Ospreys @ Cattus Island County Park this afternoon

#birds #osprey #birdsofprey #nature #wildlife #photography

Great Egrets @ Cattus Island County Park this morning

#birds #greategret #nature #wildlife #photography

A pair of American Oystercatchers on a beach dune

A pair of American Oystercatchers on a beach dune

An American Oystercatcher on a beach dune

An American Oystercatcher on a beach dune

American Oystercatchers @ Barnegat Lighthouse SP (April 3, 2026)

#birds #americanoystercatchers #nature #wildlife #photography

Piping plover standing on a beach

Piping plover running on a beach

Piping plover standing on a beach

Piping plover standing on a beach

Piping Plovers are back in New Jersey for the summer. Given how threatened they are (only about 8,000 adult birds remaining) and the conservation efforts NJ has made to protect their breeding grounds, I'm always excited when I come across them.

#birds #pipingplovers #nature #wildlife #photography

Harlequin Duck drakes at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park (March 7, 2026)

#birds #ducks #harlequinducks #nature #wildlife #photography

Would love to see a member of the President’s Faith Council make a statement in response to the documents released over the weekend.

Sadly, I expect no such statement will appear.

Without one, the exchange of truth-telling for proximity to power will be officially complete.

Christianity has adjusted itself much too easily to the worship of power. It should give much more offence, more shock to the world, than it is doing. Christianity should take a much more definite stand for the weak than to consider the potential moral right of the strong."

(Bonhoeffer)

(2/2)

"Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its apologia for the weak.—I feel that Christianity is rather doing too little in showing these points than doing too much.

(1/2)

I'm not sure I love trading Sproat and Jett for one year of Peralta (because you know Stearns isn't resigning him). Given the state of this rotation and Stearns unwillingness to spend, young controllable pitching is valuable, as is a young bat with positional versatility.

#LGM #Mets #MetsSky

Theology 101: Now is not the time for date-setting and sign-seeking by end-times hacks and quacks. Now is the time for prayer and fasting for peace and justice, for walking in the Spirit, for loving our neighbors, and for doing to others what we would want others to do for us.

“The prophetic tasks of the church are to

tell the truth
in a society that lives in illusion,

grieve
in a society that practices denial,

and express hope
in a society that lives in despair”

~Walter Brueggemann

We are in God’s hands. Our lot has fallen on evil days: but that cannot be by *mere* ill chance. Take care of yourself in all due ways (aequam serva mentem, comprime linguam [Keep a calm mind, restrain the tongue])."

-- J.R.R. Tolkien in a letter to his son, Christopher, on April 18, 1944

(2/2)

"How stupid everything is!, and war multiplies the stupidity by 3 and its power by itself: so one’s precious days are ruled by (3x)^2 when x=normal human crassitude (and that’s bad enough). ...

(1/2)

The reason why white evangelicals lose their minds over a non-violent interruption of their worship service and don't even blink an eye at a violent invasion of their neighborhoods is that they don't consider their neighbors as sacred.

Theology 101: I just won’t take “Christian nationalists” seriously until they start insisting on actual Christlike leaders not only in government but also in their churches and ministries.

Common Eiders at Barnegat Lighthouse SP (December 31, 2025)

#birds #commoneider #nature #wildlife #photography

Harlequin Ducks at Barnegat Lighthouse SP (December 31, 2025)

#birds #harlequinducks #nature #wildlife #photography

We beat the snow with a quick trip into the city to see Van Gogh's Starry Night at @momanyc.bsky.social.

Also pictured: art by Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, and Jackson Pollock

#moma #art #vangogh #dali #monet #pollock

People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.

Opinion | The Quest for Perfection Is Stunting Our Society

"You cannot learn or grow while trying to appear as if you have everything figured out. You cannot talk to God by trying to avoid doing something wrong."

"The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." (G. K. Chesterton)

📷: An icon of St. George slaying the dragon @princetonartmuseum.bsky.social

#art #chesterton #fairytales #photography

We visited the Princeton University Art Museum this morning. Here are a few pictures of the campus on our way back to our car.

#photography #princeton #newjersey

A few familiar favorites from an early Thanksgiving morning walk: Great Blue Heron, Northern Cardinal, Mallard, and White-throated Sparrow

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

#birds #greatblueheron #northerncardinal #mallard #whitethroatedsparrow #nature #wildlife #photography #Thanksgiving

Ruby-throated Hummingbird in our garden (August 10, 2025)

#birds #rubythroatedhummingbird #hummingbird #nature #wildlife #photography

Tonight's sunset in Ocean County, NJ

#sunset #photography #reflection #nature

Yellow-crowned Night Heron in Ocean City, NJ (April 29, 2025)

#birds #yellowcrownednightheron #heron #nature #wildlife #photography

White-throated Sparrows in Ocean County, NJ this afternoon

#birds #whitethroatedsparrow #sparrow #nature #wildlife #photography

Red-tailed Hawk at Edwin B. Forysthe NWR this afternoon

#birds #redtailedhawk #hawk #nature #wildlife #photography #nikond500

A juvenile Little Blue Heron at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (November 7, 2025)

#birds #littleblueheron #heron #nature #wildlife #photography #nikond500

A male Ceraunus Blue butterfly at Circle B Bar Reserve (November 6, 2025)

#ceraunusblue #butterfly #nature #wildlife #photography #nikond500