Jed Z Tate
United Methodist Deacon, Liberationist, Abolitionist, MACP Duke Divinity, Dodgers fan
- So disappointing.
- Good news for the Jays this year, the Dodgers are officially cursed. www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
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- "The Lord watches over the sojourner ... but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin." Psalm 146:9 www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Powerful, pastoral guidance here.
- "The Council of Bishops of @unitedmethodist.bsky.social stands in full solidarity with The Evangelical Methodist Churches of Latin America and the Caribbean (CIEMAL)... We urge United Methodists around the world to unite in prayer for the Venezuelan people..."
- Abolish ICE.
- Reposted by Jed Z Tateall love and solidarity with the people of venezuela
- We watched Night Thoughts by @kumail.bsky.social tonight and loved it. I also love that he used "Aaja" by Swet Shop Boys for the music during the credits. Such a great song.
- Reposted by Jed Z Tate"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
- Reposted by Jed Z Tate‼️Today ICE comes to the NC Triangle To report activity &/or request support, call Siembra NC’s hotline: 📞 336-543-0352 It’s a 1st line of contact for collective fights & resources for our community Please share indyweek.com/news/northca... Siembra NC Hotline: www.siembranc.org/la-migra-hot...
- "Peace through strength" is a phrase and a concept taken directly from the people who crucified Jesus. youtu.be/rOXbRu43ok8?...
- Helen was a friend and an inspiration and a shining light in the UMC and the world.
- Many across the #UMC connection are mourning the sudden passing of Helen Ryde on Sept. 2. Jan Lawrence of Reconciling Ministries Network has this tribute. rmnetwork.org/mourning-the...
- Reposted by Jed Z TateWe spoke to U.S. Catholic Magazine about debt injustice: [Debt Collective] points out that relief is "literally in the Lord’s prayer." It’s the ultra-rich who are culpable, [they] say— billionaires hoarding wealth, against biblical teaching. They're committing sins.” uscatholic.org/articles/202...
- If your faith in the one who proclaims freedom for prisoners has led you to question prison and incarceration itself - and especially if you also preach - The Abolition Lectionary is for you. christiansforabolition.org/2025/07/25/t...
- Here's what my friend James and I (mostly James) picked from the church community garden today. Plenty more tomatoes and hot peppers are on the way, and we're starting to plan for Fall.
- I'm excited to share this with you, and honored to have been a contributor. The Abolition Lectionary is out now! christiansforabolition.org/2025/07/25/t...
- Super grateful to @hannahnpbowman.com for her vision, for all her work in making this happen, and for including me in the project.
- Reposted by Jed Z TateHere's a project that I'm really proud of that we've been working on for a long time: The Abolition Lectionary is available now as a (e or print-on-demand) book: christiansforabolition.org/2025/07/25/t... ⚓
- Today's harvest from our community garden was mostly lettuce with cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers, all of which will feed people in need of healthy food today.
- Continued growth in our church community garden. #BeUMC
- We picked beans and cucumbers in our church garden this week. Many of us are food insecure, but today the people in our community will enjoy fresh vegetables. I may have sampled some beans off the vine.
- Reposted by Jed Z TateWhen I think of what folks can do in this moment, I hear Mary Oliver saying “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Bc our lives are both precious & finite in moments of upheaval or crisis we must consider how we will expend our time, energy, & resources.
- It was a long journey, but this weekend I was ordained as a deacon in full connection in the @unitedmethodist.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jed Z Tateif you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.
- Reposted by Jed Z TateWe in the #UMC wish you a blessed #Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S.
- Reposted by Jed Z TateThe #UMC Council of Bishops and other ministries are among 215 charities that received a U.S. congressional committee’s letter about their work with immigrants. www.umnews.org/en/news/unit...
- Buber’s I and Thou, and then later, Zinn’s People’s History
- The conservative response to critique of ICE often argues that only "criminals" or "illegals" are being targeted. Even if this were true, ICE should still be abolished. However, it is also just not true. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- And as @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social writes, there is a clear intent and plan to building up ICE: www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/building-t...
- Abolish ICE
- As a pastor at a faith community among people who are unhoused or experiencing other forms of poverty, my role lately is mostly gardening. Today we finished the third raised bed in our community garden. Soon comes the fun part of planting. #BeUMC #Gardening
- We're beginning to see some growth in our church community gardens.
- "When we give up our desires to be outstanding or different, when we let go of our need to have our own special niches in life, when our main concern is to be the same and to live out this sameness in solidarity, we are then able to see each other’s unique gifts." - Henri Nouwen, Called to Community
- "Gathered together in common vulnerability, we discover how much we have to give each other. " - Nouwen
- "The Christian community is the opposite of a highly uniform group of people whose behavior has been toned down to a common denominator and whose originality has been dulled." - Nouwen
- "On the contrary, the Christian community, gathered in common discipleship, is the place where individual gifts can be called forth and put into service for all." - Nouwen
- Reposted by Jed Z TateIn Reagan's 1980s, America had just 35 undocumented immigrants behind bars. Today, nearly 48,000 sit in squalid detention, many thrown there by a mask-wearing U.S. secret police that smashes homes, cars and violates human rights It's time to abolish ICE. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
- Reposted by Jed Z TateBREAKING NEWS: United Methodist bishops, in collaboration with other church leaders, have made public a new vision statement for The United Methodist Church that has been years in the making. www.umnews.org/en/news/bish...
- Reposted by Jed Z TateThis is the same government that wants to weed out "anti-Christian sentiment."
- Reposted by Jed Z TateBREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
- There's no ICE in the Kingdom of God. No "detention centers." No prisons either.
- Reposted by Jed Z Tate“Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord” Happy Palm Sunday to you all ❤️🌿 Today marks Christ’s triumphant entry into Jeruslalem, where all creation praises He who reveals the fullness of God, redefining what it means to be a King, rising atop a humble donkey.
- Still Abolish ICE
- The math here seems to mean they’re causing more death and danger than they’re preventing.
- More helpful activities beyond just voting...
- This is, indeed, a moral moment. Today, @protectdemocracy.org and Horizons Project are launching "The Faithful Fight", a series of toolkits that provide uplifting stories and concrete actions that religious communities can take to counter authoritarianism. protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
- It's helpful, I think, to consider actions beyond just electoral politics.
- Reposted by Jed Z TateSenators @booker.senate.gov & @coons.senate.gov nerding out on the Bible 👏 "You cannot miss the central message, which is... kindness to those on the margins, attentiveness to those in need, and good news to the poor.” #CoryBooker
- Reposted by Jed Z Tate"A church that does not unite itself to the poor in order to denounce from the place of the poor the injustice committed against them is not truly the Church of Jesus Christ." #OscarRomero
- I'm a pastor at a church among people who are unhoused. Several years ago we planted a small community garden, but last fall Hurricane Helene destroyed it, filling it with mud. This spring, we're renewing the garden...
- With support from the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church (@unitedmethodist.bsky.social), we're able to replenish the soil to restore the original garden.
- And not only that, but we're adding new raised bed gardens. We started building and preparing those this week. The whole faith community helped.
- In the coming months, we'll plant vegetables, herbs, and some flowers. But there's already an abundance of grace, joy, hope, and community growing here.
- Reposted by Jed Z TateWe do not have 1 to 3 years to primary these people we have to act NOW Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
- Reposted by Jed Z TateThe cost of deconstructing government services is being seen in #wnc. These Republican policies are doing harm to the mountains and the recovery. And the cruelty of it is the point.
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- Some good actions in this thread.
- The @indivisible.org and @workingfamilies.org mass call tonight MAXED OUT after 20,000 attendees on Zoom. Please join us watching the livestream on YouTube
- Reposted by Jed Z TateIn response to recent immigration policies in the U.S., Global Ministries and UMCOR condemn division and urge UMC individuals, pastors and churches to continue to follow God's call to "welcome the stranger." umcmission.org/news-stateme... #BeUMC
- Reposted by Jed Z TateI've been working intensely for the last few weeks/months on these materials for our #umc churches. It feels like one small way to help stand with our neighbors in the midst of so many attacks. www.iaumc.org/immigrantref...
- Reposted by Jed Z TateICE director Tom Homan is complaining that Know Your Rights campaigns are making it harder to round up immigrants, telling CNN that in Chicago “they’ve been educated on how to defy ICE.” @rebeccaburns.bsky.social and I met with those gumming up the works of Trump’s mass deportation machine.
- "Grounded in fear, hate and falsehoods, U.S. immigration policy calling for mass deportation of millions of people, is not an act of justice but a failure to recognize the sacred worth of every individual." - UMC Church and Society www.resourceumc.org/en/content/c...
- "We encourage local churches to welcome newly arriving migrants into their congregations; support churches that prayerfully choose to offer sanctuary for undocumented migrants facing deportation;..."
- "advocate for just immigration reform; and hold elected leaders accountable for policies that do not honor human dignity and reflect God’s boundless love."
- Statements like these from the United Methodist Church have been strong. This one provides a good Scriptural and Wesleyan resource on immigration as well.
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- I'm convinced that under #degrowth there will be no AI or cryptocurrency.
- I started reading this guide yesterday. It’s a great resource.
