Chris Schelin
@chris-schelin.bsky.social
Dean of Students, Starr King School for the Ministry | Senior Research Fellow, IBTS Amsterdam | Author, The Contestable Church | Theologian | Baptist, Quaker-adjacent, Buddha-friendly | Trekkie | Lover of books, astronomy, and greenness
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To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
To recap:
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
•Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M
•Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K
•Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day
On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
When they're not murdering brown people or sex-criming, at minimum they're ridiculously petty.
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
When they're not murdering brown people or sex-criming, at minimum they're ridiculously petty.
"And yet the cross is where cruelty goes to die—to die in the death of Christ. On the cross Jesus absorbs the cruelty inflicted by a world under the sway of the evil one, forgives it all, takes it down into death…and leaves it there."
There Is No Cruelty In Christ
I can pinpoint the precise moment when, with genuine sorrow, I realized American evangelicalism was a failed experiment.
substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"And yet the cross is where cruelty goes to die—to die in the death of Christ. On the cross Jesus absorbs the cruelty inflicted by a world under the sway of the evil one, forgives it all, takes it down into death…and leaves it there."
It really says "Flag Day/President Trump's birthday" on the NPS website.
Why am I not surprised?
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It really says "Flag Day/President Trump's birthday" on the NPS website.
@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social: "When disability is viewed as an individual theological problem possibly willed by God, people are likely to ignore the ways society places disabled people at a disadvantage and may overlook ways to change those situations."
Ableism in America: How Christian Nationalism Informs Project 2025
Americans with disabilities and their families have long fought for equal protection under federal and state law in the United States. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was a ...
kettering.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social: "When disability is viewed as an individual theological problem possibly willed by God, people are likely to ignore the ways society places disabled people at a disadvantage and may overlook ways to change those situations."
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One of the lowest points in US history - the president going on unhinged white supremacist rants in public appearance after public appearance, targeting a specific ethnic group - but because it’s Trump our political class is incapable of perceiving what it is and reacting appropriately
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
One of the lowest points in US history - the president going on unhinged white supremacist rants in public appearance after public appearance, targeting a specific ethnic group - but because it’s Trump our political class is incapable of perceiving what it is and reacting appropriately
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We have a white supremacist government determined to terrorize and disenfranchise people of color. It's obvious. We need to say it, and we need to stop it.
BERMAN: How many of the 40,000 people born in Somalia living in Minnesota do you consider to be garbage?
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We have a white supremacist government determined to terrorize and disenfranchise people of color. It's obvious. We need to say it, and we need to stop it.
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NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
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December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
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Pete Hegseth must be investigated, removed and criminally charged.
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Pete Hegseth must be investigated, removed and criminally charged.
Wrote this piece for BNG in light of the recent NYT article on the surge of converts to Eastern Orthodoxy.
How Orthodoxy almost drew me in – Baptist News Global
On The New York Times website recently, Ruth Graham wrote about the surge of converts to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, driven heavily by young, conservative men who crave the grounding in tradition i...
baptistnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wrote this piece for BNG in light of the recent NYT article on the surge of converts to Eastern Orthodoxy.
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It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
Religious illiteracy means a physicist's musings on an underlying universal consciousness is presented as a "radical new theory."
Radical new theory of consciousness could finally offer explanation of what happens when you die
Scientists have come up with a new radical theory of consciousness that could finally be the key to unlocking the secret of what happens after you die
www.uniladtech.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Religious illiteracy means a physicist's musings on an underlying universal consciousness is presented as a "radical new theory."
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no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
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An immigrant shot 2 National Guard members & Trump wants collective punishment against all Afghani immigrants/refugees.
But when a white Christian shoots people, it's dismissed as "lone wolf" incident.
Disparity of responses shows this is just white supremacy looking for excuse to target immigrants.
But when a white Christian shoots people, it's dismissed as "lone wolf" incident.
Disparity of responses shows this is just white supremacy looking for excuse to target immigrants.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
An immigrant shot 2 National Guard members & Trump wants collective punishment against all Afghani immigrants/refugees.
But when a white Christian shoots people, it's dismissed as "lone wolf" incident.
Disparity of responses shows this is just white supremacy looking for excuse to target immigrants.
But when a white Christian shoots people, it's dismissed as "lone wolf" incident.
Disparity of responses shows this is just white supremacy looking for excuse to target immigrants.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know: in J.R.R. #Tolkien's Númenor, the people conducted annually Three Prayers - ceremonies in praise of Eru. The last of these was "Eruhantalë" - or "Thanksgiving to Eru" - and took place at the end of Autumn.
Image: David Greset #BookSky
Did you know: in J.R.R. #Tolkien's Númenor, the people conducted annually Three Prayers - ceremonies in praise of Eru. The last of these was "Eruhantalë" - or "Thanksgiving to Eru" - and took place at the end of Autumn.
Image: David Greset #BookSky
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know: in J.R.R. #Tolkien's Númenor, the people conducted annually Three Prayers - ceremonies in praise of Eru. The last of these was "Eruhantalë" - or "Thanksgiving to Eru" - and took place at the end of Autumn.
Image: David Greset #BookSky
Did you know: in J.R.R. #Tolkien's Númenor, the people conducted annually Three Prayers - ceremonies in praise of Eru. The last of these was "Eruhantalë" - or "Thanksgiving to Eru" - and took place at the end of Autumn.
Image: David Greset #BookSky
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Lil Jon on a Toys R Us float? Has Macy's invented time travel?
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Lil Jon on a Toys R Us float? Has Macy's invented time travel?
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Iykyk
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Iykyk
How it's going.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How it's going.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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Hi All, just released my free weekend update. Its fascinating who backed the Trump-Putin 28 point plan, and what it means about the US government being a mouthpiece for Russia. Plus, you cannot back Trump and Ukraine--if you back Trump, you can only have one master open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #160: The US Becomes A Mouthpiece To Pass On Putin's Demands
Vance To The Fore; The 28 Points—Is It More Interesting Who Backed Them?
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hi All, just released my free weekend update. Its fascinating who backed the Trump-Putin 28 point plan, and what it means about the US government being a mouthpiece for Russia. Plus, you cannot back Trump and Ukraine--if you back Trump, you can only have one master open.substack.com/pub/phillips...