Joe Plemmons
@snommelp.bsky.social
he/them, full-time teacher, part-time preacher. Called to Word, Service, Compassion, and Justice.
Matthew 20:26
Matthew 20:26
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hello from Vienna, which I found out tonight has a fast food place called "Hab's Burgers"
April 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
hello from Vienna, which I found out tonight has a fast food place called "Hab's Burgers"
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Intervention works! These folks know they are doing sketchy crime work - Together? We can interfere, put them off, and freak them out. Alone it is difficult, but together? Together we are strong. (and so many more than them). Practice stepping forward.
🧵Masked ICE thugs attempted to abduct the school nurse at Cooke Elementary School, located in the densely populated Adams Morgan section of DC. Workers at the school intervened, demanding a warrant and holding up their phones and ICE scurried off without making their arrest.
March 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Intervention works! These folks know they are doing sketchy crime work - Together? We can interfere, put them off, and freak them out. Alone it is difficult, but together? Together we are strong. (and so many more than them). Practice stepping forward.
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Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
Sure I've said it before, but it's frustrating to read a commentary that makes a good point, but one that's completely unrelated to the pericope in question.
The Prodigal Son is not about "writing off the sick and infirm as sinners so you can ignore them"
The Prodigal Son is not about "writing off the sick and infirm as sinners so you can ignore them"
March 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sure I've said it before, but it's frustrating to read a commentary that makes a good point, but one that's completely unrelated to the pericope in question.
The Prodigal Son is not about "writing off the sick and infirm as sinners so you can ignore them"
The Prodigal Son is not about "writing off the sick and infirm as sinners so you can ignore them"
Supervisors: PLEASE provide relevant info when scheduling a meeting. "Can we meet at 2:45" with no other details encourages folks to assume the worst.
Related: pray for me
Related: pray for me
March 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Supervisors: PLEASE provide relevant info when scheduling a meeting. "Can we meet at 2:45" with no other details encourages folks to assume the worst.
Related: pray for me
Related: pray for me
Christians stand with Mahmoud Khalil: Khalil is a legal resident who is currently being held in captivity by the Trump administration for exercising his right to free speech. Christians must stand in solidarity with Khalil before more people are targeted. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/release...
SIGN NOW: Christians stand with Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident who is currently being held in captivity by the Trump administration for exercising his right to free speech. Christians must stand in solidarity with Khalil before ...
act.faithfulamerica.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Christians stand with Mahmoud Khalil: Khalil is a legal resident who is currently being held in captivity by the Trump administration for exercising his right to free speech. Christians must stand in solidarity with Khalil before more people are targeted. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/release...
You know it's going to be an interesting sermon when your Google search gets you that "if you're feeling suicidal please seek help" response
March 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You know it's going to be an interesting sermon when your Google search gets you that "if you're feeling suicidal please seek help" response
Luke's telling of the transfiguration uses unique language; Matthew and Mark use μετεμορφώθη while Luke uses έτερον.
...and when a commentary on the Luke passage talks about the significance of the word that Luke doesn't use, I question the validity of the rest of the commentary.
...and when a commentary on the Luke passage talks about the significance of the word that Luke doesn't use, I question the validity of the rest of the commentary.
February 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Luke's telling of the transfiguration uses unique language; Matthew and Mark use μετεμορφώθη while Luke uses έτερον.
...and when a commentary on the Luke passage talks about the significance of the word that Luke doesn't use, I question the validity of the rest of the commentary.
...and when a commentary on the Luke passage talks about the significance of the word that Luke doesn't use, I question the validity of the rest of the commentary.
My primary ministry position is outside of the church, but in spite of that I'm getting to have the "full time pastor" experience this week: every time I sit down to write my sermon, something else comes up.
February 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My primary ministry position is outside of the church, but in spite of that I'm getting to have the "full time pastor" experience this week: every time I sit down to write my sermon, something else comes up.
Nothing like seeing the squiggly line appear when you're quoting a source in your notes... "yes, Google, I know that's bad grammar, but that's what Matthew Henry wrote."
February 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Nothing like seeing the squiggly line appear when you're quoting a source in your notes... "yes, Google, I know that's bad grammar, but that's what Matthew Henry wrote."
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Good morning, timeline.
“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”
#DailyOfficeClerb ⚓️
“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”
#DailyOfficeClerb ⚓️
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Good morning, timeline.
“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”
#DailyOfficeClerb ⚓️
“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”
#DailyOfficeClerb ⚓️
New rule: if your curriculum uses SMART Goals, you have to define the term in the curriculum. Because it seems like everyone has *slightly* different ideas about what the acronym stands for, and I'm getting tired of it.
February 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New rule: if your curriculum uses SMART Goals, you have to define the term in the curriculum. Because it seems like everyone has *slightly* different ideas about what the acronym stands for, and I'm getting tired of it.
Great commentary lines I probably can't get away with putting in my sermon: “Being scared shitless is not a prerequisite to have a true and proper calling”
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Great commentary lines I probably can't get away with putting in my sermon: “Being scared shitless is not a prerequisite to have a true and proper calling”
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Re: The Beatitudes: "In God's Kingdom, immigrants and refugees, transgender people, the poor and the marginalized are not at the edges fearful and alone. They are at the center of the Gospel story. The boundaries are not simply extended...to include them--they are at the center." ~ Bp. Rowe
Yes!!!
Yes!!!
February 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Re: The Beatitudes: "In God's Kingdom, immigrants and refugees, transgender people, the poor and the marginalized are not at the edges fearful and alone. They are at the center of the Gospel story. The boundaries are not simply extended...to include them--they are at the center." ~ Bp. Rowe
Yes!!!
Yes!!!
Sometimes, footnotes read like "I have to say something but I don't know what." Like... if all you're doing is stating what the text itself plainly says, why are you wasting ink?
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sometimes, footnotes read like "I have to say something but I don't know what." Like... if all you're doing is stating what the text itself plainly says, why are you wasting ink?
I'd always heard and believed that the Isaiah text Jesus reads in Luke 4:18-19 comes from two different parts of that scroll (the New Interpreter's Study Bible even names two different passages in its footnotes) but when I went to look in Isaiah, it's all in a single place: Isaiah 61:1-2.
January 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'd always heard and believed that the Isaiah text Jesus reads in Luke 4:18-19 comes from two different parts of that scroll (the New Interpreter's Study Bible even names two different passages in its footnotes) but when I went to look in Isaiah, it's all in a single place: Isaiah 61:1-2.
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Obviously he is not to be disturbed, but if you seek shelter in this tavern on a stormy night and you sit at the bar and he slowly turns his head to you & offers you a quest, you do have to go. Those are the rules.
Here we have just a little guy, toasty and content as he reflects on his day. 13/10 would try my best not to disturb him
January 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Obviously he is not to be disturbed, but if you seek shelter in this tavern on a stormy night and you sit at the bar and he slowly turns his head to you & offers you a quest, you do have to go. Those are the rules.
Snowmageddon 2025 should be arriving here literally any second now
January 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Snowmageddon 2025 should be arriving here literally any second now
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The person running social media for the Nebraska weather service is a gem. 😂 “the zone of disappointment” 😂😂
January 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The person running social media for the Nebraska weather service is a gem. 😂 “the zone of disappointment” 😂😂
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The word "murder" ought to appear in this headline and blurb.
"Greek Coast Guard Found to Have Murdered Migrants in Cold Blood".
"Greek Coast Guard Found to Have Murdered Migrants in Cold Blood".
A damning exposé found that the Greek coast guard caused the deaths of dozens of migrants over a period of three years, including of nine asylum seekers who had reached Greek soil but were taken back out to sea and thrown overboard.
Greek Coast Guard Abandons Asylum Seekers at Sea Amid European Crackdown
A BBC investigation found the Greek coast guard caused the deaths of dozens of migrants over a period of three years.
truthout.org
January 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The word "murder" ought to appear in this headline and blurb.
"Greek Coast Guard Found to Have Murdered Migrants in Cold Blood".
"Greek Coast Guard Found to Have Murdered Migrants in Cold Blood".
...MySpace?
Either that or the Wizards of the Coast message boards
Either that or the Wizards of the Coast message boards
Okay, let's get nostalgic
What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
What was the VERY FIRST online platform that you became addicted to posting on?????
January 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
...MySpace?
Either that or the Wizards of the Coast message boards
Either that or the Wizards of the Coast message boards
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If I were less scrupulous and more photogenic, I’d start a “Bible prophecy” channel on YouTube because the whole second beast and image of the beast and wounded head business would be SO easy to apply to Trump & Musk.
January 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If I were less scrupulous and more photogenic, I’d start a “Bible prophecy” channel on YouTube because the whole second beast and image of the beast and wounded head business would be SO easy to apply to Trump & Musk.
Either I'm teaching Santa the true meaning of Christmas (i.e. casting down the mighty from their thrones) or helping him discover, via his talents and passions, who it is that God created him to be and how God is calling him to bless the world
Your get laid off on Christmas Eve. Then, one of Santa's elves shows up needing your particular work skillset to help Santa and save Christmas. What's the holiday movie plot that ensues?
December 24, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Either I'm teaching Santa the true meaning of Christmas (i.e. casting down the mighty from their thrones) or helping him discover, via his talents and passions, who it is that God created him to be and how God is calling him to bless the world