SHOW NOTES FOR May 13, 2025:
We talk about Week Two of Our Dallas Clergy Vigils at ICE Headquarters in Dallas
Dallas Clergy Vigil at Ice Headquarters
This morning a group of Dallas Clergy continud a weekly vigil outside of the Dallas Ice offices.
We’ll also talk about refugee resettlement and Trump’s decision to welcome White South Africans, but keep out all others. One friend has called this “performative racism.”
My friend, and the former pastor of my current church, Wes Magruder, has worked with refugee resettlement for fifteen years, and has a good perspective:
I also remind everyone to take care of yourself, and write about that here:
Heaving Tears on My Bike Ride
It happened again this afternoon, on a fairly routine bike ride around White Rock Lake, in Dallas. Minutes in, I was both peddling hard, and also falling into chest-heaving tears.
And finally, an open invitation to all those outside our United Methodist tradition to check us out:
Dear Progressive-Leaning "Nones," "Dones," "Deconstructing," and “Spiritual but not Religious” Friends
Dear Progressive-Leaning Nones, Dones, Deconstructing, “Spiritual but not Religious” Friends,
https://open.substack.com/live-stream/28568?utm_source=post-publish
The song of the day was “Do Something,” by the Eagles.
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