rev. lenny duncan. they/them/gem.
rev. lenny duncan, they/them/gem is the inconsistent, inflammatory, inquisitive writings, containing also, but not limited to, sometimes sermons, sometimes podcasts, sometimes a mix tape or two, but certainly never hair-brain schemes to save the world.
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Ballot or the Bullet. (opens the original)
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I am unsure if folks understand how to, or frankly even care about, keeping up with the deluge of news. Much to the chagrin of my partners and my own nervous system, I have made it a point to follow a regular news cycle. Meaning I have a morning program I listen to, then I listen to the counterfactual legacy media program a bit to hear how they are telling a few of the stories, then occasionally I’ll pop into a random app to see what y’all are talking about.I don’t read every notification, nor l
Travelers Oracle: Continues (opens the original)
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Hey team: like many of you I had a lot going on with back to school, family, and the abrupt adjustment from August to the liminal space between summer and fall, so I skipped a week writing. I don’t know about you but the 98 degree recess hours, heatwave warnings with halloween decorations always seems to throw me for a loop for at least a week. Today we continue with the 24 Witnesses. If you want a copy of the deck you can you grab one here: <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="htt
The Ballot or the Bullet: 3 (opens the original)
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Earlier this week I left you with the disturbing truth as laid out by the numbers about online political interaction. In the article itself posted this Monday I gave you the raw data from Cloudflare, the George and Barbara Bush Foundation, and a host of other sources, articles, papers and let you wrestle with the enormity of what I was laying out because it’s frankly embarrassing and horrifying.But for brevity’s sake on social media when I posted the article I said this:“if only six in 10 strang
Travelers Oracle (opens the original)
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After a long journey we have arrived at the last card of the 12 voices, and will end with an explanation of the 24 witnesses and their place in our story, and then next Tuesday continue there. You can always purchases a deck here-Travelers Oracle for sale with free E-book<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hH9-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ee70
Ballot or the Bullet (opens the original)
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A buisness day late due to vaction! Welcome back to Ballot or the Bullet, an ongoing series about the upcoming November elections and what we people of good conscience can and will do to secure the shared and complicated inheritance of this republic’s democracy.I spilled much ink, well digital ink, sharing my own personal ambivalence about calling people to the streets to organize. I have been part of teams where despite our training, teamwork, incredible communication, and our hearts in the pla
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