sami 🐋

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she/her : a charming sponge : I myself awaken the dawn doing my best to follow that Life-giving breeze. Bex-Sea seminarian : StTimsCincy communicator

A green shirt that says "Meant to Die" in the Mountain Dew logo. The full sentence says "JESUS Meant to Die FOR YOU!"
The beginning of a sermon document with a red uppercase line that says "Remind them to sit; take a breath. Damn, gurl."
The shoulder of an alb with foundation smeared
The shoulder of a religious alb that is stark white except for the large foundation stain above where the buttons are snapped.
A small loaf of bread in plastic with a small circle of mold on top
A tattoo on sami's pale chest. The tattoo is a dove descending with an olive leaf and four crosses surrounding it, creating a Jerusalem cross
Two people (Sami and Carson) standing in front of a window.
The foundation of a house bulldozed by the IDF in a Bedouin village.
The old city of Jerusalem lit up at night.
Two people standing in a large room. The person on the left has curly light brown hair and a striped sweater. The person on the right is slightly shorter with brown hair that's pulled back, a tan hoodie, and blue backpack slung over her left arm. The background is Cincinnati's airport entrance with skylights above and floors viewable below.
A golden-colored plastic United Airlines "wings" pin sitting on a brown wooden table.
A gray box overlaying a grid of geometrical designs. The gray box says "1 Day to Palestine Trip"
Amy McGrath's Christmas picture on Facebook, featuring her, her husband, and her kids surrounded by poinsettias in front of a round altar.
A great tabby cat sleeping on someone with a blue blanket pulled over them
A view of snowy trees and roads out a pink octagonal window
A person lying on another person in a bed with a green comforter.
The side of a metal gazebo
The underside of a gazebo roof with a ladder in the background
A photo of a red carpeted floor with white flakes
A Lutheran worship bulletin showing "These words invite the Livestream community into the liturgy of Holy Communion. As the table is prepared in the sanctuary, families worshipping on the Livestream are invited to prepare the bread and wine in their homes.
A tortoise shell cat with rosary beads sitting on a green comforter with a gray tabby sitting on a yellow throw blanket in the background.
The results of a quiz that tells you where you fall on a three part spectrum. They show that the OP is Catholic 20 Liberal 14 Protestant 14
A skinny, patchy-furred tortoise shell cat on top of a refrigerator. There are brown cabinets behind her.
A small altar with five candles. On the left is a memorial card and incense burner, on the right is an icon of the BVM with a singing bowl. Around the center candle is a small rosary and cross, and behind it are scattered dried orchid blooms. Above the altar is a wooden crucifix.
A close up of the Sunday lectionary in the BCP. The Gospel for the Sunday closest to October 26 says "Luke 10:2S-37".
A headspace notification that says "81,589 Minutes meditated" with a blue, orange, yellow, and pink abstract design above it.
A photo of the elca cranberry book opened to pages 94 & 95. The right side shows black and red script in two columns. The left side has text beginning halfway down the page with a photo of a, presumably, Paschal candle incensing silhouettes gathered around a simple depiction of the chalice and host.
A screenshot of an Instagram grid that features colorful geometric paintings done by Kathryn Anne Klebenow.
A person in jeans and a tan coat holding a cup of coffee and petting a dark brown horse with a white star on her head. There's a black fence between them that extends to the background with trees and two horses on a hill.
The Sunday lectionary page for propers 22-24. Proper 23 features a typo in the first line and is highlighted.
Three photos of the female bishops at the Lambeth conference from 1998 (11), 2008 (18), and 2022 (97). The photographer has had to back up to include everyone.
A close up of a sleeping MacBook with the login page onscreen. The pink octopus avatar is delighted.
A close up of a gray cat sleeping on someone in a chair. Background features a small cross on the wall next to a window.
A gray and a dark tortie cat on a cat tower in the corner of the room. The gray cat looks through the window in a Serious Manner. The tortie looks at the gray cat.
A table of books of common prayer, and other Episcopal resources.
A screenshot of NYT Game's spring bee showing the word "churu" is not in the word list.
A room with white walls, a desk, small bookshelf, and window straight ahead, a cubed bookshelf to the left, and tan walls with a whale tapestry to the right. A cat sits in a brown swivel chair staring at the camera upside down. The forefront features an open book and open notebook on a lap desk.
A lock screen of a phone. The top has the time as "07:58", the left side has the date as "SAT JUL 26", and the main photo is a woman facing away from the camera looking at a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. The painting has a gold carved frame and the woman's hair blends into it, being the same color and curly shape. She is wearing white shoes, dark blue jeans, and a green corduroy jacket.
A tube of sundried tomato & garlic polenta
An outlook email that says, "Sami, I just read your FB post in which you did such a great job explaining that being gay is not a sin. I was so impressed at your description, especially your response to (blank). I know that no one will ever replace Walter Brueggeman, but your ability to tie together the scriptures almost reminded me of Walter. An excellent job.
Meekness by Douceur or Mansutude Artwork A lamb nuzzles the hand of a sitting woman wrapped in gold.
A plastic baggie with multiple silver-colored metal noose charms.
An image of St. Augustine's prayer book, looking at the devotions to Mary
A chat that says "I love the Lent Madness but oof.. it's RIGGED."
Four white index cards with sketches of boat scenes. The top left is Noah's ark, the top right is Jonah and the whale, the bottom left is Jesus stilling the storm, the bottom right is Jesus walking on water, looking quite ghosty.
Smith's "Reconciliation", Porter's "Keeping the Church Year", Michno's "A Manual for Acolytes", and Prelinger's "Episcopal Women"
A large storage tote and reusable grocery bag filled with books
The Blessed Virgin Mary stepping on the "do not tread on me" adder.
A photo of the BCP 's Psalm 28 with the fifth verse highlighted.
Two pins. One of a pride flag filling the fish symbol. The other an Episcopal shield with the words "love is the way". Both next to an embroidered fish symbol from the Chosen.
Two shelves against a wall, the top of which is empty.
A stolen photo from the Internet that shows many people having a brightly lit stage, all with their arms straight in the air.
A newcomer card with the question "How did you hear about us?" The answer written is "After hearing Bishop Budde's message, wanted to experience a church that supports all!"
A church pew next to a wall with a black panic button and a note warning to not touch it.
A person blowing snow off a black Subaru outback with the license plate "RT REV"
Someone holding a closed dark blue folder in the air with the spine facing down, showing the vast array of contents. In the background is a computer with a litter of various data storage devices and a cold cup of coffee. Even further back is a cat lying on a bed and a lamp with soft light in front of a dark brown shelf.
An outgoing text message to Kathy saying "Besides consecrated, what kind of wine do you want"
A pewter Joseph standing next to a pewter Mary who is kneeling. They are holding hands on a dark brown shelf with books in the background.
The title page for the first paper