Bowie Snodgrass
@bowiesnodgrass.bsky.social
Episcopal priest | poetry at bowiesnodgrass.substack.com | parent with @pgeorgemathew.bsky.social | she/her
Be earnest, therefore, and repent. Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
#Revelation3 #dailyoffice #Advent
#Revelation3 #dailyoffice #Advent
December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Be earnest, therefore, and repent. Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
#Revelation3 #dailyoffice #Advent
#Revelation3 #dailyoffice #Advent
Prayers for an end to gun violence. Prayers for an end to school shootings. Prayers for an end to antisemitism. Prayers for the victims and traumatized. Prayers for change in hearts and laws.
Prayers for peace 🙏🏼
Prayers for peace 🙏🏼
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Prayers for an end to gun violence. Prayers for an end to school shootings. Prayers for an end to antisemitism. Prayers for the victims and traumatized. Prayers for change in hearts and laws.
Prayers for peace 🙏🏼
Prayers for peace 🙏🏼
Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
#Matthew11 #lectionary #Advent
#Matthew11 #lectionary #Advent
Bartholomeus Breenbergh - The Preaching of John the Baptist - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This well-preserved panel of 1634 has long been recognized as one of Breenbergh's finest works. The artist had recently settled in Amsterdam, and the most highly regarded history painter in that city,...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
#Matthew11 #lectionary #Advent
#Matthew11 #lectionary #Advent
“the city that kills the prophets!
How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
#Matthew23 #dailyoffice
How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
#Matthew23 #dailyoffice
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“the city that kills the prophets!
How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
#Matthew23 #dailyoffice
How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
#Matthew23 #dailyoffice
Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land… The Lord has sworn: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who lives in it
#Amos8 #dailyoffice
#Amos8 #dailyoffice
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land… The Lord has sworn: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds. Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who lives in it
#Amos8 #dailyoffice
#Amos8 #dailyoffice
God of hope, you call us from the exile of our sin
with the good news of restoration;
you build a highway through the wilderness;
you come to us to bring us home.
Comfort us with the expectation of your saving
power, made known in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
#DailyPrayerforAllSeasons #Advent
with the good news of restoration;
you build a highway through the wilderness;
you come to us to bring us home.
Comfort us with the expectation of your saving
power, made known in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
#DailyPrayerforAllSeasons #Advent
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
God of hope, you call us from the exile of our sin
with the good news of restoration;
you build a highway through the wilderness;
you come to us to bring us home.
Comfort us with the expectation of your saving
power, made known in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
#DailyPrayerforAllSeasons #Advent
with the good news of restoration;
you build a highway through the wilderness;
you come to us to bring us home.
Comfort us with the expectation of your saving
power, made known in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
#DailyPrayerforAllSeasons #Advent
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
#Revelation1 #dailyoffice
Window of the Presentation at @christchurch-sh.bsky.social
#Revelation1 #dailyoffice
Window of the Presentation at @christchurch-sh.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
#Revelation1 #dailyoffice
Window of the Presentation at @christchurch-sh.bsky.social
#Revelation1 #dailyoffice
Window of the Presentation at @christchurch-sh.bsky.social
Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
#Amos5 #dailyoffice
#Amos5 #dailyoffice
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
#Amos5 #dailyoffice
#Amos5 #dailyoffice
Reposted by Bowie Snodgrass
We wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation.
#2Peter3 #dailyoffice #advent 🕯️
#2Peter3 #dailyoffice #advent 🕯️
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation.
#2Peter3 #dailyoffice #advent 🕯️
#2Peter3 #dailyoffice #advent 🕯️
On First Trip Abroad, Pope Leo Echoed Francis’s Message, Not His Style
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Reposted by Bowie Snodgrass
God of hope,
when Christ your Son appears
may he not find us asleep or idle,
but active in his service and ready.
Amen.
- A New Zealand Prayer Book
#advent
when Christ your Son appears
may he not find us asleep or idle,
but active in his service and ready.
Amen.
- A New Zealand Prayer Book
#advent
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
God of hope,
when Christ your Son appears
may he not find us asleep or idle,
but active in his service and ready.
Amen.
- A New Zealand Prayer Book
#advent
when Christ your Son appears
may he not find us asleep or idle,
but active in his service and ready.
Amen.
- A New Zealand Prayer Book
#advent
“This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.
Be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
#2Peter1 #dailyoffice
Be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
#2Peter1 #dailyoffice
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.
Be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
#2Peter1 #dailyoffice
Be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
#2Peter1 #dailyoffice
Reposted by Bowie Snodgrass
It is the eve of Advent. A poem for this evening.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It is the eve of Advent. A poem for this evening.
Poem about the free gifts of God on Black Friday
Free Truth
Short poem inspired by John 8
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Poem about the free gifts of God on Black Friday
What's your favorite commentary for preaching and teaching the Prophet Isaiah?
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What's your favorite commentary for preaching and teaching the Prophet Isaiah?
“Faith communities develop our imagination for what can be, both for ourselves and our lives, but also for our society and what kind of society we want to live in. We start with the people sitting next to us at church & work outwards to reweave the fabric of our communities.” Dean Winnie Varghese 🕯️
A Manhattan Cathedral Appoints its First Female Dean
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Faith communities develop our imagination for what can be, both for ourselves and our lives, but also for our society and what kind of society we want to live in. We start with the people sitting next to us at church & work outwards to reweave the fabric of our communities.” Dean Winnie Varghese 🕯️
Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." When the young man heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." When the young man heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
“There are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.” -Jesus
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“There are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.” -Jesus
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
#Matthew19 #dailyoffice
Reposted by Bowie Snodgrass
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Peter came and said to him, "Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times”
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Peter came and said to him, "Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times”
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Yesterday I skipped going to the Sbux near my daughter’s dance class #NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I skipped going to the Sbux near my daughter’s dance class #NoContractNoCoffee
The disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, "Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, "Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice
#Matthew18 #dailyoffice