Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Alixandra McKnight

@alixandramcknight.bsky.social

93 followers 57 following 310 posts

🌙 32 - Wisdom Seeker - Egalitarian Christ Follower - Nerd - Fibro and OCD Warrior - Resides in the Shire 💫

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hi guys!
So, I like a lot of things, and one of those is dolls, most prominently Barbie and American Girl. If you just happen to be someone who enjoys those too, I have an IG where I share my photos of them.
#americangirldolls #barbie www.instagram.com/millennial_d...

Millennial Dream Dolls (@millennial_dream_dolls) • Instagram photos and videos

4 Followers, 12 Following, 3 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Millennial Dream Dolls (@millennial_dream_dolls)

www.instagram.com

Reposted by Alixandra McKnight

Zach W. Lambert @zachwlambert.bsky.social · 15h

To all the parents who brought us up in Christian spaces…

Y’all taught us this.

No Kings sign:
13 YEARS of CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
EXPECT ME TO NOT LOVE MY NEIGHBOR ??

1 25 170

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 18h

I can’t wait to see this in future students history books. There is hope for us! 🥹

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 18h

Dinosaur’s against fascism!

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 1d

Marching

An inflatable dinosaur skeleton costume at a no kings march giving a thumbs up.

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 18h

Hank!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! 🥹 Dinosaurs against fascism!!

Reposted by Alixandra McKnight

Shane Claiborne @shaneclaiborne.bsky.social · 1d

Our crisis in America is political…
But it is also deeply spiritual.

There are people using the Christian faith to camouflage their bigotry. And many Christians are defending very unChristlike things. So it’s great to see so many people out today at No Kings protests making it plain.

1 14 41

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 18h

Wait, this is making me emotional. Columbia/Spring Hill has a very special place in my heart for several reasons, including the fact that I lived in that area as a kid for a few of my happiest years. To see TN standing against the current administration’s overreach is soothing to my soul. 🚫👑

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

COLUMBIA, TN

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah these questions trigger me in that same way as well. It’s too loaded of a question. 😕

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 1d

I can see why they used the same director from the Hunger Games series! They have extremely similar themes, message, and atmosphere. It felt…grounded in a horrible reality. Oof, this one will stick with me. #thelongwalk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never seen a Stephen King movie adaptation that scared me, but they always disturb me to my very core. The Long Walk was absolutely incredible, but I actually had to look away from the screen a few times, and once too late! 😳

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 3d

I hope to better love where I am instead of always wanting to be somewhere else. I’m trying, I really really am.

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, if only people understood just how hard I am trying to connect, trying to feel like I belong, and trying to make this feel like home. I try not to daydream about Seattle in 2001, Nashville when the sun sets, and Chicago’s windy days.

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 3d

Despite being more social this year compared to the last few, I actually feel more alone than ever. Sometimes it feels like the more people I talk to the more I miss my childhood friends and the more strange I feel. Everything just feels off in a way I can’t describe.

Reposted by Alixandra McKnight

Zach W. Lambert @zachwlambert.bsky.social · 3d

If every time I condemn sexism, nationalism, white supremacy, and homophobia/transphobia you assume I’m condemning Christians, that tells me all I need to know about your version of Christianity.

3 13 65

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 5d

Why do I know so many conspiracy theorists!? I feel like I’m on the wrong planet sometimes!!

Reposted by Alixandra McKnight

Radically Sunny @radicallysunny.bsky.social · 6d

shirt design of the Portland frog request <3

2 22

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 6d

And to be very clear “taking sides” does not meaning being a Republican or Democrat, but choosing a side on specific issues that are actively affecting the lives of your neighbors. It’s about not being passive to suffering, but deciding “hey, that’s wrong, what side of history am I on?”

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 6d

“I don’t take sides” “I don’t talk about politics” are not how we help people being harmed by their government. We have to choose the marginalized, and we have to do what we are capable of to make things a little better in this world. ☮️🫶

Christian Nightmares @christiannightmare.bsky.social · 7d

Not a nightmare! h/t @zachwlambert.bsky.social

Reposted by Alixandra McKnight

Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 7d

Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.

56 380 1.4K

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 7d

Right now I’m just wanting to experiment with different houses of worship. My faith struggles, but my choice stays firm. I choose the hope and love of my little girl faith, while accepting that I will always question each step. I just can’t believe that life, all life, is a coincidence.

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 7d

My comfort level and worship style are at ends with my current theological beliefs, making it a choice between the church’s teachings and my preferred service style. Obviously I choose values over the structured service, but it doesn’t change the nostalgia for my childhood faith.

1 1

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 7d

I have an odd faith journey, but in many ways I’m thankful for it. I’ve attended the previously mentioned services, non-denominational (both Baptist leaning and Pentecostal leaning), various Baptist churches, but I grew up Church of Christ.

1 1

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 7d

There were a lot of things I liked about it, and some things that would take me time to adjust to, but as a whole I found it beautiful. For a moment there I could completely forget what town I lived in and the nonsense that happens outside the church doors.

1 1

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 7d

I went to an Episcopal church service this morning. I felt rather stupid not knowing the specifics of phrases and ended up saying “thank you” when someone told me “peace”. I have been to a Catholic mass before though, so it wasn’t wholly unfamiliar.

1 1

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t like bullies, and I don’t like people suffering. Little me was just like this, she just knew about less stuff. I really haven’t changed much. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Radically Sunny @radicallysunny.bsky.social · 7d

If the world wants me quiet, it should’ve been nicer.

Alixandra McKnight @alixandramcknight.bsky.social · 8d

I love niche humor. Also, support Good Store if you can! 🥰

Good Store @thegooddotstore.bsky.social · 9d

Vibes so rare, they can only belong to one coffee-loving person. 📚 (@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social)☕️ For all you other coffee-lovers, use code BEANSRULE for 11% off your Keats & Co coffee order on Good Store