#Religious Leaders

[brokentrafficknight]

How about JauneXSienna Khan?

Years ago I read a fanfic (Fanfiction.net) about that ship and although it had its inconsistencies, I liked it.

Tadaa! Religious Leaders!

[promptuarium]

ZOROASTER, as many say, was the same as the son of Noah named Ham. He was the first king of the Bactrians, and the first inventor of the arts of magic, and the seven liberal arts, and the courses of the sky and the stars. There are those who will report that he laughed as he was born. This should not be taken as a good omen; common people wail while being born. And so he was conquered by Ninus, and Ninus was also struck by an arrow; he died of this wound, leaving behind his son and heir, who was named Ninias. Ninus built the city of Nineveh, which took three days to walk around, and which Cyrus, King of the Assyrians, destroyed. Augustine, City of God, book 21, chapter 4; Eusebius; Pliny, book 30, chapter 7.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

June 12, 2023 – John 11:51-52

51 He answered them, “The Man who healed me and gave me back my strength was the One who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’”

52 They asked him, “Who is the Man who told you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?”

Amplified Bible

[ryukisgod]

[biblebloodhound]

What Will You Do with Jesus? (John 5:1-18)

��I do not understand at all the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” Anne Lamott

Healing the Paralytic, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670 Sometime later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an…

[quotesfromscripture]

A question of hypocrisy

“If you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth -- you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? 

You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?” 

- Romans 2:19-23 NIV (2011)

[headlinehorizon]

Religious Leaders Unite to Combat Antisemitism and Support Israel

Renowned religious leaders from across the US join forces to stand against antisemitism and advocate for the State of Israel. Read the latest news on their powerful letter to Congressional leaders, calling for immediate action.

[daylerogers]

Reimagined Life

As family was slowly leaving our home to return to their personal spaces, we had one more activity to accomplish. We had four birthdays to celebrate. January is a big month for celebration for us. Our grandson Nolan was born on January 8, our son, Mark on January 13, and grands Callum and Mack were born hours apart of January 16. Since birthdays must be celebrated and time was limited, we…

[dwuerch-blog]

How Big is Easter?

We’ve made it to Wednesday of Holy Week. Just three months ago, we were celebrating Jesus’ birth. During the Christmas holidays we think of Him as “the little Lord Jesus,” who “laid down his sweet head” in a manger. It’s hard to understand why people would come to hate Him, conspire against Him, and ultimately kill Him. But it’s not just the baby Jesus. It’s also the man Jesus who, according to…

[skinnerhousebooks]

We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Seeds of a New Way: Nurturing Authentic and Diverse Religious Leadership, edited by Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Nancy McDonald Ladd. It's available to pre-order wherever books are sold and from inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop at shopinspirit.org.

What will it take for diverse leadership within Unitarian Universalism to truly thrive and contribute to a radiant and inclusive future? In Seeds of a New Way, editors Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Nancy McDonald Ladd and contributors explore how to foster and nourish diverse and authentic leadership within congregations.

Building on the foundations of the groundbreaking Centering: Navigating Race, Authenticity, and Power in Ministry, this collection offers a glimpse into the forming edge of the shared journey happening right now to make diverse leadership, both lay and ordained, more survivable and vibrant. Rather than presenting one definitive pathway or roadmap, Seeds of a New Way recognizes that the specific context and relationships within any given setting will shape the journey and so brings together a diverse array of perspectives, experiences, and strategies to illustrate a range of considerations and possibilities.

As congregations strive to live into the potential and joy of Beloved Community, these essays will inspire them to seed and nourish a new way.

[atheostic]

It really creeps me out when pastors are like "If God weren't real then it'd be okay to torture innocent babies for fun" because this implies that

a) It's okay to torture guilty (???) babies for fun

b) it's okay to torture innocent babies if it's not just for fun

c) they feel the compulsion to torture babies and the only thing stopping them is their belief in a god

[promptuarium]

ELEAZAR, son of Aaron, was made High Priest upon the death of his father, in the 2491st year of the world and the 1471st before Christ was born.

He and Joshua gained the land of Canaan, which they called Judea. It was divided among the twelve tribes of the children of Israel, whose names were the Tribe of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, Gad, Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Manasseh.

Eleazar died in the same year as Joshua. See Exodus ch. 6, also Joshua ch. 24.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Women retained their roles as religious leaders and defenders of their faiths.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[tenth-sentence]

Women retained their roles as religious leaders and defenders of their faiths.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[biblebloodhound]

The Light of the World (John 8:12-19)

For those with the eyes to see, the Light illumines the way. Trust the Light. Take it where it leads you.

The Light of the World, by the Jyoti Art Ashram Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”  Then the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.”  Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I…