Phillip Tobin

Husband, parent, teacher, Christian history geek.

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

Wow!
[takes notes, adds to Church History curriculum]

[America Magazine @americamag]

For first time in history, Pope Francis gives women right to vote at the synod https://t.co/nJhFr62yWq

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

'In that battle he thought not of helmeted warriors,
but the locks fell apart,
the barriers from the city, and the king rode in.'

An Anglo-Saxon poem about the Harrowing of Hell, when Christ descends into the underworld and sets its prisoners free https://t.co/YAviKJPIFm

[Catholic Social Teaching Resources and Discussion @catholic_social]

“It is no use to say that we are born 2000 years too late to give room to Christ. Nor will those who live at the end of the world have been born too late. Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts." — Dorothy Day

Julius Garibaldi Melchers, "Nativity" (1891).

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

@library_cghsnc Gollum has a new precious, and sends his thanks to AJ too!

[NC Museum of History @NCmuseumhistory]

Happy #Samhain, #Halloween, #AllSaintsDay, #DíadelosMuertos! All these festivals have their roots in the harvest’s end, as well as celebrating the memories of ancestors and saints. This handmade costume represents a newer tradition: #trickortreat, which began in the 1930s.

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

When the world is coming apart, don’t stay in bed. If you're a writer, write. If you paint houses, paint. Do the good you do. An ancient Jewish text teaches: “If you have a sapling in your hand and people tell you the Messiah has come, plant the sapling, then go and greet him.”

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

This is why Jesus stopped teaching after a couple of years… https://t.co/VJzx3rKVRN

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

I managed to miss most of the horrible Paternity Leave Discourse because, well, I'm on paternity leave until January.

But: Parental leave should be universal, and it should be universally taken. And not just so men can be helpmates to their wives, who're doing the Real Work.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

There is a mysterious solidarity in Christ between those who have already passed to the other life and we pilgrims in this one. Our deceased loved ones continue to take care of us from Heaven. They pray for us, and we pray for them and we pray with them. #Prayer #FaithfulDeparted

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

@boardgames_CGHS This looks cool!

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

@boardgames_CGHS This looks cool! I’ll pass out along to our crew!

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

I’m very grateful to our @JEFS_cghsnc members for delivering this poster to my room this morning. The promises here remind me of Gal 3:38, and I hope I can rise to its challenge and create a classroom that reflects God’s grace.

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

God is a mother.

“The mothering God holds me tight and remembers me always. She protects my loved ones beneath her wings. Her divine body shelters and nourishes me. In her embrace, I am loved and accepted. There I find rest.”

[America Magazine @americamag]

Discovering God as Mother https://t.co/CZ5oEU6nYB

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

@library_cghsnc @theology_cghsnc @MarkJDeLaRosa1 @NewYorker “As always, but especially when it comes to describing the numinous, the inadequacy of language is not only a problem for readers, but for writers, too.”
The joy of biblical scholarship is approaching the mystery! Thanks for sharing - sounds like an interesting translation!

[Vox @voxdotcom]

A new study has found that areas with Black Lives Matter protests saw a 15-20% reduction in police officers’ use of lethal force — resulting in roughly 300 fewer police homicides.
https://t.co/6JK5vmjiJw

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

“We need to disabuse ourselves of the notion..that racism or the state violence that codifies it can only look like one thing or another. It looks both like Derek Chauvin’s knee on George Floyd neck, and Kemp signing that bill into law.”

@JamilSmith is ✍️
https://t.co/Uma09TJ7Wd

[Phillip Tobin @Phillip__Tobin]

@justadamthings1 Lol! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, toddlers are living proof of original sin. 😉 hope all is well!

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

For us believers, “sister water” is not merchandise: it is a universal symbol and is the source of life and health. Many brothers and sisters have access to too little and perhaps polluted water. It is necessary to assure potable water and hygienic services to all. #WorldWaterDay

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

And that's the point. Efforts to strip the word "democracy" of its meaning are mirroring efforts to strip the word "racism" of its meaning.

When democracy loses its meaning, no one will know when it dies. When racism loses its meaning, no one will know when it lives.

[Gibbons Humanities Project @humanitiesCGHS]

Join us on March 10th/11th at 3:15 in the Library for the Pioneers & Trailblazers Alumni Panel -- hear alumni from the 50s and 60s share their stories, participate in a dialogue surrounding racial integration, and learn how you can further the legacy of inclusion at CGHS!