Today in RantWoman's Screens
Webinar: Democracy and Faith under Siege: Responding to Christian Nationalism.
The opening statement about the Baptist Joint Commission is, to RantWoman's ear, very Baptist. Extra credit: How is it similar to or different from "Quaker Values?"
Related Resources
Baptist Joint Commission on Religious Liberty
Christians Against Christian Nationalism
#ChristianNationalism
@BJCOnTheHill
Small accessibility whines: transcript? Are anyone's Twitter handles listed in one of the webpages?
FCNL Witness Wednesday Silent Reflection
Quote for Reflection
"Can we stay this fading? No, nor should we try, for we must learn the disciplines of His will, and pass beyond this first lesson of His Grace. But the Eternal Inward Light does not die when ecstasy dies, nor exist only intermittently, with the flickering of our psychic states. Continuously renewed immediacy, not receding memory of the Divine Touch, lies at the base of religious living. Let us explore together the secret of a deeper devotion, a more subterranean sanctuary of the soul, where the Light Within never fades, but burns, a perpetual Flame, where the wells of living water of divine revelation rise up continuously, day by day and hour by hour, steady and transfiguring." --Thomas Kelly on Inward Light, from a Testament of Devotion, p. 31
Brief comment after a message: Welp, it ain't exactly complete and total spiritual transformation and world peace, but it's a Really Good Thing Russia and the New US Administration are both willing to agree to an automatic 5-year extension of the START treaty.
God on TikTok?
RantWoman does not go looking for squabbles among KellyAnne Conway @KellyAnnePolls, George Conway, and their now 16-year-old daughter. These squabbles make RantWoman glad she had only the RantParents to deal with.
Today's squabbles involved verbal abuse in religious terms, plenty of reality TV style videos and another even more outrageous one. When these squabbles show up in RantWoman's social media streams, RantWoman has to do the social media equivalent of saying a pray on the highway when one passes a bad traffic disaster: just pray!
In the realm of what to pray for, RantWoman would not mind a little less emotional wreckage splattered all over the internet. RantWoman would love to see instead regular social media posts of the form "(Member(s) of the Conway family are clients of our mental health practice. They have authorized us to say they had one of their regular visits today." Another appealing vision: social media posts of the form "Thank you so much for speaking up Claudia. You helped me get my family into..."
Friends of Truth: "Constitutionally Protected ..." or "Participation in an Attempted Coup."
The most cogent article RantWoman has seen about Seattle Police officers, events in Washington DC on January 6, and related workplace issues.
South Seattle Emerald about SPD officers at January 6 events
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