Rev. Danielle Bartz
@revdanikb.bsky.social
Vacationing on the North Shore in MN. View from the happy hour location at our rental is not too shabby.
July 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Vacationing on the North Shore in MN. View from the happy hour location at our rental is not too shabby.
UCC General Synod watching with wine. The crazy Friday nightlife of a UCC minister.
July 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
UCC General Synod watching with wine. The crazy Friday nightlife of a UCC minister.
“Shallowness in the Body of Christ is what’s destroying the Church today.” - Rev. Marilyn Pagan-Banks
July 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“Shallowness in the Body of Christ is what’s destroying the Church today.” - Rev. Marilyn Pagan-Banks
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
🏳️⚧️ Happy Pride! This month (and year-round) we proclaim "Love is Louder!" Join us in celebrating and loving our neighbors OUT LOUD!
🌈 We offer a variety of Pride resources here: ow.ly/HJT050W29nU
⭐ How are you celebrating Pride Month this year? ⭐
#LoveIsLouder
🌈 We offer a variety of Pride resources here: ow.ly/HJT050W29nU
⭐ How are you celebrating Pride Month this year? ⭐
#LoveIsLouder
June 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🏳️⚧️ Happy Pride! This month (and year-round) we proclaim "Love is Louder!" Join us in celebrating and loving our neighbors OUT LOUD!
🌈 We offer a variety of Pride resources here: ow.ly/HJT050W29nU
⭐ How are you celebrating Pride Month this year? ⭐
#LoveIsLouder
🌈 We offer a variety of Pride resources here: ow.ly/HJT050W29nU
⭐ How are you celebrating Pride Month this year? ⭐
#LoveIsLouder
When Christianity is at its best, it fulfills the commandment to love God and neighbor. But far too often the response is ‘no thanks.’ Razing a church that wants to build a shelter so pickleball courts for the privileged can be built instead is appalling. My prayers are with Christ Episcopal.
A Church Wants a Homeless Shelter. The Mayor Wants Space for Pickleball.
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
When Christianity is at its best, it fulfills the commandment to love God and neighbor. But far too often the response is ‘no thanks.’ Razing a church that wants to build a shelter so pickleball courts for the privileged can be built instead is appalling. My prayers are with Christ Episcopal.
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
"Christianity is being co-opted globally. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last that Christians find themselves grappling with what it means to be Christian in a contemporary context."
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
New blog: ow.ly/ueSG50VRqXz
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
New blog: ow.ly/ueSG50VRqXz
May 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Christianity is being co-opted globally. This is not the first time, nor will it be the last that Christians find themselves grappling with what it means to be Christian in a contemporary context."
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
New blog: ow.ly/ueSG50VRqXz
-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC
New blog: ow.ly/ueSG50VRqXz
What’s the hold up on developing the technology to allow us to remove ourselves from a group text? I mean, we’ve got to be getting close. Right?
May 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What’s the hold up on developing the technology to allow us to remove ourselves from a group text? I mean, we’ve got to be getting close. Right?
Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
April 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
Live orchestral music helps…with all of it.
April 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Live orchestral music helps…with all of it.
This thread is giving me, and so many others, life and hope today!
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This thread is giving me, and so many others, life and hope today!
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day five years ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.
March 11, 2020: The day everything changed
The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day five years ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.
www.npr.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day five years ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
REPEAT AFTER ME:
NOBODY VOTED FOR ELON MUSK
PASS IT ON.
NOBODY VOTED FOR ELON MUSK
PASS IT ON.
February 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
REPEAT AFTER ME:
NOBODY VOTED FOR ELON MUSK
PASS IT ON.
NOBODY VOTED FOR ELON MUSK
PASS IT ON.
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
"Hopelessness is Submission"
A message from Rev. Shari Prestemon, Acting Associate General Minister, UCC and Co-Executive of Global Ministries.
👇🏾 www.ucc.org/hopelessness...
A message from Rev. Shari Prestemon, Acting Associate General Minister, UCC and Co-Executive of Global Ministries.
👇🏾 www.ucc.org/hopelessness...
Hopelessness Is Submission - United Church of Christ
“Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” (Romans
www.ucc.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Hopelessness is Submission"
A message from Rev. Shari Prestemon, Acting Associate General Minister, UCC and Co-Executive of Global Ministries.
👇🏾 www.ucc.org/hopelessness...
A message from Rev. Shari Prestemon, Acting Associate General Minister, UCC and Co-Executive of Global Ministries.
👇🏾 www.ucc.org/hopelessness...
What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘Holiness?’ It’s my Star Word for 2025.
January 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘Holiness?’ It’s my Star Word for 2025.
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
I'm looking for a few #clergywomen to create a #MarysGang Starter Pack of #holytroublemakers willing to preach/teach/carry out the #radicalgospel of Christ If you're in, comment below. #neverthelessshepreached
#BeUMC #UMC #ELCA #PCUSA #UCC #Episcopal #Protestant
#BeUMC #UMC #ELCA #PCUSA #UCC #Episcopal #Protestant
December 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I'm looking for a few #clergywomen to create a #MarysGang Starter Pack of #holytroublemakers willing to preach/teach/carry out the #radicalgospel of Christ If you're in, comment below. #neverthelessshepreached
#BeUMC #UMC #ELCA #PCUSA #UCC #Episcopal #Protestant
#BeUMC #UMC #ELCA #PCUSA #UCC #Episcopal #Protestant
Pro Tip: 12/16 is not a good day to tell your pastor you don’t like the church website and it needs to be redesigned.
December 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Pro Tip: 12/16 is not a good day to tell your pastor you don’t like the church website and it needs to be redesigned.
For the church member who texts ‘Give me a call when you have a minute’ and then promptly turns off their phone, we pray.
December 16, 2024 at 5:22 PM
For the church member who texts ‘Give me a call when you have a minute’ and then promptly turns off their phone, we pray.
We do Taize-style services during Advent at my church. So peaceful and calm. Just what a weary world needs.
December 2, 2024 at 11:34 PM
We do Taize-style services during Advent at my church. So peaceful and calm. Just what a weary world needs.
Let’s see your Advent shoes!!
December 1, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Let’s see your Advent shoes!!
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
You know what’s hard? Sitting at my desk to write a sermon on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I estimate I have just about three more hours of productivity in me before I decide all of this can wait. Come Holy Spirit and save me from myself!!
November 27, 2024 at 3:30 PM
You know what’s hard? Sitting at my desk to write a sermon on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I estimate I have just about three more hours of productivity in me before I decide all of this can wait. Come Holy Spirit and save me from myself!!
This is incredibly helpful data to have on hand for ministry.
One of the hats I wear is director of @religiondata.bsky.social (the ARDA). It's the world's largest online religion data archive.
One of the cool resources we offer is the Community Profile Builder.
Pop in any US zip code, choose a radius, then generate a FREE report f/ any community in seconds.
One of the cool resources we offer is the Community Profile Builder.
Pop in any US zip code, choose a radius, then generate a FREE report f/ any community in seconds.
November 26, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This is incredibly helpful data to have on hand for ministry.
Reposted by Rev. Danielle Bartz
The Pillars of Creation captured by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 26, 2024 at 3:52 PM
The Pillars of Creation captured by the James Webb Space Telescope
A member of my congregation ‘quotes’ a recent sermon of mine in her Christmas letter. Mostly it is a summary of what she heard. Which isn’t really what I preached. But, she also described it as transformative. So, I guess I’ll take the win.
November 25, 2024 at 7:35 PM
A member of my congregation ‘quotes’ a recent sermon of mine in her Christmas letter. Mostly it is a summary of what she heard. Which isn’t really what I preached. But, she also described it as transformative. So, I guess I’ll take the win.