Désirée Hartson Gold

United Church of Christ clergywoman, progressive Christian, writer, reader, lover of winter, who grew up in North Dakota.

[Tim Amor @TimAAmor]

Church attendance numbers are declining.

But death is something empires, not resurrection people, worry about.

-Rachel Held Evans

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

General Synod is the only occasion during which I follow Twitter in any kind of consistent manner. One week, every two years. But, Synod Tweets alone make maintaining a Twitter account worth it. #UCCSynod

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

@boldroastrev Thank you! I recognized the tune but couldn't place what it was.

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

@boldroastrev Complexicated absolutely needs to become an official word in the UCC lexicon.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

$600.

The average monthly rent in the U.S. is $1,450.

The USDA says that a low-cost meal plan for a family of four is $731.20.

And the Republicans led by Mitch McConnell refused to offer more than $600 in relief checks.

$600.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Imagine believing that there’s voter fraud with zero evidence but not believing climate change is real despite going into the fucking Greek alphabet this year in storm names.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

From every perspective--women's rights, human rights, life issues--this is appalling: "The nurse said detained women told her they did not fully understand why they had to get a hysterectomy--an operation involving the removal of all or part of the uterus"
https://t.co/FPTxoiCxAh

[Quang D. Tran, S.J. @LeMeTellUSumtin]

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you." Book of Job 12:7

#wearadamnmask (properly 🤣)

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

https://t.co/AqIbnILqB4

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

Library from heaven, indeed!

[Room Rater @ratemyskyperoom]

Library from heaven and ladder to get there. Fix glare. Still a 9/10 in our book. @Linda_Pizzuti

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

@mictori Me three. And, lots of nightmares. Some, pandemic-related, some not.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

I can’t believe I have to say this, but old people’s lives have incredible value, too. And how a nation treats its elderly tells you much about its soul. Don’t trade lives for money. Don’t sell your soul for cash.

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

Kids Describe In Their Own Words The Dire Conditions Inside A Border Detention Center https://t.co/SqnqZSHjsF via @claudiakoerner

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

After Synod, I returned home to my 7-year-old reading to me all morning about human reproduction. #UCCSynod #OWL #OurWholeLives #UCCpk #introvertneedssilence

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

When someone on stage talks about “duties,” and the person next to you whispers “They said ‘doody!’” and you were thinking exactly the same thing, you know it’s time for Synod to be done. #UCCSynod #synodgiggles #finalplenary #veryverytired

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

“We have decided not to resolutionize the church, but to revolutionize the church.” - Linda Jaramillo #UCCSynod

[Désirée Hartson Gold @gratefulgrit]

@boldroastrev

[General Synic @GeneralSynic]

Mic person makes wise choice, doesn’t cut off the words “break the silence”. #UCCSynod