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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃

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Writer, editor, researcher; curates FireFall, a newsletter amplifying women leading in the church across traditions, around the world, & throughout church history. elizabethglassturner.substack.com/

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Since it must be said loudly & repeatedly:

With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:

🇨🇦 Canada
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇵🇦 Panama
🇪🇺 European Union
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇺🇳 United Nations

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 13h

From the FireFall archives -

a round-up of resources by, for, & about women leading in the church and academy.

open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

FireFall Vol. 6: A Prayer for Joy

Susan Angeline Collins; "Called: A Leadership Resource for Women in Ministry;" The Wynkoop Center; Rev. Joyce Tonui; Logia Scholars Database; Theologian Sweatshirt

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 14h

Everyone who's been frivolously or wrongfully detained or arrested then publicly slandered with no retraction, in the context of these "operations," ought to be able to join together to seek damages to their professional reputations (let alone personal injuries/damage to vehicles).

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 14h

Intentional wrongful detention or arrest can cost someone their job. What am I missing?

To me it's a clear case of harming someone's professional reputation by false public statements on events, and failing to use same level of public platform to then correct false public statements.

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 14h

I'm curious about 1 aspect of law: slander/libel/damages. This hurts reputation, career, livelihood.

As I understand it, it's harder to take action against those in public office for slander than against the press etc

But there's a pattern of false stmts, no retraction, & detaining to intimidate.

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 1d

Digital version is most useful since you can search the doc more easily & click embedded links,

but one friend printed it & put it in a binder as a research tool for undergrads in her department.

Also a handy tool for required reading ideas to help break the glass syllabus.

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 1d

If you're tired of wading through

-finicky search results
-denominational/geographic silos
-church/academy divides

I compiled & organized 60+ ecumenical pages of books, resources, & orgs by for & about women leading the church thru history + around the world.
⬇️

open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

Downloadable Resource Guide: Women Leading in the Church

Over 60 pages listing organizations, denominational resources, 400 years of books advocating women's preaching, books on women leading throughout church history, bibliographies, & more

open.substack.com

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 1d

(There's also a book out called "Toxic Empathy".)

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 1d

“German Christians devoted attention to revising the image of Jesus to fit a manly religion. They stressed his heroism...argued a ‘fighting Christ,’ not ‘a cowardly sufferer who turned the other cheek. We can naturally have nothing to do with a little lamb kind of Christianity...nasty degradation.’”

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 1d

"Same song 2nd verse" sadly. If empathy is soft/weak-what's opposite? 1930s via Doris Bergen:“German Christians foresaw hierarchy based on gender. The people’s church would be ‘manly’. Nazi critics accused Xty of preaching weakness, humility, & defeatism, feminine traits. True Xty was manly & hard.”

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Oh: Episcopal Diocese of TX says one of its priests, a “legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,” was detained by ICE this week while returning home from work and “calls on our representatives in power to assist.” www.epicenter.org/the-episcopa...

The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Calls for Justice After Detention of Clergy Member Employed by the State of Texas - EDOT

Houston, Texas -The Episcopal Diocese of Texas expresses deep concern and calls for action following the detention of one of its priests, a legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texa...

www.epicenter.org

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 2d

So a gentleman who was part of the Catholic procession to Broadview today was detained during, or following, the procession? I want to make sure I'm understanding clearly what happened.

@jackjenkins.me

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Humanizing Through Story @yourstorymatters.bsky.social · 2d

Mass is being held outside of the Broadview ICE facility good morning I hope November 1st. They requested access to provide communion to those detained inside though it's been denied they will still try after their Mass service.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 2d

On Nigeria:

-Several top govt leaders there are Christians.

-The first lady is herself a pastor.

-In the past year, some violence in the country has been Christians against other Christians.

-I'm acquainted w/some Methodist Nigerians.

In no way is it a simple or straightforward situation.

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 2d

For what it's worth, not only are there Christians in top government positions in Nigeria, the first lady is herself a pastor.

There has also been violence by Christians toward Christians in Nigeria in the past year or so.

Complex situation to say the least.

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 2d

On a related note, fluoride was an initiative of the old Dept of Health Ed & Welfare, led by Oveta Culp Hobby, a Republican, in the 50s.

The reverse image of the phrase "nanny state" is decades of women helping people not get swindled & helping people stay alive.

open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

A Wrecking Ball to the Work of Women in America

How Gutting Government Agencies Assaults More than 100 Years of Faith, Toil, & Prayer

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Also, a thing that I mention sometimes but is often lost in all that’s going on:

By RNS’ count, at least 55 religious organizations — including the leaders of entire Christian and Jewish denominations — have signed on to lawsuits against the Trump admin this year, mostly related to immigration.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

:: uses most deadpan voice possible ::

Yes. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 4d

In fact one woman took advantage of her ship being taken over by pirates as opportunity to evangelize which is objectively hilarious. Recalling God called her to preach & it didn't matter to whom, she refused to eat food that'd been stolen, gave them tracts, asked one about his mother, & so on.

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 4d

"Hey Elizabeth are you quietly noting the names of pets of 20thC women preachers?"

I don't know Rufus, AM I? Sorry yes in case it's not clear one was Rufus.

"Are you also quietly noting women who preached or were taken hostage by pirates and/or Nazis while aboard ships?"

[flags yes in semaphore]

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 4d

Love this from the 1930s:

A vintage black and white photo from 1937 of a racially integrated group of women playing basketball in athleticwear. They were part of a union rec league. ILGWU local 22 vs ILGWU local 91, Stuyvesant High School, Nov 6 1937, photo courtesy Cornell University Kheel Center.

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 4d

I watched or listened to a lot of the hearings.

Even with that, wow was all I could say after watching this.

It's framed really well.

There was so much fog + breaking news + overwhelm,

this is a helpful retrospective even aside from the subject himself.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 4d

That's a point he makes in the documentary, actually-that he and Cheney weren't courageous, they were just doing their jobs in a sea of cowardice. It's worth watching.

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 4d

That man's gonna have such an awkward Thanksgiving dinner.

Meanwhile, ladies in the 1930s:

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Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 5d

Also, if you're a citizen & they try this, don't you have the right to stay silent/in this case refuse to have your face scanned as a visual equivalent of silence? The right to stay silent is in part so you don't incriminate yourself. Isn't allowing your face to be scanned potentially incriminating?

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

Elizabeth Glass Turner 🦃 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 5d

Well this will be a giant lawsuit.

You can say a tech tool gives "definitive determination" all you want -

*it's not proof* and it's not judge jury and executioner.

OH MY GOSH, IF I FAIL CAPTCHA DOES THAT MEAN I'M NOT HUMAN!?

It's literally that easy to debunk this.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 5d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”