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EpiscoGrrl<p>An update on the <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> actions taken by religious organizations against the 🍊 administration since January 2025 <a href="https://religionnews.com/2025/03/18/just-two-months-in-faith-groups-have-already-sued-trump-at-least-five-times/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">religionnews.com/2025/03/18/ju</span><span class="invisible">st-two-months-in-faith-groups-have-already-sued-trump-at-least-five-times/</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/EpiscopalChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpiscopalChurch</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quaker</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Sikh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sikh</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/AME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AME</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyterian</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a></p>
Janet<p>Since <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sermons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sermons</span></a> are trending (well not exactly) and people were asking about having our <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/voices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voices</span></a> online, here is a link to my work YouTube channel in all its amateur glory, where the full service is streamed every week. This one is about slavery. It is on the book of Philemon. The sermon starts 25 min in. I <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/preach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preach</span></a> extempore, in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyterian</span></a> tradition. So I don’t follow a lectionary. I do this week by week, it is my calling. But somehow on social media I am shy of it.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/aF2LaBtYopI?si=7pthf-Fmc5geLmY4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/aF2LaBtYopI?s</span><span class="invisible">i=7pthf-Fmc5geLmY4</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Suit Against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Church</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Negligent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negligent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retention</span></a> of#Pastor Can Move Ahead</p><p> In Exum v. St. Andrews-Covenant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyterian</span></a> Church, Inc., a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> state appellate court held that claims for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/negligentretention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negligentretention</span></a>, negligent infliction of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emotional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distress</span></a>, and breach of fiduciary duty brought against a church do not need to be dismissed under the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecclesiastical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecclesiastical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abstention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abstention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctrine</span></a> because they can be decided using neutral principles of law.</p><p><a href="https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2024/11/suit-against-church-for-negligent.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">religionclause.blogspot.com/20</span><span class="invisible">24/11/suit-against-church-for-negligent.html</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Because he has defended religious liberty and pluralism, and the civil liberties of drag queens and LGBTQ families, and has pushed against the authoritarian turn in white evangelicalism in the US, his former church has cancelled him:</p><p>"Race and politics trumped truth and grace, and now I’m no longer welcome in the church I loved."</p><p>Not to forget: 50%+ of white Christians voted for Trump twice.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteEvangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteEvangelicals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyterian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PresbyterianChurchofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresbyterianChurchofAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DavidFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidFrench</span></a> <br>/4</p>
Peter Nimmo<p>A letter from me to my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> congregation at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cambuslang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambuslang</span></a> was published this week<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchOfScotland</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyterian</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <br><a href="https://cambuslangparishchurch.org.uk/2023/10/30/letter-from-our-minister/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cambuslangparishchurch.org.uk/</span><span class="invisible">2023/10/30/letter-from-our-minister/</span></a></p>
Lucus Levy Keppel<p>Hello, Mastodon! I'm Lucus, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presbyterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presbyterian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pastor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pastor</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bixby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bixby</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a>, who enjoys <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vlogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vlogging</span></a> my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiking</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backpacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backpacking</span></a> adventures. <a href="http://youtube.com/@Raveler1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">youtube.com/@Raveler1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>I also love to read speculative fiction (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a>), and learn neat facts about words (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a>). See my spouse's blog over at <a href="http://somuchbible.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">somuchbible.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for Hebrew and Greek word studies! </p><p>And, I will talk about ancient <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> at the drop of a hat. I do enjoy geeking out over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p>