Stephen Kauffman

Retired Pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

@NBCSPhilly So cool!

[MLB @MLB]

The @Phillies are the first NL team to 50 wins!

[MLB @MLB]

Baseball is everyone’s game. #PRIDE

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

Always loved this show!

[WFLA NEWS @WFLA]

HAPPY TWILIGHT ZONE DAY! The Sci-Fi anthology series first began 1959 and launched a franchise with several revival series throughout the decades, the last one airing from 2019 to 2020. https://t.co/mw1Ql3Uk6E

[ELCA Advocacy @ELCAadvocacy]

"Today we're here because homelessness is about humanity. If it's seen as an individual problem, criminalizing it seems logical. But it's bigger than one person. Housing is cheaper, improves public health, and aligns with our theological values." - Pastor Matthew Best

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

@USRepKCastor @usgcrp @HouseDemocrats @EnergyCommerce @POTUS This is very encouraging! Thanks Rep Castor for your leadership!

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

I couldn’t agree more!

[Matt @Krptguy]

Can I ask why CNN is spending the night trashing President Biden while Democracy is winning tonight???? Why is the media railing against a Great President????

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

@Krptguy I’m with you Matt!

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

@CoryBooker The Iran deal that President Obama brokered secured a verifiable pledge that Iran would not develop nuclear weapons and continued terror list sanctions that identify Iran as a state sponsor of terror. Hardly financing terrorism, my friends!

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

I just keep thinking about that time Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they “didn’t know the things that would lead to peace.”

For decades, the state of Israel has been crushing the people of Gaza and the West Bank, doing things that do not lead to peace. In response, Hamas has chosen to terrorize and kill people, doing things that also do not lead to peace. Now Israel is returning the harm, dropping bombs and killing women and children, which certainly does not lead to peace.

I’m pretty sure Jesus is weeping over Jerusalem… and Gaza… right now. Maybe we should be weeping with him.

Let us each take a moment to pause and pray…

Let’s ask ourselves and our God, what are the things that lead to peace?

What does love require of us at such a time as this?

What does it look like to resist injustice without mirroring injustice?

What does it look like to stand against terror without becoming terrible?

What does it look like to choose the way of the cross rather than the sword, and to follow the enemy-loving Jesus, the Prince of Peace?

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Labor Day is a time to celebrate and recognize the legacy of America's workers and their families—and the unions that give it their all to protect their rights. To every American working hard each and every single day to keep our country going, thank you!

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

@USRepKCastor A national treasure!

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

@KrishVignarajah @Collin_OMara @POTUS Best to you all at LIRS, Krish!

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

My Thought for the Day…

[Dr. Derwin L. Gray @DerwinLGray]

Slavery is evil. There is no benefit.

"I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of the land. Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference." ~ Frederick Douglass

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

“At a time when Hillsborough County families have seen skyrocketing utility bills, driven by the volatile costs of dirty fossil fuels, it is critical that Tampa double down on their commitment to transition to a clean, renewable future” (Brooke Ward, F&WW Tampa).

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

F&WW Florida Organizer Brooke Ward:
“Happy to see that the Hills. Co. has adopted language phasing out our costly and dangerous reliance on fossil fuels. This born out of the citizen-led push for a Tampa City Council resolution calling for 100% clean renewable energy by 2035.”

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1830, President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing Indigenous people who had lived in the region for centuries to migrate west in brutal and dangerous conditions. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/jmxsbO2zup

[Stephen Kauffman @srkauffaolcom]

Tragic and unfortunate, but until we accept that black lives DO matter and gun control will help eliminate these terrible events, they will continue to haunt us. Prayers for young Ralph Yarl. Lord, have mercy!

[Michele Rayner (She/They/Tired) @micheleforfl]

Good morning y’all.

Ralph Yarl. A 16 year old Black baby boy was shot because he went to the wrong door (as he attempted to pick up his siblings). He was shot in the head and again as he bled out on the ground.

His shooter- a white man- is free.

So many things I can say but for now- just extreme sadness. Gratitude that he’s still alive. Also- I’m tired of this shit.

Black boys deserve to grow up.

Black men deserve to grow old.💔💔

[Rays on FanDuel Sports Network @FanDuelSN_Rays]

After dropping two of three in Toronto, the @RaysBaseball fall to first place in the AL East.