Pastor, Nerd, Anti Christian Nationalist, Pro LGBTQ+, Progressive, Ally. I don't have all the answers and neither do you, but we can explore the questions together.https://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3lq67kjr4dk2jI'm researching for a sermon series where I'm challenging pop theology ranging from benign to harmful. What are some popular ideas or sayings you've heard in the church or the religious culture your whole life that people swear are the gospel truth, but it's nowhere in Scripture or Tradition?27 May 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq67kjr4dk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3lofn3hzfzs2n [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2025 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lofn3hzfzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3lo2aiqzto22jI'm continually disgusted that some call empathy is a sin when Christ literally commanded us to love our neighbor as we would ourselves and even said that our enemies are our neighbor. It's a command that is repeated and reinforced in the Old Testament, Gospels, Psalms, and Epistles. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2aiqzto22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3lnqrajycyk2bI join my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ are mourning the loss of Pope Francis, a man whose demonstration of God's love touched hearts across the world, Christian or otherwise. We pray together for a better world informed by human dignity and shaped by the love and grace of Christ. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2025 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqrajycyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3ln7dohddyk2fIn the tradition of Moses, Samuel, David, Nathan, Daniel, Mary, John the Baptist, Jesus, Paul, Peter, and many people throughout the history of our faith as we speak truth to power. We cry for justice for the oppressed and mercy for the immigrant and marginalized. God use us to bring it forth. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2025 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln7dohddyk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3ln53b65nis2zIf Jesus were to walk into most churches today, they'd call him a "woke leftist," say that love and grace were sin, that he had shouldn't have healed or fed people without charging for it, then turn him over to the Roman soldiers and lick their boots afterwards. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2025 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln53b65nis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3ln2jd5a5u22jPastor and family decompressing at DQ after two Maundy Thursday services.18 Apr 2025 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln2jd5a5u22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3lmbcwpz2522mSo having a functioning economy and democracy is a "crisis in masculinity"? You've gotta be fucking kidding me. What kind of orange bullshit are these people shoveling on the American people? [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmbcwpz2522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3llonfiuxl22oFrom Episcopal Church Humor31 Mar 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3llonfiuxl22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3ll5jjzkxc227The morality of the pro-life movement is deeply lacking. It's not even about life, which includes feeding, housing, clothing, and educating. It's about forced birth with no care for the mothers who die in the process. And I suspect it has less to do with life and more to do with control of women. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5jjzkxc227https://bsky.app/profile/nerdpastorjosh.bsky.social/post/3lkvtjq4jbc2bAgree. This is the best Trek cosplay! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:rbnf53uolphcntfcld2syrsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvtjq4jbc2b