Fr. Ethan Alexander Jewett
@jackedpriest.bsky.social
Maverick priest, jacked gym bro, and theological provocateur with a penchant for cheap ramen and teen dramas. Spirituality, social justice, and queer joy.
Oppressed people tend to broker their own liberation on the backs of other oppressed people. Liberation is for everyone or for no one. It’s time for White gay men to step up. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Divide and Conquer
It's Time for White Gay Men to Show Up (Behind the Collar Series #29)
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February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Oppressed people tend to broker their own liberation on the backs of other oppressed people. Liberation is for everyone or for no one. It’s time for White gay men to step up. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A lot of White folks are finally learning what Black Americans have been telling us all along. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
White People, Wake Up
Experiencing Persecution as a Person of Privilege (Behind the Collar Series #28)
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January 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
A lot of White folks are finally learning what Black Americans have been telling us all along. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
As the bishop of New Hampshire stated, It may be time to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable with our bodies. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
This Is My Body Which Is Given for You
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM
As the bishop of New Hampshire stated, It may be time to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable with our bodies. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A lesson I learned as a gay teen is that you can’t ever back down to a bully. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A Pantomime of Power
Resisting the Bullies for Social Change (Behind the Collar Series #26)
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January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A lesson I learned as a gay teen is that you can’t ever back down to a bully. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
We have to give ourselves permission to prioritize survival over self-improvement, to just be rather than trying to be somebody else. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Survival Mode
The Gay American's Obsession with Self-Improvement (Behind the Collar Series #25)
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January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
We have to give ourselves permission to prioritize survival over self-improvement, to just be rather than trying to be somebody else. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
When we don’t think God answers our prayers, maybe the problem is we don’t know what to look or listen for.
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Arise and Eat
Signs of Prayers Answered (Behind the Collar Series #24)
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January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
When we don’t think God answers our prayers, maybe the problem is we don’t know what to look or listen for.
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On the run from an autocratic power, the Holy Family raced to seek refuge where they couldn’t be pursued. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
The Murder of Innocents
A Parable for Modern Times (Behind the Collar Series #23)
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December 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On the run from an autocratic power, the Holy Family raced to seek refuge where they couldn’t be pursued. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
No room at the inn? Maybe it’s a metaphor for a world that refuses to make space for certain people. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
No Room in the Inn
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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December 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
No room at the inn? Maybe it’s a metaphor for a world that refuses to make space for certain people. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Let’s be honest. Christmas isn’t a happy time for everyone. For some, it’s a season of shadows and sadness.
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Blue Christmas
Surviving a Season of Shadows and Sadness (Behind the Collar Series #22)
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December 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Let’s be honest. Christmas isn’t a happy time for everyone. For some, it’s a season of shadows and sadness.
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What happens when the Church forces you to put the gay part of yourself in the closet to get ordained?
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Split Apart
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What happens when the Church forces you to put the gay part of yourself in the closet to get ordained?
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Why I don’t send Christmas cards anymore. Who agrees with me? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Christmas Cards
A Messy Meditation for Midweek
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Why I don’t send Christmas cards anymore. Who agrees with me? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
There’s some wisdom here for surviving our own upside-down dystopia. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Stranger Things Than These
A Metaphor for Modern Times
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December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
There’s some wisdom here for surviving our own upside-down dystopia. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we planned, so we have to improvise. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Coat Check
A Meditation for Midweek
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we planned, so we have to improvise. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
It’s hard for queer people at the holidays when we lose members of our chosen families. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Remembering Gordon
Celebrating the Chosen Family We Have Lost
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November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s hard for queer people at the holidays when we lose members of our chosen families. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
What if crisis management is a strength to be embraced rather than a situation to be solved? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpriest/p/buckle-up?r=40licp&utm_medium=ios
Buckle Up
A Meditation for Midweek
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November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What if crisis management is a strength to be embraced rather than a situation to be solved? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpriest/p/buckle-up?r=40licp&utm_medium=ios
Christian theology needs to be translated into language and idioms that resonate with queer culture. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
In the Language of the People
Translating Christian Belief for Queer Communities
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November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Christian theology needs to be translated into language and idioms that resonate with queer culture. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
What makes a good daddy is not success, but poise and confidence in confronting adversity. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Imposter Syndrome
A Meditation for Midweek
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November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What makes a good daddy is not success, but poise and confidence in confronting adversity. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
No, we don’t ever stop fighting for all God’s people.
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People of Hope and Rebellion
A Sermon for Hard Times
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
No, we don’t ever stop fighting for all God’s people.
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Why can’t I shut up about being gay? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Gay Word Vomit
A Meditation for Midweek
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Why can’t I shut up about being gay? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
The Kingdom of God, not the Empire of Caesar. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A Year of Abundance
Dismantling Empire to Build the Kingdom of Heaven
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November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Kingdom of God, not the Empire of Caesar. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Sometimes, we just need a few distractions to recenter ourselves. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Placid Distractions
A Meditation for Midweek
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October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sometimes, we just need a few distractions to recenter ourselves. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Be watchful. Be vigilant. Demolishing the People’s House is a sign of dismantling our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Demolishing the People's House
A Reflection on St. Paul and American Democracy
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October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Be watchful. Be vigilant. Demolishing the People’s House is a sign of dismantling our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
It was rude sexual awakening, but it taught me a lot about myself. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
A Rude Awakening
A Meditation for Midweek
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October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It was rude sexual awakening, but it taught me a lot about myself. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
What to do when you feel like you’re drowning. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Keeping Your Head Above Water
Learning to Count Your Blessings in Times of Trial
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October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What to do when you feel like you’re drowning. open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Can you tell the truth about your gay self in non-gay spaces? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...
Tourists and Trespassers
Telling the Gay Truth About Ourselves When It's Hard
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October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Can you tell the truth about your gay self in non-gay spaces? open.substack.com/pub/jackedpr...