human; filmmaker; exploring intersection of documentary film and Narrative Therapy; manage ELCA.org video production; unorthodox christian; ex-Xian nationalist; 🏳️‍⚧️&✊🏿ally; living on the traditional homeland of the Council of Three Fires (Chicago); he/him.https://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3mim57pjmbc2bThis is how we got to where we are today. Excellent article about the worldview I grew up with…conservative Christian Republican. Today, I am a Christian who believes that this a flawed Nationalist distortion of the American Dream and what it means to follow Jesus. https://substack.com/@heathercoxrichardson/note/p-193040703?r=g8je9&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action03 Apr 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim57pjmbc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3mfhtp77if22oWow. I have been thinking the robber barons are back but neo-feudalism anyone? https://youtu.be/P_TMuVQPfxw22 Feb 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhtp77if22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3loetubobo225“The billionaire-funded political movement that uses faith to empower politicians like Johnson has reached a point where its benefactors are laughing in the face of the faithful.” Thank you, Bishop Barber and @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social Shame on Speaker Johnson! https://open.substack.com/pub/ourmoralmoment/p/the-prayer-that-god-hears04 May 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loetubobo225https://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3ln2tfuyvis24Thank you, Sen. Van Hollen! Resistance & persistence! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2025 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln2tfuyvis24https://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3lltfxqm7ns25"As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls, I never could have imagined that I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin," Crawford told supporters Tuesday night. "And we won." [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltfxqm7ns25https://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3lj67jw53422dThis is brilliant. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj67jw53422dhttps://bsky.app/profile/brettnelson.bsky.social/post/3lirpbfgzcs2wThis would make a great fictional movie or TV series. I’m hoping for an IRL plot twist. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Feb 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:2ugl5bfenrdedcdohrwplvnb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lirpbfgzcs2w