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Rev Laura Everett
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Let's all get free. Mass Council of Churches Exec & Pastor. Writer, Mender + Textile Artist. Unabashed urbanist. @BostonWomensSports.com Schemer & Dreamer in Boston.
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Rev Laura Everett @reveverett.com · May 10
Sabbath Sign Out: Besitos for dessert. This pup is Luna who I met on May Day in #ChelseaMA. Then today, I found besitos at Market Basket in Waltham! We all deserve más besitos y menos deportaciones. Feast and rest for the work is long.
# HereToStay
Más • besitos mENOS deportaciones # Here To Stay
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My only, and I mean this sincerely, my only consolation is that these men will have to answer to the Lord for their inhumanity.

Father, forgive them, because they know EXACTLY what they are doing.
January 16, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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I am staying at a monastery with the other state council of church leaders this week. There is a nearly life sized Saint (Benedict of Nursia, I think?) outside my door. Dude catches me off guard every time.
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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Don’t miss the misogyny at play here (in addition to the base colonialism) which @katemanne.bsky.social teaches in “Down Girl” that the logic of misogyny is men believing women owe them goods and services or they can respond violently- which Trump very can do- he is OWED her medal here.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Plenty bad happening in polycrisis nationwide. I do NOT understand why #Boston is adding to the harm by breaking promises to add affordable housing, support Black investors & nurture Black neighborhoods. Demand better by @mayorwu.boston.gov #Roxbury #Bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/b...
Wu’s plan to scrap Roxbury lab and housing development for new high school stirs bitter reaction - The Boston Globe
It’s an abrupt change of course for the long-vacant parcel known as P3, where developers have struggled for decades to get anything built.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Praying with John 1: Let us pray 🙏🏼- “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Out of Boston? Out of anywhere now? Forgive me for presuming, Lord, that I know where Your goodness comes from. All Your people are good. All Your people are blessed All Your people are known and loved by You. Even me.
< Back = Morning Prayer The Second Lesson John 1:43-51 A Reading from the Gospel According to John. HE next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." 46 Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." 47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" 48 Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you." 49 Nathanael replied, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" 5º Jesus answered, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these." ' And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." Hear what the Spirit is saying to God's people. Thanks be to God.
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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At some point, national orgs will stop trying to fund national organizing efforts, and will learn to TRUST local people with what we know best, where we know it best, and stop funding slick national campaigns and influencers.

Today is not that day.

Get local. Sink deep.
January 14, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Well, this is bad news and broken promises from the Wu Administration. Walking back commitments of redevelopment AND BLACK WEALTH of P3 parcel for investment and “much-needed affordable homes” in #Roxbury #Boston #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/b...
‘It’s just racist’: Boston’s plan to kill Roxbury lab project triggers bitter reaction from Black community - The Boston Globe
It’s an abrupt change of course for the long-vacant parcel known as P3, where developers have struggled for decades to get anything built.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Also Duolingo is out here for la revolución! #goodtheology
8:31 • 7 87 00 Translate this sentence Money is not important. dinero EL es importante no sal CHECK
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Praying with Psalm 119- let us pray 🙏🏼: O God, “I am a stranger here on earth,” rings familiar. I do not understand how evil continue to prosper. I long to be at home with You but I’m distracted by grocery lists, and my rights under threat and my neighbors taken. Turn me from shame to solace in You.
Back = Morning Prayer 16 My delight is in your statutes; * I will not forget your word. Psalm 119: Gimel Retribue servo tuo BCP p. 764 SEAL bountifully with your servant, * that I may live and keep your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may see * the wonders of your law. 19 I am a stranger here on earth; * do not hide your commandments from me. 20 My soul is consumed at all times * with longing for your judgments. 21 You have rebuked the insolent; * cursed are they who stray from your commandments! 22 Turn from me shame and rebuke, * for I have kept your decrees. 231 Even though rulers sit and plot against me, * I will meditate on your statutes. 24 For your decrees are my delight, and they are my counselors. Praise to the holy and undivided Trinity, one God: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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It doesn’t have to be like this.
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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Why there is NO ONE BETTER than Adam of @universalhub.com: Boston’s Hat’s Off Gas was founded by Morris Hatoff in 1929. How do you even find this?! www.universalhub.com/2026/hatoffs...
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Praying with Psalm 5: Let us pray 🙏🏼 - Give ear to my words and consider my meditations, Lord. Not all of them because my mind wanders and some of what I think about should not be. But for the evil? Whose throat is an open grave? Have at it, Lord. I am done with them. Declare them guilty. Spare me.
Back Psalm 5 5 6 9 II = Morning Prayer Verba mea auribus BCP p. 588 IVE ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God. for I make my prayer to you. In the morning, LoRD, you hear my voice; * early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you. For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, * and evil cannot dwell with you. Braggarts cannot stand in your sight; * you hate all those who work wickedness. You destroy those who speak lies; * the bloodthirsty and deceitful, O LORD, you abhor. But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you. Lead me, O LorD, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me; * make your way straight before me. For there is no truth in their mouth; * there is destruction in their heart; Their throat is an open grave; * they flatter with their tongue. Declare them guilty, O God; * ler them fall. because of their schemes.
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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I am currently staying at a monastery, which apparently was last updated the last time a novice joined. There is a pillow of the local NFL team in this room, so help me Jesus.
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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In Minneapolis
A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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You know what AI driven cars can NOT do? Give you the lowdown on the politics of their home country, the best local bop, and tell you about their own faith. Tip, and talk to, your drivers. 🚕
January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Today is the feast day of Aelred of Rievaulx, 1167. Let us pray 🙏🏽- O Lord, You want us to have Spiritual Friendships. You show us Jesus and the Beloved Disciple, Mary and Martha, the Myrrh-Bearers. Thank you for Brother Aelred. Give us friends. Teach us to be good friends. You do not send us alone.
< Back = E Morning Prayer January 12, 2026 Monday after the First Sunday after the Epiphany AELRED OF RIEVAULX, Monastic and Theologian, 1167 ELRED was born in 1109, into a family who had long been the treasurers of the shrine of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne at Durham Cathedral. While still a youth, he was sent for education in upper-class life to thecourt of King David of Scotland, son of Queen Margaret. The king's stepsons, Simon and Waldef, were his models and intimate friends. But after intense disillusionment and inner struggle, Aelred went to Yorkshire, where he became a Cistercian monk at the abbey of Rievaulx in 1133. Aelred soon became a major figure in English church life. Sent to Rome on diocesan affairs by Archbishop William of York, he returned by way of Clairvaux: Here he made a deep impression on Bernard, who encouraged the young monk to write his first work, The Mirror of Charity, on Christian perfection. In 1143, Aelred led the founding of a new Cistercian house at Revesby. Four years later, he was appointed abbot of Rievaulx. By the time of his death in 1167, the abbey had more than 600 monks, including Aered's biographer and friend, Walter Daniel. During this period, Aelred wrote his best known work, Spiritual Friendship. Back = Morning Prayer Friendship, Aelred teaches, is both a gift from God and a creation of human effort. While love should be universal and freely given to all, friendship is a particular love between individuals, of which the example is Jesus and John the Beloved Disciple. As abbot, Aelred allowed his monks to hold hands and give other expressions of friendship. In the spirit of Anselm of Canterbury and Bernard of Clairvaux, Aelred writes: "There are four qualities that characterize a friend: Loyalty, right intention, discretion, and patience. Right intention seeks for nothing other than God and natural good. Discretion brings understanding of what is done on a friend's behalf, and ability to know when to correct faults. Patience enables one to be justly rebuked, or to bear adversity on another's behalf. Loyalty guards and protects friendship, in good or bitter times." Aelred died in the year 1167. From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 1:11
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Amy Poehler, OF MASSACHUSETTS #GoldenGlobes
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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So do I need to watch Hacks? #Goldenglobes
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Did we go to the Harvard Women’s Basketball game yesterday for free Nerds jersey give away? Absolutely. Own your brand, baby. #NCAA #BelieveIt
January 12, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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The role of cars in our society results in a uniquely American way that state violence is enacted and justified. Renee Good is just the most recent.

If you work in any area of engineering, planning, or public admin, what we do is relevant to our current historical moment, whether we like it or not.
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FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
January 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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When it’s women protesting, it’s a “gang?” But when it’s men illegally detaining our neighbors, it’s federal authorities.
Ok.
scottjshapiro.bsky.social Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 4d
“organized gangs of wine moms”
Fox News • • Follow ٠٠٠ 27m • 0 STOP THE MADNESS: "What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede ICE agents is not civil disobedience. It isn't even protest. It's just crime," writes David Marcus.
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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Praying with Isaiah 42: let us pray 🙏🏽- Oh God, your gentleness and power is so different than what I see daily. “A bruised reed You will not break.” There are bruises on my feet from kicking rocks. Comfort your people. This peace you promise? Send quickly. The coastlands wait and I do too. Send now
The First Reading Isaiah 42:1-9 A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. ERE is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. " He will not cry out or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street; 3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. 4 He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth, and the coastlands wait for his teaching. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: 61 am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations,? to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. ® I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols. ° See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.
January 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Sabbath sign out: neighborhood pub & neighbors. Get local. Sink pylons and build bridges. Order nachos & fries. Rest in order to resist.
✌️🍟 🙏🏽
January 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Boston ❤️‍🩹 MNSP Saturday 1/10 2pm JFK Federal BUILDING
LUCE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS JUSTICE FOR RENEE GOOD ICE OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS SAT, JAN 10, 2PM JFK FEDERAL BUILDING, BOSTON Join the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network to mourn the lives lost to ICE and denounce ICE violence in our neighborhoods. FREE THEM @LUCE_hotline lucemass.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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"We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. ...

"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." —Becca Good
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM