Rev'd Jon Swales
@jonswales77
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CofE Priest, MBE, Heads up Lighthouse West Yorkshire , Leeds. Tutor at St Hild & @leedstheology. Podcast 'Lament and Hope'. Link below. Views my own
Leeds, UK
Joined April 2011
Click the link for a free copy of prayer book ‘Lament & Hope: 40 prayers for the Climate and Ecological Emergency’ https://t.co/ClkJCtbioW. And a free course ‘Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World of Climate Breakdown’ https://t.co/U0Z47kKk81
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She came to score, back of the cemetery, where no one watches, where the dead don’t judge, no shoes on her feet, too sore, too blistered to bother, each step a sting, but pain is familiar, an old companion who never leaves. https://t.co/zY99f5JSc0
cruciformjustice.com
She came to score,back of the cemetery,where no one watches,where the dead don’t judge,no shoes on her feet,too sore, too blistered to bother,each step a sting,but pain is familiar,an old companion...
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After Morning Prayer, Father Pete lingered. The New Testament reading had been plain enough— a call to live at peace with one another…. Peace. Simple on the page, elusive in the pews, sometimes absent at PCC. https://t.co/awnLFSFXxQ
cruciformjustice.com
After Morning Prayer,Father Pete lingered.The New Testament readinghad been plain enough—a call to live at peacewith one another.He closed the Bible slowly,hand resting on leather,and let the words...
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The last bus — The Anthropocene. Black windows. Its name scrawled in cracked white paint, as if the one who wrote it feared it might not be true. https://t.co/CXMAs96KPN
@GreenChristian_
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Rain makes the tarmac gleam like dark glass.Streetlamps haloed in mist.Puddles hold the sky in shards.A seagull shrieks above the Greggs that never closes.Double yellows gleam under the wet glow.Be...
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I saw it— on the road from Reeth to Arkengarthdale: an old petrol pump, abandoned by time, leaning like a tired priest who’d forgotten his prayers. https://t.co/dwFuqamxNj
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I saw it—on the road from Reeth to Arkengarthdale:an old petrol pump,abandoned by time,leaning like a tired priestwho’d forgotten his prayers.And beside it—a wheelbarrow of flowers:red,pink,defiant...
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The Gospel of the Wild Messiah He did not come robed in safety. He did not come crowned in gold. He came with dust on his sandals, blood in his future, and fire in his bones. Not to keep the peace— but to break it open. https://t.co/3WSN3s6y4q
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The Gospel of the Wild MessiahHe did not come robed in safety.He did not come crowned in gold.He came with dust on his sandals,blood in his future,and fire in his bones.Not to keep the peace—but to...
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He didn’t leave Leeds for a fresh start. He left because staying meant fear. The flat was chaos — tinfoil graveyard, door kicked in, violence crouched in every corner. Even the bat he kept by the door got nicked. https://t.co/4jcCKu1h1M
cruciformjustice.com
He didn’t leave Leeds for a fresh start.He left because staying meant fear.The flat was chaos —tinfoil graveyard,door kicked in,violence crouched in every corner.Even the bat he kept by the door got...
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We say this clearly: Not all Jews are Israelis. Not all Israelis support the killing. To confuse Jewishness with this war machine is antisemitic. Full stop. https://t.co/0zRUeCEwGK
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From Glastonburya scream broke through—'death, death to the IDF'—words,not nice,should have been silenced,but words.Should the police investigate?Maybe.Words can stir.But the IDF isn’t a person—it’s...
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Good Grass Roots / Commissioned Services Charter meeting. Great to hear Christine speak on the work of Hotel provision to support rough sleepers as well as dialoging thru managing aggressive behaviour, providing additional resource in heat waves, B+B accommodation + night shelter
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The One Where the World Burns On the 22nd of September, 1994, six friends walked into a New York coffee shop and into global cultural history.But while Ross and Rachel were on a break, something else was breaking — the fragile balance of Earth’s climate. https://t.co/G1fQUb5AYf
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The One Where the World BurnsOn the 22nd of September, 1994, six friends walked into a New York coffee shop and into global cultural history. Many of us laughed and cried. We quoted it endlessly. But...
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We're hiring! Join our Navigators Team working across Leeds with individuals that have experienced homelessness or housing issues to support them into accommodation and help them to sustain their tenancy. Find out more: https://t.co/FC0yw2lcdz
#LeedsJobs
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Pics from Good Friday open air service at Dortmund Square run by city centre churches. Words from Reverend @jonswales77 : ‘Repent and believe the Good News’. @LeedsMinster @networkleeds @HolyTrinityBL @leedssanctuary @LeedsCathedral, @LeedsCofE, @RevArun
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While they plotted with knives, she ministered with myrrh. While they counted silver, she counted it joy to anoint a dead man walking. https://t.co/twHW64PZ6B
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She moved like silencein a room full of eyes,broke the jarlike a prophet breaks the sky.No words,just oil— and the scent of burial.The men coughed,like they'd inhaled scandal.She poured a year's...
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The Magnificat is a powerful prayer of divine reversal. This resource invites you to reflect on the radical message of the Magnificat and how it challenges systems of power and privilege. Magnificat: A Group Study https://t.co/HLSMTmTFNx
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The Magnificat is a powerful prayer of divine reversal, where Mary proclaims God's justice for the oppressed and mercy for the humble. This resource invites you to reflect on the radical message of...
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Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns | @AyeshaTandon w/comment from @HeidiSevestre @aditimukherji Sahana Subramaniam @JD_Kirkham @ten10zing92 Read here: https://t.co/OB7lvo2kis
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Oscar Romero: A Saint for a World on Fire In a world battered and bruised by injustice, where the cries of the oppressed so often fall on deaf ears, the witness of Oscar Romero still resounds with power. https://t.co/XpOZ6IgLys
@RomeroTrust
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