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Interesting lineup of folks getting ordained today...
Welcome to the Universal Life Church! 🫡
We can't promise ordination will help you navigate any... unexpected career changes...
But it *can* help you officiate weddings and stand up for love, community, freedom of belief. And its free!
Make Mother proud! Link in bio
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Andrew Carnegie said "the man who dies rich, dies disgraced." Today, tech titans are urging each other to rescind their giving pledges.
The world just minted its first trillionaire. Every major faith has thoughts.
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A woman stuck on a delayed plane stood up and told the entire cabin, "#Jesus loves you." The video is going #viral and the reactions are… something. 😅✈️
Appreciate it, ignore it, or pray for the plane to just MOVE? 👇 #preaching #travel
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Holy lawsuit, Batman!
An L.A. County employee named Eric Batman is suing for religious discrimination. He claims he should be allowed to work remotely this month because he objects to having to walk by a Pride flag displayed near his office building on his way into work. Where's the line?
themonastery.org/blog/batman…
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The Pentagon just cut 180 faiths from its official recognition list. Wiccans, Pagans, Druids, Humanists — gone. The VA will still engrave your religion on your headstone. Apparently that's the only place it counts anymore.
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Can religious freedom require your coworkers to hide Pride flags, stop using pronouns, or remove LGBTQ symbols from the workplace?
A court just drew a major line in the sand👇
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Christian podcaster and pastor Dale Partridge is making waves for using his faith to justify his belief that women are unfit for most jobs and should remain in the home.
Does Christianity demand that wives “exist in their husband’s shadow”?
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Pastor Robert Jeffress tells the audience at the National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving event that the Founding Fathers "would be called Christian nationalists today" and that it's "a title they would have gladly embraced."
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Would you give up your fortune if you felt a calling to the priesthood?
Scott Vincent Borba, co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics, is preparing to become a Catholic priest after walking away from a life of wealth, celebrity, and luxury.
Borba entered the seminary at 42, leaving behind the fortune and Hollywood lifestyle he’d built as a former entertainer and beauty entrepreneur.
“We ran around with the likes of Paris Hilton and partied with the Kardashians, just living the Hollywood life,” Borba said in an interview. “I was a poster boy for luxury living. I was not humble in any way. I was very prideful.”
Now 52, he is set to be ordained later this month.
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An annual event celebrating Eid at a Texas waterpark has become the center of controversy after critics alleged the event was being advertised for "Muslims only."
When Governor Greg Abbott learned of this, he threatened to pull funding to the city of Grand Prairie if they didn't shut the event down. Now, the husband of the organizer is speaking out in response.
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A pastor says a confidential source told him that religious leaders have been briefed by the government about the existence of aliens and UFOs and urged to "prepare your people" for what's about to come.
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Local faith leaders in Alabama are calling for an end to three Confederate holidays recognized by the state, and they recently held a prayer vigil to build support for their cause.
What do you think? Is it time for these holidays to be retired?
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Bishop Yvette Flunder, senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, CA says “we need a Third Testament” because the Bible is “problematic.”
What is your reaction?
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A photo of an IDF soldier smashing a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer shocked the world over the weekend.
The Israeli government has since confirmed the authenticity of the image and promises to investigate the incident.
Today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the soldier's actions and promised disciplinary action.
What is your reaction?
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As the Jewish state, Israel cherishes and upholds the Jewish values of tolerance and mutual respect between Jews and worshippers of all faiths. All religions flourish in our land and we view members of all faiths as equals in building our society and region.
Yesterday, like the overwhelming majority of Israelis, I was stunned and saddened to learn that an IDF soldier damaged a Catholic religious icon in southern Lebanon. I condemn the act in the strongest terms. Military authorities are conducting a criminal probe of the matter and will take appropriately harsh disciplinary action against the offender.
While Christians are being slaughtered in Syria and Lebanon by Muslims, the Christian population in Israel thrives unlike elsewhere in the Middle East. Israel is the only country in the region that the Christian population and standard of living is growing. Israel is the only place in the Middle East that adheres to freedom of worship for all. We express regret for the incident and for any hurt this has caused to believers in Lebanon and around the world.
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Pope Leo XIV and President Trump are trading jabs over the war in Iran. Leo says it's unjust. Trump says the pope is "weak."
It feels like a uniquely modern standoff – but popes and presidents (and kings, and emperors) have been squaring off for nearly a thousand years.
A few favorites we cover in our latest blog:
In 1077, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV walked barefoot through a blizzard and stood outside a castle for three days waiting for Pope Gregory VII to lift his excommunication.
In 1809, Napoleon had Pope Pius VII arrested and held captive for five years. Pius still refused to fully submit. When Napoleon finally lost power, Pius went home a hero.
In 1979, Pope John Paul II told a crowd in Soviet-controlled Poland, "Do not be afraid." A decade later, the Iron Curtain was coming down.
The pope doesn't command armies, but history shows that moral authority has a way of outlasting the people who dismiss it.
So what do you think? Should religious leaders speak up when they disagree with world leaders, or is geopolitics outside their lane?
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Vice President JD Vance thinks that Pope Leo XIV needs to be “more careful” when “opining on theology." In particular, Vance believes that just war theory contradicts the Pope's recent comments opposing war.
Some critics question whether Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, has standing to question the Pope's interpretation of Catholic doctrine.
What is your reaction?
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Interesting lineup of folks getting ordained today...
Welcome to the Universal Life Church! 🫡
We can't promise ordination will help you navigate any... unexpected career changes...
But it *can* help you officiate weddings and stand up for love, community, freedom of belief. And its free!
Make Mother proud! Link in bio
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Jesuit priest James Martin criticizes the U.S. military's framing of the war in Iran as a divine conflict.
Your thoughts?
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NBA player Jaden Ivey, a former 5th overall pick, has been let go from the Chicago Bulls following comments he made in a social media livestream in which he criticized the NBA’s celebration of LGBTQ Pride month as “unrighteous.”
Ivey now claims he was fired due to his faith.
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However, the story is a little more complicated than that.
We break down the controversy in our latest blog post:
themonastery.org/blog/nba-pl…
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