JoyGonnerman

JoyGonnerman

@joygonnerman.bsky.social

I am a PhD student in Public Theology and Witness at ULS, Gettysburg PA. I am an ordained Lutheran pastor active in issues of human rights 🇵🇸. I believe that if your religion is making you wealthy and powerful, you aren't doing it right.

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JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

Give me just one thing that Trump has done to better the lives of anyone not white, cis, male and in his inner circle. Just one. So we really want to be this? A place where fear, anxiety, and threat is the model of governance?

JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

Until Israel suffers some consequence it will continue to violate the human rights of Palestinians, enforce an unending occupation with violence, and murder Palestinians with impunity. They have never been held accountable. Never.

Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net

Israel is continuing an offensive on the West Bank city of Jenin that analysts say is meant to appease the settler movement as it pushes the government to exert more control over the occupied territory in preparation for annexation. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/jenin-is-only-the-beginning-israel…

mondoweiss.netJenin is ‘only the beginning’: Israel moves its war on Palestinians to the West BankIsrael is continuing an offensive on the West Bank city of Jenin that analysts say is meant to appease the settler movement as it pushes the government to exert more control over the occupied territory...
JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

We who have been in the pulpit (especially since Trump) have been charged with being too political when preaching the gospel. The gospel is political: feeding the hungry, caring for the alien in the land, showing mercy is political. If the gospel makes you uncomfortable, that is on you.

Brian Kaylor@briankaylor.bsky.social

GOP lawmaker files resolution to condemn Bishop Budde for her sermon. Ridiculous assault on religious liberty. Gov.'t shouldn't decide which sermons are acceptable or not. This sadly fits with how Trumpian politicians & preachers are responding to Budde (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/brave-serm...)

JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

It appears that the condition of the hostages released by Hamas are in good condition. On the other hand, the Palestinians released by Israel are not. This matters. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️❤️❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

True disciples of Christ are not afraid of curiosity, diversity of thought and person, and function from a place of love that places our neighbors in our scope of concern.

PEN America@penamerica.bsky.social

PEN America Florida, in collaboration with local faith leaders, convened to discuss the threat of Christian Nationalism in Florida and beyond. pen.org/free-express...

pen.orgFree Expression and the Threat of Christian Nationalism in Florida and Beyond - PEN AmericaOn January 12, a group of people from all different kinds of faith backgrounds convened in Miami to better understand how Christian Nationalism touches all of our lives, and what we can do about it.
JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

The trauma for the children of Gaza is constant. Constant. God weeps at our indifference. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️❤️❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

The UN’s top humanitarian official Tom Fletcher told the Security Council that up to 1 million Palestinian children in Gaza are in need of mental health support', reports Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo from UN Headquarters, New York City. 🟥 Read report: aje.io/q0ku1d

JoyGonnerman
@joygonnerman.bsky.social

To resisting an unending, violent, illegal occupation is not terrorism. The enforcement of that unending, illegal occupation with violence is terrorism. Resistance is a consequence of systemic injustice. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️❤️❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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