Progressive pastor in the American Baptist tradition. MDiv from Berkeley School of Theology. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQ+ advocate. Contemplative. Cat lover. Indigo Girls superfan. Married to @jasonwoodz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lf77x3h6y52iI grew up loving the sweet sound of Peter, Paul, and Mary. Rest in peace, Peter Yarrow. “The Peter, Paul and Mary sound was never raw or unplanned. It was intricate and decorous, usually with just three voices, two guitars and the discreetly jazzy underpinning of a bass fiddle.” (Gift article ⬇️) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/arts/music/peter-yarrow-peter-paul-mary-folk-pop.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk4.HIVm.RXggj85-yOGZ&smid=url-share08 Jan 2025 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf77x3h6y52ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3k7lzokh7y52vToday, Dear Creator, this bluesky lauds you. I too, Abba, praise you, with all these my siblings. We are all one silence, and a diversity of voices. You have made us together you have made us one and many you have placed me here in the midst… as witness as awareness and as joy. Here I am.17 Sep 2023 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7lzokh7y52vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lejqzm6jao2iSo many reason to love the legacy of President Carter, but his commitment to proper religious freedom is perhaps my favorite. “The United States’ most religious president in recent memory was also the most committed to the separation of church and state.” -Amanda Tyler, Baptist Joint Committee https://baptistnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-a-lifelong-baptist-left-a-legacy-of-faithfulness-compassion-and-justice/30 Dec 2024 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lejqzm6jao2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3khunad3hww2731 Dec 2023 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3khunad3hww27https://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lcilyrdmds2gOccurs to me every time I fly: “I also think it’s important to really take just a second to contemplate the magic of the fact that we get to where we’re going by being propelled through the air, and that we get to see the clouds from the other side.” -Pete Buttigieg (Gift article ⬇️) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/travel/pete-buttigieg-transportation-airlines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e04.Nr0c.NPJPENWRmUJT&smid=url-share04 Dec 2024 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcilyrdmds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3kagirtwkgq2iLet us hope that what we will see in the next few years will surprise us by being less bad than we fear that God may show Her face and His truth in our history in spite of the pride of humankind that we may reach a period of peaceful development if it be possible ~ from The Courage for Truth28 Sep 2023 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kagirtwkgq2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3kb7dbdkhoq2oThis is what it means to seek God perfectly: To have a will that is always ready… to fold back within itself and draw all the powers of the soul down from its deepest center to rest in silent expectancy for the coming of God.08 Oct 2023 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kb7dbdkhoq2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lc3n76umzn2qThe wonder of seeing snow for the first time ever 🙀😻29 Nov 2024 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3n76umzn2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbq6hxi5k22rThis turned out to be a *surprisingly* good feed! If you want to sample the firehose of denominational mentions on the Skyline, this is more than interesting. (Maybe especially because today is a Sunday). [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2024 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbq6hxi5k22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3kaj4b33bsr2bIn the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion A point of pure truth a point or spark which belongs entirely to God This little point of nothingness and of absolute poverty is the pure glory of God in us. ~ from Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander29 Sep 2023 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaj4b33bsr2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbnzjokajw24Current mood: cozy.24 Nov 2024 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbnzjokajw24https://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3k6qmjuu3mo27We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire. We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship. So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our own acts. ~ from No Man Is an Island, Thomas Merton06 Sep 2023 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6qmjuu3mo27https://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbkqccr5ys2fShow me your pet and what they're named after 💖 George - So huggable and pettable and squeezable! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2024 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkqccr5ys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbkb2ocfas2d“We sing to the same God, even if our approach to the Lord’s Supper, baptism and leadership, among other things, differs wildly.” Love this 💗 Excellent essay on the ecumenical experience. Thanks @carameredithwrites.bsky.social and @baptistnews.bsky.social #ABC-USA #Episcopal https://baptistnews.com/article/how-a-baptist-found-common-grace-in-the-episcopal-church/22 Nov 2024 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkb2ocfas2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3l2zad76bud2jOne of my favorites… [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2024 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2zad76bud2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbe2uszvwr2wRest in peace, Tony Campolo. An American Baptist minister who was a powerful influence on me before I was American Baptist. What a beautiful example of Christian leadership. https://religionnews.com/2024/11/19/tony-campolo-sociologist-and-famed-red-letter-christian-has-died/20 Nov 2024 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbe2uszvwr2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3kdskf7jmj52q Let there be a place somewhere in which you can breathe naturally quietly and not have to take your breath in continuous short gasps. A place where your mind can be idle forget its concerns descend into silence and worship God in secret. There can be no contemplation where there is no secret.10 Nov 2023 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdskf7jmj52qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbbfxqstx222Ongoing congratulations to @jay.bsky.team, @pfrazee.com and the entire Bluesky team for managing this surge of growth so amazingly!! Great press, huge user engagement, minimal growing pains. You guys rock. (Gift article ⬇️) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/technology/bluesky-growing-pains.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.C3mh.p5aH1V1ucO7D&smid=url-share19 Nov 2024 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbfxqstx222https://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lbalziban22eHey Folks, Justin Lee @geekyjustin.bsky.social is here on Bluesky! Highly recommend to give him a follow. He's an OG in the LGBTQ Christian space. Show him some love and encourage him to stick around! 😀18 Nov 2024 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbalziban22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lback4tkf226Glad to see Quakers and Mennonites showing up in the feed likes! 🤗 Quaker https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/feed/aaajmjcn63fg4 Mennonite https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/feed/aaab62dtncm2m I made a new feed called Mainline Denominations. It pulls in any mentions of Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, or ABC-USA.💗 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/feed/aaakbjdrne6x6 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lback4tkf226https://bsky.app/profile/rev-nate.bsky.social/post/3lb63uddfwk2qWelcome new followers! There have been so many new folks I can't possibly keep up. It was such an honor to get added to some Starter Packs. If you hadn't filled out much in your profile, I don't know if I should follow you back. Feel free to ping me with a random like so I can see your new profile.17 Nov 2024 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:x7sqljpvjrxkwdbzd5qd4fcq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb63uddfwk2q