I love people, and I play with words. The Divine is Love, and Love is for you.https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mzh4oagr3k2sThis election is important in ways I can’t express. The lives of all our children around the globe are affected. I hope you’ve voted, and voted with their well being in mind. But now that you’ve voted, while we are waiting for results, there’s something I want to say as a pastor:04 Nov 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzh4oagr3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3myurw7dt5k2aI can tell which of my church members grew up as farm kids, and who most definitely did not, when I remind them, mid Bible Study, that animals poop.27 Oct 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3myurw7dt5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3myspppm5ws2hGod gets the zoomies when you come home.26 Oct 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3myspppm5ws2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mybinqoihk2wThank you to all the left wing transgender witches who are messing up the midterms for MAGA! Let’s work together to get this done! (Everybody vote)20 Oct 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mybinqoihk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mx7zxczn5k27‪A reminder that screaming, raging, and throwing rocks into the void can all be prayers. ‬ ‪God can take it. God will hear you. She may even be screaming with you. ‬06 Oct 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7zxczn5k27https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mwjiw64xys27I preached about how white middle class respectability has become an idol in American churches. Important, and serious. But it’s extra fun in a congregation that can laugh about double entendres like “doing lines in church.” (communion, not cocaine)27 Sep 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjiw64xys27https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mwbzko2tkc22Sometimes being a good pastor is coming out as a medical cannabis user to help de stigmatize it. But also talking about responsible use, how edibles are much stronger than the joints boomers might have smoked in college, and how we would never put THC in our baked goods without telling everyone24 Sep 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbzko2tkc22https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mvits5y5jc2vIf you don’t have trans women in your life, including Black trans women, and yes including Black trans women who work the streets, you are missing out on some of the beauty in the world. You are missing part of the image of the Divine.14 Sep 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvits5y5jc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mu3dwpc6zk2gIs it time yet to talk about how many progressives who loved Dolly still hold the anti Appalachian stigma she spoke out against? Poor white rural people are *also* marginalized, oppressed, and economically exploited.27 Aug 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3dwpc6zk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mtyzoqvts22tI don’t think Death is confused. I think the Death is taking away the good ones who have run their race, the ones that don’t need to see anymore.26 Aug 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyzoqvts22thttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mtwkqyejpk24Saint Dolly!25 Aug 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwkqyejpk24https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mtm3nkeeak2yMy therapist: I’m so proud of you for admitting thar to me. Me: don’t be. You’re my therapist. You’re easy. Him: I can be a judgy bitch! Me: You’re not allowed to judge me. I know your ethics! Him: therapy is much harder with someone who knows all the rules!21 Aug 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm3nkeeak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mt7gpld7fs2jIt’s the Sunday of the Holy Poop Joke. And a woman calling Jesus out for his bigotry, and Jesus learning from it.16 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7gpld7fs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3msixluluqs2rJust caught a three day reddit ban for explaining how lynching works.07 Aug 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3msixluluqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mrktz6b7vc2fToday is the 18th anniversary of my ordination. This was a Sunday that I didn’t preach, Vicar Jenny led most of worship, and many parts of the service were lead by lay leaders.26 Jul 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrktz6b7vc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mrgkyp6hk226If you, like me, have strong feelings about dog movies, you should know that The Odyssey is one. I was unprepared.25 Jul 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgkyp6hk226https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mrfsa6m2zk2jPrivate equity for profit nursing homes are evil. Making decisions based on money instead of the well being of our elders. Pure, systemic evil.24 Jul 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfsa6m2zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mqfmwes36c2bIt’s Jesus the promiscuous farmer Sunday! That man’s just throwing his seed everywhere! (Mathew 13. Not only is the word “seed” the same as the word for “sperm,” they literally thought they were the same thing.)11 Jul 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfmwes36c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mqd6onhdxc2lMy favorite thing is when conservatives try to hit me with “you probably think baby-killing is Biblical.” And I know they’re accusing me of supporting abortion. (I do!)10 Jul 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd6onhdxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mpocituhhc2eNot Gay as in “God loves you,” Queer as in “The Divine reorders the universe to make space for your unique and beloved self.” Yes, this is a Mathew Vines Reformation project subtweet02 Jul 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpocituhhc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mp7iz7baxc24In honor of Pride, a repost: (CN sexual language) May the Mighty One dance Her fierce dance on all the walls of injustice. May the Strong, Proud Mama keep all Her babies safe. May the Femme of all Femmes paint us in beauty.26 Jun 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7iz7baxc24https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mp2r2d4sus2fBiblical Theology recs please! I have a lay leader, well educated and willing to read hard stuff, who is looking for a commentary on Luke or Luke/Acts. Would love to give him some liberation theology. What would you recommend?24 Jun 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2r2d4sus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mo7kcdwmcs2nPeople who don’t love Queer and Trans people are missing out on so much joy. How could you not love watching someone’s delight at discovering their true selves? Their true loves? It’s so fucking beautiful14 Jun 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7kcdwmcs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mo4e7rym2s27My beloved Queer ones, Our lives are holy. Our dancing is holy. Our protest is holy. Our community is holy. Our gender presentations are holy. Our bodies are holy. Our sex is holy. Our love is holy.12 Jun 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4e7rym2s27https://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mnzc5iovd22fWhen I have to talk to men about their own sexist actions, I try to remember all the times my BIPOC friends and colleagues have had to sit me down and explain my own racist actions to me. (And let’s be real, 99% of the time that has been Black women.)11 Jun 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzc5iovd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/luragroen.bsky.social/post/3mnutn2gbw22uNot gay as in “God loves you” Queer as in “The Divine is shaking Her promiscuous ass at you and you and you.”09 Jun 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:2wddmfd4hexau3tgn2fk7kds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnutn2gbw22u