Leslye Colvin
@leslye.bsky.social
Catholic Writer ~ Racial & Social Justice Advocate ~ Spiritual Director ~ Contemplative Activist ~ Podcast Guest and more in lower Alabama.
Journey with me as a paid or free subscriber at leslyeslabyrinth.substack.com.
she/her
Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#jobseeker
Journey with me as a paid or free subscriber at leslyeslabyrinth.substack.com.
she/her
Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#jobseeker
Pinned
Leslye Colvin
@leslye.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Meet Leslye — LESLYE COLVIN
www.leslyecolvin.me
This is a promising time for employers at the intersection of faith and social justice seeking communications staff who appreciate nuance and can move beyond the dualism grasping society. Am I your next hire? #jobseeker www.leslyecolvin.me/about
“If we allow the Spirit to guide us, as Thurman did, we maintain our deep rootedness in God, not in the world. We become like that big oak tree that will bend but not break when the storms come up.” - Lerita Coleman Brown
open.substack.com/pub/guesnert...
open.substack.com/pub/guesnert...
Remembering Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown (1954-2025)
As many of you may have heard, Dr.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“If we allow the Spirit to guide us, as Thurman did, we maintain our deep rootedness in God, not in the world. We become like that big oak tree that will bend but not break when the storms come up.” - Lerita Coleman Brown
open.substack.com/pub/guesnert...
open.substack.com/pub/guesnert...
Today’s task is adding video to Leslye’s Labyrinth text…10 done so far…
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
I Honor the Memories
I honor the memory of the peoples of the First Nations who since time immemorial strove to live in right relationship with this land, water, air, animals and resources. I honor the memory of my Africa...
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today’s task is adding video to Leslye’s Labyrinth text…10 done so far…
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
How are the life and teachings of Howard Thurman a prototype for contemplative living and leadership? Lerita Coleman Brown explains how Thurman’s prophetic, mystical spirituality was a lever for activism and social change. ow.ly/nacq50UUoH1?ut...
Howard Thurman: Embodying Contemplative Leadership - Lewis Center for Church Leadership
Lerita Coleman Brown shares how the life and teachings of Howard Thurman are a prototype for contemplative living and leadership. She explains how Thurman’s prophetic, mystical spirituality was a lever for activism and social change. How is a contemplative leader different from other leaders? The life and teachings of Howard Thurman (1899-1981), the great mystic,
ow.ly
February 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How are the life and teachings of Howard Thurman a prototype for contemplative living and leadership? Lerita Coleman Brown explains how Thurman’s prophetic, mystical spirituality was a lever for activism and social change. ow.ly/nacq50UUoH1?ut...
A beautiful and powerful message!
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández preaches for the Third Sunday of Advent - Guadete Sunday. Video and text at www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12...
Third Sunday of Advent: Dec 14, 2025
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández reflects on the readings for Third Sunday of Advent. Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 | James 5:7-10 | Matthew 11:2-11
www.catholicwomenpreach.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A beautiful and powerful message!
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.
After five centuries of colonization,
your words continue to ring true for us,
your children, as they did for Juan Diego,
“Am I not here, I who am your Mother?”
#Guadalupe
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
your words continue to ring true for us,
your children, as they did for Juan Diego,
“Am I not here, I who am your Mother?”
#Guadalupe
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
From Nazareth to Tepeyac
Dear Lady, Our Lady, Our Mother, please her our cries as we, your children, appeal for your intercession and place our hope in your son, Jesus the Christ. In Nazareth of Galilee, your lived experience...
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
After five centuries of colonization,
your words continue to ring true for us,
your children, as they did for Juan Diego,
“Am I not here, I who am your Mother?”
#Guadalupe
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
your words continue to ring true for us,
your children, as they did for Juan Diego,
“Am I not here, I who am your Mother?”
#Guadalupe
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Amazing article from Kolumn. #HarrietTubman www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Amazing article from Kolumn. #HarrietTubman www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
The frequency of repeating lies
does not impact the fact that
they are not true.
does not impact the fact that
they are not true.
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The frequency of repeating lies
does not impact the fact that
they are not true.
does not impact the fact that
they are not true.
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
Bass: We had an important victory today from the courts. The court determined what we knew all along: we do not need National Guard troops in our city. We didn’t need them in June, and we certainly don’t need them in December. I’m glad a decision was made saying the president is out of line
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Bass: We had an important victory today from the courts. The court determined what we knew all along: we do not need National Guard troops in our city. We didn’t need them in June, and we certainly don’t need them in December. I’m glad a decision was made saying the president is out of line
Thomas Merton died on December 10, 1968, eight months after Martin Luther King, Jr. I cannot imagine the grief of their mutual friend who had arranged for King to go on retreat with Merton in April of 1968.
#thomasmerton
substack.com/@leslyecolvi...
#thomasmerton
substack.com/@leslyecolvi...
Remembering Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton died on December 10, 1968, eight months after Martin Luther King, Jr.
substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thomas Merton died on December 10, 1968, eight months after Martin Luther King, Jr. I cannot imagine the grief of their mutual friend who had arranged for King to go on retreat with Merton in April of 1968.
#thomasmerton
substack.com/@leslyecolvi...
#thomasmerton
substack.com/@leslyecolvi...
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
El Refugio was founded by some of my friends. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
48 Hours at El Refugio: A Haven for Families of ICE Detainees
Podcast Episode · Latino USA · 12/05/2025 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Refugio was founded by some of my friends. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
Live now:
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
Vatican Media Live
YouTube video by Vatican News
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Live now:
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
Vatican
'Concert with the Poor' (with Michael Bublé, etc.)
- this annual pre-Christmas event was initiated by Pope Francis
- today is the 6th edition
- Pope Leo is in attendance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pY...
“Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Leslye’s Labyrinth!
Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Thank you!
Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Leslye’s Labyrinth! Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you! Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“Thank you for accompanying me on the journey of Leslye’s Labyrinth!
Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Whether you are a paid or free subscriber, thank you!
Whether we have known each other for decades or months, thank you!”
#thankyou
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
Reposted by Leslye Colvin
"it is our duty to work for social justice, and that all of us
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
Few things I like better than when the Quakes and the Papes get it together over liberation theology! This is about Pope Leo’s “apostolic exhortation”, as appreciatively reported in the Quaker weekly. “It is not possible to separate the worship of God from concern for the poor.“
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"it is our duty to work for social justice, and that all of us
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
have a responsibility to help those rejected by the society around us", wrote Graham Dragon for #TheFriend.
A very nice column on #DilexiTe!
@assisiproject.com @wystrach.de @its-robin.bsky.social @leslye.bsky.social
#PopeLeoXIV
For those observing Advent…
overcast.fm/+AAE-7I-7Xh4
overcast.fm/+AAE-7I-7Xh4
“Seeing in the Dark” — The Riverside Church Sermons
Sunday, November 30, 2025Rev. Adriene Thorne
overcast.fm
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For those observing Advent…
overcast.fm/+AAE-7I-7Xh4
overcast.fm/+AAE-7I-7Xh4
Seventy years ago today…
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
A Woman in A Black Body
December 1, 1955
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Seventy years ago today…
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...
open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...