Charles Halton

2024 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for A Human Shaped God: Theology of an Embodied God he/him

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

Drag shows are wonderful and Christians should celebrate them.
https://t.co/g5QIJIOuxa

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Abolish ICE.

What we’ve seen recently isn’t immigration enforcement; it’s state-sponsored terrorism.

They refuse to comply with the Constitution.
They assault Americans with impunity.
They hide behind masks, knowing their actions are shameful.

They should not exist.

Immigration enforcement can be done lawfully and accountably—upholding the rights of the people—but the administration has no interest in that.

They’re using the context of immigration as a pretext to sidestep constitutional limits—warrants, due process, and transparency—that protect us all from government abuses.

We need immigration enforcement that respects the Constitution, not an agency that evades it.

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

What you depict was called Pax Romana, Rome’s Peace, which was peace through violent conquest. Jesus offered a profoundly different peace—peace through self-sacrificial love. When early Christians encountered folks advocating Pax Romana they would invite them to repent.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” - Matthew 5:9

[Richard Rohr @RichardRohrOFM]

“When you read the Bible, you’re reading an anthology of ancient religious literature—not a textbook, not an instructional manual, not a love letter from God, and not a complete work of systematic theology.” — Jennifer Garcia Bashaw and Aaron Higashi https://t.co/Go2b8gKLiO

[Matt Tebbe @matttebbe]

this is how mammon works

[Jeff Shotts @JeffShotts1]

"Neighbor, I know you should be alive. I know what I saw."--Danez Smith @GraywolfPress

[Paul Holdengraber @holdengraber]

“Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.”
~ Simone Weil

thanks to @simone_says_en

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Renee Nicole Good's wife gave her first public comments to MPR News: "We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness."

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Kind of crazy that they just stopped releasing the Epstein files

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

@cspan Regardless of the validity of your claim, police are not allowed to murder criminals. You know better. You have a law degree. Stop lying and do your job of representing all Americans.

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

@JDVance This rhetoric is unacceptable. She was a human being and an American citizen. Demeaning her and creating false enemies is contrary to your oath of office and your professed religion. You know better. Be better.

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Remember, there was video of January 6, too. Lots and lots of video. Way more than of this. They actually *did* assault and kill cops. But they convinced half the country that they didn’t see what they saw—or that it wasn’t that bad.

Remember all of it.

[Gary Shteyngart @Shteyngart]

They shot a white Christian mom. They can shoot any of us.

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

Happy Epiphany!

The Christian holiday of Epiphany (a.k.a. Three Kings’ Day, January 6th) commemorates the day the three kings finally arrived to give their gifts to the Christ child. It’s one of the big four in the Christian calendar — along with Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost — that celebrates the first “manifestation of Jesus” to the Gentiles (represented by the three kings). So what’s the “epiphany”? That Jesus was more than a human baby — he was also divine, and he came not just for the Jews, but for everyone’s salvation.

The night before Epiphany, which marks the end of the 12 days of Christmas, is celebrated in many cultures with gifts and blessings.

The French celebrate with a “galette des rois” — the “Cake of Kings.” Inside each galette hides a tiny trinket or prize. Traditionally, the cake is cut into pieces, and the youngest child at the table decides who will get each piece (so there’s no cheating). Everyone then takes careful bites of the pastry until someone finds the prize, which the excited winner gets to keep — along with a golden crown that tops the cake — and becomes king or queen for the day.

Travelers to Italy notice how the Christmas season is celebrated until January 6th. Italy’s Epiphany is the time of “La Befana,” the legendary Good Witch of Christmas, who gives gifts to children. My Roman friend Francesca explains it like this: “On the night before January 6th, the Befana flies over the rooftops of Rome on her broom and brings gifts to the good children or coal for the bad ones. Well, these days, the ‘coal’ is a crunchy black candy you buy from street-corner carts. In return, Roman children leave her a gift of soft ricotta cheese, since she has hardly any teeth!”

One great thing about travel is that you often learn more dimensions of holidays you may have celebrated all your life…or perhaps holidays you never knew existed. Happy Epiphany!

[David Frum @davidfrum]

I'm hoping this is a lie, because if true the US has devolved to high-tech Somali pirates

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

@alex_usyd @ZoltnGborSzcs1 @ManchesterUP Timely

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

@AimeTim Which one is that?

[Charles Halton @CharlesHalton]

@USDOL What does this have to do with labor?

[WashU Danforth Center on Religion & Politics @CtrRelPol]

A Political Scientist’s ‘Altar Call’: Publishers Weekly Talks w/@ryanburge
https://t.co/aGmOigk3ed

[Commonweal Magazine @commonwealmag]

"Resistance also must be constructive. It must create, not merely oppose." — @HeidiSchlumpf
https://t.co/oUPa8ICC4p