David Simmons
@frdavid.org
Episcopal Priest, Presbyterian Pastor, Ecumenist, LGBTQIA+ Ally, Oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich, Chief Election Inspector, Tolkien Nut, Percussionist and Gaming Dork. http://www.frdavid.org
Anika Nilles will be the drummer for Rush on their upcoming tour. No one can replace Neil Peart, but I can’t help think she is going to do a fantastic job.
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Anika Nilles - "Orange Leaves" [official video]
YouTube video by Anika Nilles
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November 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Anika Nilles will be the drummer for Rush on their upcoming tour. No one can replace Neil Peart, but I can’t help think she is going to do a fantastic job.
youtube.com/watch?v=QpTg...
youtube.com/watch?v=QpTg...
A sermon in response to multiple stories of local immigrants being detained while attending their court appointments and the statement of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A sermon in response to multiple stories of local immigrants being detained while attending their court appointments and the statement of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
open.substack.com/pub/frdavido... ⚓
open.substack.com/pub/frdavido... ⚓
PSA: If you claim to be a "practicing Catholic" and you believe this, you really are not listening to the Gospel reading on Sunday mornings. Matthew 10:34-37, Matthew 12:46-50, Mark 3:31-35, Luke 8:19-21, Luke 14:26, Luke 9:59-62 ⚓️
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
PSA: If you claim to be a "practicing Catholic" and you believe this, you really are not listening to the Gospel reading on Sunday mornings. Matthew 10:34-37, Matthew 12:46-50, Mark 3:31-35, Luke 8:19-21, Luke 14:26, Luke 9:59-62 ⚓️
An in-depth look at this “gotcha” moment for churches on TikTok. (Gift article link)Had this person contacted me, I would have first sent them to the Food Pantry, because they stock formula and we contribute to them every week. But I would have bought formula if needed. ⚓️.
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This pastor fell for a TikTok stunt and sparked a debate on Christian charity
An influencer’s test of churches went viral, rewarding the generous and shaming the stingy.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
An in-depth look at this “gotcha” moment for churches on TikTok. (Gift article link)Had this person contacted me, I would have first sent them to the Food Pantry, because they stock formula and we contribute to them every week. But I would have bought formula if needed. ⚓️.
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wapo.st/4oJywOk
Reposted by David Simmons
Trump isn't a king but he does seem to have lost the favor of the clerics.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump isn't a king but he does seem to have lost the favor of the clerics.
So how well did JD Vance do with his answer to a question about his wife’s potential religious conversion? I examine his statements on free will and religious freedom. #episcopalchurch #christianity #interfaith #jdvance ⚓
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
So how well did JD Vance do with his answer to a question about his wife’s potential religious conversion? I examine his statements on free will and religious freedom. #episcopalchurch #christianity #interfaith #jdvance ⚓
"A Choice of Surrender or Suicide" - My review of "A House of Dynamite," a remarkable and disturbing thriller. ⚓
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A Choice of Surrender or Suicide
Review of "A House of Dynamite"
www.roodscreen.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"A Choice of Surrender or Suicide" - My review of "A House of Dynamite," a remarkable and disturbing thriller. ⚓
www.roodscreen.org/p/a-choice-o...
www.roodscreen.org/p/a-choice-o...
JD Vance said last week that he hoped his wife Usha, who was raised Hindu, would be “somehow moved by church.” This has brought controversy pertaining to the history of how people “Become Christian,” which can span from personal discovery to forced conversion. ⚓️
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
JD Vance said last week that he hoped his wife Usha, who was raised Hindu, would be “somehow moved by church.” This has brought controversy pertaining to the history of how people “Become Christian,” which can span from personal discovery to forced conversion. ⚓️
What struck me the most tonight in the production of “it’s a wonderful life - a live radio play” by the Milwaukee Rep was the two visions of capitalism offered by Bailey and Potter. ⚓️
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
What struck me the most tonight in the production of “it’s a wonderful life - a live radio play” by the Milwaukee Rep was the two visions of capitalism offered by Bailey and Potter. ⚓️
#SNAP was funded with emergency funds during a #shutdown during the first Trump Term. They were allocated by congress for this very situation. The suffering of children and the working poor (including many of our enlisted military) is a choice the administration is making intentionally. ⚓️
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
According to the USDA’s “Lapse of Funding Plan” from September 30,2025, the USDA and OMB stated that contingency funds are able to be used to fund SNAP benefits in the event of a government shutdown. The Administrstration is lying when it says it cant do anything. ⚓️
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October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
According to the USDA’s “Lapse of Funding Plan” from September 30,2025, the USDA and OMB stated that contingency funds are able to be used to fund SNAP benefits in the event of a government shutdown. The Administrstration is lying when it says it cant do anything. ⚓️
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If the president wants to keep a lid on Reagan’s views on tariffs, just wait till he gets a load of Reagan’s views on immigration….
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If the president wants to keep a lid on Reagan’s views on tariffs, just wait till he gets a load of Reagan’s views on immigration….
Folks, there are enlisted members of our military who are dependent on SNAP for their families. The myth of the "Lazy Poor" is persistent, but false.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Folks, there are enlisted members of our military who are dependent on SNAP for their families. The myth of the "Lazy Poor" is persistent, but false.
Before the ACA, my wife could not get ANY private insurance offered to her at any rate, not because of any conditions she had, but because of statistics.
Before the ACA was passed, my physician told me NOT to get genetic testing. For the cancer that killed my mom.
They told me not to because if I did, I might not be able to get affordable health insurance. Or any health insurance.
They told me not to because if I did, I might not be able to get affordable health insurance. Or any health insurance.
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Before the ACA, my wife could not get ANY private insurance offered to her at any rate, not because of any conditions she had, but because of statistics.
Possibly #Sabaton 's geekiest video yet - youtu.be/FhitH0BnDX4?...
SABATON - I, Emperor (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Sabaton
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October 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Possibly #Sabaton 's geekiest video yet - youtu.be/FhitH0BnDX4?...
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"AI" is an entire FIELD of computer science and there are specific *highly developed and Human monitored* tools for sorting huge amounts of data and things, that can be extremely useful to scientists.
Generative slop and "I'm going to have it think for me" hallucinated trash are poisoning the term.
Generative slop and "I'm going to have it think for me" hallucinated trash are poisoning the term.
October 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"AI" is an entire FIELD of computer science and there are specific *highly developed and Human monitored* tools for sorting huge amounts of data and things, that can be extremely useful to scientists.
Generative slop and "I'm going to have it think for me" hallucinated trash are poisoning the term.
Generative slop and "I'm going to have it think for me" hallucinated trash are poisoning the term.
From Edinburgh to Rio through #Milwaukee! #Bagpipes and #Samba Drumming together at last!
youtu.be/oAkDTJ6dnLM
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Celtic Nations Pipes and Drums and Samba da Vida MKE: Amazingly Graceful (Incrivelmente Gracioso)
YouTube video by Celtic Nations Pipes and Drums
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October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
From Edinburgh to Rio through #Milwaukee! #Bagpipes and #Samba Drumming together at last!
youtu.be/oAkDTJ6dnLM
youtu.be/oAkDTJ6dnLM
"Dr. Barth, when was the exact moment when you were saved?"
Karl Barth responded, "I was saved at 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, on a hill outside the city of Jerusalem, in the year 33 A.D."
Karl Barth
1886-1968 Swiss Theologian ⚓️
Karl Barth responded, "I was saved at 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, on a hill outside the city of Jerusalem, in the year 33 A.D."
Karl Barth
1886-1968 Swiss Theologian ⚓️
October 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Dr. Barth, when was the exact moment when you were saved?"
Karl Barth responded, "I was saved at 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, on a hill outside the city of Jerusalem, in the year 33 A.D."
Karl Barth
1886-1968 Swiss Theologian ⚓️
Karl Barth responded, "I was saved at 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, on a hill outside the city of Jerusalem, in the year 33 A.D."
Karl Barth
1886-1968 Swiss Theologian ⚓️
The Rev. David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, being pepper sprayed in the face at a peaceful protest. ⚓️
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Rev. David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, being pepper sprayed in the face at a peaceful protest. ⚓️
The traditional Christian Just War principles of “Discrimination” and “Proportionality” are what our Secretary of Defense rejected today. There is nothing Christ-like about this at all. If you’d like to know more about Just War theory, I did four one-minute videos on it, linked in the comments. ⚓️
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The traditional Christian Just War principles of “Discrimination” and “Proportionality” are what our Secretary of Defense rejected today. There is nothing Christ-like about this at all. If you’d like to know more about Just War theory, I did four one-minute videos on it, linked in the comments. ⚓️
“A magnificent line from Karl #Barth: ‘Everyone who has to contend with unbelief should be advised that he ought not to take his own unbelief too seriously. Only faith is to be taken seriously, and if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, that suffices for the devil to have lost his game’” ⚓️
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“A magnificent line from Karl #Barth: ‘Everyone who has to contend with unbelief should be advised that he ought not to take his own unbelief too seriously. Only faith is to be taken seriously, and if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, that suffices for the devil to have lost his game’” ⚓️