProgressiveChristianity #ChristianLeft #Leftist #Capitalism #Women #Motherhood #Advent #Christmas #Empire