Andy Bryan
@andybryan.bsky.social
United Methodist Preacher
Dad cred: 2 bio, 1 adopt, 23 foster, 13 on stage
He / Him / His
Dad cred: 2 bio, 1 adopt, 23 foster, 13 on stage
He / Him / His
If you are able, I invite you to...
- Shop locally
- Use cash
- Support small businesses
- Buy locally sourced products
...for the next week. I'm going to give it a try, and encourage you to do so as well.
#BlackoutTheSystem
- Shop locally
- Use cash
- Support small businesses
- Buy locally sourced products
...for the next week. I'm going to give it a try, and encourage you to do so as well.
#BlackoutTheSystem
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you are able, I invite you to...
- Shop locally
- Use cash
- Support small businesses
- Buy locally sourced products
...for the next week. I'm going to give it a try, and encourage you to do so as well.
#BlackoutTheSystem
- Shop locally
- Use cash
- Support small businesses
- Buy locally sourced products
...for the next week. I'm going to give it a try, and encourage you to do so as well.
#BlackoutTheSystem
Isn't it so funny that you can tell which political party someone is in by their answer to the question, "Is inflation going up or coming down?"
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Isn't it so funny that you can tell which political party someone is in by their answer to the question, "Is inflation going up or coming down?"
This.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This.
It's Monday. The week has begun, filled with potential and possibility. Let's do this!
What is one thing you will do this week to make the world a better place?
What is one thing you will do this week to make the world a better place?
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's Monday. The week has begun, filled with potential and possibility. Let's do this!
What is one thing you will do this week to make the world a better place?
What is one thing you will do this week to make the world a better place?
This will help in the short term. Thank you, Governor.
Kehoe announces food aid in response to lack of SNAP benefits for November
Missouri is transferring over $10 million in funding to feed seniors and $5 million to go to food banks.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This will help in the short term. Thank you, Governor.
You guys my wordle streak ended today. 182.
It's fine. I'll be fine. I said I'M FINE.
It's fine. I'll be fine. I said I'M FINE.
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You guys my wordle streak ended today. 182.
It's fine. I'll be fine. I said I'M FINE.
It's fine. I'll be fine. I said I'M FINE.
Has anyone gotten their Soros check yet? I guess mine got lost in the mail or something.
Trump on No Kings: "It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Has anyone gotten their Soros check yet? I guess mine got lost in the mail or something.
I'm going to uphold my baptismal vows, which call me to "resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves."
Why are you going?
#NoKings #BeUMC #ThisIsChurch
Why are you going?
#NoKings #BeUMC #ThisIsChurch
October 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm going to uphold my baptismal vows, which call me to "resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves."
Why are you going?
#NoKings #BeUMC #ThisIsChurch
Why are you going?
#NoKings #BeUMC #ThisIsChurch
I can't wait to explain this image to my grandchildren.
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I can't wait to explain this image to my grandchildren.
"This is something that the Venezuelan people deserve. I am just part of a huge movement. ... I’m humbled, I’m grateful and I’m honored not only by this recognition, but I’m honored to be part of what’s going on in Venezuela today.”
- Maria Corina Machado
- Maria Corina Machado
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"This is something that the Venezuelan people deserve. I am just part of a huge movement. ... I’m humbled, I’m grateful and I’m honored not only by this recognition, but I’m honored to be part of what’s going on in Venezuela today.”
- Maria Corina Machado
- Maria Corina Machado
"Acting in the name of Jesus is not transactional, or selfish, or harmful. If an action or a word is one of those things it cannot be true that it is being done in the name of Jesus.
You can put those fries back in the bag!"
My sermon: "In the Name of Jesus" ...
#MakeItMaplewood #TheVeryFirstChurch
You can put those fries back in the bag!"
My sermon: "In the Name of Jesus" ...
#MakeItMaplewood #TheVeryFirstChurch
"In the Name of Jesus" Rev. Andy Bryan
YouTube video by Maplewood UMC
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October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Acting in the name of Jesus is not transactional, or selfish, or harmful. If an action or a word is one of those things it cannot be true that it is being done in the name of Jesus.
You can put those fries back in the bag!"
My sermon: "In the Name of Jesus" ...
#MakeItMaplewood #TheVeryFirstChurch
You can put those fries back in the bag!"
My sermon: "In the Name of Jesus" ...
#MakeItMaplewood #TheVeryFirstChurch
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy." - Jane Goodall
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy." - Jane Goodall
The early church did four simple things. And clearly that simplicity was appealing, since God was adding to their numbers every single day. There was an appealing simplicity in the life of the very first church, and it may be something the modern church can reclaim.
My sermon from Sunday...
My sermon from Sunday...
"The Beauty of Simplicity" - Rev. Andy Bryan
YouTube video by Maplewood UMC
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September 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The early church did four simple things. And clearly that simplicity was appealing, since God was adding to their numbers every single day. There was an appealing simplicity in the life of the very first church, and it may be something the modern church can reclaim.
My sermon from Sunday...
My sermon from Sunday...
For what it's worth...
Please, do not let your algorithms do your thinking for you.
1/4
Please, do not let your algorithms do your thinking for you.
1/4
September 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For what it's worth...
Please, do not let your algorithms do your thinking for you.
1/4
Please, do not let your algorithms do your thinking for you.
1/4
The turmoil in the world knocks us out of alignment with God. Prayer is a nudge from the Holy Spirit, re-aligning us with God's love, the grace of Jesus Christ, and the peace and power of the Holy Spirit.
My sermon from Sunday...
My sermon from Sunday...
"Nevertheless She Persisted"
YouTube video by Maplewood UMC
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The turmoil in the world knocks us out of alignment with God. Prayer is a nudge from the Holy Spirit, re-aligning us with God's love, the grace of Jesus Christ, and the peace and power of the Holy Spirit.
My sermon from Sunday...
My sermon from Sunday...
When empathy is sin
War is the norm.
Bludgeon of fist
rather
Caress of palm.
Oh how I long for
gentleness.
War is the norm.
Bludgeon of fist
rather
Caress of palm.
Oh how I long for
gentleness.
September 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When empathy is sin
War is the norm.
Bludgeon of fist
rather
Caress of palm.
Oh how I long for
gentleness.
War is the norm.
Bludgeon of fist
rather
Caress of palm.
Oh how I long for
gentleness.
#ISeeYou #WereGonnaBeOK
YouTube video by Andy Bryan
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September 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Missouri voted 60-40 for Trump last time.
The proposed map would be 7-1. (That's 88-12 as a percentage.)
Now I'm no math major, but 60-40 is way different than 88-12. So actually, NO the proposed map does NOT more accurately represent the people of Missouri.
The proposed map would be 7-1. (That's 88-12 as a percentage.)
Now I'm no math major, but 60-40 is way different than 88-12. So actually, NO the proposed map does NOT more accurately represent the people of Missouri.
Trump-approved congressional redistricting gets Missouri House committee approval
The move sets up the new map, which targets U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Kansas City, for debate next week.
www.stlpr.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Missouri voted 60-40 for Trump last time.
The proposed map would be 7-1. (That's 88-12 as a percentage.)
Now I'm no math major, but 60-40 is way different than 88-12. So actually, NO the proposed map does NOT more accurately represent the people of Missouri.
The proposed map would be 7-1. (That's 88-12 as a percentage.)
Now I'm no math major, but 60-40 is way different than 88-12. So actually, NO the proposed map does NOT more accurately represent the people of Missouri.
I don't know. Call me crazy but it just seems to me that gerrymandering is not something you do because your policies are just so darn popular.
September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I don't know. Call me crazy but it just seems to me that gerrymandering is not something you do because your policies are just so darn popular.
Believe women.
Epstein survivors implore Congress to act as push for disclosure builds
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse have gathered on Capitol Hill to demand the release of the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Believe women.
No thank you.
Kehoe weighs tapping Missouri National Guard to help ICE
The request for help with federal immigration clerical, transportation and logistical tasks came from the Trump administration — notably the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
No thank you.
I highly commend this video to you. Thank you, Nine PBS, for putting this together. It is so important to document and to remember, so that we can build from here.
Rebuilding North St. Louis After the EF3 Tornado | Tornado Town Hall: Your Voice. Our Future.
YouTube video by Nine PBS
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August 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I highly commend this video to you. Thank you, Nine PBS, for putting this together. It is so important to document and to remember, so that we can build from here.
"It isn’t someone else’s job; it is the job of each and every one of us doing what we can, like dripping millions of individual drops of our work onto the great boulder of injustice until it is eventually eroded away."
Simba, Esther, and the call to find our place.
My sermon from Sunday...
Simba, Esther, and the call to find our place.
My sermon from Sunday...
'The Lion King' - A Study of Call - Rev. Andy Bryan
YouTube video by Maplewood UMC
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"It isn’t someone else’s job; it is the job of each and every one of us doing what we can, like dripping millions of individual drops of our work onto the great boulder of injustice until it is eventually eroded away."
Simba, Esther, and the call to find our place.
My sermon from Sunday...
Simba, Esther, and the call to find our place.
My sermon from Sunday...
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
-George Orwell
Dr. Erika McEntarfer told the truth, and it got her fired. I don't know what part she will play in the histories written of this era, but she is a revolutionary. At least by today's Orwellian standards.
-George Orwell
Dr. Erika McEntarfer told the truth, and it got her fired. I don't know what part she will play in the histories written of this era, but she is a revolutionary. At least by today's Orwellian standards.
Trump defends the US economy with charts after job reports showed warning signs
President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.
apnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
-George Orwell
Dr. Erika McEntarfer told the truth, and it got her fired. I don't know what part she will play in the histories written of this era, but she is a revolutionary. At least by today's Orwellian standards.
-George Orwell
Dr. Erika McEntarfer told the truth, and it got her fired. I don't know what part she will play in the histories written of this era, but she is a revolutionary. At least by today's Orwellian standards.