God doesn’t erase your wounds. God transforms them into signs of solidarity. Even Jesus kept his scars.

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What happens when church growth principles suddenly stop working when you need them the most? Paul Dazet, a wounded healer's story is a lesson in the value of vulnerability. karlvaters.com/paul-dazet-ep-…

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.  Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

Shortly after Paul Dazet, a wounded healer was diagnosed with cancer, over 100 members left, saying things like “I just can’t handle being sad at church.” In our convo we talk about why such a response occurred, and what happened next. karlvaters.com/paul-dazet-ep-…

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. - Thomas Merton

Before the blind see, Before the lame walk, Before the dead rise, Jesus does something even more miraculous — He gives people a place at the table. Belonging isn’t the result of healing. Belonging is where healing begins.

Jesus doesn’t say “change, then you’re loved.” He says, “You’re loved — now walk with me.” Transformation is downstream from belovedness. Always.

Shame may scare us into behavior change, but it never forms Christ in us. Only love transforms. Only love roots us in who we really are.

Jesus doesn’t correct God’s character. Jesus corrects our imagination of God’s character. The incarnation is God saying: “You’ve misunderstood Me. Let Me show you My face.”

“The Word of God is Jesus Christ. I believe that the Word of God is inspired, infallible, and inerrant. And when he was about eighteen years old, he grew a beard.” — A More Christlike Word: Reading Scripture the Emmaus Way by Bradley Jersak - Be merciful

Strength isn’t the absence of weakness. Strength is refusing to hide your weakness because you know it’s the place others will find permission to breathe. Your vulnerability may be someone’s lifeline.

The next era of church leadership will not be built by experts but by people who have suffered, who know how to stay present in pain, who can hold space without fixing. Wounded healers aren’t a liability. Wounded healers are the future.

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