Bombs. Sanctions. “National security.”
My latest on Substack: “Bombs, Sanctions, and the Branding of Empire.” This piece names the theology beneath U.S. foreign policy — and calls the church to moral clarity. Read and subscribe. @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
Bombs baptized as security. Sanctions marketed as accountability. Intervention is framed as “stabilization.”
Peace isn't the absence of retaliation. It's justice.
When empires bomb and call it peace, prophets must interrupt the parade. @fedora76.bsky.social @revfatherjcw.bsky.social
Don Lemon didn’t lead protesters into a church — that viral claim? Totally false. No evidence, no verified sources. This is why independent journalism matters more than ever. Truth > outrage. Let’s stay grounded. 🎥 Watch the breakdown
#FactCheck #IndependentMedia #MediaLiteracy
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. The government chose silence. Again. I say his name: James Zimmerman—raised by his grandma, dreamed of journalism, died of AIDS w/ nurses leaving his food tray outside his door. Love remembers. Therese Frare's photo doesn't depict his family. @revfatherjcw.bsky.social
🕊️ Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. The government chooses silence. We choose love. This Politically Pastoral newsletter explores platforms that transform grief into lasting love.
#WorldAIDSDay #DigitalMemorial #WhatIsRememberedLives #LGBTQIAAdvocacy #Remembrance
🔥 New Politically Pastoral episode just dropped: “The Real Costs of the Trump Shutdown.”
This one digs into what shutdowns really do to real people—far beyond the headlines and political theatrics. Families strained. Workers left hanging. Communities carrying weight they shouldn’t have to bear.
We can’t pretend the pulpit isn’t affected by systemic sins outside our doors. Whether clergy, laity, ally, or skeptical — here’s an invitation to wrestle with loss, privilege, power, and our own complicity.
Read it, share it, talk about it: it’s time to reckon. @revfatherjcw.bsky.social
📢 Facts alone don’t change the world. Journalism + public theology do.
That’s why Politically Pastoral fuses sharp reporting with prophetic clarity—naming injustice, lifting up hope, and pushing us toward action.
👉🏽 Read more: open.substack.com/pub/politica...
🚨 The Daily Unholy is here.
Where faith meets politics without the sugar-coating—and where we call out empire in every disguise.
Today’s edition is live. Read, wrestle, and share:
#FaithAndPolitics #PropheticVoice #TheDailyUnholy @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
🌈 LGBTQIA+ Catholics will walk through St. Peter's Holy Door. First official pilgrimage of its kind. This isn't progress. It's a revolution disguised as a pilgrimage.🧵
#LGBTQIAPilgrimage #VaticanInclusion #QueerFaith
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#JamesDobson told America how to raise its kids. For queer children, it felt like a death sentence. His 'family values' weren’t love—they were fear. I wrote about the wound he left, and how we heal. #LGBTQIA #JamesDobson #FocusOnTheFamily @fedora76.bsky.social @revfatherjcw.bsky.social
Pharaoh’s heart is hard again.
This is not “public safety.” This is occupation.
Faith demands we name it, resist it, and move with the God of justice. #WashingtonDC #DC #occupied @fedora76.bsky.social @revfatherjcw.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: Trump federalized D.C. police & deployed the National Guard. Called it "Liberation Day." Liberation from whom? From its 700,000 residents? From democratically elected leaders? #DCFederalization #Democracy @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social bit.ly/DailyUnholyD...
Empire’s swinging hard, but we ain’t backing down. My new Substack post calls it out. Black, queer, prophetic, and unbowed. Read it. Share it. Let’s keep pushing. ✊🏾🔥 #LiberationTheology #JusticeNow @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
🔥 NEW: Politically Pastoral Newsletter from Kansas City 🔥
"Domestic Terrorism," Palestine, and the Church That Finally Found Its Voice
I've just dropped my analysis of what happened at UCC General Synod 35. We didn't just pass resolutions—we drew lines in the sand.
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Pride is protest. Prayer. Prophetic power.
As tanks roll into L.A. and policies target queer youth, the Spirit calls us to action. Politically Pastoral names the harm—and the hope. ✊🏽
#Pride2025 #FaithInAction #LGBTQIAJustice @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
Jonathan Joss gave us more than John Redcorn—he gave voice to survival. In this Politically Pastoral Pride Month edition, we reflect on the sacred legacy he leaves. #JonathanJoss #twospirit #lgbtqia+ #pridemonth @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
Sacred & political collided again. Brueggemann’s passing. SCOTUS on religious rights. From pulpits to power—The Daily Unholy News is your prophetic dispatch.
#PropheticVoice #FaithInAction #LiberationTheology #WalterBrueggemann #TheologyMatters @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
Tomorrow’s edition isn’t just a newsletter—it’s a sacred act of remembrance. We honor Jonathan Joss, a Native, gay brother taken too soon. His life and death demand our movement.
📥 Dropping AM. #PrideMonth #FaithInAction #LGBTQJustice @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
New from Politically Pastoral:
Harvey Milk’s truth-telling still reverberates.
This Pride Month, we reflect on his sacred legacy—and resist every attempt to erase it.
🌈✝️ Read here
#HarveyMilk #PrideMonth #JusticeIsHoly
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BREAKING: New U.S. laws are rolling back protections for LGBTQ+ youth, trans healthcare, and DEI. We’ve summarized the top moves—clear, fast, and grounded in facts. #RightsWatch #FaithBeat #Legislation @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
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In this #PRIDE and prophecy season, let's reflect on Fr. Bryan Massingale's sacred fire. He's a #Black, #gay #Catholic priest calling the Church to confront racism & homophobia with holy boldness. 📰 A Voice for the Margins in the Heart of the Church @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber picks up a brush and paints the gospel of resistance: icons of erased saints, memoirs of queer belonging, and theology that breathes. This Pride Month, meet the art and soul of sacred defiance.
Read:
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✊🏾 Bayard Rustin’s fire still burns.
Our latest Saints & Ancestors lifts up the legacy of this Quaker, queer, Black visionary who dared to dream justice into reality.
#BayardRustin #FaithInAction #PrideMonth @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
As the Trump regime rolls back rights, The Daily Unholy rises with clarity. This first Pride Month edition centers Black queer faith leaders who remind us that resistance is holy work.
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#Pride2025 #BlackQueerFaith #ResistErasure @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
📡 New from Politically Pastoral: The Daily Unholy
“When Breath Feels Heavy, Let Spirit Rise” — a call to mourn, organize, & resist.
📖 Read + Act
#LiberationTheology #TransRights #FaithInAction
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📣 New from Politically Pastoral:
“Called for Such a Time as This”
Faith is rising in the face of injustice—from ICE raids to attacks on queer youth, we are not silent.
The pew has power. Let’s use it.
📬 Read & act ➡️ rebrand.ly/such-a-time
#FaithAndJustice #MoralResistance #CalledToAction
A new Politically Pastoral is live: A sacred call to resist the erasure of our trans kin. From prophetic truth to concrete action, faith demands we rise. 🕊️✊🏾 @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
#JusticeForAll
#TransLiberation
#SacredResistance
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📯 NEW from The Daily Unholy:
"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed..." —2 Cor. 4:8
We mourn Yaron & Sarah. We confront hate. We build altars of action. rebrand.ly/grieftopower
✊🏽💔🕊️ #Justice #Faith #GunViolence #Ceasefire #Solidarity @revfatherjcw.bsky.social @fedora76.bsky.social
