Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber

Yeah, we really should’ve learned our lesson after failing to support Vietnam & Iraq 🙄

Sometimes English catches us when we fall 😄

Our nation is falling apart, we’re at war, and this is her focus?

Cover of Peter KROPOTKIN’s, the conquest of bread

Another beauty arrived at our local bookstore!

My book on anarchist biblical interpretation is coming along swimmingly, happy to say!

Couldn’t be more true today

Bit of hard truth for our timelines

“Winning”

Headline from the independent with the picture of the Iatola. “ Everything you need to know about Ayatollah Khamenei as US-Israeli strikes kill Iran’s supreme leader”

$10 says Trump’s Pentagon & State appointees are feverishly reading this article, trying to catch up

Talk about charging the wrong people

My dad and his reader's theater partner sitting at their places

My dad and his reader's theater partner taking a bow

Couldn't be more proud of my dad who, at 84, has taken up acting (photo credit to my sister, Sarah)

Black-and-white portrait of Anatole France, with goatee and wide waxed mustache

Today's moment of snark:

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
– Anatole France

All the feels ✊🏼🥹

Can be easy to forget how far right “normal” has moved in the U.S.

There’s the hope I needed 🥹

Grateful to all of you who are watching the address so I don’t have to 🩷

In today's classes we've been relating anti-imperialist biblical texts (thanks, Elsa Tamez!) to some very uncomfortable topics (e.g., work/history of the School of the Americas)

So thankful to teach at a university where Truth is valued

Call for Papers: Poverty in the Biblical World (General Open Session) welcomes proposals on any topic relevant to the unit's scope and interests. Unit Description: To examine poverty servitude, and related issues in the HB, Early Judaism, and Early Chrstianity. While non-canonical texts and related materials will be included, primary focus will be on biblical texts. Innovated interdisciplinary methods as well as traditional exegesis are welcome.

Call for 2026 SBL's Poverty in the Biblical World's open session. We'd love to get your proposals!

Open-sourceness is next to godliness

A bit of beauty for your timeline

(for both the eyes & for the soul)

This makes me incredibly happy

Relish in your inner geek

We instituted an emergency Happy Hour at our house

It was much needed, and nary a political word was spoken

Find excuses for joy. They’re so important for maintaining energy to fight the storm

Why yes, Rachel N. Good and Alex Pretti we’re both featured in my sermon today

He’s not honoring anyone.

He’s furthering an agenda, and those are not the same thing

Good!

If I was the Iranian regime, I’d be pretty nervous about yesterday’s SCOTUS defeat & Trump’s desire to distract from it

Praying for peace

My family for the past 2 weeks

Sounds really interesting, Kaz!

Best wishes for it!
What’s it on?

Picture of Jesus, sitting on a rock looking down contemplatively. Text states because the extroverts can’t have all of the holidays, with the word all emphasized

h/t Episcopal church Memes