Texas Bishop 9

Met Jesus on a pilgrimage; still walking. Prayers for the world, you and me + a few opinions of bishop, author, husband, father with bad twitter grammar. #YNWA

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Diagnostic draft: your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
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[Texas Bishop 9 @TexasBishop]

You shall have no other gods before me. A flag is a good thing and a poor god. When a church would crown a nation, the first commandment gently clears the altar. Love your country, and worship One alone. https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #PublicTheology #Episcopal

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Jesus stood before Pilate and refused the sword. This month a federal commission's draft report on religious liberty strikes many readers as a blueprint for state sponsored faith. The Church needs no throne; her power is a towel and a table. https://t.co/gc4gdzQmVl #PublicTheology

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God breathed into the dust, and the clay became a living soul. No wire carries breath. We pray with lungs, we love with hands, we kneel with knees. Bring the body God enlivened to the altar; let the machine keep silence.
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[Texas Bishop 9 @TexasBishop]

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. The night road turns kind when a small flame goes before us. Walk by that light today, one faithful step, then another, and the darkness yields the way. https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #Anglican

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I am the vine, you are the branches, says the Lord. The branch bears fruit by abiding, staying joined to the living stem. At midday, return to the root of your strength, and let the afternoon grow from what abides. https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #Episcopal

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They handed Jesus a coin and he asked whose image it bore. A federal commission now calls the separation of church and state a myth. The church bears the image of God and needs no seal from the state. From my book Citizen (2019). https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #PublicTheology

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Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, says Paul. A machine can speak; only flesh kneels, fasts, feasts, and embraces. In seeking to be more Christlike, we become more bodily human. From No Ghost in the Machine (2026): https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #AIandFaith

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Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross to embrace the whole world. The Prayer Book gives us this to pray at Friday noon. Pause, breathe, and be held. https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #Anglican

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Swords into plowshares, says Isaiah. Nobel laureates and AI experts meet at the Pope's summer palace this week, asking how machine power stays under human hands. Disarmament begins at an altar. Beyond Code and Creed (forthcoming). https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #PublicTheology

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Now we see through a glass darkly, and then face to face. Our knowing is partial by grace, a mercy that keeps us humble and hungry for God. Hold your certainties lightly, love wholly, and wait for the dawn when all is clear.
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Jesus took a towel and washed feet himself. This week a faith tech firm sells stock to keep offering churches a one stop shop for outsourced ministry. Tools can serve, yet the towel passes only from Christ to us. Vocatio (2018). https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #PublicTheology

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A pillar of fire went before Israel by night, light for the way. Our feeds trade in heat without light, grief and outrage with no instruction. Edwards knew the test: true affection is dropped in by light. From Heat Without Light (2026): https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #PublicTheology

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My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord. A chatbot can answer at midnight, yet only the Shepherd knows your name. Beyond Code and Creed (forthcoming): let every tool serve the voice that calls us home. https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #AIandFaith

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One man stormed a capitol with scripture inked on his skin. Another received communion in orbit, above every flag ever sewn. The difference is a sign still joined to its Lord. From The Flag Over the Cross (2026): https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #PublicTheology

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Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. At midday, lay the morning down, take up his easy yoke, and walk the afternoon lighter than you began it. https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #Anglican

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There is an empty chair at every table where love once sat. Faith names it holy ground, for the communion of saints keeps the dead present in their absence. Set the place. Light the candle. Love reaches across the threshold.
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[Texas Bishop 9 @TexasBishop]

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. It is in the flesh that we live. It is in the flesh that we love. No circuit can be inhabited by spirit, and no avatar can keep the feast. Bring your whole body to the altar.
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Jesus did his deepest work sitting down: at wells, at tables, beside the sick. Ministry is often simply presence, the grace of being with rather than doing for. Sit with someone today. Abide, and let that be enough.
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[Texas Bishop 9 @TexasBishop]

Caesar’s coin bears his face; the baptized bear God’s. Our citizenship is sealed at the font before it is counted at the polls. Discipleship outlasts every party. Citizen (2019). https://t.co/Pak4oSRETV #Episcopal #PublicTheology