Jerad
@j-rock.bsky.social
Church Minnesota Forest Therapy Parenting Peacemaking Conflict Resolution Foreign Policy Depolarization Writing Public Relations Religion Theology Justice Holiness Methodist Pastor Ecumenism Peacebuilding Bridging
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www.wildpath.us
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Mumford and Sons
Mother Banjo
Cardmon's Call
Greg Brown
Greg Brown
Mumford and Sons
Mother Banjo
Cardmon's Call
Greg Brown
Greg Brown
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth
Herbie Hancock
Willie Nelson
Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth
Herbie Hancock
Willie Nelson
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Ed Sheeran
Flo Rida
Fonseca
Maroon 5
Gym Class Heroes
Ed Sheeran
Flo Rida
Fonseca
Maroon 5
Gym Class Heroes
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Mumford and Sons
Mother Banjo
Cardmon's Call
Greg Brown
Greg Brown
Mumford and Sons
Mother Banjo
Cardmon's Call
Greg Brown
Greg Brown
I've been sharing the basics of this with everyone ever since I learned about her research.
Why should you push past your comfort zone and not be Minnesota nice to masked agents? Wouldn't that just provoke them to violence?
No, actually; your loud, explicit disapproval could save lives.
Why should you push past your comfort zone and not be Minnesota nice to masked agents? Wouldn't that just provoke them to violence?
No, actually; your loud, explicit disapproval could save lives.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I've been sharing the basics of this with everyone ever since I learned about her research.
Why should you push past your comfort zone and not be Minnesota nice to masked agents? Wouldn't that just provoke them to violence?
No, actually; your loud, explicit disapproval could save lives.
Why should you push past your comfort zone and not be Minnesota nice to masked agents? Wouldn't that just provoke them to violence?
No, actually; your loud, explicit disapproval could save lives.
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Today Twin Cities schools are closed to prepare for a return to pandemic-era online learning because masked federal goons have been kidnapping parents and teachers and people standing on the sidewalk during dropoff and pickup times
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Today Twin Cities schools are closed to prepare for a return to pandemic-era online learning because masked federal goons have been kidnapping parents and teachers and people standing on the sidewalk during dropoff and pickup times
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#Minnesota, yes we are here, you need to do this. www.freewill.com Especially if you have children, if you are injured and cannot speak for yourself you need documents or representatives to speak for you #TheOccupation
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January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
#Minnesota, yes we are here, you need to do this. www.freewill.com Especially if you have children, if you are injured and cannot speak for yourself you need documents or representatives to speak for you #TheOccupation
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
Church service this morning opened with a sing-along cover of "I Won't Back Down" and closed with signing up to help frightened neighbors. Proud my kids get to see this is what following Christ can look like.
January 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Church service this morning opened with a sing-along cover of "I Won't Back Down" and closed with signing up to help frightened neighbors. Proud my kids get to see this is what following Christ can look like.
Can't overstate how much I love this beautiful song.
"For if we had nothing in common / Wouldn't we both be somewhere else?"
LIFE
youtu.be/fyMUxhp0BCw?...
"For if we had nothing in common / Wouldn't we both be somewhere else?"
LIFE
youtu.be/fyMUxhp0BCw?...
Poi Rogers - Tuesday in Las Cruces
YouTube video by Poi Rogers
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January 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Can't overstate how much I love this beautiful song.
"For if we had nothing in common / Wouldn't we both be somewhere else?"
LIFE
youtu.be/fyMUxhp0BCw?...
"For if we had nothing in common / Wouldn't we both be somewhere else?"
LIFE
youtu.be/fyMUxhp0BCw?...
Slightly diminish a band:
Panic at the Library
Panic at the Library
Slightly diminish a band:
Complain About the Machine
Complain About the Machine
Slightly diminish a band:
Ezra
Ezra
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
Panic at the Library
Panic at the Library
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
This is as good a step-by-step concrete approach as any for taking care of yourself and more sustainably living a purpose-driven life when receiving information about new harms and injustices in the world.
If you're trying to keep your heart focused on the work that you're best-placed to do, it is, unfortunately, a great day to use this procedure @kateschapira.bsky.social and I worked on. I'm going to add a few ideas and songs that I find helpful in this process. Thanks to all who contributed ideas!
Procedure for Having to Behold
PROCEDURE FOR HAVING TO BEHOLD This is a procedure to try when you witness fresh evidence of an atrocity or injustice—not a call to action, but a piece of information where your pathway to action is ...
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January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is as good a step-by-step concrete approach as any for taking care of yourself and more sustainably living a purpose-driven life when receiving information about new harms and injustices in the world.
Are you a pastor looking for escapism in the latest Knives Out movie on Netflix?
Maybe don't. There's lots of other content out there that won't leave your re-traumatized.
Maybe don't. There's lots of other content out there that won't leave your re-traumatized.
December 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Are you a pastor looking for escapism in the latest Knives Out movie on Netflix?
Maybe don't. There's lots of other content out there that won't leave your re-traumatized.
Maybe don't. There's lots of other content out there that won't leave your re-traumatized.
Beautiful.
youtube.com/shorts/1qLoq...
youtube.com/shorts/1qLoq...
Viola ensemble plays at Dorothy Day Place
YouTube video by KARE 11
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December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Beautiful.
youtube.com/shorts/1qLoq...
youtube.com/shorts/1qLoq...
Let the new wave of bot follows be a reminder that you are not obligated to join team follow back
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Let the new wave of bot follows be a reminder that you are not obligated to join team follow back
Just had a mtg cxl'ed bc of 2 UNRELATED s*icide deaths.
This year sucks. External forces increase the stress. If you're having a hard time IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. There are still people who LIGHT UP when they think about you. Talk to your Pastor, therapist, etc.
Life is better with you in it. Trust.
This year sucks. External forces increase the stress. If you're having a hard time IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. There are still people who LIGHT UP when they think about you. Talk to your Pastor, therapist, etc.
Life is better with you in it. Trust.
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just had a mtg cxl'ed bc of 2 UNRELATED s*icide deaths.
This year sucks. External forces increase the stress. If you're having a hard time IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. There are still people who LIGHT UP when they think about you. Talk to your Pastor, therapist, etc.
Life is better with you in it. Trust.
This year sucks. External forces increase the stress. If you're having a hard time IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. There are still people who LIGHT UP when they think about you. Talk to your Pastor, therapist, etc.
Life is better with you in it. Trust.
I picked up Alexei Navalny's book, "Patriot," on my birthday. On the back he writes about his (last) birthday in jail, expressing the conviction that some must suffer much now for freedom so that all may suffer less in the future.
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I picked up Alexei Navalny's book, "Patriot," on my birthday. On the back he writes about his (last) birthday in jail, expressing the conviction that some must suffer much now for freedom so that all may suffer less in the future.
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I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
I swore out loud in front of my kids when watching this sermon. NOT out of anger: it's just that no polite words could convey the emotional impact her narrative of God's power created inside of me. The feeling was so explosive that release was essential. www.centennialumc.org/media/6mn459...
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 - Roseville Campus
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November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I swore out loud in front of my kids when watching this sermon. NOT out of anger: it's just that no polite words could convey the emotional impact her narrative of God's power created inside of me. The feeling was so explosive that release was essential. www.centennialumc.org/media/6mn459...
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I feel like I've seen this before:
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I feel like I've seen this before:
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
I've never seen the northern lights so colorful to the naked eye.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I've never seen the northern lights so colorful to the naked eye.
"Moral imagination is what reminds us that not every response to evil is good." -Justin Giboney, Pres. of the (&) campaign.
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Moral imagination is what reminds us that not every response to evil is good." -Justin Giboney, Pres. of the (&) campaign.
At Transform Minnesota's evening about depolarization, Rachel Wightman of Concordia University Saint Paul says "to love your neighbor is to not share misinformation." Be a truth-teller and check your sources.
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
At Transform Minnesota's evening about depolarization, Rachel Wightman of Concordia University Saint Paul says "to love your neighbor is to not share misinformation." Be a truth-teller and check your sources.
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
Thanks to moderators who weed out disinfo on any platform and help me follow Christ!
I got to guest preach again this morning. One dude said "I'm going to go home and watch this again on YouTube right away."
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
October 26, 2025 Centennial UMC Roseville Campus Worship Service
YouTube video by Centennial UMC
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I got to guest preach again this morning. One dude said "I'm going to go home and watch this again on YouTube right away."
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
What if the "house of many rooms" is not about The Way to heaven, but a guide to living under occupation?
www.youtube.com/live/u_ashYC...
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After being awarded the Strengthening Democracy Field Test funding from @pascl-stanford.bsky.social , we spent 2024 working with @mjbsp.bsky.social and 700 participants to strengthen MCC Respectful Conversations with @civity.bsky.social 's storytelling tool. This paper is one peacebuilding outcome.
Can we Boost Intensive Depolarization Events Using Light Touch Interventions?: https://osf.io/f9a76
October 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
After being awarded the Strengthening Democracy Field Test funding from @pascl-stanford.bsky.social , we spent 2024 working with @mjbsp.bsky.social and 700 participants to strengthen MCC Respectful Conversations with @civity.bsky.social 's storytelling tool. This paper is one peacebuilding outcome.
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It would be fun if the data were more conclusive, but that isn't how science always goes!
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It would be fun if the data were more conclusive, but that isn't how science always goes!
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.
I learned a lot from this project and from working with @j-rock.bsky.social! I hope that others find our data useful as they pursue similar ideas.