Sarah L. Sanderson
@sarahlsanderson.bsky.social
Loves words and people—but in an introvert kind of way. Author of THE PLACE WE MAKE, a Sojourners Best Book of 2023.
Christians around the country are fasting and praying for our nation on the first Saturday of every month. Last month we prayed for immigrants and refugees.
Today, please join us in praying for health care and protection for the sick and disabled:
Today, please join us in praying for health care and protection for the sick and disabled:
March 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Christians around the country are fasting and praying for our nation on the first Saturday of every month. Last month we prayed for immigrants and refugees.
Today, please join us in praying for health care and protection for the sick and disabled:
Today, please join us in praying for health care and protection for the sick and disabled:
5 things I did for my country last week
1. Worked 40 hrs teaching 7th graders the history of racism and injustice in America
2. Cared for my disabled brother who lives with me and is alive bc of Medicaid
3. Called my representatives and begged them to stand up against fascism
1. Worked 40 hrs teaching 7th graders the history of racism and injustice in America
2. Cared for my disabled brother who lives with me and is alive bc of Medicaid
3. Called my representatives and begged them to stand up against fascism
February 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
5 things I did for my country last week
1. Worked 40 hrs teaching 7th graders the history of racism and injustice in America
2. Cared for my disabled brother who lives with me and is alive bc of Medicaid
3. Called my representatives and begged them to stand up against fascism
1. Worked 40 hrs teaching 7th graders the history of racism and injustice in America
2. Cared for my disabled brother who lives with me and is alive bc of Medicaid
3. Called my representatives and begged them to stand up against fascism
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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Guys you should buy this book for many reasons one of which being that I am in it 😊
Calling comes from God and is confirmed by real people who really know us. (It doesn’t come from mimetic desires created by social media influencers.) My new book is in this very topic: You Have a Calling. Available now for preorder.
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You Have a Calling
Our vocations don't always align with our passions. Award-winning author Karen Swallow Prior shows we are all called pursue the good, the true, and the beautiful, no matter what our passion, job, role...
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February 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Guys you should buy this book for many reasons one of which being that I am in it 😊
It’s almost like federal funding is good and stops bad things from happening.
January 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It’s almost like federal funding is good and stops bad things from happening.
With ICE raids set to begin Tuesday, I keep thinking about the sign we have up outside our country—Emma Lazarus’ poem on the plaque on the Statue of Liberty.
Seeing our land as a place of refuge has always been one of the best ideas America has ever had about ourselves.
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Seeing our land as a place of refuge has always been one of the best ideas America has ever had about ourselves.
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January 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
With ICE raids set to begin Tuesday, I keep thinking about the sign we have up outside our country—Emma Lazarus’ poem on the plaque on the Statue of Liberty.
Seeing our land as a place of refuge has always been one of the best ideas America has ever had about ourselves.
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Seeing our land as a place of refuge has always been one of the best ideas America has ever had about ourselves.
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Tonight I zoomed into a church hall 3,000 miles away where a roomful of people had chosen to spend an evening (in December, no less!) talking about my book. I don’t think I will get a better Christmas present this year.
December 18, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Tonight I zoomed into a church hall 3,000 miles away where a roomful of people had chosen to spend an evening (in December, no less!) talking about my book. I don’t think I will get a better Christmas present this year.
The political climate has changed since I wrote this essay, but I still believe that America’s moral injury will not be healed until we pay the financial debt we owe to the descendants of the enslaved.
theotherjournal.com/2024/12/firs...
theotherjournal.com/2024/12/firs...
First, Go and Be Reconciled—Why American Reparations Must Be Paid - The Other Journal
The most jarring pages in The Black Reparations Project are filled almost exclusively with numbers.A table is headed with the dry title “Annual Total Debt Estimates and Cumulative Debt Estimates at 3%...
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December 10, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The political climate has changed since I wrote this essay, but I still believe that America’s moral injury will not be healed until we pay the financial debt we owe to the descendants of the enslaved.
theotherjournal.com/2024/12/firs...
theotherjournal.com/2024/12/firs...
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A must read by @davidfrum.bsky.social who gets it exactly right.
"Merit, competence, integrity—none of that matters. Or rather, those good qualities seem to be active disqualifiers. Trump’s picks are selected for obedience only." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"Merit, competence, integrity—none of that matters. Or rather, those good qualities seem to be active disqualifiers. Trump’s picks are selected for obedience only." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate
Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:59 PM
A must read by @davidfrum.bsky.social who gets it exactly right.
"Merit, competence, integrity—none of that matters. Or rather, those good qualities seem to be active disqualifiers. Trump’s picks are selected for obedience only." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"Merit, competence, integrity—none of that matters. Or rather, those good qualities seem to be active disqualifiers. Trump’s picks are selected for obedience only." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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These days it seems the only things you can monger are fear and war, and as a society I think we ought to bring back mongering cheese and fish, at least.
November 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM
These days it seems the only things you can monger are fear and war, and as a society I think we ought to bring back mongering cheese and fish, at least.
Your annual reminder that Thanksgiving was first proclaimed an official holiday in the middle of the suffering and division of the Civil War. Lincoln’s proclamation is worth rereading, this year and every year.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Your annual reminder that Thanksgiving was first proclaimed an official holiday in the middle of the suffering and division of the Civil War. Lincoln’s proclamation is worth rereading, this year and every year.
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/defaul...
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/defaul...
I have a little bit of a politically incendiary piece coming out soon, and wow am I grateful for editors and publications who are still willing to put bold words out into the world.
November 27, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I have a little bit of a politically incendiary piece coming out soon, and wow am I grateful for editors and publications who are still willing to put bold words out into the world.
I have been watching football with my husband for so many years and it still feels like looking into a kaleidoscope
November 24, 2024 at 11:49 PM
I have been watching football with my husband for so many years and it still feels like looking into a kaleidoscope
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Jesus did not call his followers to defend Christianity; he called them to defend the poor, the marginalized, the oppressed, and the hurting.
Stop wasting time being offended. Get to feeding, and healing, and peace making.
Stop wasting time being offended. Get to feeding, and healing, and peace making.
November 23, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Jesus did not call his followers to defend Christianity; he called them to defend the poor, the marginalized, the oppressed, and the hurting.
Stop wasting time being offended. Get to feeding, and healing, and peace making.
Stop wasting time being offended. Get to feeding, and healing, and peace making.
Last night we tried the fireplace in our new house.
In the time it took to fiddle with the flue, wonder if the chimney needed to warm before it would draw, fiddle with the smoke alarms, and then finally extinguish the fire—smoke poured into the house.
What do we do about the acrid smell now?
In the time it took to fiddle with the flue, wonder if the chimney needed to warm before it would draw, fiddle with the smoke alarms, and then finally extinguish the fire—smoke poured into the house.
What do we do about the acrid smell now?
November 24, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Last night we tried the fireplace in our new house.
In the time it took to fiddle with the flue, wonder if the chimney needed to warm before it would draw, fiddle with the smoke alarms, and then finally extinguish the fire—smoke poured into the house.
What do we do about the acrid smell now?
In the time it took to fiddle with the flue, wonder if the chimney needed to warm before it would draw, fiddle with the smoke alarms, and then finally extinguish the fire—smoke poured into the house.
What do we do about the acrid smell now?
What was the last great compliment you received?
November 23, 2024 at 2:39 AM
What was the last great compliment you received?
This is the way.
To Elon, Vivek, & DOGE: If you attack the NPS mission, our coalition will rise against you. For the People, For the Parks, Forever. (7/7)
November 21, 2024 at 10:54 PM
This is the way.
all this for writers too 📝
artists 🎨
stop apologizing for not posting, for taking breaks, for being slow, for drawing the same character, for posting only sketches, for gushing over OCs, for being a beginner, for raising your prices, for trying a new medium—
start doing whatever you heckin want
stop apologizing for not posting, for taking breaks, for being slow, for drawing the same character, for posting only sketches, for gushing over OCs, for being a beginner, for raising your prices, for trying a new medium—
start doing whatever you heckin want
November 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
all this for writers too 📝
If you’re a writer, how has the election changed how you’re thinking about your current writing projects?
November 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
If you’re a writer, how has the election changed how you’re thinking about your current writing projects?
Alternatively, if you once despaired of ever getting a second book deal and it later worked out for you, I’d love to be your friend too.
If anyone else is in the how-will-I-ever-get-a-second-book-deal club and would like to commiserate, please be my friend. 🙏🏼
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Alternatively, if you once despaired of ever getting a second book deal and it later worked out for you, I’d love to be your friend too.
If anyone else is in the how-will-I-ever-get-a-second-book-deal club and would like to commiserate, please be my friend. 🙏🏼
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 AM
If anyone else is in the how-will-I-ever-get-a-second-book-deal club and would like to commiserate, please be my friend. 🙏🏼
Oh hi! Some new and former-site friends. Good to see you guys again.
Today I met Twitter mutual @davidwswanson.bsky.social in real life and it was a great reminder why I do social media… because awesome people are doing awesome things and it’s lovely to know you all.
Today I met Twitter mutual @davidwswanson.bsky.social in real life and it was a great reminder why I do social media… because awesome people are doing awesome things and it’s lovely to know you all.
November 17, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Oh hi! Some new and former-site friends. Good to see you guys again.
Today I met Twitter mutual @davidwswanson.bsky.social in real life and it was a great reminder why I do social media… because awesome people are doing awesome things and it’s lovely to know you all.
Today I met Twitter mutual @davidwswanson.bsky.social in real life and it was a great reminder why I do social media… because awesome people are doing awesome things and it’s lovely to know you all.
Who are your favorite Bluesky follows?
November 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Who are your favorite Bluesky follows?