Rachel Hackenberg

"Love like your life depends on it...because it does." Michael Franti, Speaking of Tongues

No: The US wasn't founded to be a Christian nation. No: Jesus didn't die on a cross so you could have a Christian nation. No: Jesus wasn't resurrected so you (or me or anyone) could sell our souls to a political party or president or platform.

The last 72 hours in Cleveland: 70 degrees Snow storm Meteor strike

"The most American disease is the dis- ease of self-obsession. In its ruins I find there are questions I never quite learned to ask: How can I help? What did you need? How will I know?" poets.org/poem/anti-elegy?

Do not expect applause. Be prepared for silence. That is how real work happens. - Toni Morrison

Keith Porter…His life mattered, too. Still does. #KeithPorter #AChangeIsGonnaCome #FierceUrgencyOfNow #LoveInAction

Dear pushers and consumers of Advent calendars: a 25-day countdown to Christmas =/= the season of Advent. The latter can be shorter or longer than 25 days, although both have been known to include chocolate and alcohol. 🙃🥂 Thank you for coming to my PSA.

"teach us there can be movement  in stillness ... let us  distill business as usual  down to the speed of a tree eating  light. [it's time] to reject our gods if they are  not the gods who teach us all that comes  from dirt returns to it holy" poets.org/poem/ode-those…

The reality is, no one survives alone. We weren’t created to journey this life in desolation. The Creator intentionally wired us for connection, support, and belonging. Lean into your soul community. And if you haven’t found your people yet — trust that in time, they will arrive.

#poem: "And we were each afraid ...afraid of memory,  since we had started to confuse the old days  with what we imagined lie ahead  and soon, we no longer knew whether life was just a wish." poets.org/poem/winter-7

"this oracle invites you to rewild yourself, to unbox, detox, and de- clutter your blood.  Break free from the mold you made for yourself ... Take and give glee.  Summon surprise. Something whim- sical this way comes." #poem: poets.org/poem/38-sheddi…

I just want us all to be free. Not free to exploit others, but free from exploitation. Not free to harm others, but free from harm. Simply free.

It’s amazing that any of us survive the daily death of disappointment, of dread, of betrayal, of fear. But still: you’ve loved today. So have I. And if we know love, are we not thriving richly against life’s odds? rachelhackenberg.com/testimony/

White man shoots 2 elected officials while impersonating law enforcement and not one media source calling him a terrorist… sounds about white.

The Bible has quite a few tales that remind us of the problem(s) with kings: rachelhackenberg.com/problem-with-k…

We are in a fascist moment, where the humanities are being attacked, because people in power dont want you to have the ability to think for yourself. And every time you use generative AI, you help them achieve that goal. Go to the sources yourself. 5/5

Shout out, O God, and weep for the wisdom of this age that does not know or wait upon your secrets: mysteries of abundance and paradoxes of love. Let dawn’s light interrupt midnight’s injustice, that healing might emerge as an oasis. rachelhackenberg.com/mercies-every-…

#prayer: Risen Jesus, forgive my tunnel vision of fear. Living Jesus, do not abandon me when I get lost in my own head and heart.

#GoodFriday #prayer: In these days full of shadows and crosses, O God who reigns over both death and life, be close to those for whom Good Friday is not a ceremony but a daily reality.

Palestinian children are dying by the thousands. A culture is being buried under rubble. And the ones screaming stop this madness — college students —are being handcuffed and deported. When saving lives becomes the crime, the world has lost its soul. #FreePalestine #HumanityFirst

“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.