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Jan 2, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
The scale of the Australian fires is hard to communicate. For American friends, imagine driving from Philly to NY and not being half way through the devastation. 5 times the area of the Californian fires. #AustraliaBurns Image
For Irish friends, imagine all but Ulster and Munster in flames. #AustraliaBurns Image
For more map comparisons: theguardian.com/australia-news…
For Brazilian mates, here are the BBC’s numbers on the Amazon last year and these fires. Image
But this photo by David Caird captures what can’t be put in a graph... the emotional impact of half a billion animals that have been killed.

Half a billion. Image

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Oct 8, 2023
Why do so many Western Christians continue to unquestioningly back the Israeli government (even cheering on war! 🤮) despite the example & teachings of Jesus?

If you are a Christian, or you know Christians, please consider sharing this thread 🧵:
1. Wrongly assuming that “Israel” in the Scriptures is synonymous with the modern nation state that took the same name in 1948.
(Hat tip to @CandiceBenbow who I saw make the same point on Instagram) Image
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Jun 21, 2022
This really ministered to me. Thank you @cewgreen. hope it speaks to you:

Blessed are the theologically homeless, for they do not find rest until God is all in all.
Blessed are those whose theology spills from a pierced heart, for they are the consolation of God to God.
Blessed are those who never confuse their own voice for God’s, for they can be trusted with their neighbours’ care.
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Dec 14, 2021
This statement & podcast from Greg Boyd a master class in how *not* to respond to an investigation. It’s disturbing, inappropriate, unhelpful and exposes serious theological failures that obstruct pursing the truth, repentance and healing justice.
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podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/thi…
While Greg Boyd’s heart is undoubtedly processing his own grief and showing grace it runs the risk of seeming like a PR framing of details from one party without the narrative of the other that bypasses current the investigation.
It also holds out the false hope of restoration when the investigation is still being carried out. Even if falsely accused, everyone involved should welcome a just and transparent processes that protect and preserve the dignity of all parties in pursing the truth.
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Jan 9, 2021
People know that George Orwell literally fought against fascism, right?

Like travelled to Spain to volunteer fighting under the red and black flags of the anarcho-socialists, right?

That his “Animal Farm” is a socialist critique of authoritarian Communism, right?
Next time a Trump supporter wants to use Orwell maybe just read some Orwell expressing his own political journey to them...

“First I spent five years in an unsuitable profession (the Indian Imperial Police, in Burma)...
... and then I underwent poverty and the sense of failure. This increased my natural hatred of authority and made me for the first time fully aware of the existence of the working classes, and the job in Burma had given me some understanding of the nature of imperialism: ...
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Oct 11, 2020
G’day mates in the USA,

With #Election2020 there will be a lot of,

“If _______ wins I’m moving to Australia.” 🦘🏄🏽🏖🦜

A few things to keep in mind beyond roos, beaches, Hemsworths, @Patty_Mills @RebelWilson @russellcrowe @Wil_Anderson & prawns (not shrimp) on the barbie...🦘
A study by former Stanford professor now Sydney University's US Studies Centre chief executive @SimonJackman (& team) found,

🦘Aussie conservative voters are ideologically closer to Hillary Clinton voters than Trump voters.

(Yep. Aussie *conservatives*) 🐨
American’s are often confused by Australia’s centre right party being a coalition of the Nationals and the Liberals. But as Liberal party founder PM Robert Menzies put it,
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Sep 30, 2020
The Hebrew prophets would not see the neutrality of church leaders as a virtue while people are victimised.

They would name it as an idolatrous vice.
The Hebrew prophets would see impartiality in the context of injustice as a travesty. They would ache with those on the receiving end of oppression. They would cry out with the poor.
The Hebrew prophets so radically identify with the hurting that they can’t keep silent while people suffer. Their concern is not for civility but the dignity of those whom the Powers prey upon.
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